Recently released
Bubble Shield : My Raspberry Nights - This is an instrumental solo project I started working on in 2007. Feb 2009 finally saw the release. Really different than my usual output. This is a free download via Astor Bell or purchase a hand made CDR with an extra bonus track.
Mike Downey : How Kind Harbor - This song is exclusive to the Eggnog Series Two First Compilation 3" CDR EP. Ordering info here.
Mike Downey : On Goldwire - A smallish collection of acoustic songs I recorded while drinking red wine. Available here.
Press Erasing Clouds Kicking Gas for Laughs is a lark of an album. It has a lovable looseness to it, keeping traits of his best songwriting – a dual directness/ambiguity, great pop melodies – while playing around with new sounds. [It] is an album with its own sound and a great feeling to it, a spirit of excitement.
Hold Horses is driven by textures as much as melody and emotion. The atmosphere is pretty but also lonely, and it still rocks in its own way. ...there’s rock guitar but also synths, and it’s all been messed around with. That could be his credence perhaps. He’s always doing his own thing, without care for commerce even, which in music is always something to celebrate.
Pitchfork
[Spring by Resplendent/Downey is] basically a pop song about the season of renewal in a dirty, lonely city, complete with an absurdly catchy chorus, but it's not recorded like a pop song. Lenzi's buzzing synth and textural guitar mesh with the snapping, well-ornamented beat to create a humid, twitching wall of sound whose texture shifts constantly through the song-- hardening here, going all mushy and woozy there-- to draw you along with him through the city to the lakeshore. There's a bit of mixing and editing from Mike Downey, who's made it available as part of a free EP on his website-- not a bad price for something so creative and fresh.
Series Two Records released a new 9 CD compilation album. CLICK HERE FOR Full Track list and Purchasing information for the January 2009 compilations by Series Two Records The compilation 9 CD set features 204 artists and 700 minutes of music. The Compilations feature artists from all over the world including bands from (13) states of the USA, Canada, Australia, Spain, United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, France,Italy, Japan, Germany, New Zealand, Ireland, Croatia, Indonesia, Singapore, Poland, Philippines, Brazil, Belgium, Switzerland, and Israel.
Series Two Records released a new 5 CD compilation album. Read more information here Full Track listing The compilation 5 CD set features 118 artists and 390 minutes of music. The Compilations feature artists from all over the world including bands from (12) states of USA, Sweden, United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Norway, Peru, Argentina, Spain, Costa Rica, Australia, Taiwan, Australia, Japan, Indonesia,New Zealand, Serbia, China, Canada, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and Philippines.
Hi Mike! How are you these days? I think of you often b/c my specialist is from Stockholm and she always talks about sweden. She's a tennis pro here and has this job for money. Small world. She swears Bobby is swedish-"looks just like the guys on Stockholm streets!" she says.. Hope all's well with you and take care. Have a swedish meatball for me!
