Avec la réalisation de 17 albums et plus de 900 concerts, Martin Nathan multiplie depuis 25 ans les propositions artistiques les plus aventureuses et diverses sous le nom de Brain Damage. Considéré comme l’un des créateurs de la scène dub en France à la fin des années 90, il se présente rapidement comme une influence majeure pour toute une génération de  musiciens. N’étant pas du genre à se reposer sur les modèles qu’il a lui-même fondés, il se renouvelle sans cesse au gré de ses multiples projets, enchaînant notamment des collaborations toujours plus prestigieuses avec des pointures comme High Tone (fr), Vibronics (uk), Horace Andy (Ja), Harrison Stafford (usa), Big Youth (Ja), Groundation (usa), Mad Professor (uk) ou plus récemment la japonaise Emiko Ota. Parallèlement à ses multiples productions, ses fameuses prestations scéniques explosives lui confèrent une solide réputation internationale, et il est plus que rare de voir un artiste passer allègrement le cap des 25 ans de carrière avec tant de vitalité et une créativité intacte.

With more than 17 albums and 900+ concerts behind him already, Martin Nathan ventures for more than 20 years now, into many artistic and stylistic experiments, under the name of Brain Damage. Acclaimed as one of the founders of the French dub scene in the late 1990s, he soon appears as a major influence for a whole generation of musicians. But the artist is definitely not among those who forever rest on the models he founded, and he constantly reinvents himself, as his myriad projects flow, especially multiplying always more prestigious collaborations with figures like High Tone (FR), Vibronics (UK), Horace Andy (JAM), Harrison Stafford (USA), Big Youth (JAM), Groundation (USA), Mad Professor (UK) more recently Japanese artist Emiko Ota. Along with his many productions, it is also with his truly live and explosive performances, that Martin Nathan has grown a solid reputation throughout the international scene, and it is exceptionally rare to see an artist leaping blithely through his 25th career anniversary, with so much vitality and creativity.

2025 : Oide Oide, Brain Damage x Emiko Ota x Mad Professor ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2023 : Dreaming From An Iron Gate, Groundation x Brain Damage ( LP, Baco Music )
2021 : Beyond The Blue, Brain Damage x Big Youth ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2019 : Combat Dub 4 – Revisited ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2018 : ¡Ya no más! ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2017 : Liberation Time, Brain Damage x Harrison ‘Groundation’ Stafford ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2016 : Talk The Talk ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2016 : Brain Damage meets Ras Michael ( 7″, Jarring Effects )
2015 : Walk The Walk ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2015 : Empire Soldiers Live, Brain Damage x Vibronics ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2013 : Empire Soldiers Dubplates vol. 1, 2 & 3 ( 10″, Jarring Effects )
2013 : Empire Soldiers ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2012 : What You Gonna Do ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2011 : Brain Damage meets Sir Jean ( 10″, Jarring Effects )
2011 : High Damage, High Tone x Brain Damage ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2010 : Burning Before Sunset ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2009 : Short Cuts Live ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2008 : Short Cuts ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2006 : Spoken Dub Manifesto ( LP, Jarring Effects )
2004 : Ashes to Ashes, Dub to Dub ( LP, Hammerbass )
2003 : Brain Damage vs General Dub ( 10″, DubTechnic )
2002 : Always Greener ( on the other side ) ( LP, Hammerbass )
1999 : Bipolar Disorder ( LP, Bangarang )

Details : www.brain-damage.fr/music

Big Youth, Horace Andy, Groundation, Winston McAnuff, Harrison Stafford, High Tone, Mad Professor, Vibronics, Stand High Patrol, Willi Williams, Ras Michael, Kiddus I, Zion Train, Alpha & Omega, The Disciples, OBF, Tena Stelin, Mark Stewart, Zenzile, Sir Jean, Emiko Ota, Moa Anbessa, Alpha Steppa, Dub Iration, Giovanni « Subtitle » Marks, Labwaste, Black Sifichi, Hakim Bey, Learoy Green, Mohammed El Amraoui, Zeb McQueen, Matah, Sam Clayton, Chalart58  … +++

Details : http://brain-damage.fr/collaborations/

900+ gigs
Nuits de Fourvière (2002 & 2017 )
Dour Festival (2016, 2014, 2006)
Solidays
Printemps de Bourges (2018 & 2002)
Télérama Dub Festival (2017, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2003)
Art’rock, Nordik Impact, 3 Éléphants, Astropolis, Aucard de Tours, …
Fusion Festival (2009, 2014)
Clandestino Festival
UNOD Weekender
Seasplash Festival, … +++

Details : www.brain-damage.fr/tour-dates/