Glenn Morrison (DJ)

Glenn Morrison
Born (1985-09-12) September 12, 1985 (age 39)
OriginToronto, Ontario, Canada
GenresElectronic dance music, house, progressive house
Occupation(s)DJ, Record Producer, Remixer, Mastering Engineer, Composer
Instrument(s)Synthesizer, Piano, Keyboard, Digital audio workstation
Years active2005–present
LabelsFall From Grace, Dying Light, Ambient Wave, Wolfe, Ministry of Sound, Play Records,Hope, Time
Websiteglennmorrison.com

Glenn Morrison (born September 12, 1985) is a Canadian DJ and record producer from Toronto, Ontario. He is best known for his tracks, "Contact", "No Sudden Moves", "Hydrology", and "Circles", which were ghost produced by deadmau5.[1]

Life and career

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Morrison is a classically trained pianist. Starting piano lessons at the age of four, he began composing and competing through CMC, Kiwanis Music Festival, Richmond Hill Music Festival, and ORMTA - Ontario Registered Music Teachers Association.[2]

In his early high school years, Morrison discovered Techno from a friend in his science class, and started collecting vinyl and becoming absorbed. He then worked at Release Records for five years before starting his own record label Morrison Recordings.[3]

As a DJ and performer he entertains with melodic progressive house and big-room club sounds.[3] His first international hit was in 2007 when DJ Tiësto featured ‘Contact’ on his compilation In Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza[4] and it shot to the top of the World Dance Charts.

Alpine Mastering

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Through Alpine Mastering, Morrison has worked on sound design for video game companies like Leisure Suit Larry, Toy Story, Activision. A partnership with Toysus for electronic music focused on sound-scoring live theatre visuals. Morrison and IMAX unveiled this concept with a 3 part show series at the 2012 ComicCon .[5]

Morrison Recordings

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Morrison also ran Morrison Recordings which designed, developed, manufactured, marketed, supported a wide range of mediums, from music to print services.[6]

Awards and nominations

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015 Glenn Morrison Breakthrough Artist of the Year Nominated
2015 "Goodbye" (Glenn Morrison) Dance Recording of the Year Nominated

Sirius XM Radio Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015 Glenn Morrison Dance Artist of the Year Nominated

SOCAN Radio Music Awards

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Year Nominee / work Award Result
2015 Glenn Morrison Artist of the Year Nominated
2015 "Goodbye" (Glenn Morrison) Song of the Year Nominated
2015 Glenn Morrison Dance Artist of the Year Nominated

Discography

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Albums

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  • Into the Deep (2016)

Extended plays

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  • Odyssey (2009)
  • Drone (2009)

Singles

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Year Single Peak positions Certifications Album
CAN
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RUS
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2007 "No Sudden Moves (w/ deadmau5)" Non-album singles
"Contact" (w/ deadmau5)
2013 "Goodbye" (featuring Islove) 12 1
  • MC: 2× Platinum
2014 "Colourblind (featuring Andrew Cole) 88

References

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  1. ^ glennmorrisontv (2013-06-01), Glenn Morrison feat. Islove - Goodbye [Official Music Video], archived from the original on 2019-07-30, retrieved 2016-08-29
  2. ^ "Glenn Morrison Feature". The DJ List. Archived from the original on 19 April 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b "Artist of the Week: Glenn Morrison". Armada Music. Armada Music 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  4. ^ "Tiësto – In Search Of Sunrise 6: Ibiza". Discgos. 2011 Discogs. Archived from the original on 17 August 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2011.
  5. ^ glennmorrisontv (2013-01-14), Glenn Morrison & IMAX present IMAX:Remix, archived from the original on 2019-04-10, retrieved 2016-09-02
  6. ^ "Morrison Recordings Website!". Armanda Music. 2011 Armada Music. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  7. ^ Goodbye Archived 2015-04-28 at the Wayback Machine Acharts.us
  8. ^ http://www.tophit.ru/russia_weekly.shtml?week_st=1390248000 [dead link]
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