ORIGINS

Martin Renders, a.k.a. Ghidoni Martino, starts his carrer like technician, working on much shows in his city, Modena, studying and working like sound engineer in small places, and plays in a band called "FeedBack" as drummer, The multiple idea's problem between the members of the band, and the powerful dream of producing music, makes Martin start to produce his music, alone, and so he start trying with the normal music concept.

Unsatisfied by this method, he start to produce following his feeling, trying to forget the normal laws of music. In the time of one year, is ready his first minimal project, "Mainframe" that he decide to not publish, thinking that tish wasn't mature; but the year after he complete his second album, "Mainframe 2.0" that he prefer than the first. This album stand still for another one year, when he gone to Bologna.

TOURING LINES

He starts to work as stage technician of an Italian Group "Il Parto Delle Nuvole Pesanti", that bring him in tourneè in all Italy countries and part of Europe, in fact he gone in Austria, Deutschland, Czech Republic, Holland, Croatia, Afghanistan, and other following the tecnical-artistic part of the stage, and as Audio technician.

PRODUCTIONS

In 2005, he started his new project with Emiliano Ramirez ( www.emilianoramirez.com ) and Urban Tribe Records, a new label created by the two artists in order to produce Electro-House music, Emiliano Ramirez as Artistic Manager, Martin as Techincal Manager, and produced some singles that you can find on the site or Trackitdown.net or Beatport.com.

He learned many things from Emiliano Ramirez and his brother, on producing music, but he continued to work on his personal project. 2008 signs a big step on Martin Renders. Since the end of 2008 he starts working with many important personality in Live Audio: first with Sergio Stanzani, who introduces him Sabrina Kabua, a great singer, from important productions like "smiling people" or "groove city" and many personal projects, who brought her through America, where she lived many years. With her, he and Emiliano Ramirez started them best project, and many other great Musicians joined them; Paolo la Ganga, became guitarist arranger and player , Emiliano Pintori, chief of arrangements and piano performances, Max Turone great bass and basson player, Mimmo Crudo from Parto delle Nuvole Pesanti at bass too, Max dall'Omo, great drummer and skipper, and many others.

ORGANIZATION AND CINEMA

In 2008 Martin Starts to work with Annamaria Losito, who became an essential part of Martin's life. With her he discovered a succesful way of working, and asked her to enter the Urban Tribe Records as the general manager. He saw in Annamaria the energy who he needed to be professional and active. Thanks to her, he got the opportunity to start working in Cinema, Television and Teatre, and to join DAMS cinema course, where he is an audio supervisor. Anna and Martin have been also working in some projects with Giacomo Roversi, partner and owner of SKPMZ Studios. The team has also transformed a rehearsal room complex in an active Agency, where every day many elements of Media Entertainment are joined togheter.

TECH MENTHORS

Still in 2008, Martin Renders met Graziano Cernoia, and started his friend-partnership first following him in some dates with Modena City Ramblers, and then as coworker in Estragon Bologna, a very important place in Emilia Romagna for Rock Music, and festivals, where he will start to work on 2009. Graziano Cernoia became an important figure in Martin 's working life, he look to him as a mentor, and in Estragon, he start to work with important professionals, like David Bisetti, Enzo "Elfo" Del Monte and Silvio "Malvio" Righi, and many other high-professional staffs. in May 2008, Bisetti needs a backliner for Roy Paci Aretuska's European Tourneè, and under Cernoia's hint, he decide to try calling Martin, that starts one of the most intensive Italian Tourneè as Mr.X. backline tech. that bring him to touch the greatest part of Europe in great gigs like "Summer Jam Festival, Das Fest, Sziget Volt Festival, Villa Ada Roma, Idroscalo, Klinker's, and many other, in the order of 70 dates in approx 4 and a half months, touring in a double decked bus for more than 200.000km.In roy Paci & Aretuska's tour, Martin knows Roberto Ciucci and Max from Live in Italy, important management corporation, the musicians from Roy Paci Aretuska's, Cico, Squarta+Primo Cor Veleno.

