Question: How long have you been spinning?
Answer: I've been spinning for nearly 10 years.

Question: What was the first party or club you spun at?
Answer: I started when I first went to college. So the first few parties I played were ones that my friends and I got together to throw. They were also some of the most memorable parties. Even after a year of practicing, I still was not very comfortable playing in front of people.

Question: Where do you buy most of your vinyl?
Answer: Now adays I buy most of my vinyl on-line, mainly www.bangingtunes.com I've been working with Oz and Kristian for a long time now, and I'm happy to support them in any way I can!

Question: How did you get your break?
Answer: I dunno if I really have yet had my break. To be honest with you, it's been a lot of hard work. Everything from throwing a few parties of my own, learning that not what I wanted to do... and then pushing CD's out to people in hopes of them actually listening to them. If anything was my big break, it was the opportunity I had to make a large number of CDR's with semi-professional labels, long before anyone else started to put out Mixed CD's (they were all doing Tapes still).

Question: Do you think the scene has progressed in forms of productions over the last year?
Answer: I think the scene has and will continue to progress in the different styles. As they are invented and re-invented, we will see new stuff and revist old stuff. I personally like a bit of both.

Question: Do you have any plans of setting up your own label?
Answer: Yes, in fact I already have... along with my partner Kemical Kidd (www.kemicalkidd.com) we started "America's First HardNRG Label", Lotek Records (www.lotekrecords.com)

Question: what has been the highlight of your career so far?
Answer: Playing in the UK, and producing tracks with some of my favorite engineers.

Question: As a producer, how do you test your new productions?
Answer: In the past I've been pressing up dubplates of original work... but that's getting expensive and times are getting tight, plus CDJ's are becoming widely available so I think it's pretty much accepted that the best way to test out a new production is to bring it along on CDR and see what the crowd thinks!

Question: Whom do you rate as the crème de la crème?
Answer: As far as DJ's in the genre I play, Tony De Vit, RR Fierce, Karim, Superfast Oz, Andy Farley. As for producers in the genre, OD404, Dynamic Intervention, Captain Tinrib, Jon Doe, and BK.

Question: What tunes are you currently playing that make the dance floors erupt?
Answer: Labels that tend to do the job, Kaktai, Nukleuz, Tidy, Tripoli Trax... those are the mainstream ones.

Question: Do you prefer the studio or playing live?
Answer: I think I'd like to combine the both and eventaully get to a live PA situation. But at the moment I do a lot more DJing than I do studio work, so I'd have to go with that. Tho I love creating new stuff, it takes a lot of time, and motivation which is hard when you're loaded down with other things.

Question: What plans do you have for your own productions in the coming year?
Answer: Right now I've got hopes to get more releases out on Lotek, as well as branching out to having a release on Kaktai and another on DIP.

Question: What all time classic line up would you love to witness if you were out yourself?
Answer: Pretty much the DJ's I mentioned before: Tony De Vit, RR Fierce, Karim, Superfast Oz, Andy Farley...

Question: How long have you been DJing and what made you become a DJ?
Answer: I've been spinning for almost 10 years, and when I first started I never intended to be a "DJ" as such. Instead it was just a way for me to bring back home with me a little piece of the party. To enjoy the music, and eventually try my hand at manipulating it as well. It just kinda grew from there as I wanted to allow other people to hear what I was enjoying. But it's always come from that basic foundation of doing it for myself.

Question: Do you think the scene has changed since you started and in what ways?
Answer: Oh most definitely, but all things change. If they didn't they would be lost to the past. Afterall, this isn't our grandparents guitar based rock'n'roll anymore, is it?!

Question: What makes your style different from other peoples?
Answer: I tend to play a bit harder... sometimes bouncey, because I love to have a laugh... but for the most part it's aggressive and relentless. Or at least, that's what I'm told!

Question: Do you often find yourself relating other things in life TO DJing?
Answer: Sure, just the other day I was watching the window wipers and noticing how if I just sped them up a little bit they might be on beat to the music. ;P

Question: If you could ask yourself one interview question what would it be?
Answer: Have you ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight?

Question: Name your first 5 records you've bought!
Answer: Ack, I couldn't remember even if I tried. But lets see, I can tell you my top five favorites:

Me & Jack - "Viva House"
Misjah & Tim - "Access"
Hardfloor - "Acperience"
Attack (E.Top) - "Ecsta-Deal"
Sperminator - "No Women Allowed"
(and Tinrib/Karim Remix)

Question: What is your actual music background? Did you take musical lessons as a child? Learned music theory?
Answer: None, absoutely positively none! Tho I wish I had.

Question: Do you know how to scratch and if so, how did you learn and what would you pass on to beginners?
Answer: I can do a few basic scratches... just from playing around and practicing. I'd say the number one rule for beginners in all things, is Practice. Because if you don't practice everyday... there is someone else out there who will, and they will be better.

Question: What was the best thing that taught you how to beatmatch?
Answer: Picking up two of the same record and getting a feel for what it was supposed to sound like and how to handle the vinyl.

Question: If you produce what software/Instruments do you use ?
Answer: I have a basic home studio that consists of:

Akai S6000 (Sampler)
Access Virus-b (Synth)
Roland Alpha Juno2 (Synth)
Roland TB-303 (BassLine)
Roland MC-505 (Groovebox)
Yamaha O1V (Digital Mixer)
Mackie 1202-VLZ (Analog Mixer)
Alesis MicroVerb4 (Effects)
Digitech StudioQuad (Effects)
Motu Express XT (Midi-Hub)
Event 20/20 BAS (Monitors)
PC with Echo Gina24 Audio Card
Logic Audio (Sequencing)
Tons of Audio Software/Plugins

Stage Name: DJ Morgan
Styles: UK Hard House & Nu-NRG
Affiliations: http://www.hardnrg.com/ // http://www.lotekrecords.com/ // http://www.fevah.us/
E-mail: morgan@hardnrg.com
AOL / AIM: djmorgan303
Web-Site: http://www.djmorgan.com/