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Morales and Munzibai (aka "M and M") were a professional remix and dance record editing duo composed of John Morales and Sergio Munzibai.

The duo, both as individuals and as a team, produced a vast number of dance-oriented releases, distinguishing themselves by including Latin percussion in many of their efforts, utilising their mutual heritage to stand out in an era when many were jumping on the bandwagon and joining their profession.

One of their most high profile collaborations was with the Canadian duo Lime
Lime (band)

Lime was a disco group from Montr?al, Canada, during the 1980s. The group was composed of husband and wife Denis and Denyse LePage, although two younger and more attractive singers, Joy Dorris and Chris Marsh, were chosen to tour and appear as the act....
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Morales and Munzibai (aka "M and M") were a professional remix and dance record editing duo composed of John Morales and Sergio Munzibai.

The duo, both as individuals and as a team, produced a vast number of dance-oriented releases, distinguishing themselves by including Latin percussion in many of their efforts, utilising their mutual heritage to stand out in an era when many were jumping on the bandwagon and joining their profession.

One of their most high profile collaborations was with the Canadian duo Lime
Lime (band)

Lime was a disco group from Montr?al, Canada, during the 1980s. The group was composed of husband and wife Denis and Denyse LePage, although two younger and more attractive singers, Joy Dorris and Chris Marsh, were chosen to tour and appear as the act....
. The duo's remix of Lime's "Angel Eyes
Angel Eyes (Lime song)

"Angel Eyes" is the name of high-profile 1983 dance recording by Canadian duo Denis and Denyse LePage recording as Lime . The record received an epic club remix by noted duo M and M in 1985, and this recording can be seen as an essential step in the visible evolution of Disco Music to House Music in the stylings of popular dance records....
" was a visible highpoint in the evolution of house music
House music

House music is a style of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discoth?ques catering to the African-American, Latino, and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York City and Detroit....
 in the mid 1980s, and they remixed and edited Lime's material for an entire greatest hits disc.

John Morales had helped to pioneer the use of editing for dancefloor remixes of records (prior to remixing 'proper', which he also helped to shape in technique). Morales had risked the ire of legendary disco diva Jocelyn Brown
Jocelyn Brown

Jocelyn Brown ? sometimes credited as Jocelyn Shaw ? is an Rhythm and blues and dance music singer. Although she has only one Billboard Hot 100 record chart entry in her name, she has an extensive background in the music industry and is well-known in the world of dance music....
 by deliberately using a vocal line that she had requested he leave out of the final mix of a recording of hers. He included it because it "felt right". When the record was a hit, she feigned disapproval but expressed joy at her success, and the two began a lasting friendship. Morales would be involved in many of her subsequent releases throughout the 1980s.

Morales described Munzibai as being a very social person who made it much easier for him, shyer than his partner, to focus on the music while Munzibai handled the ubiquitous politics of artist, manager, label, and promotional relationships.

John Morales took a few years away from the music business. In 2006, he launched a website dedicated to his work, past and present. The site announced that he had remixed the Love Man sessions by Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gay, Jr., better known by his stage name Marvin Gaye was an United States singer-songwriter and instrumentalist with a three-octave vocal range....
 for the deluxe re-issue of Gaye's In Our Lifetime
In Our Lifetime

In Our Lifetime is a studio album by Soul music musician Marvin Gaye, released January 15, 1981 on Motown-subsidiary label Tamla Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at Marvin's Room in Los Angeles, California, Seawest Recording Studio in Honolulu, Hawaii, and at Odyssey Studios in London, England throughout 1979 and 1980....
, his last album for Motown records before moving to CBS Records.

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