Mike is a numptie, he forgot to say something about this in January. Sooo...
We're very grateful to John Shanahan for his kind words about fade. Do go to the website and read the review - it's just one of many wonderful things that you'll find on Hypnagogue.
Yes, it’s been a long time no blog, but here we are again, with a report from the Asheville Electro-Music Festival 2015, where Spiral was one of a plethora of performers to delight their audience with some seriously smokin’ electronic music goodness.
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin. Musique concrète, according to our friendly Wikipedia: “can feature sounds derived from recordings of musical instruments, voice, and the natural environment as well as those created using synthesizers and computer-based d...
You’ve got less than two days to clear your calendar! With the holiday season on us, there are plenty of offerings for your seasonal entertainment. If you wanted to go to a club and listen to the latest winner of The X Factor, you’d not even be reading this blog, so c...
I’m delighted to be the bearer of good news and announce that Mike has a new album out on the excellent Aural Films label. Continuing with its collection of “Fog Music”, Mike’s album (under his solo name of metlay!) is titled “on little cat feet” and is number 27 in t...
Live music is always special. It has an energy all its own and it’s not an option for the faint-hearted. Performing solo to an audience that is there simply because they wanted some refreshment is not an easy thing to do. Anyone who has the nerve and the skill to pull...
For those of you familiar with Mike’s peers, Allen Goodman (aka AZ the Arizona Axeman aka AZ the Colorado Axeman) will be on your list of “fab guitarists and all-round nice guys”. If you’re lucky, he’ll also be on your wish list of “DJs I want to return to the airwaves...
Tonight at 5pm SLT (6pm Mountain, 7pm Central), mindSpiral will perform at La Vita Bella coffee shop in Longmont, CO. Spiral (Mike Metlay) and DesertMystic (Allen Goodman) will be treating the visitors to Artwalk to their very own brand of space music and chill out v...
At 6pm SLT (8pm Central), Spiral will be hosting his weekly radio show. This week he’ll be performing live with DesertMystic, otherwise known as Allen Goodman, the axeman. You won’t want to miss the chance to hear two fabulous musicians perform live improv for your li...
The second machinima (movie shot in Second Life) is now available to watch on YouTube, with Spiral’s (Mike Metlay’s) beautiful music accompanying it. Explore some of Second Life’s Eleventh Birthday exhibition and watch some of the performance. Don’t forget to subscribe...
