Martin Brown

After being kicked out of art school with no qualifications, Martin worked as a stagehand and set builder for The Hackney Empire and partied at Trip, Spectrum, Troll and Trade. He ended up creating flyers and posters, CD covers as an in-house designer for Trade at Turmills in 1991, painting banners and decorating interiors.

He also helped to start DTPM at Villa Stefano in 1993 and developed the brand over the years at various venues, from bar Rhumba to the end and finally ending at fabric. Currently, he is Art Editor for DJ Mag.