A quickie from Discogs
"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 a lot 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://www.discogs.com/image/A-399415-1196433369.jpeg
― factcheckr, Sunday, 13 January 2008 19:09 (eighteen years ago)
(Merde!) http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?what=A&obid=399415
― factcheckr, Sunday, 13 January 2008 19:10 (eighteen years ago)
Sad. For those interested, not only did Rob master many Detroit techno classics he was responsible for mastering a number of excellent Detroit, Ypsi, and Ann Arbor noise records from the past 15 years as well.
― Mr. Goodman, Sunday, 13 January 2008 19:42 (eighteen years ago)
Opps. Ron.
Oops. Oops.
― Mr. Goodman, Sunday, 13 January 2008 19:43 (eighteen years ago)
Didn't know that about the noise records.
RIP.
― jim, Sunday, 13 January 2008 19:43 (eighteen years ago)
NOOOOOOOO
― elan, Sunday, 13 January 2008 19:49 (eighteen years ago)
ron murphy mastered so much of my favorite music. a tiny piece of him will live in my heart forever.
― elan, Sunday, 13 January 2008 20:00 (eighteen years ago)
This just in from Mike Grant:
13th Jan 2008
It is with a heavy heart and great regret that I announce the passing of Ron Murphy.
I was called with the news that he died of a heart attack sometime today.
Most of you already know of Ron and how important he was to the creation of Detroit Techno so there's not much else I can say.
A fund will be set up hopefully tomorrow to help with funeral expenses. I'll pass on any additional details as I get them. Mad Mike.
― elan, Sunday, 13 January 2008 20:02 (eighteen years ago)
more about Ron and NSC: http://suenomartino.net/nsc.htm
― elan, Sunday, 13 January 2008 20:06 (eighteen years ago)
I am surprised that it was a heart attack, I figured his kidneys would get him in the end.
― Display Name, Sunday, 13 January 2008 20:18 (eighteen years ago)
Kidneyss AND diabetes take a heavy toll when you're in your 70s.
sweet guy.
― factcheckr, Sunday, 13 January 2008 20:21 (eighteen years ago)
Did he have any apprentices to carry on NSC after his passing?
― Display Name, Sunday, 13 January 2008 20:58 (eighteen years ago)
I just read through that Sueno Martino article. That was during the 313 list meetup in 1999. The guys(Hans, KJ, Otto, and Pieter IIRC) in that that photo are from the Netherlands and they took those photos a few hours before they played a gig at my old night. They were geeked to be cutting a record at NSC. That was a real achievement for those guys.
small world.
― Display Name, Sunday, 13 January 2008 21:27 (eighteen years ago)
‘Did he have any apprentices to carry on NSC after his passing?’
Yeah. I don’t know any of the people who personally worked with him but it seemed that every once and while he’d have a random 20-something working with him.
― Mr. Goodman, Sunday, 13 January 2008 21:54 (eighteen years ago)
here is an hour long podcast he did with submerge. it's interesting: http://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com/submergepodcast/podcastaudio/Show1_Part2_RonMurphy.mp3
here is the parent page: http://www.detroitdigitalvinyl.com/submergepodcast/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27
― elan, Sunday, 13 January 2008 22:18 (eighteen years ago)
http://www.icanproductions.com/ron_murphy_museum.mov
― Display Name, Monday, 14 January 2008 03:04 (eighteen years ago)
aaron carl's thoughts: http://aaroncarl.blogspot.com/2008/01/rip-ron-murphy-man-legend.html
― elan, Monday, 14 January 2008 07:12 (eighteen years ago)