Mike Sheridan

BrighternowBrighternow
edited December 2010 in Electronic
It's a great pleasure to introduce you to this fine young Danish electronica artist:

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Mike Sheridan
Mike Sheridan is one of the youngest established composers, producers and DJ's in Denmark. Born in Copenhagen in 1991 he has already played gigs all over Denmark and parts of Europe, composed and performed music for a ballet, reinterpreted and performed Revolution 9 (The Beatles White Album) – live - for a Scandinavian-wide TV extravaganza and also finds time to run DR Electronica (internet radio channel) for the Danish National Radio.

Sheridan represents a new breed of artist – he combines a natural flair for programming complex electronic gear with innate musicality and both the desire and talent to make his own way in an industry undergoing constant change.

Mike was was signed by an indie label while still only 14 and at 15 he had already appeared on multiple compilations, showcased his music on national TV, played over 70 gigs at clubs that required him to be accompanied by a parent and even made his first 12" EP, ”Alt&Intet”.

No surprise, then, that his debut album ("I Syv Sind" which means "In Two Minds") came out on Playground Music in 2008, 6 weeks prior to his 17th birthday! The album was universally acclaimed by critics and extremely well received by fans. The track "Med Små Skridt" (Small steps) went to 1 on iTunes Denmark for several months, received a great deal of radio play and Mike has been nominated for 5 awards, winning a Danish grammy for “Best Electronica Album” for 2008.
- mikesheridan.dk

- So far Mike has just one album out @ eMusic:
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- The album and more is available for streaming @ Soundcloud

Comments

  • choiceweb0pen0choiceweb0pen0
    I love that album.
  • BrighternowBrighternow
    edited November 2012
    The now 21 year old Mike Sheridan released his second album earlier this year:

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    There seems to be nothing written about this album outside Denmark. This is a shame, it really deserves some international attention.

    From Mike's homepage: “Ved første Øjekast” – Track by track (In Danish, unfortunately)
  • choiceweb0pen0choiceweb0pen0
    edited November 2012
    BN: This album is on Spotify. I think i found it accidentally earlier this year. (Edit: I downloaded sometime in June from eMusic.)You're right though, I haven't heard much about it him. I think I found him on eMusic and maybe through this website too.
  • GermanprofGermanprof
    Sounds like one of you ought to write about it for MiG....
  • BrighternowBrighternow
    edited November 2012
    @ Germanprof:
    - I'd love to, but writing reviews is not my "thing". Even in Danish I have problems. A review from me would be nothing but just another sequence of my rather limited vocabulary of superlatives.

    Reposting my post from yesterday on the listening thread:

    Streamable from Soundcloud:
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    Mike Sheridan - Live Tour 2012

    Track 1 and 5:
    Mike Sheridan, Electronics
    Jonathan Bremer, Double bass
    August Rosenbaum, Wurlitzer
    Emil de Waal, Drums
    Palle Mikkelborg, Trumpet

    - The rest of the tracks is recordings from Mike Sheridan & Bent Clausen's (New Jungle Orchestra) live tour 2012.
  • choiceweb0pen0choiceweb0pen0
    Maybe so. I could do it even though I've never written about electronic music before. It would just have be after the fall semester is over.
  • GermanprofGermanprof
    No tearing hurry. I'd never written about any kind of music before MiG started. Would love to read what you would write about this.
  • BrighternowBrighternow
    edited October 2016
    Congratulations to Mike, 25 years today.

    Not much happening from Mike, but here he is together with the very skilled Danish pop singer/songwriter, Mads Langer:


    Vampire Diaries 1x08 Too Close - Mike Sheridan & Mads Langer

  • BrighternowBrighternow
    edited February 2020
    This was posted 9 month ago:

    "I set out to recompose Else Marie Pade's "Himmelrummet".
    To make it sound as real as possible, I used only analog equipment and recorded onto my Otari 8 Track to 1/2" tape in one pass. Meanwhile my 2 Track Studer machine is set up to make for a real old school Darmstadt style tape echo.
    The 8 Track recording was then fed through my Studer desk and mixed in one take to Pro Tools. 44Khz / 16 Bit Audio.
    There are no original bits of Else Marie Pade's recordings in this piece, and it is done as a tribute to her now that she has passed away.
    Thanks for listening."
  • BrighternowBrighternow
    edited February 2020
    - Still going strong . . . :)
    ETA: Hmmmm? Gone again, it seems :/
  • BrighternowBrighternow
    edited February 2020
    - And here is Mike with the "grand old man" of Danish jazz:

    MIKE SHERIDAN: CRISTAL, STRINGS, ELECTRONICS
    PALLE MIKKELBORG: TRUMPET
    MARC ANTOINE MILLON: BASS CRISTAL, PERCUSSION
    FREDERIC BOUSQUET: TITANIUM EUPHONE, PERCUSSION 
    The musician Mike Sheridan is part of the first generation of digital natives. Palle Mikkelborg was born in 1941 and has composed and performed over more than half a century of musical trends. The two are now celebrating the premiere of their first joint release, 'Anamorphosis', where they have been joined by the French Hope Ensemble. Palle Mikkelborg, who looks back on a long career as a self-taught trumpet player, has among other things played with Bill Evans, Dexter Gordon and Miles Davis, while Mike Sheridan had his breakthrough in 2008 with his debut album 'I syv sind'. The two musicians, who are 50 years apart in age, first got to know each other this decade, but this has led to several collaborations. . .

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