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mikekay

About Me

1) music
keyboards
synths
trombone
vinyl, cds, mp3s (fuck format wars - fight the war against bad music)
ableton live
old-ass drum kits
hiphop, soul, beats, funk, glitch.
INNER CITY SCIENCE (www.myspace.com/innercityscience)

2) coffee
strong latte in the morning
short macchiato in the afternoon
ECM giotto
brother baba budan
addiction

there's more, but that's what facebook is for.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

you and your band.

My Blog

DJs are not rockstars (Part 2)

hey folks, i decided to record a mix the other day. well, the word 'mix' is tentative, it's just a random assortment of tunes which may or may not have similar BPMs or mixed into each other whatsoever...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Apr 2007 00:36:00 GMT

Fat Freddy's Drop, minus one?

This was brought to my attention on inthemix.com.au today. SOMEBODY tell me this isn't so... "A founding member of Wellington super-group Fat Freddy's Drop is understood to have left the band but the ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:49:00 GMT

Why I Don't Like Hippies (Part 1 of 72)

So I've just arrived home from a truely painful experience, the highly-anticipated-but-sorely-disappointing Maitreya Festival with my funk/soul band Imaginary Funk Collective. The premise was a fusion...
Posted by on Sat, 17 Feb 2007 02:16:00 GMT

DJs are not rockstars...

Monash O-week/Host Scheme night is coming up (Monday 19th Feb) at the Queensbridge (QBH/'Famous') and if, on that night, you're looking to listen to something other than 'dirty-slutty-electro-house' o...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 17:20:00 GMT

Birthday Plans

Hello all,Due to the massive amount of parties/events happening over the next few weeks, I'm getting in early to announce my birthday plans, so you can all chuck this in your diary now :)*Saturday 16t...
Posted by on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 19:03:00 GMT

mmm...breakfast

Anybody else like a good breakkie?http://thebreakfastblog.blogspot.com/This guy is finding the best ones in Melbourne. Check the latest post, he's even reviewed McDonalds :P (it got 6/20, for referenc...
Posted by on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 05:59:00 GMT

An inspirational message from James Brown

A Message From James Brown  
Posted by on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 20:08:00 GMT

yet another awesome find at the c'well market

so 5 seconds upon entering the camberwell market this morning i find this beauty... yamaha PS400. complete with cheesy 808 ripoff drum machine, arpeggiator and scratched up individual&n...
Posted by on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 01:10:00 GMT

who the hell steals a scarf?

i'm quite serious. some utter *expletive* with impeccable taste stole my stripey scarf from the evelyn last night. i hope they suffer in style.
Posted by on Tue, 18 Jul 2006 21:05:00 GMT

as much as i love italy...

go france. it's 4 hours until kickoff, 3 hours until me and my mate rock up to our favourite french restaurant to watch the game with a bottle of red wine, a couple of croissants and a bunch of crazy ...
Posted by on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 07:02:00 GMT