Martha Ladly is a Canadian musician, designer and academic. Image File history File links Broom_icon. ...

She was a founding member of the Canadian New Wave band Martha & the Muffins where she played keyboards and vocals. The New Wave was a movement in American, Australian and British popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, growing out of the New York City musical scene centered around the club CBGB. The term itself is a source of much confusion. ... Martha and the Muffins Martha and the Muffins were a Canadian new wave synth pop band in the 1970s and 1980s. ...

Ladly left the band in August 1980 and relocated to the United Kingdom where she lived with designer Peter Saville[1], her painting Factus 8 was used by him for the sleeve of New Order's EP 1981 - Factus 8 - 1982. She briefly pursued a solo career and also provided backing vocals on Roxy Music's 1982 album Avalon. Peter Saville (born 1955 in Manchester[1]) is an English graphic designer based in London. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Roxy Music are an English art rock group founded in the early 1970s by art school graduate Bryan Ferry (vocals and keyboards). ... Avalon, released in June 1982, was Roxy Musics eighth studio album; it is generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the bands later work. ...

In 1982 she joined cult Scottish Post-punk act The Associates famously appearing with them on Top of the Pops when Alan Rankine fed a chocolate guitar to the audience. She left The Associates in 1986 and subsequently worked with Robert Palmer's band. Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... The Associates were a Scottish pop band of the early 1980s. ... Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, was a long-running British music chart television programme, made and broadcast by the BBC. It was originally shown each week, mostly on BBC One, from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. ... Alan Rankine was born on 17 May 1958, in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... Chocolate most commonly comes in dark, milk, and white varieties, with cocoa solids contributing to the brown coloration. ... Robert Palmer can refer to: Robert Palmer (British singer) Robert Palmer (author/producer) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

Between 1992 and 2001 she worked with Peter Gabriel as the head of Real World Design, editor of Real World Notes and a producer for Real World MultiMedia. As a key member of the Real World MultiMedia team, she was the recipient of numerous international design awards for interactive art and music projects such as Secret World Live, EVE and Ceremony of Innocence CD-ROM projects. Peter Brian Gabriel (born February 13, 1950, in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English musician. ... Secret World Live is a live album by Peter Gabriel. ...

She is currently an associate professor of design at the Ontario College of Art and Design, where her specialty is interactive communication. She is a mentor with the Canadian Film Centre's Interactive Project Lab (IPL) and a faculty member with the Habitat Interactive Art and Entertainment Program. Prior to her appointment at OCAD, she was the creative director of HorizonZero; a bilingual internet publication dedicated to creating and showcasing the best in digital art and culture in Canada, in collaboration with the Banff New Media Institute and Culture.ca. The Ontario College of Art & Design is Ontarios premier school devoted entirely to art and design. ... This article or section reads like an advertisement. ...