Bio

My name is Michael Jon Morel, aka Indidjinous.

My interest in creating music began in 1998 when I impulsively bought a didjeridu. I was attracted to the Australian wind instrument because to me it was the anti-instrument. I think this has something to do with the fact that when I was a little kid I was more or less forced to play the piano for several years. As a result I gained an adversity to traditional instruments like guitars or pianos or any instrument where you could play a scale or read music.

Around 1999 I became obsessed with drum n’ bass/jungle music, and after a few years of going to shows and collecting music I began playing my didjeridu over live DJ sets, using various electric guitar pedals to distort the sound. In 2003 I began experimenting with producing, often including didjeridu recordings in my tracks. By 2005 I had created enough tracks to the point where I became compelled to DJ, and I typically perform as a DJ currently (occasionally I’ll play my didj over someone else’s set). Occasionally I’ll play my didjeridu while I’m DJing.

I am a dn’b addict, and while I love many kinds of music, I admit that I listen to drum n’ bass about 90 percent of the time. My favorite styles include tech-step, drum funk, and neurofunk. I shy away from anything too melodic, preferring abstract sci-fi atmospherics, industrial sound effects, and dis-harmonic bass lines over more “musical” sounds. My own sound might be labeled a hybrid of tech-step and drum funk, or as I sometimes call it, “post-apocalyptic swamp funk”.

My biggest musical inspirations include Technical Itch, Dom & Roland, Amit, Konflict, Paradox, Teebee, R.A.W. and Hive. With most of these artists, I strongly favor the music from the earlier parts of their careers.

My musically formative years were spent in Santa Cruz, California. In 2007 I moved to Washington D.C. for graduate school. There I became part of the DJ collective known as Digital Conspiracy. In March of 2010 I moved to Brooklyn, New York, where I reside today.