Hi, I’m Martin, an independent musician based in Calgary, Canada.

Vintage Sound Project is not a brand. It’s not a genre. It’s not a bid for attention in the endless scroll of the modern world. It’s just one person - me - in a small apartment, making music that means something.

Music has always been part of my life. My father was obsessed with records - classical, rock, metal, everything. The house was full of music, always. But it was darker, more introspective music that cracked something open in me. I wasn’t drawn to flash or bravado. I was drawn to mood. Atmosphere. Mystery. Something unspoken.

I never wanted to play other people’s songs. That bored the hell out of me. I wanted to create. Even when I had nothing - just a cheap guitar, a drum machine through a bass amp, and a tape recorder - I was layering sounds, overdubbing, trying to make something real.

Life got in the way. A career in tech. Relationships. Divorce. Cross-continental moves. For years, my music went quiet.

Then in late 2022, I decided to return to it. No more waiting. No more excuses. Just a fire in my chest that hadn’t gone out. That’s when this project truly began.

Since then, I’ve released seven albums - each different, each a snapshot of where I was at that time. Some are funk-driven and rebellious. Others are cinematic, haunted, or spiritual. Some use my voice. Others don’t. But they all carry something real.

I make music because I have to. For the sheer fun of it - the way melodies and grooves interlock, forming something more than the sum of its parts. But also because I need to say something. The world has become absurd. We’re all buried under systems and expectations that no longer serve us. Most people are on autopilot. I make music to cut through that. To question the illusion. To shake the snow globe.

Sometimes it’s philosophical. Sometimes it’s funky. Sometimes it’s just pure catharsis. I don’t stick to one genre, because I’m not trying to sell you a sound. I’m building transmissions - sonic messages, encoded in atmosphere, tone, and intent.

But not all of them speak in words. My instrumental albums matter just as much. They tell stories through sound. These pieces don't need lyrics - they carry their message in texture, tone, and foley.

I’m not making music for fame or followers. I’m making it for myself, first. Because it makes this strange, fragile life more bearable and more beautiful. But if anyone else out there is awake - or wants to be - then this music is also for you. For the rebels. For the skeptics. For anyone who still believes that art is a transmission, and not a transaction.

I’m just trying to keep the signal alive. One album at a time. I hope you enjoy.