Tell us a little more about yourself. How and why you started playing, who and what inspired you etc?
I felt an attraction to the drums, and music in general when I was about three years old. I started to hit cans and buckets. Then my parents bought me a drum set when I was five. Inspiration was, and still is the key for me. I heard Buddy Rich play drums when I was 10, and I instantly wanted to play like him, I didn't ask any questions, I just ran to the drum set and tried to do what he did. It was a very developing process for me. Later on, other drummers and new musical acts opened up new worlds for me. They all made me wanna play good music!

Could you tell us about who you´ve played with through the years?
I met my blind keyboard player and musical partner - Mats Öberg in 1981 when he was 10 years old and I was 14.
That was the most important meeting for me I would say. I received a telephone call from a lady that was organizing a concert in a little village outside Umeå/Sweden. She asked me if I could come and play with a blind pianist, named Mats. Mats needed a drummer, but he didn't have anyone to play with! She told me that she knew about me, that I might be the right one for Mats, same musical taste maybe, and same age! Mats had problems to find people close to his age, with any interest whatsoever in playing the music that Mats liked, (strange, huh?) You see, Mats was actually listening to Miles Davis before he could even walk! As well as Mahavishnu Orchestra and Frank Zappa etc. I know that Mats even forced his parents to buy him the latest Earth Wind & Fire record once, otherwise he would jump down the stairs at home (this was when he was seven). So, the lady that called was right, we did have a lot in common, we even wound up being Musical partners for the next 25 years, and still are.

I told her I was interested in playing with Mats, and a few days later Mats and me met at the venue. Mats walked towards me with his dad, and he looked like he was seven years old or something. We shook hands and started to discuss what we could possible play that night. This was only about TWO hours before our show... so we obviously had to play some covers. Mats asked me "Do you know Frank Zappa"? I said - I guess I can do 'Bobby Brown' without any rehearsal. Now we had one song! Mats continued - Do you know Stevie Wonder? I said - I know this song 'Master Blaster', do you know that one? (Stupid question) Mats seemed to know almost everything already then, at age 10. Mats continued - Beatles? Me - I can do 'Help'.

We were only supposed to play about 20 minutes, so we had enough material. When we started to play, I watched Mats in complete disbelief, I mean, he was TEN years old! But he played unbelievably well, and sang the lyrics with perfect pronunciation, sounding like Jackson Five on crack. After we finished, my dad was almost in tears. Mats daddy was also really amazed and said something like, 'maybe you should...you could...I mean...meet and play together some more!?...We have a Drum set in our basement..' So we did, and have spent time doing music all the way since then. I can tell things about Mats for another 500 pages, but I'll just say that he is one of the most amazing musician who has ever lived. He really is. I rate my meeting with Mats as one of the biggest gift and most important of my life.

What songwriters and musicians inspire you today and where do you see your musicianship in five or ten years from now?
My musical roots always come back now and then. But as time goes by, new things attract me differently than 15 years ago.
When I don't perform myself, I tend to listen to music that is "less noisy". I like some stuff that Massive Attack is doing, Boards Of Canada is nice as a change too. Björk, Radio Head and things like that. But as I said, my roots comes back to me, so I put on Allan Holdsworth in my iPod, and I love it.
His guitar playing and compositions still make me want to cry sometimes..!

What Toontrack products have you collaborated on so far?
dfh Superior and the Vintage Rock EZX.

What is your relation to electronic drums?
Well, the actual pads on electronic drums have always been a horrible experience more or less.
Although, what Toontrack/DFH has created is very impressive and useful I must say.
When I recorded some demos with Toontrack, I was so surprised about how great it all sounded, sound wise.
I recorded, and struggled with the drum pads, but when I entered the control room to listen, there was the payback!
What a sound!!

Any new exciting projects coming up in the next year that you can tell us about?
Cuneiform Records that releases Mats/Morgan Band, will re-release our back catalogue.
Cuneiform released our seventh CD last year, but the previous six CD's, "Trends and Other Diseases", "The Music Or The Money" "Radio DaDa"
The Teenage Tapes" "Live" and "On Air With Guests" will be re-released with lots of bonus material, remastered and all, great fun!! A new CD will be recorded as well.
My forever ongoing DVD project will finally see daylight in 2007! My DVD will feature recordings made through a long period of time, from about 1989 until 2006.

In closing is there anything you would like to pass on to the Toontrack.com visitors?
Welcome to my homepage for news about this, and releases, tours etc.
Happy 2007!
Best / Morgan