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Artist: Mike-K
Title: Here We Go Again (ft Maria Daines/Jim Miller)
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Seeing as this month has been a bit of a slog, I thought I may as well round it out with yet another track....

As if. With one notable exception. It had to be a track that featured three of my all time favourite Soundclick artists playing together on the same track. Where rock stars fear to tread, unsigned artists slouch right through the door. For here is a new Mike-K track (an on-line music veteran if there ever was such a thing), aided and abetted with the stellar assistance of the Chocolate Lady (Ed: he means Maria Daines, I have the Child Lock on his mouth) and my favourite Texan saxman Jim Miller. Now, as you know, I have great respect for Mike-K as a musician even though we don't see eye to eye with his more easy listening style - and smooth jazz sure does promise to do that....

No assumptions mind... (Ed: riiiight)

Mike wrote the music and lyrics and produced this little jobbie and his meticulous attention to sound detail, a solid, professional mix and this wouldn't sound out of place on any late night radio show. In fact all three parties contributing here should receive a hearty pat on the back. Sure this music isn't that much of a stretch for any of them but they manage to sound fresh and different, each of them in their own way. I've watched Jim Miller (and Jim-n-Lisa) ever since he first appeared on Soundclick and as surprised as I was to discover that he could actually play a saxaphone, I am overwhelmed by what he has become since then. He has developed a style that can only be his, a way of phrasing, mannerisms that is instantly recognisable - and he can already be seen in a variety of other settings. Including a couple of mine. (Ed: BING! Shameless plug!)

The biggest surprise of all comes from the Screaming Saucebucket (Ed: that Child Lock was such a great idea...). Whereas the Maria Daines we know as the 60 fags a day, fire breathing dragon of a voice, viciously savaging the vocal as if it were a pesky varmint; the one that appears on Here We Go Again is a very different animal. She lends that fine vocal to the jazzy arrangement as if born to it, the vocal caught beautifully in the mix with just the merest echo overhang.... Classy. The combination of all of this is a superb (yep) middle of the road track the like of which you are unlikely to hear performed or produced better. And, just in case I haven't made this clear enough, I usually hate the beejesus out of this style, can't do that with this though.

Work of Art. MUST HAVE. (even for a peice of online history)

Steve Gilmore

DJ Mike K - The man, the myth, the legend. I've known Mike through the internet at least for about, wow, I think 5 years. When I first joined soundclick.com about 5 or more years ago, he was there and just struck me as a very polite, nice guy. When I met him in person to perform on his radio show I found out I was right. I don't know if Mike realizes it or not, but he really is a legend in the world of indie music. He may be all polite if you ask him, and deny it, but the reality is he truly is a musician that I personally think adds a lot of value to the indie scene. He is a musician and has been writing for over 30 years with some breaks in between. He has written some of the most beautiful acoustic guitar instrumental pieces that I've heard, and I actually had the chance a few years back to add my vocals to one of these songs. I mean when you see stats like the ones below that I got from SoundClick.com, you know this is a very accomplished musician:

"Long Time Waiting"
Highest charts position: # 4 ( 19,051 songs currently listed in Jazz)
Highest charts position in subgenre: # 2 ( 3,664 songs currently listed in Jazz > Smooth Jazz)

"Mystique II - Classical Version"
Highest charts position: # 2 ( 24,088 songs currently listed in Classical)
Highest charts position in subgenre: # 1 ( 7,054 songs currently listed in Classical > Film Music)

"Passion"
Highest charts position in subgenre: # 8 ( 3,664 songs currently listed in Jazz > Smooth Jazz)

"Dreaming"
Highest charts position: # 2 ( 81,356 songs currently listed in Acoustic)
Highest charts position in subgenre: # 1 ( 17,511 songs currently listed in Acoustic > Acoustic General)

If this isn't enough to make you want to check out this artist, well maybe you'll want to check out his Radio show! Thats right, Mike K is also a popular DJ for SongPlanet.com with his Saturday Night Rocks show. He plays a wide variety of music on his show and it is well worth tuning in. The show is 7pm to 11pm. How do you get your music on his show? Just submit it at SongPlanet.com and he'll find you.

Yet another place for indie artists to get exposure!

