Jim 'Organ' Morgan - Philips Philicorda Organ, Wurlitzer Electric Piano, Theremin, Singing; Phil Istine - Bass Guitar, Occasional Singing; Alex de Renzi - Drums.
Influences
The Ultimate Spinach, Gyorgy Ligeti, The Red Crayola, The United States of America, the weather, The Soft Machine, Country Joe and the Fish, Bob Dylan, The Misunderstood, Keith Richards, Joe Meek, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Bela Bartok, The Monks, The Sonics, Igor Stravinsky, King Cnut and the Nutsacks, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Keith Jarrett, Brian Wilson, Chris Morris, Peter Cook, Can, Silver Apples, Claude Debussy, Broadcast, Charles Bukowski, Screaming Lord Faggot and the Sugar Frosted Light Bulbs, The Seeds, Hank Williams, Dogme '95, Arthur Lee, Love, Gram Parsons, Flying Burrito Brothers, Byrds, Tim Rose, The Incredible String Band, George Orwell, Singing in the Rain, The Pretty Things, Iannis Xenakis, Syd Barrett, The Pink Floyd, John Cage, Howlin Wolf, Os Mutantes, Jack Kerouac, Ravi Shankar, Iggy and The Stooges, Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, Olivier Messiaen, Sun Ra, The MC5, Miles Davis, Rod,Jane and Freddy, The Thirteenth Floor Elevators. To name but a few for starters.....
The Monks: 'Monk Chant'
Bernard Herrmann: 'Vertigo' Opening Titles
Serge Gainsbourg: 'Melody'. This album was recorded in London with legendary session men Big Jim Sullivan, Vic Flick, Herbie Flowers and Dougie Wright. Strings by Jean-Claude Vannier.
'Organ Morgan' started life as Jim Morgan performing solo spacey psychedelic improvisations on his Hammond organ, Leslie speaker and tape echo in 2005 at venues such as Scaledown club at the King & Queen in Soho (this set was later broadcast on Resonance FM).
Then Jim put a full band together, when he was invited to perform at a Syd Barrett tribute night at the Social in 2006 (supporting Mr David Viner, and the Lea Shores), augmenting the sound of his vintage keyboards with drums and bass guitar. Luckily he knew a highly talented drummer in the shape of Alex de Renzi. Bass was played by Mark Braby and then Justin Selway at the first few gigs. But then friend Phil Istine, who had heard the group and been knocked out by their unique sound, was recruited. After a successful debut they were invited back to the Social to do an Arthur Lee tribute night the following month (supporting the Duke Spirit). For this gig Luis Almau joined them on flute for a couple of 'Da Capo' era Love covers. Then, they stopped waiting for famous musical icons to die and have since performed at club nights such as the Acid Gallery, Original Outsider, Fab! club, Midnight to Six, and other venues including Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, the Borderline, the Horse Hospital, the George Tavern. A note on the tracks on this page: they were recorded and produced by Organ Morgan, with the help of Peter from the Treliks who engineered and lent us equipment. Organ Morgan will be doing some more recording soon, and might increase their recording budget from £0 this time.
Forgive the self-publicity, but we've just uploaded a new song called "Footsteps" onto our page, and we are very proud of it. Give it a listen if you get the chance.
Come along on Thursday night for an evening of fast-paced Detroit rock'n'roll action with THE DIRTBOMBS, plus Kelley Stoltz and The Kits and DJ PJ (Dirty Water Club)! Click on flyer for tickets...
The Paris "Melting Pop" crew are happy to announce a Free Open Market for the release of "Martyrs Of Pop" two new exclusive bonus DVDs (www. myspace. com/martyrsofpop): "Mondo Hollywood" and "The Commitee" on Pentecost Sunday (05/11/08) at the famous Paris venue: "La Mécanique Ondulatoire"!
With stands by new French independant Pop label :"Martyrs Of Pop" and "Luxophonic", French EZ listening label, JP Helmets@Free stand of special Japanese imported Dammtrax Jet Helmets and accessories, Troglodisc's vintage & collectors Records stand, Standard Magazine's stand Deadlicious R'n'R pastree stand, And Left Bank Bouquinist "David Television"'s stand! Free access from 3 to 8pm!!!
And starting at 7pm until 12, Gigs & Party in the Cellar for 5 euros:
The Melting Pop DJ crew will make you dance 'til midnight!: Astro (Bubble-Gum/ Soul & Garage Jerk) Nunmber 9 (French Pop Jerk, Soundtrax & Hammond Grooves) JE Deluxe (Sunshine & Indie Pop)
The newly released Martyrs Of Pop DVDs will be projected on large background screen and the whole event will be sponsored by Tim Bargeot (www. timbargeot. fr)!
The first TAG of 2008 sees performances from ex-Spacemen 3 member, and more recently Sky Saxon producer, Sterling Roswell with his new band, alongside psychedelic warriors Somebody’s Mind and mod power-poppers The Charlie Parkers. They all play against the backdrop of handmade slides and projected oils courtesy of The Bardo Lightshow. Joining resident DJs Phil Istine & Tommy ‘Gun’ Atkins on the 9th are Benjamin of The UFO Club and Austria’s finest DJ duo, She Freaks! ..
