GLENN MORRISON (T.O.) with SONNY CHIBA & JHNN PRESENTED BY NEW AMSTERDAM VODKA, HUBB MUSIC & JAMTIGHT PRODUCTIONS

https://www.facebook.com/GlennMorrisonOfficial http://www.instagram.com/glennmorrisonofficial http://www.soundcloud.com/glennmorrison http://www.twitter.com/glennmorrison http://www.glennmorrison.com/ It is incredible to see the lightening speed trajectory of an artist as time unfolds. Glenn Morrison is an archetype of the modern DJ/producer star. The 29-year-old Toronto native is as happy rocking an underground house party as he is performing at an exclusive oceanic rooftop venue; as adept at composing an international club anthem like ‘Contact’ as he is at concocting a pop dance record like ‘Goodbye’ that strikes to the Billboard Charts around the world. Despite living an extraordinary life as one of the world’s most popular DJs, he has always remained humble and grateful for his accomplishments and success. Glenn’s musical background through the Royal Conservatory in classical piano, coupled with his strong songwriting and production sensibilities, creates a volatile mix of unbridled creative talent . His hit single ‘Goodbye’ has been Certified Platinum and went Number 1 for 11 weeks in a row on the Canadian Artists Billboard Chart, as well as going Number 1 in Russia, Ukraine and the Belarus Billboard Charts. Furthermore, ‘Goodbye’ was the 3rd highest grossing single for radio play in ALL genres for 2014 in Canada, passing that of iconic artists such as Drake and Celine Dion. An incredible accomplishment and a very rare one for an artist with an electronic bedrock. With respect to the underground club world, Glenn’s recent release with Brian Cid titled ‘The Flute’ was one of the biggest records of the Winter Music Conference in Miami 2015. Support came hailing in from the creme de la creme of the underground house world DJs - Sasha, Danny Tenaglia, Maceo Plex, Steve Lawler, Loco Dice, Luciano, Guy J, and Erick Morillo - this was universally seen as one of the biggest house records to release so far this year. In 2015, Glenn was given the honour of being a multiple nominated Juno Awards artist (Dance Artist of the Year / Breakthrough Artist of the Year). He has as well been nominated for Dance Artist of the Year through the Sirius XM Radio Music Awards. And without missing a beat, he was shortly thereafter told that he was nominated for 3 more awards for Artist of the Year, Song of the Year, and Dance Artist of the Year for the SOCAN Radio Music Awards 2015. It is safe to say that Glenn is reaping the awards sown through raw musical ability and songwriting talent. Glenn has enjoyed the support of DJs as varied as John Digweed and Richie Hawtin to David Guetta and Tiesto. For three years he was resident at the legendary Amnesia in Ibiza, and was a resident at Space in Ibiza for one year after that. He enjoyed North American residencies as well well at Space in Miami for 2 years, along with Marquee club in Las Vegas. Glenn added the latest addition to his residency repertoire in his monthly night being held in Las Vegas at the acclaimed Moon Nightclub at the Palms Casino. He has performed at legendary venues and festivals around the world with having over 400 shows under his belt over the past few years alone. Glenn is signed to Sony Music ATV as a writer and producer, as well as Sony Records, Robbins Entertainment, and Universal Music Group depending on the territory. He’s produced and/or remixed for legendary bands & acts such as Queen, Lady Antebellum, the Pet Shop Boys, New Order, Cher, Johnny Reid, Imagine Dragons, Moby, and the B52s. And he is perfecting a sinuous, hooky sound that combines the eerie beauty of pure techno with light rains of melody and flashes of emotion. In short, Glenn Morrison is one of the most dynamic and accomplished talents in electronic music today. Period. But whether it’s producing music or playing it, versatility and passion are at the heart of what Glenn Morrison does. Above all it’s about connecting with the audience. “I love being able to elicit emotion in people,” he says. Morrison is a difficult DJ to pigeonhole and that’s what makes him such a fascinating talent. One minute his sound is ruthlessly minimal and funky; the next it’s washed in color and vocals and emotion. “I want to able to straddle the line between doing underground parties and underground records, and a more commercial style,” he explains. “ Artists & musicians don’t think in genres and label coding, and my music is a reflection of that.” Glenn has had an unusual career path. He started off as a classical pianist, a preteen prodigy, performing – and winning – competitions. Then came a life-changing encounter with electronic music. “When I was 14, I was at a high school house party, and there was somebody in the basement with two turntables and a mixer playing a Plastikman techno record,” says Glenn. “It was new, it was fresh, it was underground. It was something I had never heard before. And I embraced it in all of its forms.” He