Check out Mike and his show at songplanet.com!
Check out Mike's music at soundclick.com/mikek

Artist: Mike-K
Title: Long Time Waiting
Link: here OR Download
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Here's a guy who is a regular visitor to these reviews, although not usually FOR a review. It's a fact that I spend a lot of time with the guy and his musical taste, so it's a given that I will mention him from time to time. For a few years now, Mike and I have pursued a parallel course in the way we promote (and hopefully) motivate other musicians around us, and I'm absolutely certain neither of us could envisage the effect such altruistic behaviour would have one the reason we both came here in the first place: our music. At this stage of the game I think it is safe to assume that I am probably better known as a reviewer these days than a practising musician. It's also safe to assume that when most people think of Mike it's usually in connection with SC's forums, his top ranked Flavour Of The Genres station and - of course - his LIVE radio shows over at Songplanet.

Completely missing the point. He's a musician damnit!! And here's his music!!!

I reviewed the original Long Time Waiting in March 2004, and found it definitely worth a listen especially if acoustic guitar instrumentals were your type of thing. I commented at the time mostly on the music and not on the reasoning behind it, so let's put that right now. Essentially Mike wrote the track when he met his father again after many years, and it shows in the musical style and emotion of the peice. A slow, jazzy peice, a little too easy listening for my particular taste, but it didn't stop my enjoyment of it. This new version, in collaboration with classical guitarist Michael Silvestri puts the track in a brand new light.

One of the joys of the original was in its production values and this version betters that. Moreoevr it takes a slow, jazzy track and turns it into a bright, breezy, acoustic guitar drenched world music number. A track, I might add, that is right up my particular street. If you know my music you will know that have dabbled more than once or twice in the instruments and musical structures of the Iberian peninsula (or Spain if you want to be particular), and in that respect my hat is off to both of them. This is a lovely peice that has some really tasty guitar playing of a very high standard, backed by a more than adequate arrangement and a knockout mix with just the right amount of punch. An excellent track by any standards.

MUST HAVE (remembering, of course, my genre bias)

Steve Gilmore
SG Reviews - The Blog

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Artist: Mike-K
Title: An Overview
Link: Website
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Thinks I'm too busy reviewing to hunt him down eh?

As a pretty much full time reviewer over several sites it amazes that the people that hold up those sites - the MOD's, the more active forum members - almost NEVER to a man or woman, including myself, get anyone giving them reviews. Well, almost never anyway. People seem to think that because you've a) been there a long time or b) are particularly busy on the forum or c) too far above it to want a review. Not want a review? How crazy is that? Almost all the people I have mentioned above are ALL musicians too, but they never seem to get a look in.

Welp, this here is Mike-K's turn to bat...

As well as being the prime mover of Songplanet's Saturday Night Rocks show, a member of Soundclique and the handler of the Flavour of the Genre's SC station, Mike K is also a damn fine guitarist and songwriter in his own right. Witness the amount of stations playing Kohlgraf (for it is he) tracks and the amount of total plays this artist has achieved. By that standard, Mike-K has become a major artist at Soundclick, and I remember when he first started here, all bright eyed and bushy tailed... Since then I've reviewed and liked several Mike-K tracks notably Dreaming - Land Far Away (all versions), Something Different and the sublime Mystique...

First I had a listen to the hip hop (yummy) cut of Something Different seeing as I liked the original. It isn't exactly what I would call hip hop, merely using hh beats to shift the track along. Prime spot in this track goes to a lovely soprano sax/clarinet that is also the highlight of the original. Definitely enjoyed hearing this track more fleshed out - as it were - and definitely an instrumental worth having a listen to. Not sure how long Long Time Waiting has been around but it was playing on the website and it caught my ear. When he's working on his own, Mike-K can wander into almost Bonamici-like areas and that is one of the reasons I like this musician so much. Anyone who can blend and mix like this can have a gig in my sound kitchen any day. Long Time Waiting is an instrumental power ballad (not as daft as it sounds) and on that level works well - even for a jaded cynic like me.

Mike-K. Check out his music AND the Songplanet radio show, every Sat night with LIVE chat!!

Steve Gilmore
Soundclick * Songplanet * MP3 Unsigned * Acid Planet * Vitamin C

Mike K-
Dreaming-

This is a nice acoustic piece. I hate to disapoint you on a good reveiw, but we all can't suck as bad as others...even when we try real hard.

