Morgan Page

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Morgan Page
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Background information
Birth name Morgan Wolf Page
Born (1981-05-31) May 31, 1981 (age 31)
Burlington, Vermont, United States
Genres Progressive house, progressive trance, electro house
Occupations DJ, electronic musician, producer
Instruments Synthesizers, keyboards, drum machine, music sequencer, guitar
Years active Since 1999
Labels Nuance Recordings
Nettwerk Music Group
Associated acts Tegan and Sara, Lissie, Deadmau5, Tyler James, Matthew Wasley, Camila Grey / Uh Huh Her, Jan Burton, Angela McCluskey / Télépopmusik, Natalie Walker, Samantha James, Matt Albert, David Garcia, Gregory Shiff, Astrid Suryanto
Website morgan-page.com
Notable instruments
Minimoog Voyager, Dave Smith Prophet 08, Yamaha Motif, Pro Tools HD, Ableton Live, Logic, Allen & Heath Xone 4D, V-MODA Crossfade M-100 Headphones, Mogami cables, Prism converters, plugins by Sound Toys, Waves, Izotope, Antares

Morgan Page (born May 31, 1981) is an American progressive house and electro house DJ from Los Angeles, California. His tracks include "The Longest Road", "Fight for You" and "In the Air". Page has received two Grammy Award nominations; a personal nomination for best remix with Nadia Ali and in 2009 his song was nominated for best remix (The Longest Road – Deadmau5 Remix). Page is signed to Nettwerk Records worldwide.

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Early life and education [edit]

He was born Morgan Wolf Page in Burlington, Vermont, and went to Champlain Valley Union High School. While attending the University of Vermont, performed as a DJ on the student radio and interned at the Plastic City label in 1993.

Career [edit]

Originally signed to the now defunct Fiji Recordings in 1999, Page went on to record for John Digweed's Bedrock label, Satoshi Tomiie's SAW imprint, Force Tracks, and Nordic Trax. Prior to graduating from high school, Page did a weekly show at WRUV 90.1 FM in Burlington, Vermont, then worked as a DJ and station manager at WERS 88.9 FM at Emerson College in Boston, where he attended school. In addition to his original productions, Page has remixed Nadia Ali, Regina Spektor, Madonna, Katy Perry, Meiko, Adam Lambert, Greg Laswell Ashley Tisdale, Nelly Furtado, Stevie Nicks, The B-52s, T. Rex, Uh Huh Her, Tegan and Sara, Coldplay, Korn, Wax Poetic feat. Norah Jones, The Submarines, The Police, Jeffree Star, HIM, and Camila Grey.

Page's album "Believe" was released on February 23, 2010 with the first single "Fight For You," "Fight For You" charted at #6 on AOL's Top 10 Dance Tracks of 2009. The second single, a Pete Yorn cover titled "Strange Condition," was released on January 26, 2010. The third and final single "I've Had Friends" (a co production with Dave Dresden featuring vocals by Jan Burton) was released on November 9, 2010. The music video for I've Had Friends was premiered by MTV in 2010.

Discography [edit]

Albums [edit]

  • 2002: Drifting Into View – Nordic Trax
  • 2005: Cease and Desist – self-released
  • 2008: Elevate – Nettwerk
  • 2010: Believe – Nettwerk
  • 2012: In The Air – Nettwerk

Singles [edit]

  • 2008: "The Longest Road" (featuring Lissie)
  • 2009: "Call My Name" (featuring Tyler James)
  • 2009: "Fight For You" (featuring Lissie)
  • 2010: "Strange Condition" (featuring Lissie)
  • 2010: "I've Had Friends" (featuring Jan Burton)
  • 2011: "In The Air" (with BT, Sultan & Ned Shepherd) (featuring Angela McCluskey)
  • 2012: "Body Work" (featuring Tegan and Sara)
  • 2012: "Where Did You Go" (with Andy Caldwell) (featuring Jonathan Mendelsohn)

Awards and nominations [edit]

In addition to his two Grammy Award nominations, Page has received five International Dance Music Awards nominations.

Grammy Awards [edit]

Year Recipient Award Result
2009 "The Longest Road" (Deadmau5 Remix) by Morgan Page featuring Lissie Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical Nominated
2011 "Fantasy" (Morgan Page Remix) by Nadia Ali Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical Nominated

International Dance Music Awards [edit]

Year Recipient Award Result
2008 Morgan Page Best Breakthrough Artist Nominated
2008 The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix) Best Progressive House/Trance Track Nominated
2010 Fight For You Best Progressive Track Nominated
2012 In The Air Best Progressive Track Nominated
2012 Morgan Page Best American DJ Nominated

See also [edit]

References [edit]

  • Morgan Page news page [1]
  • Billboard.com – Hot Dance Clubplay [2]
  • Billboard.com – Hot Dance Airplay [3]
  • Grammy Nominations [4]
  • All music [5]
  • Discogs: [6]

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