Sketches, demos and duos - not in any particular order.

A varied collection of unreleased stuff, all recorded and produced by me under various monikers/collabs across 20 years.

- Memeshift was born slightly after 2001 and has been my longest running moniker. Inspired heavily by my own take of the output of Warp Records and a lot of UK IDM and electronic music between 1997 up into 2004 (think Aphex Twin, Autechre, Plaid). Often orbiting around danceable 4/4 music.
- Moteng! is live, guitar/drums/noise stuff with Tengal
- .obat. is more meditative easy listens for background or foreground
- Maumo is a collab with Mauricio Takara mostly using Latent Sonorities RBI tunings

The tracks below are prefixed with the moniker/collab.

If you wanna explore some of these directions together, let's!

unreleased stuff!

recorded in 2009 for .obat. side project in Oakland at my first apartment living alone,

.obat. - 9

recorded in late 2019 experimenting with high frequencies and inspired by mileece and autechre's Fold4,Wrap5

.obat. - enfold

This was made using some modular stuff Stas Shärifullá let me try out while he stayed with us.  But the final result was really inspired by my work with Pedro Oliveira.  We also have some new stuff coming out on Blue Tapes.

.obat. - Rain

for side project, .obat. - not sure when I recorded this.

.obat. - Tingly

New .obat. in 2025!  Generative patches and processing from some of Dillon Bastan's Ableton tools like Tree Tone.

.obat. - 6

Morgan did the Garageband drums on this one.

Moteng - Sept - 22.11.24, 16.34

first song on side project called messyfingers recorded in Hollywood, December 2008

messyfingers - Home (Intro)

The LS is a reference to Latent Sonorities and was created using the samples from Latent Sonorities alongside some generative spectral processing and smearing of them.  Features a slenthem and gong ageng.

.obat. - LS 6

Drifting Lullaby with Starts and Stops

Unfettered nostalgia from a youth unknown, United Kingdom IDM before the turn of the millennium.  I programmed all beats, percussion, notes, arppegiations etc.

Memeshift - IDM Memories

Usually when it's just me and one instrument, it's under 'Morgan Sully'.  This is me on a piano.

Hissy Hope

Hopefully the references are obvious on this one.

Memeshift - Pelog Aphex (alt mix)

Inspired by Phoenecia, FM synthesis and my friend Irma.

Memeshift - Irma's

Hehehe.  This one is fun and there is a Star Trek reference in it.  I wrote all the melodies, basslines, etc. in it, note by note.

Memeshift - Washingtonian Crab

Made with various gamelan samples using a Rotating Rhythm Generator

??? - Calung Poly

??? - Exploring a pelog scale in modular eurorack with the 4msCompany Ensemble Oscillator

(field recording) - A Choir of Angels Singing in to a Brass Plate Suspended from the Ceiling of an Old Crematorium

Probably Channeling Thom Yorke but I don't Have Any Lyrics

Modern Goth Baroque

Looking on the Bright Side even Though You Are Stranded in a Rowboat in the Middle of a Big Ocean

Morgan (he/him, USA/DE) is a practice-based music researcher whose output sits in the experimental field between academia and club music.

His work spans live electronic music, curation, lecture-workshops, panel discussions and the development of sample packs, tuning systems and other musical strategies to engage with materiality, diaspora, and the thoughtful resynthesis of new/traditional music.

Morgan's music productions draw from an archipelagic range of influences and intrinsic reverence for experimental computer dance music that can be described as playful, abrasive, promiscuous, feral and eclectic.

Last year, he released his debut album on Chinabot, which The Wire called "…a gently vaporous hulk of melancholia."

Morgan has performed at Cafe Oto, presented at CTM Festival, co-curated Soydivision's long-running Soy&Synth series, organized an online album co-release festival with folk-doom metal band Senyawa and 44 labels (mentioned in NYT, CDM), and was interviewed by Ableton about Latent Sonorities, a project that expands public access to sonic heritage for transcultural experimentation and research.


