March 28, 2024
About Mike D
Hey people I'm Mike D from Athens GR (43). I'm a sound engineer, radio producer, and certainly a music "freak." I couldn't be anything else, you see: I grew up in a musical home (my father was a composer), and wanted to be a rock-star but wasn't patient enough to study music. Instead, I studied the technical stuff and went really "nuts" when I started writing articles about the bands and artists I love. It all started back in 2002 in a printed magazine (Sound Maker - RIP) and I still do it because I really like sharing my libraries, discotheque, info, connections, knowledge, and all. I'm involved in all "waves" music (new wave/darkwave/post-punk/shoegaze), punk, industrial, EBM, alternative rock, indie, electronic, avant-garde/ experimental/ freestyle...but on the other hand I can easily throw a classical CD in the player, or a jazzy tune, or...ok you get it: Music! I'd like to read your comments on my writing because you know how it goes, and you all know the glorious song by Placebo,"Without You I'm Nothing"...Thanx and enjoy Freedom and Music, Loud!
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Crevice — In Heart

March 6, 2018 Mike D 0

Let us introduce you a new Irish malt from the city of Cork in south-west Ireland of course, Crevice! Strong taste, airy melodies and the expected winds that carry thrills from the Atlantic ocean and crush

Noise Journal playlist: March 3

March 3, 2018 Mike D 1

“‘There must be some kind of way outta here,’ said the joker to the thief,” wrote Bob Dylan a few decades ago. Seems as if those words were written today, and it appears that urban

Artist of the Week: Maff

February 28, 2018 Mike D 0

Maff from Santiago de Chile are our guests on Noise Journal’s “couch” as artist of the week! The current lineup of Ricardo Gomez (vocals, guitar), Nicolas Colombres (drums), Valentina Cardenas (bass), and Martin Colombres (guitar)

Noise Journal Playlist: February 21

February 21, 2018 Mike D 0

The United States of America, population 325,908,238 as of Thursday, February 15, 2018, per the latest United Nations estimates. A big and fertile nation built by immigrants on lands haunted by the slaughtered ghosts of its

Phantoms vs Fire — Swim

February 14, 2018 Mike D 0

Brazilian graphic artist and composer Thiago C. Desant (based in Italy) released the new Swim album under his solo moniker Phantoms vs Fire via Hypersoma Records in January. The record swings between deep synths and palmy

Noise Journal Playlist February 12

February 12, 2018 Mike D 0

Cat class and cat style on this week’s playlist. Cats are weird machines: Strong, clever, naughty, social, antisocial, divine when needed, and so humble we think. “Humility is for you, not me,” says cat, “Black

System Corporation — Apathy is Easy

February 7, 2018 Mike D 1

New Zealand’s alternative rockers System Corporation just released their Apathy is Easy single, following up their widely acclaimed debut single Dismal Universal Hiss. Modern alternative rock music by a band that sounds familiar with the genre,

Noise Journal Playlist: February 3

February 3, 2018 Mike D 0

PROLOGUE: 2018 AD, Planet Earth: “Dear Earthlings, Dear Earth: Have you ever wondered what would happen if all of the geniuses, the artists, the scientists–the smartest, the most creative and most talented people in the

La Peste — Ossuaire

February 1, 2018 Mike D 0

Hailing from the city of Le Mans in France, La Peste is here to tear apart the standards that come along with the post-punk “attitude” and its norms. The band published their debut Ossuaire (ossuary) album last December

Japan Suicide – Santa Sangre

January 19, 2018 Mike D 0

Japan Suicide from the city of Terni in central Italy didn’t warn us about the content as we were having the espresso No. 11 of the day. They should have. The envelope exploded in our hands

Mary And The Ram (MATR) – The Cross

January 18, 2018 Mike D 2

Another totally angular and intensely interesting record launches next week as York’s Mary And The Ram drop their The Cross single via Anonymous Records. This is the first release from the British alternative duo, alternative in all,

Artist of the Week: ZIALAND

January 17, 2018 Mike D 0

ZIALAND — a gifted singer and talented musician with a tremendous voice hailing from Oslo is our Artist of the Week. She travels around the world working with artists from Australia to the U.S.–where we tracked

2017 golden bullets: The maxi-singles

January 12, 2018 Mike D 0

They say first love is forever, and who hasn’t fall in desperate love with that small vinyl? “Daaaaad, the turntable is going mad!” “Yes [LOL] and ‘switch it to 7,’ Mike”, hehehe that thing!!! A maxi-single

Twenty of our favorites from 2017

January 1, 2018 Mike D 0

I believe that lists are good as long as the collector doesn’t rank the artists, and as well as the list is actually…a playlist for the readers to check and enjoy the content. I can’t

We Are Parasols — Inertia

December 22, 2017 Mike D 1

Portland’s We Are Parasols is out with its brand new Inertia LP on No Movement Records. The three gang members are D. (the witch) on vocals and bass, Jerman on pianos, synths, programming, samples and

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