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Local Music Mondays is a weekly segment produced by WUKY's DeBraun Thomas. Check here for archived episodes, extended interviews, and extras.

Local Music Monday: Electronica Artist Chuck Moreland

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This week on Local Music Monday, WUKY’s DeBraun Thomas introduces us to one of the main figures in the electronic music scene.

Chuck Moreland got his start in music playing in a jazz and funk program at his middle school. Moreland started playing bass and by the age of 16 he was djing in different clubs around town. Moreland makes what is called bootlegs which he says is an attempt to stay current with music and use his diverse musical background to create in unconventional ways.

“You take the track and you just EQ out some stuff, get the bass outta there, like EQ out the vocals, a lot of times I’ll detune them to make them a little bit weirder, and then you figure out what key it’s in and start playing new bass lines that are a little bit heavier, new drums that are a little bit more dancy and what’s good about a lot of the tracks comin out now is that they’re pretty minimal anyway, you throw some big kicks and snares, it’s real easy to make something new.”

Moreland continues a trend many musicians follow in Lexington in being associated with multiple projects. Moreland has several projects that are all different from each other. One of them being a project he calls Morphology. In Morphology, Moreland incorporates live instrumentation with different production elements. Moreland says this project allows him to be more compositional and approach the music with a different feel.

“It’s arranged and recorded on a computer, it’s got hip-hop and electronic elements for sure, but if it’s a lead it’s probably an accordion with classical guitar blended with a euphonium or something, a lot of live bells, so with the Morphology thing it’s a completely different feel, I’m going for a real romantic kinda chill stuff, I create my own samples with that stuff if I need a drum sample, I’ll click on something or I’ll get a snare and I’ll hit it.”

Chuck Moreland will be DJing Funk and soul vinyl as Levon Musk every Tuesday at Cosmic Charlies. Moreland performs with several other projects including Morphology and Adaboi. More information about Chuck Moreland can be found at underlying themes.net.

DeBraun Thomas fell in love with radio at a young age but only had interest in working in radio after learning Funk musician Sly Stone got his start in radio. A native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Thomas moved to Lexington in 2009 to attend the University of Kentucky and pursue a career in radio. Thomas joined WRFL in 2009 and through the UK school of Journalism, Thomas had 2 features air on WUKY. In October of 2012, Thomas began interning at WUKY and produced the Unghosting of Medgar Evers. In August of 2013 Thomas became a staff member at WUKY and since that time, Thomas regularly produces the weekly segment Local Music Mondays which highlights local musicians in Lexington. Thomas hosts the Crunkadelic Funk Show which airs Saturday nights at 9pm and also produced a documentary on the 50th anniversary of the March on Frankfort. In addition to producing and hosting a radio show, Thomas also explores his other passion as a musician in Lexington.
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