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2025

UPCOMING:

    August 27th - Irene Trejo, Carla Boregas, ágata, Morgan Sully @ Refuge Worldwide (not Oonah) Niemetzstrasse 1
     September 3rd – Galerie im Turm – group show/exhibition with Dea Karina, Jay Afrisando and Ariel William Orah – Berlin, DE
    September 12th-14th – The Three Sound of Revolution Expo – Berlin, DE

PAST:
    June 26th.  – A L L T A R III F I R E book launch/club night @ 90mil – Berlin, DE
Jan. 11th – Deanator, Cavid Dhen, MOTENG! (live duo with Tengal), secret location – Berlin, DE
    Jan. 14th – dB sauna & health club: KOTOE, Memeshift (live set) – Studio db – Berlin, DE
    Jan. 18th – Soydivision Selectors: Vol. 2 @ KWIA  w/Jay Afrisando, Sumugan Sivanesan, Morgan Sully (dj set) and more TBA – Berlin, DE
    Jan. 23 – The Bureau of Race Neutrality presents Creative Labour – with Sumugan Sivanesan, Louis Quek, NaN, Sangeeta + Morgan Sully, Nithin Shams  – Berlin, DE (link)
March 12th -BURRE x Enigma – GIRI Berlino, Vitsche Fundraiser
June 12th – Spanners w/Mara, 100, Stella Z, Memeshift - London, UK (live set)
    June 14th - Attack/Release Festival w/Mara + more - Glasgow, UK (live set)

2024

    May 7th – Café Oto: MEMESHIFT + AYANKOKO + KEPLA + OISHI (link)
    May 16th – Fitzroy – “Echoes” Album Release/Chinabot label night (tickets)
    April 5th – Codex Club: Kuntari (live), Pic-Vert (live), Leila Hassan (live), Dj sets by Morgan Sully and Chago – Berlin, DE
    Aug. 11th – Soydivision Selectors: Vol. 1 @ KWIA w/Hany, Ariel, Deb Chia, Jaeho, Morgan Sully – Berlin, DE
    April 28th – Morphine Raum: Kuntari, Memeshift (live) – Berlin, DE
    Oct. 12th – Memeshift (live), Ravenative @ Norwegian Centre for Technology, Art and Music (NOTAM) Oslo, Norway
    Oct. 13th – Latent Sonorities Workshop @ Norwegian Centre for Technology, Art and Music (NOTAM) Oslo, Norway
    Oct. 24th – Sudden Beams 3: Dreamy Party Chinabot Neo Geodesia, Memeshift & Chooc Ly – Brighton, UK (link)
    Oct. 26th – Platform Asia Panel: Talks on Asian Futurism (panelist & performer) – Brighton, UK (link)
    Nov. 15th – MOTENG! (duo with Tengal), Trommel – Berlin, DE

2023

    Oct. 29th – Soy&Synth 2023, Pt. 3 – Arkaoda – Berlin, DE (link)
    Sept. 30 – Soy&Synth 2023, Pt. 2 – Acid Mach Neu – Berlin, DE (link)
    Sept. 23rd – Latent Sonorities @ Berlin Asia Arts Festival (performance): Dea Karina, Tusa Montes, Morgan Sully & Hany Tea (link)
    Sept. 16th – Latent Sonorities (performance): Tusa Montes + Morgan Sully, Bilawa Respati + J “Mo’ong” Santoso Pribadi, Wanton Witch @ Morphine Raum – Berlin, DE (link)
    Sept. 15th – Latent Sonorities (presenting): Pinky Htut Aung, Cheryl Ong + Khyam Allami @ Morphine Raum – Berlin, DE (link)
    Sept. 14th – Latent Sonorities: Open studio & Discussion Evening (presenting) @ Haus der Indonesischen Kulturen – Rumah Budaya Indonesia – Berlin, DE (link)
    August 26th – Soy&Synth 2023, Pt 1. Panke – Berlin, DE (link)
    June 9th – Codex Club @ Panke – Morgan Sully, Anjeline de Dios & bela – Berlin, DE (link)
    May 22nd – Morphine Raum – Morgan Sully & Anjeline de Dios w/bela – Berlin, DE
    Mar. 1st – Trx***r, Memeshift, Dea Karina, Ghaliz and OLVRA – Berlin, DE
    Feb. 18th – Memeshift LIVE @ TARKA NIGHT 2 w/ Mo’ong Pribadi and Demetrio Castellucci, Ideas Block – Kompresorinė , LT

