Martone doesn’t walk into the room—he struts in, doused in neon, wrapped in rhythm, and trailed by a posse of pulsing beats and unapologetic truth. With The Evolution of Martone – 10th Anniversary Edition, he isn’t just commemorating a milestone—he’s etching his legacy into the cosmic vinyl of house music history with a diamond-tipped stylus of fierce individuality and spiritual swagger.
This record isn’t a greatest hits album. It’s a sacred groove scripture for the children of the night—those who found salvation beneath strobe lights and in the arms of strangers who knew the power of a shared beat. Martone, the self-proclaimed Emperor of House Music (a title earned, not claimed), lays it all out in this retrospective turned rebirth: a fierce collection of reimagined gems and new anthems that serve equal parts celebration, exorcism, and evolution.
Tracks like “Groove Tonight” and “We Go Down” don’t just drop—they explode in technicolor. You can hear the sweat, the glitter, the hands raised to heaven. “Chocolate” is a sensual, skin-on-skin slow burn dressed in high-gloss bass and midnight tension. It’s house music with hips and heart, a sensual soundtrack to a thousand dancefloor confessions.
And just when you think Martone’s peaked, he follows this album up with “Too Bad, So Sad,” a brand-new banger with Intelligent Diva that slaps with cheeky bravado and delicious venom. It’s the audio equivalent of flipping off your ex while vogueing in 6-inch stilettos.
But beneath the sequins and sass, there’s soul. Real soul. Martone isn’t spinning beats for the fame of it—he’s building cathedrals for the outcast, the divine misfits, the loud lovers and quiet rebels who find truth under the disco ball. His voice, rich with tone and purpose, slices through the mix like a preacher with a PhD in funk, turning tracks into testaments of survival, resilience, and sacred queer joy.
What makes this 10-year retrospective hit harder than a VIP room sound system is the man behind the music. Martone is more than a musician—he’s a movement. Whether dropping a beat or a truth bomb, his mission is crystal: empower the silenced, elevate the bold, and shake the foundations of conformity until the walls crack wide open. His Amazon Best-Selling book Deep & Raw: The Erotica of Martone is an extension of that same pulse—unfiltered, fearless, and yes, filthy in all the right ways.
Martone doesn’t just remix tracks—he remixes the rules. And with proceeds from his projects going toward causes like LGBT Books to Prisoners, he’s proving that the groove can heal as well as it can hype.
Ten years in, Martone’s not mellowing—he’s metastasizing into a bigger, bolder, bass-heavier version of his true self. The Evolution of Martone is more than music. It’s a manifesto. A mirror ball moment of clarity. A neon-soaked sermon for those of us who never really fit in… until we did.
Turn it up. Strip it down. And don’t just dance—ascend.
–Lonnie Nabors