Mixmaster Morris

Mixmaster Morris (born Morris Gould; July 5, 1965) is an English ambient DJ and underground musician.

Quotes

• 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

• 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

• 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.