Martin Grech - I Am Chromosome

[FearOfPeople]

fucking awesome lyrical imagery. "my body floats like deadwood, replace my limbs with branches"

[timgouldson]

I'd put this song up against anything Zeppelin's done.

[Problembeing]

Martin Grech...  Continuing genius :)

[Mkamalid]

this is just...pure genius. I'm sorry but this is just genius. I am blown away by every part of this song, including the ending which is pure awesomeness.

[echolily11]

adam didn't direct this vid....... :)

[nat00ben06]

This dude's overdramtic, and this osgn is causing me to have a headache. You must be kidding if you think his talent's anything like Buckley's. He hit's some high notes but so what. To Buckley No Way, No F'n way not even close. See that's it people will praise anything if the person is good looking to them. If the Elephant man sang the best you ever heard half would be thumbs down.

[dillyooo]

In the search for a kindred spirit to Jeff Buckley i have come across Martin....It's just a shame he has gone all recluse because people with such a vocal range were meant to give us pure joy. I bet every now and again he searches himself on here. Martin we miss you!!

[m0nkeychemicals]

@dillyooo Martin isn't particularly reclusive, do a search on google for 'meatsuit' and 'echolily' .The film Martin scored, Blood River, is also out on DVD now.

[MsDramagirl1]

@m0nkeychemicals yh, he is engaged and is tryin to find work right now.

[zacsystm5]

fucking beautiful. insane

[JenevieveLeather]

Just gorgeous.

[BlackAureole]

I remember watching this video just as it came out, then it disappeared for years, couldn't find it anywhere. Glad to see its back though hehe

[BlackAureole]

@BlackAureole Actually I should have watched it before posting that, this is a different version, without all the bizarre CGI.

Boring.

The audio sounds like its unmastered too, totally different from the record.

[Babaygurrl659]

omg he is sooo hoooooooooooooootttttttttttttt­ttttt!!!

[alexjsarkar]

a few years ago we used to hang out. really fun guy. amazing voice.

[stayupkane]

i NEED this mp3 can u help??

[BlackAureole]

@stayupkane yeh, take £10, buy the album, play it, listen, enjoy.

[Loudom8579]

Holy shit, the most intense ending to a song ever!! I love you Martin, never give up, you are a genius!

[Jamiewharton]

Indeed, tis a real shame Unholy didn't make it. No idea why it didn't though, it's a perfect album, surely there's a massive slice of music listeners, Pumpkins fans, NIN fans, Radiohead fans... there must be people out there who would 'get' this stuff??

[landonech]

"six foot cock" at 1:09?

[Sesquipedaliantique]

Ah, so it wasn't just me then :O

[louieaubergine]

@landonech

six foot cook, I think

[manicfoot]

I listen to this a lot when I walk to places, and the bit when the drums kick in at the end gave me goosebumps so powerful I almost fell over haha. Love all of the man's work. I hope he brings out a new album soon. Sucks that Unholy wasn't successful commercially.

[lovecedu]

been listenin a lot his stuff now and its frickin amazing. where can i buy his albums? coz i managed to get a couple songs off the internet but dont really wana download when i like the artist. can any1 help. and no order off the internet, is there a specific shop that will have it coz im pretty sure my local HMV doesnt have his stuff

[staticdreams]

his albums are (finally) back up on amazon now!

[lovecedu]

can someone explain why the band is just called martin grech, isnt he part of a band.. love what iv heard from him soo far, but it puts me off to know there is no name appart from his mentioned... kinda disapointin.. anyway can someone explain?

[m0nkeychemicals]

Martin is a solo artist, he plays all the instruments on his records. When he tours he uses backing musicians on stage. They are in this video to recreate the live experience.

[Horashima]

Classic song.

really gets the blood pumping.

=]

[ThePoisonDoor]

fucking brilliant, that's it.... Unholy is my favorite album I don't care! lol

[Foz8675]

everyones got different taste buddy. like i said before, certain parts in his songs i really dislike. he is a talented vocalist and lyricist but i cant listen past 3:25 of this song b/c it just doesnt seem to fit. i hear his new album that came out last year has more vocals and acoustics i hear tho. anyone know where i could find it in the US?

[suckmedry]

i dont understand how you can like the song but not the ending... the ending finishes beautiful. especially the last minute

ESPECIALLY THE LAST MINUTE

and i'm not just saying this because im all 'yeah man ROCK ON' i'm saying this because its an angry song and the screams are of real anger, you can hear it

i'm sorry, i dont know, i dont understand how someone can not find that beautful

i find the screams just as beautiful as the singing :\

[m0nkeychemicals]

This seems pretty popular, gay hands aside. I have the video for 'Push' too, do you want me to post that as well?

[oliverl89]

Of course :) Extremely grateful to you for posting these videos.