COLLABORATIONS

Other Martin's collaborations with Tosh meets Marley starring Fully Fullwood & The Fully Fullwood Band, Air, Melvins, Run DMC, Florence & The Machine, Lacuna Coil, Kasabian, j-ax Alborosie, Airbourne, Les Claypool The(original) Wailers Uriah Heep, Fatboy Slim , Metallica, Dark tranquillity, Cult, Shellac, Jello Biafra, Dinosaur Jr., The (I) noise conspiracy, Einsturzende Neubauten, Bonnie Prince Billy, Enslaved, Public Enemy, Squarepusher, Tito and The Tarantulas, Calexico,Porcupine Tree, Mudhoney, Rainbow, Peter Bjorn & John, Sister of Mercy, Emery, On a Sunday, Underoath, Friday, Queens of the Stone Age, And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Franz Ferdinand, JemBoy , il video su youtube Bunna from Africa Unite, il video di sikula reggae festival Frankie Hi.Energy, al sikula reggae + un trailer del sikula Pau from Negrita, Shaggy. Supergrass, Epica, Loredana Bertè Caparezza, Apres La Classe, Carmen Consoli, Subsonica, Afterhours, Julie's Haircut Marta sui Tubi, Modena City Ramblers, Marracash, Club Dogo, 400 Colpi, SuperElasticBubblePlastic, Jovine, Tre Allegri Ragazzi Morti, Tonino Carotone,Mannarino, Marta sui tubi,and many many others, working always as stage or local tech staff "Tuttle's" from Estragon Bologna. Graziano Cernoia, also ask for Martin's help to continue Hagakure, a weekly hour in RadioCittàFujiko, storical Bologna's Broadcasting Channel, and so he takes responsibility on the program.

JOYCUT

In 2009, under Estragon Booking's agent's hints, Martin starts its touring with JoyCut, an important Italian emergent rock band.

TOURING LONGER

in 2009 - April Martin is selected to be the backliner of mr. K. Sterling for The Wailers , following them in the Italian dates; the experience finish in a great professional success in Martin's live, who received pass n° 18 in Wailer's team, with compliments from Mr.Sterling He had opportunity to see directly from his point of view his magistral way of producing rhythm patterns and synths. Martin also worked near Mr.Michael Hernandez, stage tech and technical organizator of Wailer's tours since 17 years.

VIDEO: THE WAILERS "No Woman No Cry - Live 'n Backstage from mr.K.Sterling Riser

Martin continue working with Emporio on Stage brand following first "MetaRockFestival" in Pisa, and "Play Festival", Arezzo as stage technician and microphone tech. There is also an article by "ZioGiorgo.it", sector magazine for live entertaniment. Read the Article in Italian.

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TOURING BETTER

In 2009, Martin also starts a new collaboration with Willy Gubellini's "Nuovo Service" where he met met Filippo Zecchini, Luciano Graffi, Angelo "Pavarotti" Camporese, Roxi, Claudio Tappi, and Salvo Fauci, who with he starts an interesting focus on his job, trying to get all the best methods and techs from a backline tech of his range. This new important collaboration brings Martin in the Ornella Vanoni's 2009 summer Tour, who signs an important step in Martin's approach to professional way of working.

5 STARS in Verona with Luciano Ligabue (See the SOUND&LITE & ZIO.GIORGIO articles)

With "Nuovo Service" In 2009, october, Martin starts it's collaboration with Luciano Ligabue in the event "Sette notti in Arena" (Seven Nights at the Verona's Arena) that reached a huge success, so much that the organizer of the event, decided to add three more show to satisfy the high request of the share approx 90.000 persons in the eight orchestra dates. This event was divided in two branches: the first two night "pure rock'n roll" with his band in the original formation, and other eight events produced and arranged with the Arena's orchestra where Martin worked as microphonist and headphone master, working near big names as Stevan Martinovic (band and orchestra main tech) and Filippo Zecchini (orchestra asssistant for mr. Martinovic), Daniele Tramontani (Orchestra's P.A. & miking engineering and F.o.H. tech), Alberto Butturini( F.o.H.).In this event Martin had the important opportunity to work with high professional techs and material, working with huge numbers of Shoeps CCM and CMC, Schertler DYN C-V-G, Crown GLM, and a imponent phones distribution system, ideated by Mr. Martinovic with Sennheiser and XXL power distribution. The P.A. was composed of V-Dosc dV-Dosc and Kudo systems from Agorà, under the important hands of Nuovo Service's team, controlled by Digico D5 and SD7 at the F.o.H. and 2 Digico SD7 at Stage.