For some artists, a song title is a mere formality. For M.I.K.E., it's the beginning of a story, and indicative of an event or life experience that compels you to listen and find out more. M.I.K.E.'s own story started aged 10, after a Depeche Mode synth electro performance wowed him into wanting to produce music; he went on to release his first track at 18 and never looked back. Following 6 album releases under various guises (including Push and Plastic Boy), dance and chart success all over the world, and remixes for everybody from Sinead 'O Connor to Moby, M.I.K.E. released his debut artist album 'The Perfect Blend', two years ago.

The follow-up, 'Moving On In Life', includes tracks that encompass a range of styles, from progressive through to tech trance, M.I.K.E. commenting "the different genres keep things interesting and reflect my DJing – I like to play the best bit of every style of music."

The new album has progressive trance in the form of 'Hide', the pure prog houser 'Waking Up At Night', and 'A Better World', a collaboration with Andrew Bennett, who also worked on last year's single release 'Into The Danger', as well as big room trancers in the form of 'Changes R Good' and 'Nu Sensation'

"When I'm in the studio I like to make tracks that are influenced by playing out at gigs. It's my heart and mind that makes what I play. It took a year to make – I wanted to define my style and myself and do it within a time scale so the sound would be very current. This album is very personal, and I’m proud of it."

Tracklisting
01. A Better World feat. Andrew Bennett
02. Hide
03. Nu Sensation
04. Changes 'R Good (Main-Tro Mix)
05. Pursuit Of Perfection
06. Waking Up At Night (Dub-Tro Edit)
07. Take It And Run
08. Moving On In Life
09. The Cosmo Club
10. Evolving Depths

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