Morgan King

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Morgan King
Born March 28, 1961 (1961-03-28) (age 47)
Origin Petticoat Lane, London
Genre(s) House, ambient, electronica
Occupation(s) Musician, writer, producer/remixer, DJ
Instrument(s) Vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards
Years active 1979–present
Label(s) Accidental Music
Associated acts Clubland, Manic MC's, Morgan King, Soundsource
Website www.accidentalmusic.net

Morgan King (born 28 March 1961) is a musician, writer, producer and DJ.

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[edit] Musical career

Born in London, Morgan's musical career began in 1979 as drummer for Manchester band Illustration, who were subsequently signed by the indie label, "Some Bizarre". After several years immersed in the UK indie scene, Morgan's musical direction changed considerably with the advent of house music in the late eighties. In 1988 Morgan moved to Chicago and started writing with Kym Mazelle and Marshall Jefferson on Kym's first album, "Crazy", which was released the following year. In 1989 Morgan joined his third band, the Manic MCs who had a UK top thirty hit with their first release, "Mental".

In 1990 Morgan started collaborating with BTech record's Jan Ekholm and dance duo Quartz, working in Sweden on a series of Dance releases under various pseudonyms, including Technoir, Backbeat, Groovement, Bassrace and others. He also formed the successful dance act "Clubland" with Jan (later joined by Zemya Hamilton on vocals), who recorded three main albums, and received three gold discs, a Swedish Grammy, and topped the US Billboard Dance chart three times with "Lets Get Busy", "Hold On (Tighter to Love)" and "Set Me Free" respectively.

In 1991, Morgan partenered with Nick Hook to form Om records in London and the band "Soundsource", who subsequently achieved success with the House / Rap track "Take Me Up", later recycled by "Lock 'N Load" for their 2000 top ten UK hit "Blow Ya Mind". This single was followed up by the 1992 club hit "One High". Again, Morgan started writing and recording with various artists under a variety of pseudonyms with Om including Obiman, Al Hambra, VFN Experience, Om and others. He also recorded a solo record, the Balearic Anthem "I Am Free", which was first released in 1991.

Around 1994/1995, Morgan took a break from the music scene, eventually resurfacing in 2003 to co-write Trybe's "Sarah Said" with Fragma. He is currently working on his new dance label "Accidental Music" and writing, recording and producing.

[edit] Selected Discography

[edit] With Manic MC's

(King / Cottle / Hudd)

Singles

  • Mental - 1989 RCA UK #30
  • The Beat - 1990 UK #96 MCA

[edit] With Clubland

(King / Ekholm / Hamilton)

Albums

  • Themes From Outer Clubland - 1991
  • Adventures Beyond Clubland - 1992
  • Secrets Of Inner Clubland (Clubland featuring Zemya Hamilton) - 1995

Selected Singles

  • Let's Get Busy (Pump It Up) - 1990 US Hot Dance #1 UK #86
  • Hold On (Tighter To Love) - 1991 US Billboard "Hot Dance" #1, US #79
  • (I'm Under) Love Strain - 1992
  • Come Rain Come Shine - US Hot Dance #39 1992
  • Hypnotized - 1992 US Hot Dance #1
  • Set Me Free - 1992 US Hot Dance #1, US #90
  • Peace of Luv - 1995
  • Gimme Love, Gimme All - 1995

[edit] With Soundsource

(King / Hook)

Singles

  • Take Me Up - 1991 FFRR UK #62
  • One High - 1992 Om records

[edit] With Obiman

(King / Blake)

Single: Rising - Om records 1993

Compilation: On the Rocks - Included on Cafe Del Mar Vol 1 album React Records 1994

[edit] With VFN Experience

(Nasty / King)

Single: Vol 1 - Om whites 1994

[edit] Morgan King / La Serrena

Singles

  • I'm Free - 1991 BTech records
  • I Am Free - 1993 Om Records
  • I'm Free - 1998 Excession Records

[edit] Remixes

  • Backbeat - Love and Happiness (Gasmatron mix) 1991
  • Clubland - Ride the Groove 1992
  • Clubland - Hypnotized (The Soundsource Seduction) 1992
  • Alhambra - Sonar Remix (with Nick Hook) 1992
  • MDA - Take an E (Roofon remix) (with Nasty / Hodgson) 1992
  • Hypernature - Flow "The Morgan King mixes" (King Full Force Effect, Kingdub and Kingdeep mixes)

[edit] On Compilations

[edit] External links and references