Morgan Geist (born November 5, 1972)[1] is an American music songwriter, producer, mix engineer and DJ from Wayne, New Jersey.[2] Among mainstream music consumers, he is best known for his UK number one song "Look Right Through," recorded under the alias Storm Queen and remixed by Marc Kinchen.[3] Geist is also half of the influential duo Metro Area.[3] He has also remixed many artists, among them Caribou, Tracey Thorne, The Rapture, Franz Ferdinand, and Telex.
Storm Queen | |
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| Birth name | Morgan Geist |
| Born | November 5, 1972 Wayne, New Jersey, United States[1] |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
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Music career
edit2010–present: Breakthrough
editIn 2010, Storm Queen released his debut single "Look Right Through" on Geist's own Environ label. In 2011, the follow-up "It Goes On" was released. In July 2012 he released "Let's Make Mistakes" as his third single. On November 3, 2013, a licensed version of the single "Look Right Through" was released via Defected Records/Ministry of Sound. In the United Kingdom, the song entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart on November 10, 2013, becoming Storm Queen's first number one song in The UK, dethroning Eminem and Rihanna's "The Monster" from the top of the chart.[4] In Ireland, the song entered at number thirty on the Irish Singles Chart on November 8, 2013, and peaked at number twenty.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- The Driving Memoirs (as Morgan Geist, 1997)
- Morgan Geist presents Environ: Into A Separate Space (1998)
- Double Night Time (as Morgan Geist, 2008)
Collaborations
edit- Metro Area (with Darshan Jesrani, 1998)
- The Galleria (with Jessy Lanza, 2015)
- Au Suisse (with Kelley Polar, 2022)
Singles
edit| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||
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| BEL (Vl) [5] |
BEL (Wa) [6] |
DEN [7] |
IRE [8] |
NL [9] |
UK [10] | ||||||
| 2010 | "Look Right Through" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | |||
| 2011 | "It Goes On" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2012 | "Let's Make Mistakes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| 2013 | "Look Right Through" (MK Remix) | 21 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 54 | 1 | ||||
| "—" denotes single that did not chart or was not released. | |||||||||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Morgan Geist Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & Mor..." AllMusic. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ "Nyclife > Spring Arts Clubs: Electro-Shock by Tricia Romano". Villagevoice.com. Retrieved November 5, 2024.
- ^ a b "US DJ Storm Queen set for debut UK Number 1 single". The Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
- ^ Storm Queen scores first UK Number 1 with Look Right Through. Official Charts Company
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Storm Queen" (in Dutch). Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Storm Queen" (in French). Belgium (Wallonia) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Storm Queen" (in Danish). Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Storm Queen". Irish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Storm Queen" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
- ^ "UK Charts > Storm Queen". Official Charts Company.