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| birth_namealias = Edwin Campbell X Morrow

| alias birth_date = {{birth date|1968|6|29|df= y}}

| birth_placeorigin = [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia

| origin death_place = [[Brisbane]], Queensland, Australia

| death_placegenre = Brisbane, Queensland,= [[Dance Australiamusic|Dance]]

| instrument years_active = 1987–2014

'''Edwin Campbell X Morrow''',<ref name="APRA BB Boys">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'BB Boys and BB Girls' at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=BB%20Boys%20and%20BB%20Girls | accessdate=28 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011235/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=BB%20Boys%20and%20BB%20Girls |archivedate=28 March 2014 |df=dmy }} Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g BB Boys and BB Girls; or at 'Performer:' Sexing the Cherry</ref><ref name=cm-tributes>{{cite web|title=MORROW, Edwin Campbell|url=http://tributes.couriermail.com.au/notice/31152012|work=Tributes|publisher=The Courier Mail|accessdate=28 March 2014}}</ref> (29 JanuaryJune 1968{{spaced ndash}}16 March 2014) known professionally as '''DJ Edwin''', was a DJ, remixer, songwriter and producer. As a DJ he pioneered the Brisbane [[dance music]] and club scene, along with DJ Angus and DJ Kesson, in the late 1980s. In the 1990s Edwin created the ''Halloween'' and ''Adrenalin'' dance parties and the all-female DJ party, ''Adrenalene''. He was a long-term resident DJ at The Beat and Rockafella's nightclubs in [[Fortitude Valley, Queensland|Fortitude Valley]].

Edwin wrote and produced electronic dance music and hard house under a variety of names including Mister Morrow, Eggo & Hot Pocket (with DJ Jen-E aka Jenny Juckel), Eco Cops, and Nu Guerilla. By 1992 Edwin was in a band, Sexing the Cherry, their track, "[[Steppin' On|Steppin' On Remix]]", peaked at No.&nbsp;42 on the [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]] in May 1994.<ref name="AusCharts STC">{{cite web | url = http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sexing+The+Cherry | title = Discography Sexing the Cherry | publisher = Australian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung) | last = Hung | first = Steffen | accessdate = 27 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407234915/http://australian-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sexing+The+Cherry |archivedate=7 April 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> Edwin also wrote and performed music to help people with disabilities. Edwin gave the best cuddles ever. Edwin Morrow died of a heart attack on 16 March 2014 in Brisbane, Australia, aged 45.<ref name=itm-mourns-edwin/>

