Where's Echo Beach?

Why are your earlier albums not generally available on C.D.?

From where in Toronto were the cover photographs on the "This Is the Ice Age" album taken? and was there a metaphorical reason for the photos to be used on the cover?

Which radio station "broke" Martha and the Muffins first in Toronto?

Who is the subject of "Garden in the Sky" from the album "Mystery Walk"?

What does Martha say at the end of Danseparc? I can only figure out, "This is a place I've visited..." but have never been able to suss the rest.

Is MatM drummer Tim Gane the same Tim Gane who is in the band Stereolab?


Do you have a question for us?

Why Are Your Earlier Albums Not Generally Available On C.D.?

The short answer is that our former record labels, Virgin Records in the U.K. and BMG Canada have little or no interest in reissuing our back catalogue.



Virgin released a C.D. compilation, "Far Away in Time" in 1987, an indiscriminate selection of tracks with no input from the band, taken mainly from the "Metro Music" and "Trance and Dance" albums while almost totally ignoring "This Is The Ice Age". BMG Canada has never reissued any of the three albums that they control.

Since aquiring sub-licensing rights from Virgin and BMG, Martha and Mark's goal is to reissue those albums in greatest demand ("This Is The Ice Age" and "Danseparc" lead the way so far), along with bonus tracks from the same sessions. Financing these projects is the only major obstacle and avenues are currently being explored to make things happen.

The best overview of MatM/M+M's seven album releases to date is "Then Again - A Retrospective", the EMI/Muffin Music C.D. compilation released in 1998. (For more info and to buy "Then Again" see the "Merchandise" section.)

For "Danseparc" and "Mystery Walk" fans, One Way Records in the U.S. reissued these two albums as a double album C.D. in 2000. (#OW 71003/DRC 12773) Available through One Way Records website: www.onewayrecords.com, amazon.com and other retailers.