2007-2009: Beginnings, Super 3, and Odd Future Martians started making music in his sophomore year of college when he was 18. He saved $2,000 to buy music production equipment including a MacBook. In 2009, with short-term member
BrandUn DeShay, Martians began work on an EP "The Super D3Shay". The EP released on April 29, 2009.
2010 - 2013: Jet Age Of Tomorrow and The Internet In 2008, Hal Williams, later known as
Pyramid Vritra, contacted Martians online to request his help mixing and mastering his own collective's mixtape, "The Goodwill Tape". Martians eventually invited Williams move to Los Angeles and create music under his mentorship. Martians and Williams eventually formed their own Odd Future sub-group "The Jet Age of Tomorrow," and created two self-released albums as a duo including Voyager and Journey to the 5th Echelon. The song "The Knight Hawk" from the former was sampled on
Kendrick Lamar's song "
A.D.H.D". In 2017, Martians accused
Sounwave, Lamar's producer, of non-payment of the sample. After the release of their initial projects Martians and Williams were evicted from their apartment, obliging Williams to leave Los Angeles for a year, disconnecting them from Odd Future and affiliated projects.
Syd the Kyd and Matt Martians formed another Odd Future sub-group,
The Internet, and released the album,
Purple Naked Ladies, in December 20, 2011. Martians and Williams were later credited as writing and producing a song from Odd Future's studio album,
The OF Tape Vol. 2 titled "Ya Know". Martians and Williams released a third mixtape, "The Jellyfish Mentality," in 2013, with an accompanying EP including bonus tracks That same year, The Internet released their sophomore album
Feel Good.
2014 - Present: Jet Age inactivity, Ego Death, Solo career Following the Internet's 2015 album
Ego Death, Syd and Martians announced there would be new solo albums from the members of the band. Martians would also co-produce the outro track "Failsafe" to Williams' EP "IM2S+MW" as the Jet Age Of Tomorrow. This marked the first collaboration between the two since Williams signed to
Stones Throw Records. Martians released his first studio album
The Drum Chord Theory in 2017 under Three Quarter records, which featured his own production, alongside instrumentation from
Tyler, the Creator,
Syd,
Steve Lacy, and
KiNTaRO. Martians and Williams released the final Jet Age album in the same year titled "God's Poop or Clouds?". Martians self-released the project via his own record label "5th Echelon Jet Repair Co." Martians later said in an interview with
The Fader, he does not intend to create more projects as part of the group, and that he considers his solo albums "an extension of it." The Internet released
Hive Mind, in July 20, 2018. Despite claiming The Drum Chord Theory would be his only solo project, Martians released his sophomore album The Last Party in 2019. The album featured artists such as, fellow Internet member Steve Lacy, and
Baby Rose. In 2021 Martians removed his public social media accounts and moved from Los Angeles to return to Atlanta. Martians self-released two albums under his 5th Echelon Jet Repair Co label, "Going Normal" and "Butterfly Don't Visit Caterpillar". Neither album received commercial promotion nor featured previous collaborators affiliated with The Internet and Odd Future. The latter project, Butterfly Don't Visit Caterpillar, was Martians first entirely self-produced solo effort. Martians later appeared on other artists' projects including Mia Gladstone's "EMPATHY" and
Steve Lacy's 2Gether from his album
Gemini Rights. On March 16 of 2023, Martians returned to solo music with the single "Waiting For". In December of that year, Martians teased his 5th studio album "Matt's Missing" with a single "New Matt Album Jan. 12", however he accidentally released the album instantly due to self-managing the release process using the platform DistroKid, and took down the release some time later. The album officially released on January 11, 2024 with slight differences. == Discography ==