Meet Darrell Martin – Founder Uphonic Records
December 20, 2008 by James Hipps · 1 Comment
GayAgenda recently had the honor and pleasure of speaking with Darrell Martin, founder of Uphonic Records about his latest project, Workout: Pumping House which is set for release on January 6th 2009. Darrell is a gay record mogul who has brought us a great amount of inspiration through his music.
Workout: Pumping House is the ultimate companion to countless New Year’s resolutions and a motivational tool for listeners to achieve their fitness goals. The complete package includes a double-disc set featuring 16 heart-pumping tracks, a bonus “interval workout” inspired 72-minute megamix, and a 7-day guest pass* to Bally Total Fitness. The album cover art displays Sydney-based personal trainer and fitness model Vinny Gough, courtesy of men’s underwear and swimwear brand teamm8.
The compilation includes songs such as RuPaul’s “Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous” which was used as the theme song for NBC’s The Biggest Loser and was a #1 dance download on iTunes; “Everybody Rise Pt. 2” featuring dance legend, Muriel Fowler, which just debuted at #5 on Billboard’s Breakout Dance chart; a cover of the 1989 Billboard chart topping song “Send Me Angel”, skillfully remixed by one of the best DJ’s on the scene today, Georgie Porgie (He recently secured a #1 song on the Dance chart); “Mindbuster” featuring the first lady of house music, Jocelyn Brown (who has had over 21 hits on the Billboard Dance Music/Club Play Chart); and the title track, “Workout”, a remake of Frankie Knuckles’ dance classic, which is also sung by RuPaul and features back up vocals from superstar Chris Willis.
There are a great number of inspirational messages in the lyrics of these track as we as a LGBT community get ready to move towards equality!
Darrell Martin – Founder: Uphonic Records
Check out the LIVE interview here:
About UPhonic Records:
UPhonic Records was founded in 2001 by seasoned dance music recording artist, writer, and producer Darrell Martin. Martin has been recording since the early 90’s, with many tracks remixed by world famous club DJ/Producers Raul Rincon, Robbie Rivera, The Jinks, Hard Attack, Funky Junction, Guy Robin, John Rizzo, Frankie C and Tedd Patterson. Many of Martin’s tracks have hit the Billboard Dance Chart Top 10, including Workout: Pumping House tracks “Workout” and “Looking Good, Feeling Gorgeous” (which feature vocals by RuPaul), as well as “Y?,” “Encore,” and “Distortion.”
Find more at www.workoutpumpinghouse.com or www.uphonicrecords.com!
* 7 day guest pass to Bally Total Fitness not available with download purchases.
