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.