Sad news for techno, Detroit and for anyone who owns a piece of Ron Murphys wax.
Ron Murphy — record cutter, mastering engineer and record producer at Sound Enterprises (formerly National Sound Corporation) in Detroit, MI — has passed away of a heart attack.
Here is what was said about him on Discogs.com:
"Ron Murphy is probably one of the most instrumental figures in the history Detroit electronic music. All you have to do is take a good look in your record collection and look for the little NSC logo on the runout groove on the inside of the record. Ron has shaped the sound of Detroit Techno more than just about anybody. There were allot of records back in the beginning that were brought in by people that knew next to nothing about production or mixing down properly and Ron has saved the sound of those records and many of them have went down in history as some of the finest examples of techno ever made.
Ron has been one of the biggest opponents of overcompression in the industry as people have rushed to bring techno music into the rediculous loudness war that the rest of the record industry is engaged in currently. His mastering is both dynamic and warm and has been praised for it's definition in the low end. A kick drum on an NSC mastered record is a beautiful thing to behold. He's a real living legend in this industry yet he remains humble and is still one of the most interesting figures in this industry that i have ever talked to. A true classic character."
http://infinitestatemachine.com/2008/01 ... y-nsc-rip/
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Ron+Murphy
http://aaroncarl.blogspot.com/2008/01/r ... egend.html
R.I.P. Ron Murphy (NSC/Sound Enterprises, Detroit)
R.I.P. Ron Murphy (NSC/Sound Enterprises, Detroit)
Last edited by gillsans on Mon Jan 14, 2008 12:06 am, edited 1 time in total.
Keepin' the beats deep in the groove bunker
- antonio_pt
- mnml maxi
- Posts: 1043
- Joined: Sat Aug 06, 2005 2:06 pm
- Location: London
He cut 2 of the Anonymous Release records and was a family friend for more then my lifetime....... I wished I could have had one more record cut by him ViVa Ron Murphy!!!!!!
Here is a great article about him...... If you like any from of techno you need to know his name.....
http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=1376
http://www.icanproductions.com/ron_murphy_museum.mov
http://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com/subm ... Murphy.mp3
Here is a great article about him...... If you like any from of techno you need to know his name.....
http://www.metrotimes.com/editorial/story.asp?id=1376
http://www.icanproductions.com/ron_murphy_museum.mov
http://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com/subm ... Murphy.mp3
Where where where am I? Who who am I?
-
- mnml mmbr
- Posts: 299
- Joined: Sun Apr 17, 2005 2:04 pm
- Location: localhost 127.0.0.1
- Contact:
- John Clees
- mnml admn
- Posts: 7715
- Joined: Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:21 am
- Location: walk the e[art]h : detroit-metro.
- Contact:
such a great loss... no one can (ever) replace him...
you can't teach passion like he had... I'm sure he is in a better place and will be missed by all.
my condolences for the loved ones and family..
* moment of silence..
you can't teach passion like he had... I'm sure he is in a better place and will be missed by all.
my condolences for the loved ones and family..
* moment of silence..
Last edited by John Clees on Tue Jan 15, 2008 7:46 am, edited 1 time in total.