Martyn Ware

Martyn Ware
Ware in 2003
Background information
Born (1956-05-19) 19 May 1956 (age 68)
OriginSheffield, Yorkshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • composer
  • arranger
  • record producer
  • music programmer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • synthesizer
  • keyboards
  • Mellotron
Years active1977–present
Labels

Martyn Ware (born 19 May 1956) is an English musician, composer, arranger, record producer, and music programmer. As a founding member of both the Human League and Heaven 17,[1] Ware co-wrote hit songs such as "Being Boiled" and "Temptation".

Ware has also worked as a record producer, notably helping to revitalise Tina Turner's career in 1983 with her cover of "Let's Stay Together", launching Sananda Maitreya's career by co-producing his solo debut, Introducing the Hardline According to... in 1987, and producing Erasure's I Say I Say I Say album in 1994. He is also noted for work in surround sound technology and, more recently, for creation of sound installations.

  1. ^ Ankeny, Jason. "Heaven 17: Biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 16 April 2011.