Ricardo Martins, 1984. Lisbon-based Drummer and Graphic Designer. Currently playing the drums in Lobster, Pop Dell'Arte, Jibóia, Chão Maior, Papaya, ALGUMACENA, Deriva, Leonor Arnaut + Ricardo Martins, Sangue Suor, Ligadura, Tormenta, Raso, Anacronautas, The Deren Project and his Solo Project. He is also composing for different groups with the project Silvar.
Ricardo is an Istanbul AGOP and TAMA artist.
He co-founded Desisto in 2013 and has been working as a Graphic Designer since. He teaches design at ETIC, where he coordinates the Web Design annual course.
Past Bands
Theater
Shows 2024
207
12 Hour Plane Crash
A Bird Called Diamond Cutter
Adorno
Asneira
Bad Tempered Creation
Black Leg
Black Seat Bingo
Bonanza
BRUXAS/COBRAS
Cangarra
Cougars
Earth Electric
Familea Miranda
Filho da Mãe & Ricardo Martins
Fumo Ninja
Häätï
Hüsqvarna
Hush Hush
I Had Plans
Inget
João Peste, Ricardo Martins e Rodrigo Amado
K/ Half Noise
Last Exit
Lenha
The Living Dead Orchestra
Ligadura
Lodo
Mary Reilly
Mamede
Morte
MDMA
My Legs Señor
Ninfo
Noz
Objects
R-
Ricardo Martins Trio
Suchi Rukara
Strá... Tum... Pschh
TheyWereGunShots
VRBLS
A Casa de Bernarda Alba
As Febres de Lisboa w/Óscar Silva
Diário de um Migrante
Dirty Shoes Don't Go To Heaven
Guardador de Sonhos
Hipólito
Kindzu
Nos Matámos o Cão Tinhoso
Praça dos Heróis
Somos todos Camões
Dance & Circus
Bowing Back
Levamentum
OutsideIn
(01) 24.01.2025
Pop Dell'Arte @ SMUP, Parede
(02) 31.01.2025
MDMA @ CCCA, Castelo Branco
(03) 01.02.2025
Solo @ Square Fest / Braga, TBA
(04) 21.02.2025
Lobster @ Understage Rivoli, Porto
(05) 11.04.2025
OutsideIn @ TBA
(06) 11.04.2025
Pop Dell'Arte @ MusicBox, Lisboa
(07) 10.05.2025
La Negra @ Teatro Ibérico, Lisboa
(08) 10.05.2025
Sangue Suor @ Oliveira do Campo
(09) 16.05.2025
La Negra @ Mula, Barreiro
(10) 24.05.2025
La Negra @ SHE, Évora
(11) 25.05.2025
Anacronautas @ Clav, Guimarães
(12) 31.05.2025
Raso @ Guimarães
(13) 04.07.2025
Jibóia @ Festival Nascentes
(14) 17.08.2025
Pop Dell'Arte @ TBA
(15) 30.08.2025
La Negra @ TBA
(16) 20.09.2025
OutsideIn @ Teatro-Cine, Gouveia
(17) 27.09.2025
OutsideIn @ Teatro Ribeira Conceição, Lamego
(18) 04.10.2025
Pop Dell'Arte @ TBA
(19) 17/18.10.2025
The Deren Project @ TBA
(20) 05.12.2025
ALGUMACENA @ TBA
Videos
Releases
2025
La Negra
Self-Released
Digital
Chão Maior
Self-Released
Vinyl/CD
2024
O Sol Que Nos Consome (Bateria in Chão)
Slowdriver Records
CD & Tape
Deriva
Facada Records
Tape
Solo
Revolve
Digital
2023
Solo
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve
Digital
Sangue Suor
Omnichord/Theatro Circo
12
Sangue Suor
Omnichord/Theatro Circo
Digital
2022
Solo
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve
Digital
ALGUMACENA
Regulator
Tape
Solo
Teatro do Bairro Alto
Digital + Livro
Leonor Arnaut & Ricardo Martins
Discos de Platão
Digital
ALGUMACENA
Regulator
Digital
BRUXAS/COBRAS
Self-Released
Digital
Fumo Ninja
Revolve
CD
Solo
Revolve
Multimedia
Noz
Self-Released
CD
Fumo Ninja
Revolve
Digital
Noz
Self-Released
Digital
2021
2020
Solo
Digital
Pop Dell'Arte
CD
Sony
Papaya
Digital
Revolve
Um Ano de Bailarico, Quinze Anos de Lovers & Lollypops (Lobster)
Digital
Lovers & Lollypops
Pop Dell'Arte
Digital
Sony
2019
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Lobster)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Filho da Mãe & Ricardo Martins)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Ligadura)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (I Had Plans)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (BRUXAS/COBRAS)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Lenha)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Asneira)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Papaya)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Suchi Rukara)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
2018
Jibóia
12"
Discrepant
Papaya
Digital
Revolve
Adorno
Digital
The Dirty Coal Train (Drums on "Billy J.")
