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Eric Martin, Wales' most self-effacing star, says: I'm a huge Star Trek fan."
He added: "I saw this Star Trek episode ages ago, where the Enterprise navigates itself to this strange planet. It turns out the ship was brought there by a race of people who don't explore the galaxy, they bring the galaxy to them, and that's what I'm trying to do."
Martin is opening his considerable contacts book to bring to Cardiff the great and the good of the soulandhip hop scene, beginning a week on Friday when the Soul II Soul frontman Jazzie Bopens the first of his monthly events at The Globe in Cardiff. He hopes to follow up by welcoming hip-hop gods De La Soul and British star Roots Manuva.
If you haven't heard of Martin it's no surprise because he likes to keep a low profile.
He found fame at the age of...