A qualified doctor, Gwill Morris made the decision to take the year off from medicine at the end of the European summer and concentrate full-time on music. “I saw the opportunity to do something a little different with my life. I didnt want to spend my whole life thinking ‘what if I’d given music a go?’ I can always go back to medicine, and probably will at somepoint. It’s great to be able to spend each day being creative.” And with that thought in mind, be ready as he prepares to unleash his own brand of magic in the lead-up to his first Adelaide appearance at Fabric.

Few artists rarely make you sit up and take notice on their initial appearance, usually taking years of hard work before they are eventually recognised for their contribution. But from his first release as Main Element, Gwill Morris’s star has continued to rise with each foray under a variety of guises on some of the world’s most respected labels such as Bedrock (as Mainline), Silver Planet, Deviant, Additive, Polyester, Automatic and Australia’s own Vapour.

With his roots in the early rave scene “bouncing around to happy hardcore and early jungle,” Gwill was inspired to jump ship to progressive house via Sasha and Digweed’s first Northern Exposure compilation. Producing as Main Element he took the progressive house scene by storm with two of his first tracks Hedfuk and Delta of Venus licensed to such prestigious compilations as Nick Warren’s Global Underground and Lucien Foort’s Singularity. From there, his productions have gone from strength-to-strength, as he continues to push his melodic take on progressive house – “I can’t stand the boring rubbish peddled by some big DJs,” he quips.

Along with partner in production crime, James Holden (who’s release under their Ogenki Clinic moniker First Light/Kirei has been hailed by Mixmag as ‘the greatest progressive house tune ever), Gwill has been one of the artists credited with the recent resurgence of progressive house, particularly the more melodic direction the sound is returning too. But it is also as a DJ that Gwill is undeniably making his mark, “I get a lot of satisfaction from djing. To me, djing is like clubbing, except there are no shit tunes as you get to choose all the tunes that are played.” Drawing comparisons to another recent visitor to our shores, “the son of god,” Sasha, for his uncanny ability to read the dancefloor, Gwill has forged a formidable reputation as one of the stars of the future garnering rave reviews for his recent DJ sets across the globe, “I think DJing is all about watching and getting into the mindset of what the crowd are into, I’m not interested in DJ’s who just play what they like and crap on about educating people. You go to a club to dance and have a good time.”

Riding high on the back of rave reviews for his current single Take Me Down, and with a forthcoming release Time (his second vocal number – this time on the techy/electro tip) just finished in time for the tour, this will be Gwill’s second time down under, and he can’t get enough of the country, “I love the country and have a load of friends there who I don’t get to see often.” While he’s here, he also intends to get into the studio, collaborating with good friends Infusion. Kicking off this trip at Earthcore and also taking in Canberra and Melbourne, this will be his first visit to Adelaide, “I hear the night’s a blast (with a) receptive up for it crowd. You can usually expect me to fall over at some point, and forget to take my records home.”

Gwill Morris, aka Main Element, plays a very special Fabric Xmas on Friday 20th December @ Skylab, top floor Minke, with local support from Adelaide’s finest progressive DJs Mal, Brendon, Andee and Nick T. Tickets are on sale now.

Check out Gwill Morris’s Website or the Fabric Adelaide Website for more information