Quickie Mart, born Martin Arceneaux, got his start in the smoke filled, late night bar scene of New Orleans. He has toured every corner of the country as a solo artist, as well as with other acts like Galactic, Q-Tip, Shwayze, and The Cool Kids.
Quickie’s accolades include playing large events like the Vegoose, SXSW, and Zen Festival. He has been featured twice at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, three years at Voodoo Music Festival, and five years in a row at Bonnaroo Music and...
Quickie Mart, born Martin Arceneaux, got his start in the smoke filled, late night bar scene of New Orleans. He has toured every corner of the country as a solo artist, as well as with other acts like Galactic, Q-Tip, Shwayze, and The Cool Kids.
Quickie’s accolades include playing large events like the Vegoose, SXSW, and Zen Festival. He has been featured twice at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, three years at Voodoo Music Festival, and five years in a row at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival. He has shared stages with artists such as George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, Jurassic 5, RJD2, The Ting Tings, Fishbone, Lyrics Born, Joss Stone, Perry Farrell's Satellite Party, DJ Klever, Particle, Akon, Gift Of Gab, Inspektah Deck, and Lilly Allen, …just to name a few. He also had the honor of performing on stage with the legendary Mac “Dr. John” Rebennak. QM has been featured on numerous television programs including Current TV, Louisiana’s famous Dew Drop Inn, and NBC’s Last Call with Carson Daly as Devin the Dude’s DJ. He has worked in the studio with artists like UPT/Universal’s Juvenile, ANTI/Epitaph’s Galactic, and Stone Throw’s Percee P.
Quickie Mart has also received press in URB Magazine, Blender, Filter, XLR8R, and Offbeat magazines, and was hailed “New Orleans’ Hip Hop Champion” by LA Weekly. In addition to consistently recording and touring. QM also serves the tour DJ for acts like iCON the Mic King, Freddie Gibbs, Gotham Green, and The Knux.
Quickie knows no musical bounds and now after being so young, and accomplishing so much in such a short amount of time, it's easy to see why Quickie Mart has attracted so many people to his music - and even easier to expect much more from him in the future.
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