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Biography
no footnotes|date=August 2009Infobox musical artist | name = Morgan Page| image = Morgan-Page.jpg| caption =| image_size =| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name = Morgan Wolf Page| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|5|31|birth_place = Burlington, Vermont , United States | origin =| instrument = synthesizers, keyboards, drum machine, music sequencer, guitar| genre = Progressive House, Electro, House, Tech-House, Midtempo, Downtempo, Breaks| occupation = DJ, electronic musician, Producer| years_active = 1999-present| label = Nuance Recordings Nettwerk Music Group| associated_acts = Tegan and Sara , Lissie , Deadmau5 , Tyler James (American musician)|Tyler James , Matthew Wasley, Camila Grey / Uh Huh Her (band)|Uh Huh Her , Jan Burton, Angela McCluskey / Télépopmusik , Natalie Walker, Samantha James, Matt Albert, David Garcia, Gregory Shiff, Astrid Suryanto| website = http://www.morgan-page.com/ www.morgan-page.com/| notable_instruments = Minimoog Voyager , Dave Smith (engineer)|Dave Smith Prophet 08, Yamaha Motif , Pro Tools HD, Ableton Live , Logic , Allen & Heath Xone 4D, Sennheiser HD1 DJ Headphones, Mogami cables, Prism converters, plugins by Sound Toys, Waves, Izotope, Antares Morgan Page is an American progressive house and electro house DJ from Los Angeles. His most widely recognized tracks are “The Longest Road”, “Fight For You” and “In The Air”. Morgan has received two Grammy 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.
History
Morgan Page was born in 1981, in Burlington, Vermont , and went to Champlain Valley Union High School. 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 (entertainer)|Madonna , Katy Perry , Meiko (American singer)|Meiko , Adam Lambert , Greg LaswellAshley Tisdale , Nelly Furtado , Stevie Nicks , The B-52s , T. Rex (band)|T. Rex , Uh Huh Her (band)|Uh Huh Her , Tegan and Sara , Coldplay , Korn , Wax Poetic feat. Norah Jones , The Submarines , Jeffree Star and Camila Grey .
Page's album "Believe" was released on February 23, 2010. The first single, "Fight For You," made a big impact on the charts, and was supported in live sets from artists such as Tiesto, Armin van Buuren, Above and Beyond, Dave Dresden, and Hernan Cattaneo. "Fight For You" charted at #6 on AOL's Top 10 Dance Tracks of 2009, and is also featured as a free themed track on the iPod Touch / iPhone application Tap Tap Revenge 3 . 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.
The title " The Longest Road " has been sampled by Jay Sean and Birdman (rapper)|Birdman in the song " Written on Her ," in 2010.
Page's remix work brought him to the attention of Canadian acts Tegan and Sara , and lead to the production of two tracks on Page's new effort "In the Air". One of these two tracks was the second single from the album, called "Body Work". "In the Air" was released April 3rd, 2012.
Matt Alber - End Of The World (Morgan Page Pop Mix Extended)
Pawel Kobak & Niko Bellotto - Love For You (Morgan Page Remix)
Tegan and Sara - Alligator (Morgan Page Remix)
Temposhark - Threads (Morgan Page Remixes)
Tom Geiger - Empty Girl (Morgan Page Remix)
Nadia Ali - Fantasy
Adam Lambert - If I Had You (Adam Lambert song)|If I Had You (Morgan Page Extended Remix)
HIM (Finnish band)|HIM - The Foreboding Sense of Impending Happiness (Morgan Page Remix)
Awards and nominations
Grammy Awards
awards table|- | 2009 | "The Longest Road" (Deadmau5 Remix) by Morgan Page featuring Lissie | Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical | nom|- | 2011 | " Fantasy (Nadia Ali song)|Fantasy " (Morgan Page Remix) by Nadia Ali | Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical | nom|- end
International Dance Music Awards
awards table|- | 2008 | Morgan Page | Best Breakthrough Artist | nom|- | 2008 | The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix) | Best Progressive House/Trance Track | nom|- | 2010 | Fight For You | Best Progressive Track | nom|- | 2012 | In The Air | Best Progressive Track | nom|- | 2012 | Morgan Page | Best American DJ | nom|- end
References
Morgan Page news page http://www.morgan-page.com
Billboard.com - Hot Dance Clubplay http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp? g=Singles& f=Hot+Dance+Club+Play
Billboard.com - Hot Dance Airplay http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/charts/chart_display.jsp? g=Singles& f=Hot+Dance+Airplay
Grammy Nominations http://content.grammy.com/grammy_awards/51st_show/list.aspx
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Persondata | NAME =Page, Morgan | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH =May 31, 1981 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Burlington, Vermont , United States | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Page, Morgan Category:Club DJs Category:American house musicians Category:American record producers Category:Musicians from Vermont Category:People from Burlington, Vermont Category:Remixers Category:Living people Category:1981 births Category:Emerson College alumni
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