Justin Martin, Ultragroove, Cabaret Voltaire, Edinburgh, 2 Feb

San Franciscan DJ/producer Justin Martin will make his Scottish debut at Ultragroove this month. The Bay Area resident's talents were first spotted in 2003 by Barclay Crenshaw, an independent film producer who's now better known under his own DJ and production moniker, Claude Von Stroke. That same year, at Miami's Winter Music Conference, his demo CD found its way into the hands of Ben Watt, who immediately signed its opening track Sad Piano for his Buzzin' Fly label on his return to London. Five years on and Martin has now established himself as one of the west coast's brightest talents; DJing, recording and remixing regularly for Buzzin' Fly, Utensil, Classic and Dirtybird Records (which he co-owns with Von Stroke). His tech-funk style went on full display with the release of his first mix CD Chaos Restored on Buzzin' Fly last year. [Colin Chapman]