Alex Morph (aka M.O.R.P.H.)

Though trance was still in a rather minimal stage during the beginning of the second half of the 90s, Alex held on and started producing some of his first tracks ever. The first single under his "Alex M.O.R.P.H." guise was born, carrying the title "Paysages". Wagonloads of tunes in different styles followed. One of his first collaborations was done together with Ralf Merle, with whom he created the Badlands project. "Let Them Know" hit followed up by two more tunes.Right at the start of the new millennium, Alex found himself a definite home for a lot of his future productions: Clubbgroove Records! With experienced label-manager Woody van Eyden looking after him, he started to craze the minds of thousands of trance fans by bringing classic after classic. Together with his production mates Markus Welt and Ralf Merle, he launched the M.O.R.P.H. name. First up was "Supernova", but the real buzz started when "Maximum Overdrive" started to get plays from loads and loads of jocks around the globe. ID&T picked it up and released it exclusively for the Benelux. In between, another work of art called Alex M.O.R.P.H. - "Klangwelt" was released, this time co-produced by none less than Andre Tanneberger aka ATB! Featuring a true chill-out remix, this was definitely a big step forward in Alex ever enhancing sound. But of course that wasn't it: two more mind shizzling tracks followed under the M.O.R.P.H. moniker. "Consequence" and "Creatures". By bringing inventive and highly uplifting piece of modern trance. Signum, AJ Gibson and G&M Project were the next artists to receive a M.O.R.P.H. rework, all doing the rounds in everyones recordboxes in no time. Another huge leap was created by the introduction of the Arc In The Sky project on the "Creatures" vinyl, being a brand new collaboration with 2 new productiontalents Henry Nix and Matthias Gierth. The overall sound of this newly born musical baby could be described as tough and experimental, yet always retaining a melodic vibe.

In September 2003, Woody van Eyden created a new brand concentrating purely on trance business: Fenology. Because of Alex musical knowledge and feel he was asked to stay at the newly found label, which he gladly did. Arc In The Sky dazzled the crowd with their second remix, a blasting interpretation of Woody van Eydens "Unfinished Symphony", Fenologys first release ever. The first few months of 2004 meant the definite breakthrough for Alex M.O.R.P.H. The vinyl "Flaming Clouds" entered the shops and got plays from Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Johan Gielen and a whole bunch of other highly respected crowd entertainers.

Meanwhile, Sciroccos "Scirocco" was released as Fenologys 3rd slice of vinyl, another ingenious project coming from the hands of Alex and studiopartner RuDee. But it seems that Alex, Matthias and Henry just didnt want to stop, because a slightly more commercial sounding guise was set up: The Ohm Boys with the first single "Thinking Of You".

Remix requests started to reach the M.O.R.P.H. residence about every hour from labels like Afterglow, Mondo, Kontor, Discover, Above The Sky, etc. Injecting his mesmerizing uplifting inventiveness into tunes like ATBs "Marrakech", Talla 2XLCs "The Air That I Breathe" and Matt Silver & Tony Burts "Waimea", everyone started to get more and more astonished about the quality that Alex kept on bringing out. April 2004 was another milestone, because thats exactly when "Vainqueur", the first Arc In The Sky single, was unleashed. This was not your everyday stuff: a full on stomping monster might probably be the best description, served in two mixes to suit just about everyones needs. More and more people started to find out about the profound quality of the Arc In The Sky productions, resulting in floor destroying remixes for Moonrush (Fenologys 4th release), J.L.N.D. (Airbase) and Icone. Meanwhile, another side-project was initiated together with Woody WvE van Eyden & Stoneface & Terminal Guys. The "Tribal Jedi" finished their first remix for Deep Orbits "Air", which was released on KYR Records Holland soon after.

With the end of 2004 nearing, things started to speed up in an amazing way for Alex. December 2004 was the perfect time to put out the third Alex M.O.R.P.H. single called "Unification", being a very original trancer with a truly astonishing melody powered by that distinct Alex bass line and percussion, played by Ferry Corsten for months and included in his personal top 5. Alex style was undergoing some very positive developments; it became even more energetic, with every element carefully placed to ensure maximum response all over the globe. With this, Alex created a huge fan base all over the globe, which inspired him to create even more groundbreaking tracks.