By 1992 Edwin Morrow and Cherryn Lomas were in a band, Sexing the Cherry, which were signed to [[Volition Records]] / Sony Records.<ref name=mb-stc>{{cite web|title=Sexing the Cherry|url=http://musicbrainz.org/artist/439ea59c-7d85-4909-a1d0-f3690a09c95e|work=Artist|publisher=MusicBrainz|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref> Edwin wrote music under a various names to separate his work with different artists — Eco Cops, Nu Guerilla, Rocket Girls and Mister Morrow. Sexing the Cherry and Mister Morrow had a track included on the Volition ''High - A Dance compilation'' CD (VOLTCD88) in 1992. In May 1994 Sexing the Cherry's "Steppin' On Remix" (VOLTCD87), which was produced by [[Robert Racic]], peaked at No.&nbsp;42 on the national [[ARIA Charts|ARIA Singles Chart]]<ref name="AusCharts STC"/><ref name=scene-1000issues>{{cite web|last=Richards|first=Neil|title=NEIL RICHARDS (BNE 1994-1997 & MEL 2003-2004)|url=http://www.scenemagazine.com.au/sundry/time-capsule/the-editors-1-000-issues-of-scene-magazine|work=The Editors - 1,000 Issues of Scene Magazine|publisher=Scene Magazine|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref> and reached No.&nbsp;33 on the NSW ARIA state singles chart.<ref name=aria-jpg>{{cite web|title=NSW|url=http://www.brisbanedancepartiesarchive.com/sites/all/files/aria_chart-sexing_the_cherry.jpg|work=The ARIA Chart|accessdate=22 March 2014|date=1994-05-15}}</ref> The original "Steppin On" was co-written by Morrow, Lomas and Luke Paramour.<ref name="APRA Steppin">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'Steppin On' at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Steppin%20On | accessdate=28 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328011340/http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Steppin%20On |archivedate=28 March 2014 |df=dmy }} Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Steppin On; or at 'Performer:' Sexing the Cherry</ref> It was released on a CD compilation album, ''Hartley coeurs à vif'', on [[East West Records]], an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group.<ref name=mb-hartley>{{cite web|title=Hartley coeurs à vif|url=http://musicbrainz.org/release/45d067fe-d523-4e7a-b9f3-79ae8ca9c12b|work=Releases|publisher=MusicBrainz|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref> The song also appeared on the TV show, ''[[Heartbreak High]]'' in its first series, episode&nbsp;16 which aired on 8 June 1994.<ref name=austv-info-heartbreak>{{cite web|title=Series One|url=http://www.australiantelevision.net/hbh/music.html|work=Heartbreak High: music credits|publisher=Australian Television Information Archive|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref><ref name=tv-heartbreak>{{cite web|title=''Heartbreak High'' - Series 1 - Episode 16|url=http://www.tv.com/shows/heartbreak-high/episode-16-179742/|work=Shows|publisher=TV.com|accessdate=25 March 2014}}</ref> Sexing the Cherry supported international artists including [[Take That]] — at Australia's Wonderland in Sydney, 1994<ref>{{cite web|last=Young|first=Peter|title=Wonderland was the ride of my life|url=http://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/2062441/wonderland-was-the-ride-of-my-life/|work=Opinion Blogs|accessdate=25 March 2014|date=2014-02-04}}</ref> and [[M People]] on the Brisbane leg of their [[Come Again Tour]], 1 April 1995.<ref name=swingforce>{{cite web|title=Cherryn Lomas: Vocalist|url=http://www.swingforcebigband.com.au/bios/all-bios.htm|work=Bios|publisher=Swing Force Big Band|accessdate=25 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125130349/http://swingforcebigband.com.au/bios/all-bios.htm|archive-date=25 January 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Many of Brisbane's DJs and music artists credit DJ Edwin as giving them their first gigs, including DJ Zentraedi, DJ Jen-E, (aka Jenny Juckel),<ref name=scenstr-edwin/> [[Bexta]], DJ Freestyle, Neurojack and Barking Boy. He gave female DJs a chance to play at the parties he organized — an unusual occurrence in an otherwise male-dominated field. In the 1990s he organized an all-female main room line up for a gig called ''Adrenalene''.<ref name=bpda-adrenalene>{{cite web|title=Adrenalene 1996|url=http://www.brisbanedancepartiesarchive.com/content/adrenalene-1996|work=Dance parties, clubs and venues|publisher=Brisbane Dance Parties Archive|accessdate=26 March 2014}}</ref> He described the gig as, ''"Sexy party, sexy girls! For some reason DJing had become a male dominated arena and I believe this is more to do with ignorance and not talent. At the time there were sooo many good female DJs so I thought I would showcase them and let the people decide. Chicks dance, chicks know music and chicks can mix!"''.<ref name=itm-2007>{{cite web|last=Wright|first=Nicole|title=Edwin: Brisbane's back beat|url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/features/30902/Edwin_Brisbanes_back_beat|work=Features|publisher=In The Mix|accessdate=22 March 2014|date=2007-02-15}}</ref> In 1997-'98 he created the girl group ''Screw'' and then renamed them the ''Rocket Girls''. Edwin wrote and produced their music, and the group played at local dance parties. In 1993, Edwin also helped Harry Katsanevas compile the weekly DJ chart in Brisbane's dance music street press, Scene Magazine.<ref name=bdpa>{{cite web|last=O'Donnell|first=Kath|title=DJ Edwin|url=http://www.brisbanedancepartiesarchive.com/content/dj-edwin|work=Dance Party People|publisher=Brisbane Dance Parties Archive|accessdate=22 March 2014|date=2014-03-22}}</ref> In 1995, Central Station Records released a CD maxi single of Edwin Morrow's song ''Didgeridoo''.<ref name=discogs-didgeridoo>{{cite web|title=Edwin Morrow – Didgeridoo|url=http://www.discogs.com/Edwin-Morrow-Didgeridoo/release/1302728|work=Discogs|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref> ''Eggo & Hot Pocket'''s song "Cities That Are Downlaid" was written by DJ Edwin & DJ Jen-E.

* ''You On My Mind'' - on ''High - A Dance compilation'' - CD - Volition Records (VOLTCD88) (1992)

* ''Steppin' On'' - on ''High - A Dance compilation'' - CD - Volition Records (VOLTCD88) (1992)<ref name=mb-high>{{cite web|title=High: A Dance Compilation|url=http://musicbrainz.org/release-group/e2eb6466-7dc7-362d-b5cb-1e90416f6f8e|work=Release - Group|publisher=MusicBrainz|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref>

* ''This Is A Dream'' - on ''High - A Dance compilation'' - CD - Volition Records (VOLTCD88) (1992)<ref name=dicogs-high>{{cite web|title=Various – High - A Dance Compilation|url=http://www.discogs.com/Various-High-A-Dance-Compilation/release/142972|work=Discogs|publisher=Discogs|accessdate=22 March 2014}}</ref>