Page was born in Southampton, Hampshire, England, to Alan Richard Page (an aviation engineer) and Ruth Pamela Page. During a good portion of his childhood, Martin moved with his family from military base to military base as a result of his father's career. During those times, he stated that he spent much of his time listening to Peter Gabriel, the Beatles and Motown.[2][3][1]
Career
Page formed the pop group Q-Feel with his friend Brian Fairweather. Q-Feel experienced success with hit single "Dancing in Heaven (Orbital Be-Bop)". Soon after, Page and Fairweather moved to Los Angeles, where they met music executive Diane Poncher. She saw potential in Page and Fairweather and eventually became their manager.[2][3]
Soon afterwards, his parents and some dear friends died. He returned to the studio in 2008 to record his second album, In the Temple of the Muse for IroningBoard Records, an independent label started by Page and Poncher.[8] Among the songs on In the Temple of the Muse are Page's recording of "Mi Morena" and "Blessed," (a song that Page described as a "commitment song").[9]
Page's third album, A Temper of Peace, was released in 2012 followed in 2015 by Hotel of the Two Worlds. In 2017, he issued his fifth album, The Slender Sadness (The Love Songs).[2][3][4] In 2018 he released The Amber of Memory,[10] his first album of instrumental music.
In late 2019 Page started a music podcast called Radio OwlsNest. By the end of 2023 he concluded it with its fiftieth episode. His seventh studio album, The Poetry of Collisions, was released digitally on 10 November 2020.[11] Page released his eighth studio album, Fugitive Pieces, on 19 April 2021.[12] Later in the same year, Page announced his ninth album, called The Occupation of Hope, his second instrumental album. It was released on 15 November 2021.[13] Page released his second volume of The Poetry of Collisions, his tenth overall, on 11 July 2022.[14]
Sometime in 2024 Page is planning on releasing his eleventh album, tentatively titled The First and Last Freedom, and will be his first album with a large collaboration with other artists since his debut.
