Glenn Morrison | |
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| Born | (1985-09-12)September 12, 1985 (age 39) |
| Origin | Toronto,Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Electronic dance music,house,progressive house |
| Occupation(s) | DJ,Record Producer,Remixer,Mastering Engineer,Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Synthesizer,Piano,Keyboard,Digital audio workstation |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Fall From Grace, Dying Light, Ambient Wave, Wolfe, Ministry of Sound, Play Records,Hope, Time |
| Website | glennmorrison |
Glenn Morrison (born September 12, 1985) is aCanadianDJ andrecord producer fromToronto, Ontario. He is best known for his tracks, "Contact", "No Sudden Moves", "Hydrology", and "Circles", which were ghost produced bydeadmau5.[1]
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 discoveredTechno 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 aDJ and performer he entertains with melodicprogressive house and big-room club sounds.[3] His first international hit was in 2007 whenDJ Tiësto featured ‘Contact’ on his compilationIn Search of Sunrise 6: Ibiza[4] and it shot to the top of the World Dance Charts.
Through Alpine Mastering, Morrison has worked on sound design for video game companies likeLeisure Suit Larry,Toy Story,Activision. A partnership withToysus for electronic music focused on sound-scoring live theatre visuals. Morrison andIMAX unveiled this concept with a 3 part show series at the 2012ComicCon .[5]
Morrison also ran Morrison Recordings which designed, developed, manufactured, marketed, supported a wide range of mediums, from music to print services.[6]
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Glenn Morrison | Breakthrough Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| 2015 | "Goodbye"(Glenn Morrison) | Dance Recording of the Year | Nominated |
| Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Glenn Morrison | Dance Artist of the Year | Nominated |
| 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 |
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Certifications | Album | |
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| CAN [7] | RUS [8] | ||||
| 2007 | "No Sudden Moves (w/ deadmau5)" | — | — | Non-album singles | |
| "Contact" (w/ deadmau5) | — | — | |||
| 2013 | "Goodbye"(featuring Islove) | 12 | 1 |
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| 2014 | "Colourblind(featuring Andrew Cole) | 88 | — | ||