Double LP
Groovie Records / Garagem Records
BRUXAS/COBRAS
Digital
Escama
2017
Earth Electric
Season of Mist
CD/12"
T(H)REE - vol.6 (JIBÓiA + Disco Puppet)
Cobra / Omnichord Records
CD
T(H)REE - vol.5 (Noz + Abdunazar Poyonov)
Cobra / Omnichord Records
CD
Bruxas/Cobras
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve
Tape
Jibóia
Self-Released
Digital
2016
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Bruxas/Cobras
Revolve
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Bruxas/Cobras
Self-Released
Digital
Papaya
Self-Released
Lathe 8''
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Jibóia
Lovers & Lollypops
12''
Filho da Mãe & Ricardo Martins
CTL / Revolve
12''
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
2015
Ricardo Martins
Self-Released
Digital
Filho da Mãe & Ricardo Martins
Revolve
Digital
Black Leg
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve / Sieve and Sand / Sleep City
7''
Noz²
PAD
12''
2014
Eric Ayotte
Brown Town / Pike Records
12''
Lenha
Self-Released
Digital
2013
Papaya
Adagio 830
12''
Cangarra / Duas Semicolcheias Invertidas
A Giant Fern
K7
Cangarra
Self-Released
Digital
2012
2011
Cangarra
Self-Released
Digital
Cangarra
Self-Released
Digital
I Had Plans
Unterm Durchschnitt
12''
I Had Plans / Legs Dead and Well
Komarov Records
7''
2010
Adorno / The Black Heart Rebellion
Smoke & Dust / Adagio 830
7''
Adorno / Eric Ayotte
Adagio 830 / Sleep City / Brown Town
7''
Adorno / Sugartown Cabaret
Emergence / Communication is not words / La agonia de vivir
12''
Adorno
Pure Pain Sugar / Adagio 830
7''
Asneira
Self-Released
Digital
2009
Lobster / The Sound of Typewriters
Rock It / Sleep City
7''
Objects
Gafas del Rigor
k7
Vrbls
Self-Released
Mini CD
Vrbls
Self-Released
Mini CD
2008
Adorno
We Love Pandas
12"
Adorno / Syn*Error
Unterm Durchschnitt, Existencia, Old Skool Kids, Kids In Misery
7"
Adorno / End of a Year
Existencia, Pine Records
7"
Suchi Rukara
We Love Pandas
CD
I Had Plans
Self-Released
Digital
2007
Adorno
We Love Pandas
12"
Suchi Rukara
Self-Released
CD-R
Lobster / Debut!
Merzbau
CD-R / Digital
Lobster
Borland / Rock It
CD
Inget
Self-Released
Digital
2006
Suchi Rukara
Self-Released
CD-R
Lobster / Veados com Fome
Lovers & Lollypops
CD-R
2005
Animal Repetitivo (Lobster)
Searching Records
CD-R
Lobster
Merzbau
CD-R / Digital
Mary Reilly
Self-Released
CD-R
Ricardo Martins, 1984. Lisbon-based Drummer and Graphic Designer. Currently playing the drums in Lobster, Pop Dell'Arte, Jibóia, Chão Maior, Papaya, ALGUMACENA, Deriva, Leonor Arnaut + Ricardo Martins, Sangue Suor, Ligadura, Tormenta, Raso, Anacronautas, The Deren Project and his Solo Project. He is also composing for different groups with the project Silvar.