Anyway, this one has a good solid melody, and an overall ambient feel to it. It breathes well with a somber mood and generally thoughtful structure. I like the counter melodies especially, they keep everything from becoming repetative.

The instrumentation was very delicate, and deliberate. There was no vamping or real improv in it which leads me to suspect that this was a well thought-out composition, expertly executed.

I was fixing a cup of tea whilst I listened and it seemed to go well with that. A very relaxing arrangement with a dream-like quality (hence the title).

Far from being another boring instrumental, this one sets a good mood and holds the attention well.

SONG RATING 1-10:
Music:
(Composition) 7
(Application) 7

Overall Rating: 7 (higest rating: 9)
L

Mike-K “happy Thoughts”
http://www.soundclick.com/mikek

One of the biggest down falls of any online community is that of interactive content, and by that I mean people Actually discussing music, life and all sorts or weird and wonderful Ramblings. A few months ago, things seemed to dry up in electronica world, and everyday it was plagued by a screen full of BSP posts….a community turned into a market place.
Luckily, interesting posts started flying around, some thought provocative, other sheer nonsense, but non the less, these give an insight into the people in that community. One topic emerged about “what you used with Reason”, and as it spiralled aimlessly, my next artist threw things a little obscurely, ‘Sonar’ + ‘Reason’ and ‘an electric Guitar!!!’ That statement alone shows the wealth on individuality that exists on this site.

Mike Kohlgraf, AKA Mike-K, is a man, who has his head in the clouds (see site) and who seems to devote 110% of his time reviewing many a track on this board, where he finds the time to make music is locked beyond my comprehension; Dedication is the key here….
The track Mike tells me this track is more of a 3 minute Climax that lasts for 4 and it goes by the name “happy Thoughts”; yes I am asking the same question …………..
Track gets off with a rather loud kick? Don’t know what happened there but sometimes ‘Reason’ does strange when getting started due to signals not quite making it through the compressors or other effects. Well back to the music, and a nice percussion assortment ticks away in this quite merrily. The sort I call a Skippy beat. Behind it a nice low bassline starts to prowl away, before being joined by a nice Rex loop, which has nice filtering and effects on it. I can hear mike has been practising.
A few nice polys are dropped in, before a clever synth line swamps the listener. Now the reason why I say this is clever, is, that Mike has managed to create a sound that to me is not house music in the slightest. Nope, as this melody drifts on, not only does it show Mike has a great skill with the old Ivory’s, but how he’s beginning to layer sounds together to produce a real warm feel to this.
The percussion soon fades as a memory even though it is building itself merrily in the background, but there’s no way it is going to win the fight with this combination of Synths and pads.
Through out Mike builds a wonderful melody, which would work with out the percussion, why? Simple…..read on..
Ok I’m going to say this and I don’t care…this isn’t dance music, heck this ain’t anything remotely near “dance” music. What we have here is a piece of music that sounds like it has been lifted from the film “chariots of fire” and anyone who knows how to compose and produce a clever soundtrack could conjure up the image I had, and will know, that this, really does stand out on its own. And stand with its head held high too.

Bondango Reviews 2004

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Artist: Mike Kohlgraf
Title: Melancholy
Link: here
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Mike is a pickup review from Soundclick so - as you may guess - I know absolutely nothing about him. This is probably a good thing because it allows the music to speak for him and - in this particular case - that is soooo worthwhile because this is a beautiful, beautiful track that deserves to be heard by as many people as possible.

As a dedicated reviewer of the vagaries of Internet based music I have my likes and dislikes but think for a second about the old saw about working in a chocolate factory. The line being that if you worked in a chocolate factory, you wouldn't want to eat chocolate. Well, doing the kind of reviewing I do carries much the same penalties. Have you any idea how much techno/trance/dance/prance/punk/funk/gunk I get to hear, it's hardly any wonder that I prefer not to make that kind of music myself.

So there I was opening up Mike's little sound present and I discovered the most amazing breath of fresh air. See Melancholy is a piece of serious music, a beautifully constructed, classically influenced piano/nylon guitar rondelet that is a form of aural poetry. The influences are dead white dudes, so its no surprise that the interplay between the nylon guitar phrases and the various string and wind instruments is enough to take your breath away. Let me tell you, it sure makes a change to hear something this intricate, this special.

