Mixmaster Morris
English ambient DJ
Mixmaster Morris (born Morris Gould; July 5, 1965) is an English ambient DJ and underground musician.
Quotes
edit- Here's three samples, now go and make a record.
- NME, 1987.
- I Think, Therefore I Ambient
- written on reverse of debut LP, 1991.
- Live the Dream, Dream the Fish
- written on reverse of Dreamfish CD, 1993.
- It's time to lie down and be counted.
- various UK interviews, 1993.
- We've had 70 years of making records. Now, we sample them.
- The Times, 1992.
- I'd rather lie down than jump up.
- i-D Magazine, 1994. Said in response to the musical style known as "jump up".
- The dance industry is flogging a dead house.
- Mixmag 1997. Morris was fired from this job for this comment.
- Music is for sharing with people.
- Looking for the Perfect Beat, 2000.
- If you're going to make music, you need to find the context in which it might be enjoyed.
- Looking for the Perfect Beat, 2000.
Crossfade
edit- Punk was predicated on non-musicianship.
- Whatever you like at age 16, you will find boring at age 32.
Modulations: A history of electronic music
edit- It is time to reassess what has happened in the 20th century, and to look at it with a longer lens.
- I like the people who go the extra mile to find something more individual, with more integrity, than the stuff you get in the charts.