His remixes for Mindcrusher Vision 05, Lennox Servant Of Justice, Kenny Hayes - Ibiza Sky and Koris vs DJule - Sense of Time were all played to infinity by the number 3 DJ of the world, Armin van Buuren, as well as dozens of other jocks. Mister van Buuren liked all these tracks so much so he eventually asked Alex to remix his single "Shivers". Released on Supra and Armada Music, this remix became Armins personal favourite mix of "Shivers", as well as the fave of many, many trance fans. Just a few weeks before this, "New Harvest" appeared on Trance Nation 20, mixed exclusively by Alex M.O.R.P.H. himself. Causing hypes all over the place, this became a much demanded track all over the trance scene! Again prevailing his style, but this time just slightly altered to measure with the needs of all you hungry trance lovers out there. "Dark Reveal", Tribal Jedis first single release, saw the light of day not long after, being a dark trancer with a progressive twist.

The year 2005 also included the release of the long awaited second Arc In The Sky single, "Kissed". This one once again showed that Alex is a super-diversified producer: this wasn't trance at all, but more a meaty breakbeat affair with sinister effects, lots of badass bass and some very well fitting, strange vocal moans. Next to this, a mysterious Arc In The Sky Remix for Deep Drives "The Rider" appeared on the UK based Recover label, as well as a new production under the Ohm Boys guise called "Down Under (Atlantis)".

With more than 70 remixes, Alex has steadily become one of the trance scenes favorite remixers. Tunes by the likes of ATB, Solarstone, Matt Darey and Andy Moor were added to the list that got the full M.O.R.P.H. treatment, one by one being supported by all the A-list jocks.

During the first few months of 2006, lots of stuff happened in Alex ever evolving production career: first of all, he was asked to remix artists on many high quality labels, including Super8 & DJ Tab (Anjunabeats), Jochen Miller (High Contrast), Markus Schulz & Gabriel & Dresden (Armada), Sophie Sugar (ATCR) and Tatana (Sirup). Fred Bakers Sensation Belgium 2006 Anthem also received a powerful interpretation. Together with Woody van Eyden and vocalist Kate Peters, he also released the powerful vocal trance anthem called Heavenly, which was mega supported by Paul van Dyk and came with a batch of interesting remixes. But the main big thing that was going on was of course the production of Alex first ever artist album, titled Miles & M.O.R.P.H.. It features two separate CDs, one including a massive array of brand new solo productions and collaborations, while the other one is a selection of the best remixes that Alex has delivered to date. A few great, respectable and clut-trance artists worked together with him to make this a more than memorable album. Rank 1, Talla 2XLC, Woody van Eyden, Misja Helsloot, Ferrin & Low, Mike Koglin, Duderstadt and Christian Weber all sat down with him, with a few of the tunes including vocals by amazing quality vocalists like Roberta Carter Harrison, Karen Iris or Kate Peters.

The most outstanding cooperation was definitely the track Life Less Ordinary with Rank 1, which happened to result in THE clubhit of the year. The list of DJs that didn't play this tune would be the shorter one reason enough for Be Yourself Music to release this smasher as a single (incl. remixes) in the following year, to surprise the world once again.

2006 was also a big year for the dream team Alex M.O.R.P.H. & Woody van Eyden. Their Back2Back (B2B) appearances in the studio and behind the decks happened to become the most powerful combination available. Remixes for D-Light & Bissen, CJ Stone, Tatana or Jon OBir are just a hand full of examples of remixed artists.

Even the worlds most credible dance music magazine, M8, featured a special B2B Christmas CD on its December Issue a perfect end of the great B2B year 2006.

What comes next, is the follow up to Heavenly. Of course this time Woody van Eyden is on the train once again. Its not exaggerated to say that you can prepare for one of the biggest vocal trancers in 2007, featuring the voice of Michelle Citrin. Furthermore their monthly B2B HeavensGate appearance will be extended to a weekly DJ Set on radiostations all over the world!