DJ Martin Oldgoth

Martin, a disillusioned ex-punk, turned to the darkside in 1982 & found he preferred it. Working as a doorman, part time DJ and promoter in Romfords' Rezz club from 1985 taught him all he needed to know about avoiding 'proper' work and a life on the alternative side of things beckoned.

Through to March 1988 when the club turned into a wine bar he booked some of the scenes finest bands and promoted gigs people still talk about today. In 1988 "The Playground" began and he began concentrating more on DJing than promoting. From 1999 he co-ran InsanitoriuM, firstly in pubs and then in a proper venue, returning to promoting for the final few, before the ill health of one of the DJ’s led to the decision to stop on the tenth anniversary.

He's DJ'd all over the UK, at the Whitby Gothic Weekend (five times in total), been to Los Angeles to DJ and worked at the Wave Gotik Treffen in Leipzig, Germany (to 2000 people at an all night event) as well as several other prestigious events. You’ll find a list below.

He can't stop DJing, he's tried to a few times, but it's addictive you see, you should feel sorry for him and buy him alcohol. He likes Captain Morgan or Sailor Jerry’s spiced rum, Absolut vodka, a good brandy and decent beer and hates glowsticks. He is happily married to Brigitte (aka gothtart), they don't want any children as they are fattening and smell like wee (children that is, not Martin and Brigitte).

Martin presents a twice monthly radio show on Radio Nightbreed called thirteen13, currently listened to by around 120,000 people. He also runs Nostalgia at the Whitby Gothic Weekend, a night where people can experience what a goth club used to be like before the intrusion of ‘industrial’, and writes a monthly column for Static magazine.

He’s very happy that at last people are remembering what goth is, as it means he’s in demand again.

He celebrates 25 years in the business is 2010, why not help him out?