John Morgan (musician)
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | John Paul Morgan |
| Also known as | Johnny Morgan |
| Born | 18 March 1970 |
| Origin | Richmond, BC, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Industrial, Progressive House, Experimental |
| Occupation(s) | Songwriter, Producer |
| Instrument(s) | Keyboards |
| Years active | 1990 - Present |
| Label(s) | Powerplant Music |
| Associated acts | Unit:187 Strapping Young Lad Powerplant Music |
| Website | [http://www.powerplantmusic.ca |
John Morgan (born March 18, 1970 in Richmond, Canada) is a Canadian musician currently residing in British Columbia.
He plays keyboards and electronic equipment, and produces music. His music draws on Electronica with influences from house music, progressive house, industrial, and ambient.
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[edit] Biography
Electronic Music has been John's life since the mid 80's. Artists such as Howard Jones, Skinny Puppy, Peter Gabriel, and Depeche Mode were what inspired him to buy his first synthesizer in 1985, and start his journey exploring and pioneering electronic sounds. After a brief foray into hair metal, his love for synth pop quickly paved the way to industrial, and by 1990 John was programming and writing music for early beat driven industrial tracks with his band, Children of Atom. Vancouver's deep underground community of electronic music artists was thriving, and Children of Atom was in the middle of it, playing at times several live shows a month.
Children of Atom eventually gave way to Unit:187 John's new band, and with Tod Law released several albums on San Francisco's 21st Circuitry Records. Punk fused electro industrial backed up by a killer live show was Unit's specialty, and shows at the Trocedero in SF and the Starfish Room in Vancouver were not to be missed.
In 1996 a chance to tour the world playing keyboards with the band Strapping Young Lad led to a brief stint behind the keys with LA's Fear Factory in 1997. That was quite a year, and within months John played shows in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France, England, Holland, Australia, and every city in the US, sharing the stage with bands such as Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, Pantera, Sepultura, and Marilyn Manson.
1998 saw John accept an offer to become a music composer and sound designer for Electronic Arts, the biggest video game company in the world.
John's latest music on DJ vinyl can be found under the name Powerplant, a project with his good friend Kiki Stewardson that has seen releases on Teknology Recordings, Sunkissed Records, Toronto's Release records, CP Recordings, Holland's Deep Records, a licence to Bedrock Records, and a recent licence to the Uk's Renassiance CD series.[1]
Powerplant has worked with and been remixed by artists such as Medway, Bill Hamel, Blackwatch, Simon Noble, Luke Chable, Halogen, Matthew Dekay, Madoka, Petter, and fellow Vancouverite Jay Tripwire.[2]
Unit:187 is still going strong, working on their 4th studio album.
John recently completed sound design for Need for Speed Carbon by Electronic Arts, and is well known for his work in interactive music for the SSX Snowboard video game series.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
Unit:187 - Unit:187 - 21st Circuitry Records
Unit:187 - Loaded - 21st Circuitry Records
Strapping Young Lad - No Sleep till Bedtime - Century Media
Unit:187 - Capitol Punishment - COP International
Powerplant - Angel - Teknology Records
Powerplant - With or Without You - Teknology Records
Powerplant - Overcast - Release Records
Powerplant - Blame - Release Records
Powerplant Feat. Trout - Turn it Into Gold - Deep Records Holland
Powerplant - Let You Go - Powerplant Music
Medway and Morgan - Toobin - Powerplant Music
John Morgan and Kevin Shiu - Acid Brownies - Powerplant Music
John Morgan and Kevin Shiu - Mic Check EP - Powerplant Music
John Morgan - The Hang to Dry EP - Powerplant Music
John Morgan - Octaves - Powerplant Music
[edit] Compilations
Cold Wave Breaks 2 - 21st Circuitry Records
Newer Wave - 21st Circuitry Records
Newer Wave 2 - 21st Circuitry Records
Tyranny of the Off Beat - Off Beat Records Germany
Dark Techno One Nine Nine - Quatuum Loop
21st Circuitry Shox 2 - 21st Circuitry Records
Unquiet Grave 2000 - Cleopatra Records
Ocean Machines - Biomech - Additional Keyboards - Hevydevy Records
Balance 002 - Mixed By Kasey Taylor - EQ Recordings
Balance 003 - Mixed By Bill Hamel - EQ Recordings
Bedrock 4 - Mixed by Creamer and K - Bedrock Records
Therapy Sessions - Mixed By Dave Seaman and Phil K - Renaissance Records
[edit] Remixes
Closing In - Simon Noble - [Teknology Records]
On A Bridge - Halogen [CP Recordings]
AFK & Dustin H - Seismic [Pacific Front Recordings]
[edit] Video Games
Triple Play 2000 - Electronic Arts
SSX - EA Sports
Sled Storm - Electronic Arts
NHL 2001 - Electronic Arts
SSX Tricky - EA Sports
WCW Backstage Assault - Electronic Arts
Sled Storm 2 - Electronic Arts
FIFA Total Club Manager 2003 - Electronic Arts
SSX 3 - EA Sports
FIFA Street 1 - EA Sports
FIFA Street 2 - EA Sports
Need For Speed - Carbon EA Sports
[edit] Television
Navy NCIS - CBS - 'EP20 - Missing_(NCIS)', 'EP23 - Reveille_(NCIS)', 'EP29 - Terminal_Leave_(NCIS)', 'EP37 - Witness_(NCIS)'
Sopranos - HBO - 'EP57 - Irregular_Around_the_Margins'
Godiva's - Bravo! - 'EP102 - The Hungry Ghost', 'EP103 - Having Her Cake', 'EP 105 - Fancy Footwork'
One Life to Live - ABC - 'Episode 9383', 'Episode 9028'
Passions - NBC - 'Episode 1432'
Young and Restless - CBS - 'Episode 6826'
[edit] References
- ^ Progressive Sounds Interview. Progressive-Sounds (2002-12-01). Archived from the original on 2007-05-22. Retrieved on 2007-07-23.
- ^ trisco (2002-07-31). Powerplant take a breather and chat with i:Vibes. ivibes.nu. Retrieved on 2008-04-20.
