Martron is a Los Angeles-based DJ, producer, songwriter, and classically trained multi-instrumentalist originally from New York. With over 2 decades of experience in music, his genre-blending sound pulls from electronic, bass, indie, and pop influences to create emotionally resonant, forward-thinking releases.

His work has earned support from ODESZA, NGHTMRE, SLANDER, Steve Aoki, Whyte Fang, and Bronze Whale, alongside placements on major editorial playlists and radio platforms. With millions of streams and growing recognition across the electronic music landscape, Martron continues to push his sound forward while connecting with listeners on a deeply human level.

 

Hi Martron! Thanks for talking to 6AM group. How are you?

Hi thanks for having me! I’m slightly tired - but I’m doing good!

 

You started out as a classically trained musician and composer before getting pulled into the electronic scene after a show at Terminal 5 in 2012. For someone who has never heard of you before, what parts of that early musical background still show up in the way you approach writing tracks today?

Most of what translates to my music comes from me playing and writing both flute and piano. I’ve been playing both flute and piano for over 2 decades, both require a ton of care and studying. And as a flute player, there was usually someone playing piano as an accompaniment whenever I performed, so I was always hearing the 2 instruments together over the course of my studies and performance. It’s why I love making melodies and messing around with chord progressions and breaking “the rules” for both. It’s also extremely important to me to realize how to get certain emotions to translate through my music. Everyone listens and feels music differently, but conveying that as an artist adds so many layers to your music. 

Looking at the numbers around your career so far, millions of streams, editorial playlist adds like Bass Arcade and Metropolis, and support from artists such as ODESZA and NGHTMRE, there’s clearly been momentum building. At what moment did it actually start to feel real to you that this project was becoming something bigger than just making tracks in the studio?

Oh man, there’s a few moments that I could point to when it comes to that feeling. My first one would be when I saw an article written about one of my tracks by Dancing Astronaut back in 2021. I had been following and going to their site since before I started producing, getting my music news and finding new artists I still enjoy today. Reading about one of my tracks on their site was surreal. 

 

 

The new EP Passion is described as your most personal project so far and explores themes like vulnerability, self discovery, and personal strength. When you were putting this project together, was there a specific life moment or shift that pushed you to open that door creatively?

So Passion was started right after I finished the Resurgence EP, which was June 1st. I had just gone through an incredibly hard time in my life, I was feeling very low and lost just about everything. And while writing Resurgence, I was rebuilding myself in the physical, mental and spiritual areas of my life through things like working out more, going to therapy and growing closer to God. I was dialed into Resurgence and made it in a month from start to finish. It was a really intense and work filled time for me. With Passion coming right after that, I know I wanted to keep writing and keep busy, which I did, but I also chose to take my time making this one. It took 7 months to finish. Resurgence felt like wringing a wash cloth and getting every drop of my musicality and what I was feeling out and pouring it into that project, then Passion felt like the wash cloth getting slowly unwrung, expanding and flattening back to its resting position on the rack. I was really feeling the come down from working as intensely as I was and chose to slowly chip away at Passion, from the individual tracks to the EP’s concept. I wanted to write about more positive things and lighter subjects than I had done previously and have more fun this time and I believe I’ve done just that.     

Two tracks that might resonate with 6AM readers are Again and By My Side. Without explaining the music itself, what was happening in your life when those two tracks came together, and what kind of setting do you imagine them living in when people experience them?

I’ll start with By My Side. So By My Side was originally started in late 2023, just about a year after moving to LA. I had a lot going on at that time, I had  just released some remixes, a remix package with Bronze Whale, a remix for Chyl and Zootah on Dim Mak, did a guest mix for Dim Mak and I had also just finished my very first EP called Patterns. Now that everything I was working on at that time was done and the holidays were coming up, I got in the studio and just started experimenting and low and behold, the first demo for By My Side was born. The setting for By My Side is absolutely in a club in Berlin, it would thrive in that setting or in a club anywhere frankly, but Berlin is where I imagine it.

As for Again, I started that in early November of 2025. I was making preparations for my last single of the year “Feel It” to drop and similar to By My Side, I was just experimenting in the studio and Again just kind of came out of nowhere. It was the second to last track made for Passion, with The Truth being the very last one, which was started in mid December. As for a setting for Again, I get 2: either a sunset drive down the Pacific Coast Highway with the sun reflecting off the water or an intimate club in London similar to fred again..’s USB002 shows he just wrapped up. The commonalities being Again should definitely be played loudly and that it has a strong emotional component to it, like it’s the end of a book where you reflect on everything you’ve just read or you’re watching your friend drive off as they move away and you’re reminiscing about your friendship since you were little.    

 

You’ve had support from radio platforms, playlists, blogs, and well known artists across the electronic space. From your perspective, what actually moves the needle the most for an artist today, is it the support from other artists, the playlist ecosystem, or the direct reaction you see from listeners?

With the way we’re so connected nowadays with the internet and social media, I think it’s very circumstantial and luck based. The whole idea is to get your music out there in as many places as you can, to cast such a wide net that it's unavoidable. I think all 3 of those things are very important. For example, if when Passion drops I were to find out that Skrillex plays one of the tracks from one of his shows, the EP gets 5 Spotify Editorial playlist adds and I’m getting tagged a bunch by people all across socials bumping tracks from it, even just 1 of those happening is insane. Each of them give more exposure to your music but more importantly, there’s a connection there being established with each one. To the artists supporting it, to the playlisters adding it and to my fans and listeners bumping it. That means what you’re communicating through your music is translating and that makes me very happy, especially from any of my listeners and fans. Seeing them enjoy and resonate with my music is something I will always treasure. But I think different people get different results from different outlets so to me it’s more circumstantial than anything. 

 

Thanks again for taking the time! Is there anything else you would like to add?

Of course, thanks for having me! What I’d like to add for anyone reading this is 1. Never give up on your dreams no matter what, work hard and work to maintain a healthy mindset. And 2. Check in on your people, you never know who's struggling right now and could use a friend. God Bless. 

 

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