'Driven by his passion for the arts, his love for Street Sounds, his need to continuously evolve and create’
'Driven by his passion for the arts, his love for Street Sounds, his need to continuously evolve and create’
Morgan Khan has discovered and/or developed numerous multi-platinum recording artists on his own labels, including Jamiroquai, Dina Carroll, Humanoid and Imagination, as well as working with seminal artists like Barry White, Edwin Starr, Rose Royce, Gladys Knight, Al Green, Donna Summer, Norman Connors, Phyllis Hyman, Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash, Melle Mel, Parliament, Positive Force, BT Express, N.Y. Skyy, Viola Wills and Candi Staton amongst many others. Many other chart-hit artists have recorded on his labels including The Real Thing and Hi Tension. His previous labels include R&B Records, Streetwave, Westside Records, Radical Records and World Dance Records, which were the exclusive licensor's for the successful US labels, B-Boy Records (DJ Scott La Rock & KRS One), DJ International (Tyree, Fast Eddie, Joe Smooth, Daryl Pandy) and TRAX (Marshall Jefferson, Frankie Knuckles, Ralphi Rosario, Maurice).
Morgan has worked with most of the major record companies and music publishers including; CBS/Epic, Universal Music, Sony-BMG, Warner/Chappell Music. Projects have included the critically acclaimed Universal Music's “Back To Black - 100 years of Black Music” 10 CD box set; the most significant black music compilation project ever undertaken in the UK and the hugely successful TV compilation “The Definitive Electro & Hip Hop Collection”. It is with this vast experience of running record companies, publishing houses and managing artists which has created his reputation for innovation, originality and dynamism.
Some of the artists Morgan has worked with: DINA CARROLL. TODD TERRY. JAMIROQUAI. IMAGINATION. FRANKIE KNUCKLES. ROSE ROYCE. HUMANOID. THE FATBACK BAND. HI TENSION. EDWIN STARR. CHERYL LYNN. DONNA SUMMER. ADONIS. MANTRONIX. THE REAL THING. ANTHONY THOMAS. PETER BLACK. POSITIVE FORCE. BARBARA MASON. BARRY WHITE. CERRONE. THE GAP BAND. CANDIDO. THE SOURCE feat. CANDI STATON. PETER BLACK. CARL ANDERSON. ROYALLE DELITE. FONDA RAE. ALTON EDWARDS. D.J. FAST EDDIE. VIOLA WILLS. ARNIE’S LOVE. GIBSON BROTHERS. AL GREEN. TYREE. THE BAND A.K.A. CROWN HEIGHTS AFFAIR. GLADYS KNIGHT. YOUNG & COMPANY. CANDIDO. MASQUERADE. PHYLLIS HYMAN. JON CUTLER. J SEALY.
Hip Hops acts: SCOTT LA ROCK. KRS-ONE. THE SUGARHILL GANG. PUBLIC ENEMY. ROXANE SHANTÉ. KURTIS MANTRONIK. JUST-ICE. BEASTY BOYS. RUN DMC. DR. DRE (AND WORLD CLASS WRECKIN' CRU). ERIC B. FEATURING RAKIM. GRANDMASTER FLASH AND THE FURIOUS FIVE feat. GRANDMASTER MELLE MEL & DUKE BOOTEE. KURTIS BLOW. WHODINI. JVC FORCE. CAPTAIN ROCK. THE B-BOYS. STETSASONIC. AFRIKA BAMBAATAA & THE SOUL SONIC FORCE. ALEEMS. DAVY DMX. THE REAL ROXANNE. EGYPTIAN LOVER. DR. JECKYLL & MR. HYDE. 2 LIVE CREW. OVERLOAD X. FAZE ONE. DEREK B. HASHIM.
"I have been working on ‘STREET SOUNDS - THE BOOK’ for almost 3 years, with a great deal of help from notable contributors and I am finally coming to the end of this epic project. The Street Sounds book has grown & morphed beyond my initial expectations and will be released later this year!
The Street Sounds story is as much about the music as it is about the lifestyle, fashion and attitudes of these pivotal years. In many ways the Street Sounds albums mirrored what was happening on the streets. The book branches off into several directions, it tells of the street kids who wore Adidas trainers and Kagools and spent their free time break dancing on pieces of cardboard on street corners to the beats pumping out of a boombox, many of ‘you’ are now reading this!...the influence of the music…the power of graffiti…the importance of vinyl…the producers & remixers who created the music…the politics of the day; the in’s and outs of the record companies & recording studios, some things will shock, surprise & be a revelation, because I want the world to know what was the real deal!...the struggles of black artists to be supported and the genius of their music…my own personal experiences; the good, the bad and absolute bizarre!
The book will also have a fan section, because the Street Sounds story is very much about you too and will allow the Street Sounds family to tell their own stories. Thank you to those who have already contributed.
The Street Sounds Book will be a substantial publication and visual extravaganza. Nothing has been spared to make this book something you will cherish, to hopefully make you smile, to remember, maybe even cry. A record and testament to the greatest era of music & culture to pass down to your children, as a testament to ‘our’ music, lifestyle and passion".
Respect & love,
Morgan Khan
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'South Of Watford': 1986 ITV Documentary with Hugh Laurie
