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Michael Morley
/
Gate
/
The Righteous Yeah
/
The Never Quartet
gatemm.bandcamp
The Dead C
Tanaka-Nixon Meeting
The Weeds
Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos
2 Foot Flame
Angelhead
Pink Plastic Gods
Cobweb Iris
Body/Gate/Head
The Fuck Chairs
Sun Valley
Michael Morley can usually be found floating freely in the Dead C but has had occasion to open up his own Gate from time to time. He has collaborated with Lee Ranaldo amongst others and he's also recording as solo artist.
ALBUMS
Michael Morley & Joachim Nordwall
An Island Is An Island
2024, CD, Album, Stoned To Death
Michael Morley & Michel Henritzi
Mirrors
2023, LP, Album, Ltd, L'eau Des Fleurs
Michael Morley
QuaranTunes Series No.012 : Flags Battered
2020, Lathe, 12", Ltd, Num, Feeding Tube Records
Michael Morley
Pushed Streets
2020
Michael Morley
Electric Guitar
2020
Michael Morley
Heavens Idleness Awaits
2019, 2xLP, Album, Thin Wrist Recordings
Michael Morley
Call Back Your Dogs
2019, 12", Album, Ltd, Num, Precious Metal
Tom Carter & Michael Morley
Cartergate
2018, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label (Tom Carter Self-Released)
Michael Morley
The Lake
2017, LP, Ltd, Precious Metal
Michael Morley
Oceans / Quarters
2016, Lathe, 10", Ltd, Num, The Spring Press
Bill Orcutt and Michael Morley
Electric Guitar Duets
2016
Michael Morley
Moonrise
2015, LP, Album, Kye
Michael Morley
The Burning House
2015
Michael Morley
CNDYSYS / STPHNSYS
2014, Lathe, 7", Ltd, Num, Even More Important Records
Michael Morley / My Cat Is An Alien / Ramona Ponzini / Lee Ranaldo
Live @ Sensational Fix
2008, Vinyl,
,
Free Jazz/Field Recording/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Richard Crow / Michael Morley
Mr White
2000, CD, Artists At Work
Michael Morley
The Pavilion Of Fools
1996, CD, Album, Gallerie Dessford Vogel,
,
Experimental
Morley* / Russell*
Radiation / Four Letters
1995, Lathe, 7", Ltd, Cle, Corpus Hermeticum
Chas. Smart* And Michael Morley
Me And The Old Folks At Home / By That Quaint Little Church On The Hillside
Shellac, 10", Mono, Crown (10)
Gate
The Numbers
2023
The Dead C
All Goodbyes
2020
The Dead C.*
Golden LA, Repent
2019, 2xCass, Comp, Ltd, Ba Da Bing!
The Dead C
The Twelfth Spectacle
2014
The Dead C.*
Vain, Erudite And Stupid (Selected Works: 1987-2005)
2014
The Dead C
Armed Courage
2013
Body/Gate/Head
Glare Luring Yo
2012, LP, Ltd, Feeding Tube Records,
,
Experimental
The Dead C
The Damned
2003,
,
Noise/Experimental
The Dead C
The Dead C
2000, 2xCD, Language Recordings
2 Foot Flame
Ultra Drowning
1997
2 Foot Flame
2 Foot Flame
1995,
,
Indie Rock
The Dead C.*
World Peace Hope Et Al (1988 - 1993)
1994, CD, Comp, Shock,
,
Noise/Experimental
Cobweb Iris
Forms
1994,
,
Experimental/Avantgarde
The Dead C
Eusa Kills
1992
The Dead C
Harsh 70's Reality
1992,
,
Experimental/Noise Rock
Angelhead
Eat
1990, Cass, Album, Xpressway
The Dead C
Trapdoor Fucking Exit
1990
The Dead C
The Live Dead See
1988, Cass, Xpressway
The Dead C
DR503
1988
Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos
River Falling Love
1987
The Weeds
Wheatfields
1986, 7", Flying Nun Records, Flying Nun Records
Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos
World Falls Apart
1985, Cass, Every Secret Thing, Big Bright Thing Cassettes
Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos
Cave
1985, Cass, Album, Every Secret Thing, Art Raith Productions
Wreck Small Speakers On Expensive Stereos
Over My Skull
1984, Cass, Single, C 3, Every Secret Thing, Wreck Records (2)
Pink Plastic Gods
In The Lap Of The Gods
1984
APPEARANCES +
Michael Morley
A Spell To Guard Against The Waning Sense Of Hope In The Face Of Constant Evil
2022, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Sonate Pour La Boîte à Musique I-II (2022)
2022, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Redemption Songs
2022, 7xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Solos (for M.F.)
