Musical Career
Born in Spitalfields, 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 1980s. 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. In 2007 he opened his Accidental Music label so he could make his archive available in the digital realm for the first time and to collaborate on new dance projects. Also around the same time he became a professional photographer after he was invited to do a one off project in Iran. He is currently working on solo material in a singer/songwriter mode and at the same time doing shoots for various publications worldwide.
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