Bio

Years of unwanted childhood music lessons led Michael Morel to develop an aversion to common instruments like guitars and pianos. Intrigued by the unusual sounds of the didjeridu, Morel’s true musical ambitions were sparked when he began playing the ancient Australian wind instrument in 1998.

Shortly afterwards, Morel moved from West Marin County to Santa Cruz, California where he developed a healthy obsession with drum n’ bass & jungle. Adopting the alias Indidjinous, he often played didjeridu over live DJ sets using various electric guitar pedals to distort the sound. After graduating college in 2002 he began experimenting with production, incorporating his didjeridu into many tracks. In 2005, having created a considerable number of tunes, he finally took up DJing. Today his performances typically consist of mixing his own tracks mixed with like-minded tunes, though occasionally the didjeridu still makes an appearance.

In 2007 Indidjinous moved to Washington D.C. where he continued developing his production techniques and became part of the DJ collective known as Digital Conspiracy. In early 2010 he moved to Brooklyn, New York to explore the American drum n’ bass scene further. In 2011, he returned to his native San Francisco Bay Area.

Citing major influences from Technical Itch, Dom & Roland, Konflict, Paradox, Teebee, Hive and Amit, Indidjinous tunes are cinematic, tribal and dark. Morel’s sound spans several styles of drum n’ bass including techstep, drumfunk, half-time, experimental, atmospheric & neurofunk. Overtly melodic sounds are almost wholly absent in his productions. Instead he tends toward abstract sci-fi atmospherics, industrial sound effects, and dis-harmonic bass lines.