​Octavia Freud is the alter ego of Oxford based DIY electronic artist Martin Andrews.

His music releases have gained national airplay on BBC 6 Music, BBC Introducing and BBC Radio 4.

Originally from Manchester, Martin first started DJ’ing and promoting club nights when he moved to London in the 2000’s and subsequently set up the South London electronic label Projector Records.

As a musician he has performed in various live electronic outfits that have performed across the UK and Europe, including London’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Fleche D’or club in Paris and the Isle of Wight’s Bestival festival.

Martin has collaborated with many other musicians and producers. His collaboration with Brighton electronic producer IDC led to a live session for John Kennedy's radio show and their track, ‘Modern Touch’ gaining single of the week in Mixmag magazine.

Martin’s own tracks have been selected on mix compilations by the late Andrew Weatherall, appeared alongside Goldfrapp on the seminal ‘Robopop’ electro album and been remixed at Death in Vegas’ famous Contino Rooms by Cosey Club founder Richard Clouston.

Martin spent several years running the influential live electronic music residency night, ‘Neural Ohmlette’ for London’s Heavenly Social club.

Since moving to Oxford, Martin has helped to develop its live electronic music scene, organising music events for Modern Art Oxford, collaborating with local DIY artists and releasing four studio albums as Octavia Freud.

His album, ‘Land Ahoy’ earned him a front cover of Oxford’s Nightshift magazine: “Octavia Freud has hit gold with a deeply personal yet political style that reaches out of its electronic corner to embrace post-punk. All of life is contained in this unstintingly engaging forty minutes.”

While Oxfordshire Music Scene stated: “This is an exceptional LP that your collection is incomplete without, and your summer will be significantly better for having this as the soundtrack"

Martin has also been involved in several creative side projects. This includes GARY, a concept album and stage show written with alternative comedian Phil Jarvis from the Consignia comedy collective. The album is narrated by a chip addicted socialist seagull who tells the tale of Gary's lost weekend and the grooming of the working class by the far right.

Martin was also commisioned to write the music concept album, ‘Mancbeth’, which is based on a script by writer David Lemberg. It sets Shakespeare’s tragedy in a 90’s Manchester rave club, loosely based on The Hacienda. It is narrated by Martin as a fictional DJ in the club who gets to witness the drug dealing gangster Macbeth and his wife Lady M take over the city with their murderous ambitions.

In the summer of 2024 the album was performed live at Manchester’s Band on the Wall venue in collaboration with two of Manchester’s musical legends, singer Rowetta from Happy Mondays and original FAC51 Hacienda DJ Jon Da Silva and recieved rave reviews.

“Martin has created a wholly coherent piece of work that succeeds in all of its aims, from remaking the original story in a completely different form, to creating an often glorious kaleidoscope of electronic music. Macbeth might be a tragedy, but ‘Mancbeth’ is a triumph” Nightshift Magazine.

2025 is expected to a busy year with the upcoming release of Martin's latest Octavia Freud album, 'Relationships' which features songs exploring a different type of relationship. This includes his daily experiences with friends and family but also the existential and political relationships we have with our government, big tech oligarchs and social media. Plus the personal relationship we have with our body, mental wellbeing and musical and life ambitions.

2025 also sees the launch of new Mancbeth remix album, featuring a whole host of electronic artists reworking the original album. 

Octavia Freud is currently preparing to perform his new album at gigs across the the UK and at summer festivals.