Marty Willson-Piper

The official home of Marty Willson-Piper and related projects

July Updates

Hey All, We finally made it out of the studio after three months working on three different projects in beautiful Penzance, Cornwall: 1) “One Day” – the instrumental album by Atlantæum Flood​, which will be released on Schoolkids Records in November. 2) “Poison Stream” – the second MOAT album. It’s currently in my Swedish/German partner Niko Röhlcke’s hands, as he completes overdubs, including strings, horns and piano in Stockholm with a projected release in 2020 also on Schoolkids Records. 3) I added some final guitar touches with Noctorum​ partner Dare […]

Rick Pix

Hey Everyone! We are opening a Rickenbacker gallery where Rickenbacker lovers can post pictures of their guitars. The iconic design and unique sounds make this one of the most fascinating electric guitars ever made. It that has been immortalized in the sixties by The Beatles, The Byrds’ Roger McGuinn, The Who’s Pete Townshend, Creedence Clearwater’s John Fogerty and Paul Kantner from Jefferson Airplane. In the seventies Prog met Punk and it was common to see Bruce Foxton of The Jam and Mike Rutherford of Genesis making sense of the Rickenbacker […]

May News

We are in Cornwall as May arrives and another large-numbered birthday looms (May 7th). We are working on the instrumental Atlantium album’s release and considering the financing for the second MOAT album’s recording (all songs written). In the wake of the ongoing PledgeMusic scenario and the attempts to recover and honour the outstanding monies owed to all the artists and the music that the pledgers contributed to, we are left patiently wondering what the outcome will be as we hope for a sign that this can be resolved positively so […]

UK Tour 2019 – Media & Reviews

Thanks everyone for this fab tour! We had an amazing time! Thank you to Boydie for putting it all together, Mathias, Derek, Stu and Cynthia for filming, Joao, James, Rob, Alan, Ivan & Lawrie for great sound, Graham, Brian & Ian for making Leek, Edinburgh and Liverpool happen, Gerd for the fantastic stage lights, David & Lynn (and their kitties) for their hospitality, Scrim for fixing the Takamine 12 string, Grant, Liv, Giles, Seamus & Chris for the interviews/reviews, Stephen and Matti at Schoolkids, Shauna for top PR, everyone who […]