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Dale Morningstar | |
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| Origin | Chippawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, recording engineer, producer |
| Labels | Raw Energy,Sonic Unyon |
Dale Morningstar is a Canadian rock musician and recording engineer and producer, originally fromChippawa, Ontario.
Morningstar is the founding member ofThe Dinner Is Ruined, an avant-garde rock band based in Toronto in the early 1990s. The band is known for an unconventional approach to music, Morningstar once even playing the stationary bicycle live atMassey Hall.
Morningstar, however, is perhaps best known for co-founding The Gas Station Recording studio, which has been called "the hub of the Canadian indie rock sound"[1] withDon Kerr in 1990. The studio started off in his basement apartment in an old Liberty Street warehouse (by King and Dufferin). They quickly outgrew the space and moved around the corner to 53 Fraser Avenue. After over 7 years at the Fraser Ave. location Morningstar received an eviction notice on March 30, 2000. He and other musicians, colleagues and friends staged a demonstration and circulated posters opposing the eviction. This brought the situation to the attention of ArtScape Toronto who offered them an old portable schoolhouse at their Gibraltar Point location (the former Toronto Island Public and Natural Science School), on theToronto Islands, where the studio remains today.[2]
Morningstar has provided record production, mixing, and engineering for countless musicians over the years includingGordon Downie,Julie Doiron,Neko Case,Thrush Hermit,Tristan Psionic,Cowboy Junkies,Yat-Kha,Barenaked Ladies,hHead,The Inbreds andKyp Harness.
More recently, Morningstar was one of the contributing artists for the National Parks Project, recording an EP of atmospheric music inPrince Edward Island National Park withSophie Trudeau ofGodspeed You! Black Emperor and Chad Ross ofThe Deadly Snakes andQuest for Fire.
