Originally trained and worked as a dancer at The Royal Danish Ballet in Copenhagen, Martin took his Master of Music degree in Composition in 2014 from The Royal Danish Academy of Music, where he pursues an Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Composition. Martin has counted among his teachers Hans Abrahamsen, Bent Sørensen and Niels Rosing-Schow.

Martin writes for any combination of instruments, with or without electronics, as well as working in sound performance and installation. Martin has written incidental music for plays and music for dance and theatre.

Until fall 2014, Martin serves as the chairman of UNM Denmark, the Danish branch of the pan-Nordic annual festival for young sound artists, Young Nordic Music.