Not your everyday music by any stretch of the imagination and more special because of that - I absolutely guarantee you will not find anything like this even if you searched for a month of Sundays. Regardless of its genre classification, Melancholy has a universal appeal; it's inner beauty alone should win it many friends. Mike Kholgraf has been written into the Gilmore Faves list and Melancholy has been chained to my hard drive so it can never escape again.

Taste the difference. G'wan, I double dog dare you!

Steve Gilmore

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Artist: Mike K
Title: Something Different
Link: here
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I first came across Mike the K over at Soundclick last month when I had the pleasure of hearing, reviewing and scarfing his sublime Melancholy - which is anything but. Mike is a dedicated musician who - I have since discovered - is carving out quite a little niche for himself purveying his quality music for anyone daring enough to chance their arm at something different. Different, in this case being a guitarist whose chosen field is classical/new age and whose range and depth of emotional content took me quite by surprise.

Considering that I am still playing seven kinds of crap out of Melancholy, its seems almost sacrilgeous to add this track to the pile.

Add it I do though, then settle into some serious lolling about on the couch while gauging my reactions. Hand on my heart, I went to sleep because I was tired. Honest! All joking aside, after concentrated listening to Something Different I can concede that - as ever - the production is absolutely first rate, as is the performance of the material. Tell ya what, this guy can get emotion dripping from them strings!!

It's on the material side where - for me - this track falls down. I don't know it's all a bit floaty too me, ya know? I mean, I do like a bit of blissout stuff, but this just didn't get me with the same hold as his previous track. I am not a fan, at the best of times, of 'easy' listening music and this has a lot of that feel about it. Nonetheless, that's a purely personal opinion because I am certain as the sun rising that Mike will garner yet more fans from this excellently produced and performed track.

And certainly if you like the whole New Age stchick then this will go down a treat at your next whatever-it-is-you-do-for-kicks.

Steve Gilmore

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Artist: Mike-K
Title: Mystique
Link: here
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Here's a Soundclick artist who has delivered some blistering good tracks to me over the past few months and has consequently become a bit of an acquired taste in my household. Although his last track, Something Different wasn't my kind of style his Melancholy track is still in my playlist 3 months after I reviewed it and that's not bad going at all.

Mystique opens like the beginning of a movie; all floaty strings and atmospheric pads, and very nice and gentle it is too. This delicate intro slowly builds (a la Pink Floyd) into a soft, lilting flute peice that is extremely well put together, and a track which would go down a storm as a soundtrack to some 3 hankie weepie movie. Ah, but when there's no movie with which to compare, how does it fare then? Well, truthfully, I can't say that I always like 'movie' music but if I had to listen to any, far rather this than the usual bland fare.

The one thing that always comes across in any Mike-K tracks is the dedication and professionalism he applies to the construction and temperament of it. This is no less so with Mystique; the sounds are gorgeous, the strings (and I HATE strings) passable and the flute lines are realistic and detailed. Overall, this is going to be a track to bliss away too, and on that score it will provide you with many sound 'pictures' Again, I think you'd probably have to be into the genre to get the most out of this track but it still stacks up as a very worthwhile peice of music whichever way you slice and dice it.

Still waiting for another Melancholy though Mike, y'hear?

This World General tune comes to us from Reviewer extrordinare Mike-K, and a fine song it is! This tune is extremely well produced and arranged with a haunting ambience. You can definitley lose yourself in thought while listening to this.

The synth's are done very nicely perfectly complementing the piano melody, which is almost classical, with a definite free form jazz feel to it, played very well. The rythm track has some nice change ups , and is kept interesting though the entire piece, and no doubt took some time to put together... really helps set the moods in this piece. The only negative I can find about this tune is that the spanish guitar part is too deep in the mix I'd love to hear it brought up a bit. As in an Electronica piece there are alot of interesting effects and sounds filling things out as well, but kept far enough back in the mix that they don't impose or distract from the reflective, melody driven nature of this tune.

I think a wide range of listeners would find this tune a great listen.. ranging from Electronica to Classical, to anyone who can appreciate music outside of narrow genre's. I'm on my 4th listen (and I am primarily Rock and I'm still not tired of it. Just a great Job, all around on this piece, a review I very much enjoyed doing.   

