December 22, 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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Verses Records & Romeda Records — VR

May 31, 2018 Mike D 2

This is a very cool and a creative release, so your attention please: Verses Records from Washington, D.C. and Romeda Records from Liverpool are releasing VR–a split collaborative 12-track compilation which features exclusive new tracks from both

Noise Journal Video Collection Part I, May 25

May 25, 2018 Mike D 0

This is not another one of our usual and so sophisticated, edgy, OMG-post-everything playlists here at Noise Journal. It is actually Part I of our new Video Collection series: Showcasing the moving images we’ve enjoyed the most over the past

Searmanas — S/T

May 24, 2018 Mike D 0

New York-based electronic artist Searmanas releases her first S/T album on July 6 via Cleopatra Records with the lead single, Undo, already out for preview. Hailing from the Shenandoah Valley in rural Virginia, Niabi Aquena has

Artist of the Week: Rodney Cromwell

May 22, 2018 Mike D 2

This week we proudly introduce you to London’s electronic modulator, Rodney Cromwell (nom-de-plume of Adam Cresswell), a man with a master-plan, an artist whose notable career starts some 20 years ago as founding member of indie-folktronica band

Artist of the Week: The Room In The Wood

May 17, 2018 Mike D 0

Liverpool’s own The Room In The Wood released their debut Magical Thinking EP via A Turntable Friend Records last month, which will be followed by an 11-track album later this spring on vinyl, CD and in digital

Timothy Dark — Dark Day Afternoon

April 30, 2018 Mike D 0

Brooklyn artist Timothy Dark released his Dark Day Afternoon EP on March 30 for Darkseed Entertainment–a four-track offering of politically charged hip-hop, buttery R&B, and even some grimy rock! Hailing from the Bronx, Timothy Dark saw the

Paul Littlewood — Today/Television

April 11, 2018 Mike D 1

While England tries to anticipate the US mainstream music “softies” with its own “cookies,” some lads on the island hold the Brit-indie-pop banner high, polished and ready to teach popular music to both. From the

Artist of the Week: Vore Aurora

April 6, 2018 Mike D 1

This week we introduce the Alameda, California-based electronic duo Vore Aurora. The band published their debut, Eidolon, last month, but they store a string of maxis in their quiver, and a striking album of 18 electronic/dark-wave

The Noise Figures — Telepath

April 3, 2018 Mike D 0

One of the places, and actually the most suitable place, to picture as you absorb the new Telepath LP by The Noise Figures is Colorado. After looking at some striking pics of the Colorado River

ShapeShiftingAliens — Showing My Face

March 29, 2018 Mike D 0

Even if we couldn’t, and even if we didn’t try to understand better and focus a bit more on Sweden’s pop music, the country’s artists have edged their way into the international scene over the last

Noise Journal Playlist: March 28

March 28, 2018 Mike D 2

Earth 2018 A.D. Afrin, Syria…the image breaks all bones and the soul stays wordless–what are we doing? Humans killing humans? Our infinite sadness and damnation on our course to pitch-darkness. The song from Manic Street

Moonshine Booze — Desert Road

March 27, 2018 Mike D 0

Welcome to one of the most entertaining and loud rock’n’roll albums of the year: Moonshine Booze just released their debut, Desert Road, via Seahorse Recordings! The band hails from the Italian region of Teramo, and are here to

Stonerpop — Physical Business

March 26, 2018 Mike D 0

Louisiana duo Stonerpop just released their Physical Business album, a simply fantastic self-released seven-track record in the stream of electro! That would be careless and slapdash just saying “electro.” You see, Maudie Michelle and Jimmie Maneuva uses

Noise Journal Playlist: March 19

March 19, 2018 Mike D 1

On March 14, The Man Called Sun aka Stephen Hawking, or The Man Who Fell on Earth, returned to his matter at the age of 76. My first thought was, “And now what are we

Blurred City Lights — Volker

March 16, 2018 Mike D 0

Now that’s a gorgeous release with a magnificent front cover–these should be the last words in a review but, no, I’ll mix my style and start all topsy-turvy. Look [up] at the image: Gigantic constructions

Artist Of The Week: Kevin Haskins

March 13, 2018 Mike D 0

This week we choose Kevin Haskins as our Artist of The Week here at Noise Journal. Why Kevin and not Pete, Daniel, David, or simply their band, Bauhaus? Not only is Kevin Haskins a legendary drummer

Noise Journal Playlist: March 11

March 11, 2018 Mike D 0

No particular prologue on this week’s playlist; just this: This week we present you artists we trust in their talent and aesthetics, history and future, with some videos included in the list too. So turn

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