I shared a radio show with Morgan for a while at WOBC-FM, the Oberlin College station, while Morgan was still an undergraduate there. This was 1995 or so.
Morgan mixed frequently, and I still have tapes. My guess is he'd consider that blackmail material. I think they were decent enough. Among the things Morgan was high on back then was DBX and DJ Funk, as I remember it. Both styles often formed themes in the mixes. Basic channel was frequently in the mix, too. I recall trying to push Morgan to learn more about the Detroit things (Aktkins, et al) that was making crazy then, even though I lacked the deep knowledge so many of you bring to the table here on 313. He seemed really into this tape I gave him, a collage of proto ghetto tech mixes from WGPR-FM in '92. (DJ Fingers, mostly). We journeyed to Detroit itself once or twice for parties. It's possible I influenced his record buying habits very slightly (although he influenced mine immensely more). In retrospect, I'd like to think that I Made A Difference, however small. :) Morgan was a young man of broad musical tastes, even then. One thing that sticks out: He was really into bhangra. That seemed, well, *way out there* to this child of Kid Rock Country (a region better known as Downriver Detroit.) John Kohlstrand Rochester, N.Y. USA P.S. Yeah, I know, Kid is actually from Macomb County or some place north of Eight Mile. But they don't call it Taylortucky for nothing. Kid Rock: Trailer nation lifts its lonely ears to you. -----Original Message----- From: Kent williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 11:12 AM To: J. T. Cc: 313@hyperreal.org Subject: Re: (313) Metro Area interview Morgan used to be one of that huge cadre of net-kiddies who made tracks. I can't find the cassette from 1995/96 -- a net compilation -- that morgan had a track on... what I remember about it was that it sounded a lot like early Todd Sines, another guy just starting out in Ohio at the time ... It was pretty bare house-shuffly 909 plus some minimal jazzy chords that settles down into a groove based around a 303 squiggle. It actually was a decent track -- you could throw it into a tech-house set even now with positive results I wonder if Morgan would ever mp3 some of his early tracks, or if he considers it blackmail material now ... Completely off-topic, but I got a CDR in the mail the other day from a guy who taped me singing and playing guitar in a hippy coffee house in 1978. Now THAT is stone cold blackmail material. Allman Brothers' "Melissa"? *shudder* would mp3 some of that early stuff, On Sat, 12 Oct 2002, J. T. wrote: > >Hmm... I read it a little differently. I thought he was just saying that he > >isn't feeling the current techno output, not that he's not influenced by > >techno at all. > > i think that's much more accurate!! of course morgan used to make techno so > of course its an influence just not as strong as it used to be. i'm sure he > throws on some older stuff every now and again. he used to call dbx one of > his biggest influences and love eevolute etc etc...it's just there is not a > whole lot of soulful techno out there anymore, and when there is it's > usually harkening back to the early 90's etc not really all that > original...