discovered classic mixes by DJs like Sasha and John Digweed on the Global Underground series, got lost in Adam Beyer’s Drumcode techno mixtapes, tripped out to Paul Oakenfold’s Goa mixes – and started buying records. “I started DJing during the vinyl period. I was buying a lot of records. It took me a couple of months, practicing in my parents’ house and it consumed my life,” he says. Soon Morrison and his friends were staging their own house parties – DJs in the basement, girls around the pool. By the time he was 17, he had talked himself into a job at Toronto’s Release Records – both a store and an underground label. And that was it. “I knew what I wanted to do.” When DJing offers started to come in, Glenn Morrison took them. He would play anywhere, sleeping on promoters’ floors in smaller cities in Brazil, Norway, China and Eastern Europe, soaking up the vibe. “It was a great learning experience to play in the club; no one can teach you. And I wanted to completely saturate myself.” And as a classical pianist, the move into production came naturally. He worked with fellow Canadian producer Deadmau5, then struck out alone. Everything changed in 2007 with the release of his hit ‘Contact’, an emotional, yet minimal trance record with shivers of delicious melody and a crisp, funky beat that left no dance-floor unturned. Tiësto put it on a compilation and it shot to the top of the World Dance Charts. ‘No Sudden Moves’ followed: a driving, progressive house number with compulsively funky beats galvanized by shards of metallic melody. It too topped the World Dance Charts. Glenn Morrison had arrived. He studied law at the University of Toronto and had a place to study an MBA at Harvard. But post graduate education was going to have to wait. As a DJ, Glenn Morrison is now a major draw on the world circuit. He has played over 400 events worldwide in the last four years and has developed into a consummate DJ performer. “I love being able to play with people’s feelings, to build the night,” he says. “For me it’s about creating an experience. Starting at ten o’clock and then building the intensity.” He is a relaxed, grounded character, driven to create. And he is as versatile a DJ as he is a producer. He will tease the crowd with minimalist deep house, throw them into raptures with his inventively twisted techno deconstruction of Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, then lighten the mood with a fluffier vocal number. “When I’m performing I feel great if others are overwhelmed by the show,” he says. “It’s more than a party to me but an audio-visual marriage, synchronizing the beauty of electronic music with that of an advanced light show. It’s not about the DJ as a DJ anymore but the DJ as a concert experience.” Fresh, contemporary DJ stars like Glenn Morrison know that making your own records is the way to stay in the game. And he continues to produce: recent tracks like the big room stadium sound ‘Marquee’ or the lusciously emotional vocal number ‘Mine and Yours’ capture feelings and paint pictures with sound. Production continues apace in the new mastering studio Morrison has built in Toronto, entitled Alpine Mastering (www.alpinemastering.com). Be it sound design for video game companies like Nintendo, EA Sports, Activision or Rockstar, or his own productions, he simply doesn’t stop making and playing music. His latest partnership with IMAX has been a thrilling experience, pushing the boundaries of electronic music to that of sound-scoring live theatre visuals. Glenn & IMAX unveiled this concept with a 3 part show series at the 2012 ComicCon event held at the Ruben H Fleet Science Centre in San Diego, and it was a huge success. “It’s been a liberating transition for me to make music for all different stylistic purposes, and I’m very grateful for having the ability to do what I love for a living” says Glenn. Alpine Mastering is yet another animal borne out of Glenn’s desire to entrench himself deeper into the industries tentacles. It is a high end mastering studio with the finest audio gear on the planet, and he offers a tailor made boutique approach to bespoke records through his ghost writing services, all the way to mixing and mastering services for international clients and world renowned record labels. Alpine is a vehicle for creating art and music for various stylistic headspaces and has major international touring DJs and electronic artists lining up for his expertise in writing and producing. I had the luxury to hear a preview of his track ‘Love Lost’, composed after a break-up with a girlfriend, and it is a tantalizing taster. It is an exquisite solo piano piece that sounds like the theme to a classy, romantic movie scene. Deceptively simple, without drums or electronic trickery, ‘Love Lost’ is a glimpse of the creative ambition yet to be realized. Watch this brilliant artist over the course of 2015 as he will be reshaping and redefining how we perceive electronic music through an ample amount of live shows, performances, and recordings.