Ricardo is an Istanbul AGOP and TAMA artist.
He co-founded Desisto in 2013 and has been working as a Graphic Designer since. He teaches design at ETIC, where he coordinates the Web Design annual course.
Next Shows
(01) 24.01.2025
Pop Dell'Arte @ SMUP, Parede
(02) 31.01.2025
MDMA @ CCCA, Castelo Branco
(03) 01.02.2025
Solo @ Square Fest / Braga, TBA
(04) 21.02.2025
Lobster @ Understage Rivoli, Porto
(05) 11.04.2025
OutsideIn @ TBA
(06) 11.04.2025
Pop Dell'Arte @ MusicBox, Lisboa
(07) 10.05.2025
La Negra @ Teatro Ibérico, Lisboa
(08) 10.05.2025
Sangue Suor @ Oliveira do Campo
(09) 16.05.2025
La Negra @ Mula, Barreiro
(10) 24.05.2025
La Negra @ SHE, Évora
(11) 25.05.2025
Anacronautas @ Clav, Guimarães
(12) 31.05.2025
Raso @ Guimarães
(13) 04.07.2025
Jibóia @ Festival Nascentes
(14) 17.08.2025
Pop Dell'Arte @ TBA
(15) 30.08.2025
La Negra @ TBA
(16) 20.09.2025
OutsideIn @ Teatro-Cine, Gouveia
(17) 27.09.2025
OutsideIn @ Teatro Ribeira Conceição, Lamego
(18) 04.10.2025
Pop Dell'Arte @ TBA
(19) 17/18.10.2025
The Deren Project @ TBA
(20) 05.12.2025
ALGUMACENA @ TBA
Past Bands
207
12 Hour Plane Crash
A Bird Called Diamond Cutter
Adorno
Asneira
Bad Tempered Creation
Black Leg
Black Seat Bingo
Bonanza
BRUXAS/COBRAS
Cangarra
Cougars
Earth Electric
Familea Miranda
Filho da Mãe & Ricardo Martins
Fumo Ninja
Häätï
Hüsqvarna
Hush Hush
I Had Plans
Inget
João Peste, Ricardo Martins e Rodrigo Amado
K/ Half Noise
Last Exit
Lenha
The Living Dead Orchestra
Ligadura
Lodo
Mary Reilly
Mamede
Morte
MDMA
My Legs Señor
Ninfo
Noz
Objects
R-
Ricardo Martins Trio
Suchi Rukara
Strá... Tum... Pschh
TheyWereGunShots
VRBLS
Theater
A Casa de Bernarda Alba
As Febres de Lisboa w/Óscar Silva
Diário de um Migrante
Dirty Shoes Don't Go To Heaven
Guardador de Sonhos
Hipólito
Kindzu
Nos Matámos o Cão Tinhoso
Praça dos Heróis
Somos todos Camões
Dance & Circus
Bowing Back
Levamentum
OutsideIn
Videos
Releases
2025
Chão Maior
Self-Released
Vinyl/CD
La Negra
Self-Released
Digital
2024
Papaya
Revolve
Digital
Jibóia
Discrepant
12"
Papaya
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve
Digital
Tormenta
Revolve
Digital
O Sol Que Nos Consome (Bateria in Chão)
Slowdriver Records
CD & Tape
Deriva
Facada Records
Tape
Solo
Revolve
Digital
2023
Solo
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve
Digital
Sangue Suor
Omnichord/Theatro Circo
12
Sangue Suor
Omnichord/Theatro Circo
Digital
2022
Solo
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve
Digital
ALGUMACENA
Regulator
Tape
Solo
Teatro do Bairro Alto
Digital + Livro
Leonor Arnaut & Ricardo Martins
Discos de Platão
CD
ALGUMACENA
Regulator
Digital
BRUXAS/COBRAS
Self-Released
Digital
Fumo Ninja
Revolve
CD
Solo
Revolve
Multimedia
Noz
Self-Released
CD
Fumo Ninja
Revolve
Digital
Noz
Self-Released
Digital
2021
Bruxas/Cobras
Digital
Solo
Digital
Solo
Revolve
Digital
2020
Solo
Digital
Pop Dell'Arte
CD
Sony
Papaya
Digital
Revolve
Um Ano de Bailarico, Quinze Anos de Lovers & Lollypops (Lobster)
Digital
Lovers & Lollypops
2019
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Lobster)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Filho da Mãe & Ricardo Martins)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Ligadura)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (I Had Plans)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (BRUXAS/COBRAS)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Lenha)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Asneira)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Papaya)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
Fecking Bahamas VII. (Suchi Rukara)
Digital
Fecking Bahamas
2018
Jibóia
12"
Discrepant
Papaya
Digital
Revolve
Adorno
Digital
The Dirty Coal Train (Drums on "Billy J.")