[m0nkeychemicals]

watch?v=Z0Uv5jclngY

[onyx59860]

j'avais oublié de noter combien c'était excellent

[onyx59860]

je ne me lasse pas de martin grech. J'adore

[StarIde]

Love this, I just love Martin's music and this is probably my all time favourite too.

Anyone got a copy of the original mutant bunny animated video for this? I would really like a copy of that.

[loosechange1001]

I LOVE MARTIN GRECH!

[XLuminareX]

i dont like the hands movement... its so gay

[joezhangjiyao]

you're right,it's gay

[VanMocen]

kinda :p

[MsDramagirl1]

@joezhangjiyao f off

[Kafeifei]

It helps with the ambience of it all.

That dreamstate area the song goes into.

[XLuminareX]

actually it would bebetter if he just stays there staring at something or doin some other stuff like walkin or whatever, but those hands movements r gay.

[openheartzoo]

some people are gay.

hand movements aren't.

[oliverl89]

I don't know about you guys but I enjoy listening to the MUSIC. Since you don't seem too keen on the music, I'm sure you can dig up some other musician who isn't waving his hands, or perhaps watch som MMA, have a great life, bye.

[XLuminareX]

i dont like the song either, and the hands movements are so gay... he as an artist has its own style i know, thats part of the show, and his show is beign gay (who gives a shit?)

i just said i dont like it and it looks so gay, u guys are takin it too personal, thats not my problem is it? :P

[oliverl89]

You've got some kind of a point, but still, it seems pointless to comment on his hand movements instead of the song which is what's trully amazing. But ok, you're allowed to express your opinions.

[XLuminareX]

he made a video, if he just wanted to people judge/enjoy/dislike his music he could made just the song, but he made the video so... u know, now its part of a critique.

[hopeinmyhand]

Wow, and even if the hand movements were truly "gay" as you say.... that's a bad thing? You're "critique" seems to go a bit further beyond the video- into a culture. Pretty lame ass critique. And that's not an opinion, it is what it is- lame ass.

[XLuminareX]

either ur truly stupid or u just dont understand what u read.... the critique goes as far as ur understanding goes man... and i didnt said it was bad... i said it was gay! (i dont like it tho) also ur takin it too serius man, if i say guy to u u would probably say that its disprespectful for the homosexual dudes that are out there pumpin u up the ass, and who are you to say what critique is good or bad?

i think ur point of view sucks (see my point?)

[Foz8675]

i understand where you're coming from. the hand movements are gay but he's a little out there. but when u look at it, hes only doin it in the slow "dreamstate" part of the song and not the hard rock part. him standing there or just walking just wouldnt work in bringin the mood. you can tell he put his soul into this song and it really shows. i always like the first 3 mins of all his songs and hate the rest of it. its weird but he is a genius. i hope he comes out with more albums

[XLuminareX]

FINALLY, a nice answer, w/o random insults...

and with a good point....

i kind of agree with you, but as i said, i dont like this song, i downloaded all his albums and i just like 2 or 3 songs, i dont like that much his style.

[GabrielsNob]

Grech is a prodigous talent. His debut album "Open Heart Zoo" was an inspired start.I'm not so sure "Unholy" really built on that potential. Less light and shade and all industrial darkness made it a bit of a dirge. Chromosome is probably the best track of the album IMO.

[hypnoticvs]

fuck this

[bmcauliffe]

..why? you don't like martin grech? at least make an objective comment. such intelligent art at least deserves that much if you have something bad to say.

[V940FL]

Thanks for putting this up - haven't seen it for ages! And this mix of the song is so good - I wish I'd picked up the CD in 2004.

[V940FL]

Actually, now that I watch this - it's different from the one I saw originally. It featured a CGI interaction between some disfigured animals, and some other things. Same band shoot, though.

Really interesting; thank you!

[m0nkeychemicals]

There was a version with some wierd CG animals in, it was put together by the record company, This is the Directors cut of the band in Ramsey cinema.

[V940FL]

Interesting; cheers for clearing it up! (: I'd also not noticed that Chromosome was directed by Adam Mason. Looking forward to Blood River...

[staticdreams]

thank you so much for uploading this! I've been looking out for this for years. One of Martin's best.

[yousnasserous]

i donno how i got here...but i'm glad i did!

he's like the heavy version of radiohead..

[theman362]

martin grech is a fucking legend.

[comeonteamluca]

martin grech is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO underrated

[Kitzie69]

Didnt realise there was a video, ace!

[Edd731]

I did'nt know there was a video for this song.

He is a real talent and this song is a beast.

[Fandia]

thank you so much for posting this. Can't. Fucking. Handle. HOW EPIC IT IS.

[m0nkeychemicals]

A pleasure, keep an eye out for Adam Mason's new movie, Blood River - Martin is doing the score and his songs for it are amazing.

[theman362]

absolutley ace... this is better than the album version i have :(

[Andylocksigma]

Awsome. He's the reason I write music