Musician, Composer, Producer
Director
Steve Marshall is a composer and producer who co-founded Pyramid Arts Development, a seminal music and arts centre in Dalston, East London and went on to set up State of Emergency Limited.
Biography
Steve Marshall
Singer/Songwriter/Producer
Endorsements
“Keith wanted to say how he loved what you did.” Jane Rose, Manager (Keith Richards)
"…voices like his deserve the respect, because the music is so uplifting and full of the whole range of ingredients.” Bob Jones, Blues & Soul Magazine.
“The abundance of natural soul is undeniable.” Bill Friskics-Warren, Washington Post
Bio
Steve Marshall is a multi-instrumentalist (guitar, keyboards, drums & percussion) and a vocalist.
SOEMUSIC is the music production arm of State of Emergency Limited and embodies Steve’s music creation as songwriter and producer. www.soemusic.net
Notably, Steve has produced a series of classic albums with Jamaican legend Lee “Scratch” Perry. Two of these received Grammy nominations. Working with Lee led to projects with Rolling Stone Keith Richards and Godfather of Funk, George Clinton, including mixing Keith Richards' cover of the Gregory Isaacs classic, Love Overdue, which appears as a bonus track on Keith’s third solo album, Cross-Eyed Heart.
As co-founder of Pyramid Arts Development in East London, Steve performed, recorded, and wrote with artists from around the world, including Clifford Jarvis (USA), Alan Weekes (UK), Clive Roper (Jamaica), Ernest Mothle (South Africa), and Jimmy Scott (Nigeria). He was also involved in the development of British hip-hop & rap at a grass roots level. These associations with jazz, reggae, soul, RnB, hip-hop, Afro-fusion, rock and electronic music have proved to be a great foundation.
Out of Pyramid, he set up State of Emergency with Deborah Baddoo, which marked the beginning of a long association with dance theatre. His score for Desert Crossings achieved critical acclaim, and the show toured in South Africa, Canada, Germany, and the UK. Most recently, he composed the score for dance theatre shows Love&Sex, Choices & Consequences, Where Is Home?, Coleridge Unbound, Death Of A Gangster and Cane Warriors. Composing for dance theatre has given Steve the opportunity to create a wide variety of instrumental and mood music, linked to dramatic interpretation and narrative.
Recent visits to South Africa, the USA and Japan have helped to build his reputation as an original artist.