Double LP
Groovie Records / Garagem Records
BRUXAS/COBRAS
Digital
Escama
Solo
12"
Jeff
Ligadura
Self-Released
Digital
2017
Earth Electric
Season of Mist
CD/12"
T(H)REE - vol.6 (JIBÓiA + Disco Puppet)
Cobra / Omnichord Records
CD
T(H)REE - vol.5 (Noz + Abdunazar Poyonov)
Cobra / Omnichord Records
CD
Bruxas/Cobras
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve
Tape
Jibóia
Self-Released
Digital
2016
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Bruxas/Cobras
Revolve
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Bruxas/Cobras
Self-Released
Digital
Papaya
Self-Released
Lathe 8''
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
Jibóia
Lovers & Lollypops
12''
Filho da Mãe & Ricardo Martins
CTL / Revolve
12''
Ricardo Martins
Jeff
Digital
2015
Ricardo Martins
Self-Released
Digital
Filho da Mãe & Ricardo Martins
Revolve
Digital
Black Leg
Revolve
Digital
Papaya
Revolve / Sieve and Sand / Sleep City
7''
Noz²
PAD
12''
2014
Eric Ayotte
Brown Town / Pike Records
12''
Lenha
Self-Released
Digital
2013
Papaya
Adagio 830
12''
Cangarra / Duas Semicolcheias Invertidas
A Giant Fern
K7
Cangarra
Self-Released
Digital
2012
Cangarra
Coronado
Tape
Adorno
Shove It Records
12''
Cangarra
Self-Released
Digital
2011
Cangarra
Self-Released
Digital
Cangarra
Self-Released
Digital
I Had Plans
Unterm Durchschnitt
12''
I Had Plans / Legs Dead and Well
Komarov Records
7''
2010
Adorno / The Black Heart Rebellion
Smoke & Dust / Adagio 830
7''
Adorno / Eric Ayotte
Adagio 830 / Sleep City / Brown Town
7''
Adorno / Sugartown Cabaret
Emergence / Communication is not words / La agonia de vivir
12''
Adorno
Pure Pain Sugar / Adagio 830
7''
Asneira
Self-Released
Digital
2009
Lobster / The Sound of Typewriters
Rock It / Sleep City
7''
Objects
Gafas del Rigor
k7
Vrbls
Self-Released
Mini CD
Vrbls
Self-Released
Mini CD
2008
Adorno
We Love Pandas
12"
Adorno / Syn*Error
Unterm Durchschnitt, Existencia, Old Skool Kids, Kids In Misery
7"
Adorno / End of a Year
Existencia, Pine Records
7"
Suchi Rukara
We Love Pandas
CD
I Had Plans
Self-Released
Digital
2007
Adorno
We Love Pandas
12"
Suchi Rukara
Self-Released
CD-R
Lobster / Debut!
Merzbau
CD-R / Digital
Lobster
Borland / Rock It
CD
Inget
Self-Released
Digital
2006
Suchi Rukara
Self-Released
CD-R
Lobster / Veados com Fome
Lovers & Lollypops
CD-R
2005
Animal Repetitivo (Lobster)
Searching Records
CD-R
Lobster
Merzbau
CD-R / Digital
Mary Reilly
Self-Released
CD-R