David Morley
Ambient / Experimental / Electronica Brussels, Belgium |
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Although producer David Morley ( www.davidmorley.com ) has been involved in a range of recording projects, encompassing trance and techno as well as the more ambient and "intelligent" offshoots
thereof, his work has been marked by a consistent experimentalism, earning him a reputation as a compositional innovator among producers, DJs, and home listeners the world over. Born and raised in England, Morley's name is most often associated with the Belgian techno scene, primarily due to early R&S releases as Spectrum, TZ4, and under his own name which helped to solidify the label's nascent sound. Spectrum's "Brazil," recorded with R&S owner Renaat Vandepapeliere, was a visionary fusion of dancefloor techno/trance and ambient/experimental strains that helped earn R&S its association as an important force at the fore of European dance music. Morley, together with Outlander's Marcos Salon, was also behind the fourth release (known as TZ4) in R&S' Test Zone series (and co wrote 2 of the TZ7 tracks with Maarten Van Der Vleuten with whom he also wrote the classic and highly sought after black label "Mantrax - Sonic Circus"), an important signpost in R&S' early development. In 1994, Morley released his first two EPs under his own name -- "Evolution" (the first release on R&S sublabel Apollo) and "Shuttle" (on R&S-proper) -- both exploratory ambient/electro classics that sit neatly next to the works of such artists as Biosphere, Aphex Twin, and Higher Intelligence Agency as early examples of ambient/intelligence techno. More recently, Morley has released increasingly dark and textural works, both solo and in combination with former Inky Blacknuss collaborator/current Mo'Wax signee Andrea Parker. In addition to the pair's Infonet EP Angular Art (1995), Morley and Parker recorded the Too Good to Be Strange EP (Apollo, 1995) under the name Two Sandwiches Short of a Lunchbox (later used in the Tom Cruise film "Vanilla Sky"), as well as contributed tracks to R&S ambient sublabel Apollo's second label comp The Divine Compilation. Morley's debut full-length, Tilted, appeared on Apollo in 1998.
He also co-wrote Andreas Parker's classic debut "Kiss My ARP" on Mo Wax and has recently released a variety of songs on Miss Parker's "Touchin' Bass" label and on Sub Rosa's sub label "Quatermass". His latest album "Ghosts" has just been released on his own "Ursa Major Records" label.....
His music is published by
Bug Music
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I love the textures in your music. What did you use to create the bubbly effect at the beginning of Aquarium? It sounds like an oscillating filter on a synth with delay. I love how crisp that entire track is. The fx in it are great. I especially like the bird call synth you put towards the end of the track. Do you mostly use hardware or software?
posted Mar 5
nice - really enjoying Aquarium.
posted Jan 16
perfectly chills me up-down...heading south---
posted Oct 16
thanks !
posted Aug 27
posted Jul 17
"We all admire the spangled acrobat with classical grace meticulously walking his tight rope in the talcum light; but how much rarer art there is in the sagging rope expert wearing scarecrow clothes and impersonating a grotesque drunk! I should know." (Vladimir Nabokov) Thank you for your friendship! Musical greetings from Munich/Germany!
posted Jul 16
Nice sounds !!!! ;) :) et merci pour l'ajout..(-_-) edwin....
posted Jul 14
greetingzz ......nice sounds and colours .......
posted Jul 14
David Morley says:
Hi Immutable and thanks for your kind words! I mostly use analog modulars and that was a Roland System 100m being processed in the Eventide H3000 (I can't recall if it was just the filter or some VCO's too. I think it was VCO's). Bird call was my Serge system I believe. Reverb was a Lexicon 300 and the chords were from the Waldorf Wave. I really wish I had that synth again. Fabulous for pad sounds like the one in aquarium. I still love and use the H3000 and the Serge.
posted Mar 14