Martin Freeland
| Man With No Name | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Martin Freeland |
| Also known as | Man With No Name, M.W.N.N., Positiv Noize |
| Origin | United Kingdom |
| Genres | Goa trance, psytrance, techno |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Labels | Dragonfly Records, Perfecto Records, Atomic Records, TIP Records |
| Associated acts | The Infinity Project |
Martin Freeland is a British Goa trance artist record producer and DJ, who has performed under the pseudonym of Man With No Name since 1990. He is probably best known for the singles "Teleport" and "Floor-Essence", both of which appeared in the UK Singles Chart.
Freeland's career began in the mid 1980s, working as a producer and remixer for various dance artists such as Belouis Some and Mirage. In the late 1980s he began producing original material under the names of Positiv Noize, Perfectly Ordinary People and Pisces, with the latter experimenting with the sound of techno with the single "Take Me Higher".
In 1990 Freeland released the single "Way Out West" under the name of Man With No Name. The track sampled lines from the western film, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, and was backed with the acid house track "From Within The Mind of My 909", which was later featured on Richard Sen's 2012 compilation This Ain't Chicago: The Underground Sound Of UK House & Acid 1987–1991 on Strut Records.
Further singles in the early nineties, such as "Geddit?/120 Something" and the EP "From Within", echoed the sound of Detroit techno and British rave. It was during this time that Freeland attended one of the first UK trance parties Concept in Dance, where Paul Oakenfold introduced producer Ian St Paul to Freeland and his music. Following this, Freeland produced several tracks under the MWNN title for two Concept in Dance compilations, Tribal Science and Digital Alchemy. One of these tracks was "Sugar Rush", which would later be released in remixed form as a single.
Having refined his sound to a harder, more melodic style of Goa trance, Freeland worked closely with Ian St Paul, Graham Wood and Raja Ram under the name of The Infinity Project, as well as contributing the single "Teleport" to the first TIP Records compilation. Teleport was simultaneously released on Dragonfly Records, where he again contributed tracks to a number of their compilations.
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