2022, 5xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Sonate Pour La Boîte à Musique VI-X (2020)
2021, 5xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Sonate Pour La Boîte à Musique I-V (2020)
2020, 5xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Premonitions Of The Heartless
2020, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
No Direction Home
2019, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Hours Of Darkness
2019, 6xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Blessed High Regency
2018, 6xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Reverse Bondage K.O.
2018, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Zéro De Conduite
2018, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Call Back Your Dogs
2018, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Rise Above
2018, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Here Today Gone Tomorrow
2018, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
We Are Here Because Of You
2018, 9xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Memorial Gardens
2017, 4xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
A Word To You Who Have Great Possessions (Gate 1999-2009)
2016, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
A Word To You Who Have Great Possessions (Gate 1989-1999)
2016, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
A Word To You Who Have Great Possessions (Gate 1979-1989)
2016, 2xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Music Box Compositions
2015, 3xFile, FLAC, Not On Label
Michael Morley
Sonate Pour La Boîte À Musique I-VIII (2015)
2015, File, FLAC, Not On Label,
,
Avantgarde
Michael Morley
Good Deeds and Some Love
2015, 3xFile, FLAC, Album, Not On Label
Michael Morley
You Pose You Lose: Painting And Silence
2009, DVD, Ltd, Sensational Fix
Terebentina
Um palmo acima do chão
2022, LP, Ltd, S/Edition, Berga Malhas
Lee Ranaldo
I'm Not Gonna Try It (Again)
2022, Lathe, 7", Ltd, Sig, Dysmusie
Gate
Fear Of Music
2020
The Never Quartet
1.001.006 / 1.001.007
2019, 7", EP, Ltd, I Dischi Del Barone
Steve Bates (2), Black Seas Ensemble
Atmospheres, Soundtracks And Transmissions
2019, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, The Dim Coast,
,
Experimental/Modern Classical/Drone/Musique Concrète/Noise
Gate
Howl / Zone
2018, 7", Single, anarchofreaksproduction,
,
Experimental/Avantgarde
Gate (3) & Control Unit*
Gate & Control Unit
2016, LP, Album, Ltd, 8mm Records
Various
Live From The Devil's Triangle 19
2016, 2xCD, Album, Comp, Ltd, KFJC,
,
Experimental/Death Metal/Deathcore/Crust/Noise
Various
Sonic Protest 2013
2013, 2xCD, Comp, Sonic Protest,
,
Avantgarde/Folk/Experimental/Abstract/Noise/Drone/Musique Concrète/Punk/Free Jazz
Gate
Moths
2013, LP, Album, Ltd, Dilettante Courtoisie, Bimbo Tower Records
Gate (3) / Tom Carter
Split
2013, 7", Ltd, Ran, Carbon Records
La Morte Young
La Morte Young
2013
Glands Of External Secretion
Unexplained Bite Marks
2012, CDr, Ltd, Butte County Free Music Society
Various
Tally Ho! (Flying Nun's Greatest Bits)
2011, 2xCD, Comp, Flying Nun Records,
,
Indie Rock/Indie Pop
Various
MOCAD V
2011, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Num, MOCAD (Museum Of Contemporary Art Detroit),
,
Experimental/Free Improvisation/Electro/Indie Rock/Alternative Rock
Lee Ranaldo
