MARTYN OVERWEEL
PEOPLEText: Ania Markham
His other projects include t-shirt design, DJing and book publications. The t-shirts came about through his DJ partnership with Dennis Koot who works at Studio Dumbar (together they call themselves UNISECS) because they needed something to wear.
Their choice of music is a blend of, “personal, edgy hit mix. Anything from ELO to Electric 6, Vive La Fete and Duran Duran”. Not surprisingly, the DJ duo pride themselves on their unconventional mixing techniques – well, more precisely, their lack of mixing completely. “It’s all music played on CD and we keep it simple. No fussiness. That’s why it’s UNISECS. SEC as in dry and simple.”
Not to be overlooked, are Martyn’s other project, ‘the artybookies’ or ‘FAMC’ which he produces with another friend, Rowan McCuskey. They’re little books packed full of illustrative work produced in conjunction with graphic designer, Rowan. “We have the same aesthetic so it’s not difficult to hustle it up and we have a bookie’. The books, sold through selected art book stores, sell out immediately and the demand for them is continuing to run high. So is there anything else Martyn wants to get into? ‘Yes, love. The next thing has to be love.”
Martyn Overweel
Tel: +31 (0)61 884 0184
mfoverweel@hotmail.com
https://www.mfoverweel.com
Text: Ania Markham
Photos: Mark Visser