Michael Mike

If You’re Someone Who Gets Cranky When Anyone Besides The Internet Knows More About Underground Music Than You Michael Mike Should Already Be On Your Playlist. The Buenos Aires-Based Electro Rock Group Is Too Obscure To Even Appear On Wikipedia And Its Videos Are Suitably Weird. Along With An Inescapable Disco Vibe The Band Prides Itself On Experimenting With Its Own Brand Of Rap. Back In 2008 Band Member Cuca De La Ley Told Argentina’s Rolling Stone Magazine That He Was “embarrassed” By The Rap His Contemporaries Were Putting Out. “We Want Good National Rap ” He Said. “Latino Rap Usually Copies The Yankees With The Backwards Cap And All. For Me Right Now The Best Rapper Is Jay Z.” True Rap Is Not Necessarily What Comes To A Foreigner’s Mind When Listening To Michael Mike. Their Most Popular Track ‘A Bailar Horror’ ‘A Horror Dance’ From Their Second Album ‘Ama Tu Ritmo’ ‘Love Your Rhythm’ Does Have More Speaking Than Singing At Times But The Pop / Indie Backdrop Is More Reminiscent Of Vampire Weekend Than Of 50 Cent. The Trippy Kaleidoscope Music Video Showing Old Movies Also Looks Like Production Costs Ran Up To About $10 A Far Cry From Buying Even Bottle Of Crystal For A Typical Rap Video. In A U-Turn From ‘A Bailar Horror’ The Group Took On A Dramatic Electro Dance Beat In The Song ‘Lo Que A Vos El Amor’ ‘Whatever You Love’ . What Makes This Sound Dance-Worthy? Just Ask The People In The Video. A Sultry Lady In Red Begins A Solo Interpretive Dance In The Courtyard Of An Apartment Complex To The Intrigue Of Who We Can Only Guess Are Her Neighbours. Soon Curiosity Gets The Best Of Them And Of Course In Typical Music Video Fashion A Full-On Sexy Dance Party Ensues. Despite Sounding Like A One-Man Show Michael Mike Consists Of Six Band Members Each With Fraternity-Like Nicknames Tomás Justo Big M Or The “Black Lodge Cuca De La Ley Jean D’eon Zeca And Andy Wildcat. There Are Three Songwriters Among The Sextet Which Likely Accounts For The Band’s Ability To Skip Across Rhythms And Genres And Back Again Without Breaking A Sweat. The Band Have Released Three Albums To Date And Consider Their Third Recording ‘Nena O Neno’ Their “best And Most Complete”. read less