Billie Ray Martin describes herself as “a kid from Hamburg’s red-light district, who wanted to be a soul singer, but ended up playing repetitive machine music, while still trying to be a soul singer".

"The singer is Billie Ray Martin and she’s one of the living legends in modern music history and one of the best voices on planet earth." DJ Hell
"Billie Ray Martin is an absolute revelation." Ken Hollings, The Wire
"She’s one of the most intelligent, unique and principled artists to have graced the charts.” Stewart Who, QX
"Billie Ray Martin is the Nico of the rave generation..." Ben Wood, Bearded magazine