Wikipedia.org: "Mingering Mike is a fictitious funk and soul recording artist created in the late 1960s as the subject of works of album art by a young Mike Stevens. More recently, Mingering Mike was rediscovered by law firm investigator Dori Hadar and his friend Frank Beylotte, who came across the art work at a flea market. Mingering Mike had created a whole complex, yet nonexistent music career (including a Bruce Lee concept album), and had released more than 50 album covers in 10 years. When Mike was rediscovered, it was learned that he had yet more unreleased material from the same time period as his first releases and it is in the process of being released as a real album[4]. Mingering Mike at first refused to release his real name or allow a photo to be taken of him, because he's afraid his new celebrity status will cause him to lose his two day jobs.
In 2007, Dori Hadar released a book of Mike's work entitled “The Amazing Career of an Imaginary Soul Superstar,” published by Princeton Architectural Press." More
Mingering Mike Special from NPR.org: Part 1 - Part 2
holymountain.com: "Wooden Shjips, a quartet from San Francisco heavily influenced by the experimentalism of psychedelia, classical minimalism, and garage rock excess, started as an experiment in rhythmic primitivism and group improvisation. The current roster brings a more structured rock approach to its performances, utilizing a traditional lineup of drums, bass, organ, guitar, and vocals." Read on
vladislavdelay.com: "Vladislav Delay, Uusitalo, Luomo, Conoco, Sistol. Under a raft of different names this Berlin-based Finnish artist (Sasu Ripatti *1976) has experimented with ambient, broken beat, glitch as well as grooves and house music with soulful vocals."
Filter Feeder - Pleasure Cycle
entracte.co.uk: "an electro-accoustic set up using self-built percussion instruments which are amplified and densely processed, alongside vintage analogue drum synthesisers which are further processed in real-time. Found sound and field recordings are also frequently utilised."
Shuta Hasunuma - OK Bamboo
npr.org: "Paying close attention to detail, Hasunuma cuts together and manipulates assorted field recordings and instrumentation for his latest album OK Bamboo. The glitchy electronic textures and expressive piano work invoke imagined memories of a dreamlike world." Read on