Artist: Mike-K
Song: Lost - Literally

Artist: Mike K

Song: The Void- Final Approach

Link: http://www.soundclick.com/util/streamM3U.m3u?ID=638424&q=Hi

This is a song that Mike has stated to be a re-master and frankly there isn't one iota of a note that could be improved sonically! From the rich full bass to the brilliant chimes that encompass this piece!

At the onset there is a unique blend of instruments that conjure up thoughts of Peter Gabriel and Coyote Oldman with a vocal-less Enya!!

There are plenty of beat variations to keep the piece moving along even after repeated listens!

The ascending bass line that is strategically placed is reminiscent of a space ship that is going into warp drive and signifies the begining of a different phase of the journey! With each scene comes a new beat and new adventures!!

That Is The Beauty of Mike's work, there is no need for the cinematic screen, Use that thing in your head and close your eyes and let your imagination run amuck where ever, which ever!!!

Any one who loves music should listen to what this artist has to offer!

First off heres to the grace of mike and his review exchanges with me. Gives me that much needed insight from someone i dont actually know.

Anyway i let this bad boy play a few times this afternoon. And so far its been on loop solid for 4 or 5 replays now

Good solid ideas mike. I see you are making a little head way in the drums dept eh. Still a little simplistic for me, but hey thats why im me and you're you.

Main or lead synth, is primarily a held string or pad. The progression of it is nice and all good till aboot the 1:30 ish mark. Now i never did good at ear training for tonality and intervals. But i swear theres something amiss there.

Good variation on the main melody. It maintains the structure of the opening key, while moving around the chord. again with the weird intervals at the 3 min mark.

This is going to be a different piece than im used to hearing from mike. The subtle changes in the drum layers is refreshing but not overly distracting. The lead i have touched on already. Thats a sticky basket of worms to try and discuss in a text based enviroment. Id suggest a listen from a more accoustical person to clarify this issue.

It really has a good mood that is cohereant without that over drama, that a lot of film score electronica tends to get. Cough cough vangelis. Uh excuse me. I think that mike is using his review time as personal development of ideas as well. I expect big things in this year from mike.

Cheers
Any thing not clear i will attempt to revisit and rephrase.

Oh yeah Link to song

LOL almost forgot phew.

Mike-K – LOST - Literally
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/3/mikekmusic.htm

“Tell me Why, I don’t like Mondays, tell me why….” Well at least the Boss isn’t in today so I’ll take an hour or two and do a Review.

During the week Mike Kohlgraf (Mike-K as he likes to be called) arrived into the review shop, and with him he carried one of his tracks. Now I know little or nothing about mike but I do know that although he lives in the good old U.S of A , he did come from Germany, and as an Electronica artist many will jump to the conclusion and probably rightly so, that one of his influences would be Kraftwerk, but I’d like to help you get off that one way train, because, Germany was responsible for the best dance music explosion in the early 90’s. Stemming from a club called the Dorian Gray in Frankfurt, young DJ’s like Mark Spoon, Jam El mar, and DJ Dag started producing a new breed of hard trance music, and from it, all time Classics such as “the Age of love” emerged………Germany I Salute you.

Lost – Literally, no not me silly, that’s the name of this track. And let me just say on my first listen of this track, I was far from Lost.

The track kicks of with a nice Percussion loop, with just the correct amount of FX added to make it fill the stereo image, its accompanied by a beautiful haunting string sound and a nice low bass line. Floating about merrily with this, is a Nicely Effected Panpipe sound while dropped piano chords back this arrangement quite well.
On first impressions this reminded me of a cracking intro which was about to lead into a carefully crafted trance track. The sounds were all working well together and I can feel Mike has a skill for layering.

I sat back, and then the track sparked off a memory in my head, and that was of Pink Floyd. This track is very Floyd’ish Electronica until a point. At 1.12 a short break comes into the track, after a hit line has built up, and is governed by a kick drum build, which unfortunately is a little to high in the volume department and throws the track slightly a skew.

The complete track, flows in quite a similar kind of away and keeps closely to the same theme, which overall is very melodic and offers some very good listening material - except on 2 occasions where a break is put in. The breaks in question contains a Rex loop played off pitch to sound slower accompanied by a pizza type hit, but this isn’t working for me, and takes away a lot of the feel in the track.

