A selection of Alex M.O.R.P.H. singles and remixes

Insigma - Open Our Eyes (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix)

Trance & progressive, cinematic sound producer. Contact: ruud.tolgahan@gmail.com

ALEX M.O.R.P.H.: “Music is the Key. Melodies are the Path. 
Beats are Universal”.

Since the mid 90s Alex M.O.R.P.H has set out to shapeshift within the dance scene as per his alias, leaving no facet of trance unturned and showing the top of the tree is a position that he’s grown rather fond of. Even in a time where stats and streams, followers and figures are pushed to the front, the maths behind M.O.R.P.H’s staying power are frankly mind-boggling. ‘Not All Superheroes Wear Capes’ said the man on his 2016 album – but M.O.R.P.H. is deserving of honours fit for a king. “Passion, discipline, a lot of hard work, and most importantly the love for music”, ensure his crown never slips.

From collaborations with Paul van Dyk and Armin van Buuren (both of whom have always repped M.O.R.P.H. to the fullest), to remixes of Dash Berlin, Gareth Emery, Aly & Fila and Faithless, M.O.R.P.H. is the epitome of can’t stop-won’t stop, earning VIP entry to the globe’s most in-demand clubs and arenas as he continues with the energy and passion of his 1996 self when the Seelenlandschaften imprint came calling. It’s telling that M.O.R.P.H. being the first and only German DJ to play New York’s legendary Madison Square Garden, puts his touring and gig commitments in a different league considering his knocking-out-the-park performances at Cream Ibiza, Mayday, Ultra Music Festival and the ubiquitous A State of Trance spectaculars. Godskitchen, Ushuaia Ibiza, Space Miami, his own HeavensGate takeovers – all mega-scale spaces the German has commanded with ease and never taken for granted, delivering shows and sets living long in the memory while leaving you fiending for his next throb of beats. 

With M.O.R.P.H. still on a high-riding rollercoaster after all these years, cruising through ‘Sunset Boulevard’ while keeping the vibe at ‘Maximum Overdrive’, he has never lost sight of the true goal in life: “find your personal balance, keep things in line – and don’t risk your health!” A true exponent of knowing the scene never sits still, M.O.R.P.H.’s longevity and get-up-and-go overlaps into his handling of the Universal Nation label and podcast series: the man eats, sleeps and breathes music. Global lockdown may have forced a temporary timeout, but it only stirred creativity and tapped into other production processes, ready for when the world was good to go again.

Anyone with a keen ear for the High Contrast label over the last 18 months or so will have heard M.O.R.P.H. hiding in plain sight with a surefire supply of thrills and spills, adding to his reputation as a master of sounds under multiple names maintaining both melodic and attacking instincts. Again it’s all about balance and the right way of going about keeping things simple: “it’s just so important that all elements fit together well: that’s how you keep the atmosphere instead of just adding some big and loud synths in the break that rips the audience in two. It might work fine on the dancefloor, don’t get me wrong, but it’s not how I do things”. Always an in-demand remixer, if you’re given the keys to take on hall-of-famers such as ‘Madagascar’ by Art of Trance and ‘Carte Blanche’ by Veracocha, you know you’ve been doing something right. “One thing has never changed – a heart beating for music”.
 
Back to those statistics. M.O.R.P.H. is an all-time trance bestseller on Beatport and has twice entered the fabled DJ Mag Top 100 list. With a calculator-smashing amount of productions, remixes, compilation mixes and single of the year awards, M.O.R.P.H. has proved time and again his music is for the masses, with streams for favourites such as ‘An Angel’s Love’ and ‘The Reason’ racing into the millions upon millions. On top of being A State of Trance go-to guy and a Vandit Records MVP, he has released on major movers such as Ministry of Sound and Armada. And M.O.R.P.H. isn’t done yet. “I want to get trance back there where it belongs - to the main stages, to more people, sharing with them how gorgeous our music is, and how essential it is to experience it together”. With two new singles reflecting his worldwide adventures - ‘Calling Berlin’ and ‘Calling San Francisco’ – and another album in the pipeline, you believe Alex M.O.R.P.H. is still the man to make all these things happen.

DJ / PRODUCER — Releases on Anjunadeep, Baroque, Alter Ego & more

Biography

DAVE HORNE (aka DJH) is a long-standing presence in the UK’s underground progressive and trance scene. Best known for his warm-up sets at The Gallery at Turnmills during the golden era of London clubbing, he regularly set the tone for artists like Armin van Buuren, Above & Beyond, and Paul Oakenfold — delivering early-night sets built on restraint, depth, and emotional pacing.

As a producer, Dave’s sound blurs the lines between house and trance — melodic, spacious, and compositionally rich. His early releases on labels such as Baroque Records, Discover Deep, Anjunadeep, Solaris, and Alter Ego earned praise for their clarity and identity. Tracks like The Road to March (under his DJH alias) captured a moment, while Q.E.D. challenged the pace of trance with a deeper, slower aesthetic — released at a time when few were willing to take that risk.

Now in 2025, he remains quiet — but connected. There are murmurs in the background. Something’s building… slowly.

Phil Griffiths’ musical journey began after a last minute decision to attend Creamfields Festival back in 2000 and after witnessing DJ’s Paul Van Dyk,Paul Oakenfold, Carl Cox and the like headlining he was hooked on Dance music. 

After spending most weekends in clubs like Gatecrasher, Godskitchen, Passion and Slinky where Trance was the music of choice, Hard House and Hard Trance events soon followed with regular trips to Sundisential, Storm and Frantic. 

All these musical influences led to the inevitable and Phil decided to try his hand at learning to blend two tunes together and bought his first pair of decks in 2001 leading to various gigs over the next few years in his hometown of Swindon. 

Cut to the year 2020 and after a long break from playing out live in front of a crowd a group of friends decided to form Mid Life Krisis and inject a multi genre event into Swindon that had been missing for many years after the demise of many of the local clubs. Multiple events year on year has seen Mid Life Krisis grow from strength to strength and Phil has been lucky enough to hold a residency for the past 5 years performing locally and at such clubs as the Tunnel Club in Birmingham and festivals including Landed Festival and Illusive playing anything from Trance to Hard House to Techno.