Maelstrom From Drift
2008, CD, Album, Ltd, Three Lobed Recordings,
,
Noise/Indie Rock/Experimental
Rosy Parlane
Jessamine
2006, CD, Album, Touch,
,
Drone/Experimental/Ambient/Field Recording
Various
Flying Nun 25th Anniversary Box Set
2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Flying Nun Records,
,
Alternative Rock/Punk/Power Pop/Pop Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Swagger Jack
The Feral Blood Of Swagger Jack
2006, CD, Album, Last Visible Dog
Hi God People* / The Dead C
Split
2006
Battery Operated / Various
re: CORD
2005, CD, Album + DVD-V, Comp, PAL, Cocosolidciti,
,
IDM/Electro/Experimental
David Eggleton
Versifier
2002, CD, Album, Yellow Eye Music,
,
Alternative Rock/Experimental
Ernie Graham
Ernie Graham
2002
Gate
3M
2001, 7", Ltd, Num, Tonschacht
Gate
The Wisher Table
2001, CD, Album, Precious Metal
Dead C.*
Perform DR 503C
1999, CD, Comp, Flying Nun Records
Sandoz Lab Technicians
Synaptic Acres
1999, CD, Album, Metonymic
Lee Ranaldo
Dirty Windows
1998, CD, Album, Barooni,
,
Experimental
Francisca Griffin
Some From The Sky
1998, CD, Album, Odd Fish Productions
Various
Waiting To Be Old
1997, CD, Comp, Opprobrium,
,
Folk Rock/Noise/Lo-Fi/Post Rock/Minimal/Free Improvisation/Abstract/Experimental
Various
Le Jazz Non (A Compilation Of Nineties NZ Noise)
1996, CD, Comp, Corpus Hermeticum,
,
Noise/Abstract/Avantgarde/Contemporary/Drone/Ambient/Experimental
Gate
The Monolake
1996, CD, Album, Table Of The Elements, Table Of The Elements
Gate
Golden
1996
Trash
Mihiwaka
1995, CD, Album, IMD,
,
Art Rock/Punk
Various
Threadwaxing Space Live: The Presidential Compilation 1993-1994
1995
A Handful Of Dust
Musica Humana
1994, CD, Comp, Corpus Hermeticum
Gate
Live In Boston, NYC 1994
1994, CD, Poon Village
A Handful Of Dust / Alan Licht
Crank #4
1994, 7", Crank Automotive
Trash
Not Gate
1994
Lee Ranaldo
Broken Circle
1994
Faust
Rien
1994
Gate
Lounge
1993, CD, Album, Twisted Village
Various
Bullets Wrapped In Sugar
1993, 7", Comp, Stomach Ache Records, Bananafish Magazine
Julian Dashper, Gate
Julian Dashper Gate Experience
1993, 2xLathe, 7", Ltd, 2nd, Precious Metal
This Kind Of Punishment
In The Same Room / 5 By Four
1993
Various
Making Losers Happy (Xpressway NZ Singles 1988-91)
1993,
,
Lo-Fi/Noise/Avantgarde/Experimental/Indie Rock
Queen Meanie Puss
The Darkling
1992, 7", Siltbreeze
Dadamah
This Is Not A Dream
1992, LP, Album, Majora,
,
Space Rock/Punk/Experimental
Various
What's That Noise? (Another Xpressway Compilation)
1992,
,
Punk/Experimental/Indie Rock
Alastair Galbraith
Gaudylight
1991, 7", EP, Siltbreeze
Gate
Trig / Tonken
1991, Lathe, 7", Single, Ltd, Precious Metal
Various
I Hear The Devil Calling Me
1991,
,
Alternative Rock/Lo-Fi/Experimental
Peter Jefferies
The Last Great Challenge In A Dull World
1990,
,
Indie Rock
Dead C.*
Perform DR503b
1989, Cass, Xpressway
Look Blue Go Purple
This Is This
1988, 12", EP, Flying Nun Records
Various
Xpressway Pile=Up (A Compilation Of Nz Music)
1988
This Kind Of Punishment
In The Same Room
1987
Little Lord Corduroy
Hi Ho Washing Day
1984
Various
The Golem Rescored
2021, LP, Comp, Reboot Records
Various
Wound
2018, 2xLP, Comp, Carbon Records
Various
No More Gun Violence, Vol. 1
2015, 20xFile, FLAC, Comp, No More Gun Violence,
,
Experimental/Art Rock/Noise
Various
Skin
1994, CD, Comp, Not On Label,