The track does run along the trailway line at quite a nice down tempo pace, and takes in many a tranquil view of the surrounding aural delights.
Mike classes the track in the World Genre, but I would honestly suggest it gets slotted into the electronica Mellow/Ambient box because that’s what it is. Production is good, except on 1 off the points I made but luckily it don’t affect the track as a whole. A Reason Produced track, and a good one at that, it incorporates a lot of specially crafted sounds which do Mike Proud.

If you have ever wondered what it would be like, to sit on the beach in Ibiza, watching the sun coming up after a nights clubbing, sitting back, chilling, THIS song will take you there.

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Artist: MIke-K
Title: The Void (Final Approach)
Link: here
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I've been feeling a bit like I'm facing the void over the last few days Soundclick's been having problems, there's nothing worse than your main MP3 provider falling over in mid-stride doncha know. Anyhow, he says with his serious face on, I'd better get down to business because now we get to hear SC's very own Mike-K and I'd better approach it professionally or he'll lose all respect for me as a reviewer....

There again, given the usual state of my reviews....no perish that thought. ON!! On!!

Mike impressed the hell out of me a few months ago with a track called Melancholy (which wasn't) and since then I've lent an ear to several of Mike's very intelligent, thoughtful pieces. all of which are eminently downloadable but none IMHO as good as Melancholy which seems to have hoisted Mike on his own petard. Which as we well know could be nasty and possibly even contagious. NOW, before I wander off into all sorts of unsuitable alleyways of thought, let's put the needle to the record...

The Void has, as you can well imagine, a spiritual aspect to it that manifests itself in what I would consider to be this tracks star - and most awesome sound this year. Come on, hands up how many times in the last few years have you heard a track that uses an organ (as in church) correctly. The best thing about church (or pipe) organs for me is the unique way such instruments deliver the bass sounds - usually done by playing bass notes with your feet, while playing leads and ryhthms on the keyboards with your more conventional hand bits. Stands to reason then that The Void sounds great, has a beautiful tone and feel and is akin to recieving a tender massage of the soul. Trust Mike to pick such a tricky subject to try and aurally describe and then coming up with not only a beautifully thrilling aural journey but also a very special and unique sound that we really should hear more often. Nothing like his more ambient works, The Void has a powerful, elegant poke to it that will surprise, especially after that blockbuster of an intro.. There's no doubt in my mind that Mike is (temporarily) off the hook because this track beats Melancholy hands down several ways from Sunday.

Masterful music with a very special edge, and one you really should let into your lives...

Steve Gilmore

A very gentle piece, Very relaxing and smoothly incorporated. The exchanges of harmony throughout give it much enjoyment.

I found very few dissonance. 1:25, 2:44, 3:33, I believe the Clarinet (am I right in the Clarinet?) comes up a little flat at first each time it Begins a phrase. That's an extremely hard Instrument to play so I gave great credit. One of my Craziest Advisors said that it's better to start off sharp and come down then to come up flat and go sharp. I guess he meant apply more gust at first then let it down later. (I'm still unsure of this as the best way to play any instrument.{ I try to stay away from wind instruments. I haven't enough Breathing power to play them.})

The Fuzziness of any live instruments is almost impossible to get out. That's why I have almost 20 Mics with all different ranges considering the level of the DB effecting the EQ. Then I try to record practices until I like what I hear and play with the DB until it sounds right. I use to record live productions with my family until our ears burned and then we just kept going. That's why most of my family went to Synths. Less trouble.

As for an ending that is another hard task to achieve. Not saying this doesn't have an ending. I just feel it a bit unfinished in the Phrase structure. at 3:56 the phrase asked a question with only a tonic chord to answer. The question seemed to be too complex for one chord to answer. As i feel so many questions were created. LIke A beautiful building haveing a glass structure with no beams to hold it together. It's an amazing feeling but hard to hold together.

Those are very tedious nit picky things that probably wouldn't effect anybodies love for a wonderful piece of music you so gently and thoughtfully put together. I enjoyed this thoroughly and very happy with the Melodious comfortable composition.

I noticed as the song went on that the structure only was supported by chords of sustained strings with the Symphonic Percussion. A little more structure movement rotating would add to the flair. only a little because I know you want this to be a peaceful song. Reminds me of Phillip Glass.