| DJ Keltech | |
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| Birth name | Lloyd Morgan |
| Born | July 17, 1974 Cardiff, UK |
| Genres | Scratch |
| Occupations | DJ, Producer, Remixer and turntablist |
| Years active | 1990–2008 |
| Website | http://www.djkeltech.com |
Keltech (born Lloyd Morganis an award-winning DJ and music producer.
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Keltech started started producing in 1990, and DJing in 1992 using modified second hand hi-fi record players, putting mix tapes in local shops and organising small raves for locals to gain publicity. In 1996, he created a website with downloadable MP3s.
After having no success sending demos to multiple record labels, his website was added as a music link page on the official Prodigy website, attracting the attention of a Dutch record label who eventually agreed to release two 12" records of his music under the name "Critical Adjustment". Shortly afterwards, another label based in San Diego released two 12" records of his Drum and bass music. At this point, He started using the name "Keltech" (based on his Celtic origins and technical music production methods). Five hundred copies were sold across east coast America, but due to financial reasons the San Diego label stopped releasing music, followed shortly by the Dutch label, prompting him (now suffering from tinnitus) to start his own label "Pyraplastic Records".
In 2000, He stopped making Drum and Bass records and returned to DJing, often performing with rapper and best friend Johnny B across the country, supporting names such as Ice T, Africa Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash.[1] In 2003, he won two individual Welsh music awards, and a joint award with Johnny B.
In 2005 in Bath, whilst entering the DMC World DJ Championships for the third year, He put together a routine using John Williams' "Imperial March" from The Empire Strikes Back, which was greeted with acclaim. After a friend suggested publishing the piece as a viral video, he dressed up in a simple Darth Vader outfit and recorded the infamous "Keltech Strikes Back" routine in his bedroom. The video was an instant hit, making the front pages of MSN, Yahoo and Lycos.
Morgan was asked to travel to Belgium to perform the Darth Vader routine live on primetime TV, and performed the same routine a few months later at a Star Wars game launch party in Trafalgar Square. After an interview on the official starwars.com website, he even received a Christmas card from LucasArts signed by George Lucas. interview on starwars.com http://www.starwars.com/community/news/rocks/news20080111.html
A few weeks after the Star Wars video was released, He recorded another routine using the music from War of the Worlds. This also met with success, and led to Jeff Wayne contacting him and asking if he would do an official studio remix for the new album released on Sony Records.
Keltech's music has been published under multiple labels, including Second Skin, Intelligent, New Vision, Symbiosis, Broadcast, Headfuk and Sony BMG, and has been licensed to companies such as Sonic Foundry, BBC and MTV (for the Madonna/P Diddy profile show). He also runs DJ workshops at local youth clubs across South Wales.