The story behind Heliotrope
Biography
Heliotrope is the progressive and melodic house project of Danish producer Morten Selmer.
Electronic music has been part of his life since the late 1980s, from DJing and radio to producing and releasing his own recordings.
Radio, records and early samplers
Inspired by Kim Schumacher’s radio shows and Copenhagen’s record shops, including Street Dance Records, Morten began exploring electronic music through DJing, local events and the radio programme Hotnews.
Early production involved the Ensoniq EPS 16 and ASR-10 samplers. His techno recordings used the name Quite Explicit, later known as QE. Heliotrope became a separate space for exploring house, trance and more melodic electronic music.
From vinyl to independence
In 1998, Heliotrope released the 12″ single Is It You? / All Is Fair on Hypnotic Records. In 2000, Morten founded Skylab Music as an independent home for his recordings and other electronic music projects.
The Heliotrope catalogue includes albums such as Flowers from the Unknown, Turning Towards The Sun and Into The Skies, alongside singles, remixes and digital reissues of earlier recordings.
Heliotrope today
The project continues through new releases and revisits to the archive, with melody, atmosphere and a connection to the dance floor at its centre. Recent music includes Morning Breeze, Hope / Still Dreaming and Drifting (The S3lmer Remixes).
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More background
Heliotrope… The Podcast
Two episodes exploring the artist and the music.
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