2022

    Dec. 23rd – Refuge Worldwide, PoC w/Mauricio Takara
    Dec. 12th – Refuge Worldwide, Soy&Synth 2022 Album Co-release with L-KW, Soydivision & Midnight Shift: 20hr-00hr
    Nov. 16th – Soy&Synth 2022: Discourse Program in collaboration with Radical Sounds Latin America @ Anaconda am Ufer
    Oct. 28th – Soy&Synth 2022: (as messyfingers) @ Berghain Kantine
    Sept. 24th – Soy&Synth 2022: (hosting w/L-KW) @ Morphine Raum
    Aug. 27th – Soy&Synth 2022: (hosting w/L-KW) @ Anaconda am Ufer
    Jul. 14th – PoC: Refuge Worldwide
    May 27th – CTM Festival ‘Contact’ Discourse Series (panelist) – Music as a Means of Reorganising Sociality w/Alkisah Network– Berlin, DE
    May 17th – Refuge Worldwide (host) – PoC w/Kasimyn (Gabber Modus Operandi) – Berlin, DE
    May 15th – Celestial Festival (panel moderator) – On Asian Music Industry, Labels and Trends w/Saphy Vong (Chinabot), Whitney Wei (Resident Advisor), Cedrik Fermont (Syrphe) – Berlin, DE
    May 14th – Celestial Festival (panel moderator) –  On Asian Activism & Other Collectivities w/Annie Jael Kwan (Asian Art Activism/Asia Forum), Belle Phromchanya (Non Native Native) – Berlin, DE
    Apr. 17th – KIAMAT – (as Soydivision Ensemble w/Rabih Beaini) @ Rumah Budaya Indonesia – Haus der Indonesischen Kulturen – Berlin, DE
    Mar. 16th – Refuge Worldwide (radio host) – PoC w/Pisitakun – Berlin, DE

2021

    Oct 16th – ramé-ramé (as Soydivision): soundwalk with STANDARDS, Spazio META & Rob de Matt – Il Pianeta Festival, Milan, IT
    Aug. 21st – Memeshift (DJ set) – KAUM Closing Party @ OYOUN – Berlin, DE
    Aug. 6th – (as Alkisah Trio) @ Camp Cosmic: Cosmic Gathering Alkisah Meetup – Chemnitz, DE
    May 27th – Unusual Business – Decentralizing and Commoning Music (panelist) – Nusasonic (remote)

2020

    July 25th – Soy&Synth w/Sibéri, Balthazar Conrad, Memeshift, GHALIZ @ Sarisari – Berlin DE
    Apr. 28th – Memeshift @ Hör Radio (DJ set) – Berlin, DE
    March 21st – +62 Tour 2020, presented by L_KW ^ Audial Plane: Messyfingers, Theo Nugraha, Jeritan, Sarana, and Robby Ocktavian x Dhuha Ramadhani @ Rumah Rawa, Samarinda, Borneo, ID
    March 13th – +62 Tour 2020, presented by L_KW ^ Audial Plane: Ravenative x Wildan Indra Sugara, Memeshift, Juan Arminandi, Dissa Kamanjaya, and GURU @ NuArt Sculpture Park, Bandung, Java, ID
    March 10th – +62 Tour 2020, presented by L_KW ^ Audial Plane: messyfingers, Firzio, Mahesa Almeida, Juan Arminandi and Ravenative @ Rubanah Underground Hub, Jakarta, Java, ID
    March 4th – +62 Tour 2020, presented by L_KW ^ Audial Plane: messyfingers, Kasimyn and Ravenative + special guest Evans Störn @ studio eksotika, Canggu, Bali, ID
    Feb. 18th – BIBIT, BEBET, BOBOT messyfingers w/LK__W @ Sari Sari – Berlin, DE
    Jan. 31st – RECALIBRATION w/Soydivision, Nowhere Kitchen and un.tha.tled @ studio db – Berlin, DE
    Jan. 26th – SonicSeasoning messyfingers w/ravenative @ top e.V. – Berlin, DE
    Jan. 25th – Soy&Synth w/Soydivision @ Motif Wein – Berlin, DE
    Jan. 19th – Marameo Dance Playground (solo) – Berlin, DE
    Jan. 17th – CTM Vorspeil w/Soydivision @ Acud Mach Neu – Berlin, DE

2019

    Dec. 15th – Marameo Dance Playground (solo) – Berlin, DE
    Dec. 7th – Soy&Synth messyfingers @ MotifWein – Berlin, DE
    Oct. 25th – SONUS – THE SOUND WITHIN US @ Ballhaus Naunystrasse w/Pepe Dayaw and meLê yamomo – Berlin, DE
    Aug. 31st – Memeshift @ Nanometri Festival (interactive dance performance) – Berlin, DE
    May 4th – PYjAMA: Space cookies 14 ♉ 10 as Kencur (Morgan Sully + Denis Altchul) – Berlin, DE

2018

    Oct. 8th – Memeshift @ Visions of A New World – San Francisco, US
    Jan. 22nd – Memeshift @ Run the Length of Your Wildness – San Francisco, US

2010

    June 3rd (in Skycamp)- Slims, San Francisco, US

2006-2009

various gigs in San Diego, Los Angeles, Tijuana

unreleased stuff!

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