Eddy Temple-Morris

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Eddy Temple-Morris
Eddie Temple-Morris in 2005
Eddie Temple-Morris in 2005
Background information
Birth nameEdward Owen Kayvan Temple-Morris
Born (1965-04-26) 26 April 1965 (age 58)
Cardiff, Wales
Occupation(s)DJ, record producer, TV presenter
Years active1988–present

Edward Owen Kayvan Temple-Morris

XFM's specialist show The Remix for 15 years,[3] before moving it to Soho Radio. He joined Virgin Radio UK
in 2017 and currently presents afternoons on weekdays (Virgin Radio Anthems UK).

Biography

Before joining

Five, and Takeover TV on Channel 4
.

He hosted The Remix on Friday nights from 10 pm till 2 am. The strapline for the show is "where dance rocks", and includes dance remixes of indie and rock hits, plus up and coming dance music of the dance rock crossover variety. Most weeks there is also a 30-minute mix from a guest DJ, producer or artist called the "Superchunk" and now "The All Time Top 10" where remixers create a 10-minute mix featuring the artist's favorite songs, this has become a competition with mixes featuring over 200 songs. The show, which was co-presented/produced by

Justice received their first ever air play on the show. His last show aired on 4 September 2015.[6]

Temple-Morris DJs at rock, electro and indie crossover nights in UK and Europe, supporting the Prodigy, Pendulum and Delays in their UK tours. His own night, The Remix All Nighter, took place at London super-nightclub, Matter. Remix Night events take place elsewhere in the UK. In 2007, Temple-Morris headlined a Remix Night UK tour.[7]

On the production side Temple-Morris remixes with Tom Bellamy from the Cooper Temple Clause under the moniker Losers. Some of their remixes appeared on a new double album, compiled and mixed by Temple-Morris, called Dance Rocks, which was released in April 2007 on UK label Botchit & Scarper. More recently Losers have remixed Gossip, Rage Against the Machine, the Presets and Placebo. Losers released their album 'Beautiful Losers' on Gung Ho! Recordings on 13 September 2010.[8]

Temple-Morris co-founded Manumission's Ibiza Rocks. He also programmed stages at the UK's Glade, Secret Garden Run to the Sun, The Big Snow and The Big Reunion music festivals.

Temple-Morris writes a weekly column for music industry website CMU, called Eddy Says.

He is the voice of motor racing magazine show

Speed in North America.[9]

Temple-Morris agreed to become Ambassador for The British Tinnitus Association in January 2010, to help raise money and awareness for the hearing condition which he has suffered from for a decade.[10]

He is the son of the late Labour peer and former Conservative MP Peter Temple-Morris[11] and was educated at Malvern College in Malvern, Worcestershire.[12]

In 2017, he joined digital radio station Virgin Radio UK presenting weekend drivetime. In January 2018, he began presenting the weekday mid-morning show replacing Jamie East alongside his new Saturday afternoon show.

References

  1. ^ "Edward Temple-Morris Limited – Endole". Opencompany.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  2. ^ "findmypast.co.uk". Search.findmypast.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  3. ^ a b Smells like teen booty The Guardian, 27 February 2002
  4. ^ "Exploring the cultural oddity of the Ricky Gervais Show XFM". faroutmagazine.co.uk. 25 June 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  5. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  6. ^ Fletcher, Harry (4 September 2015). "Eddy Temple-Morris is leaving XFM". Digital Spy. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  7. ^ Geeg12:23, 11 May '07. "The Remix All Nighter.....Eddy Temple Morris Et Al..." Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "Beautiful Losers, by LOSERS". Losers.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  9. ^ "Mobil 1 The Grid – YouTube". Retrieved 14 April 2022 – via YouTube.
  10. ^ "Eddy Temple-Morris to launch Tinnitus Awareness Week | Complete Music Update". Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  11. ^ "Former MP Peter Temple-Morris dies aged 80". BBC News. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  12. ^ Temple puts creative mark on Radio 1. Richard North. The Independent. 2 July 1995. Retrieved 5 April 2012.

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