Artist/Band Profile: Mike65 is a one man electronic act trading under name FutureMusicCorp, he creates ambient/electronica instrumental tracks which are based around simple but effective synth sounds.
His first 'proper' album, Etoile Nord is now availible for downloading at www.shopsonic.com/futuremusiccorp
Similar Artists: Vangelis, Tangerine Dream, Philip Glass, Brian Eno. Maybe!
Music Style: Ambient, space music with soundscape overtones.
Reviews: Review by ambient writer and musician Matt Borghi.
The music is beautifully organic, it's of more of a Spacemusic nature than it is Ambient or Atmospheric. FMC has crafted all of his tunes into comforting and ever changing, though subtly, recording par excellence. Great work and highly recommended.
Review by Phil Derby @ Electroambient Space
This musician calls himself "Mike65," also known as FutureMusicCorp. His CDR, mostly of the deep space variety, is a strong first effort. "Nebulea" begins like a soft surreal journey, and then bursts into being as though we've lifted off the launch pad. Other titles like "Andromeda" deliver the goods as well, with loads of synth strings and atmosphere. Even softer is "Etiole Nord," would make perfect planetarium music. But not everything is drifting and floating. The title track is beautiful ethereal sonic textures, and would be right at home on an early Jonn Serrie CD. More structure emerges on some of the later tunes, such as "Hybrid,"."City of Night" is a particularly strong composition, covering a range of moods and styles. After keeping a really good EM space groove going, a helicopter like sound transitions into, surprisingly, a really nice piano section. It is the most developed and structured piece, and it comes off really well. Also good is "Closing Credits," which has a sense of dramatic panache. "WaveMachine" has a great Jean-Michel Jarre feel to it, and the wonderful haunting "Spaced-Out" is another strong entry, one of many on the disc.
Influences: mainly its all me.
Studio / Music Equipment: Dell Inspiron 530 1.6 ghz, M-Audio Audiophile USB interface, KORG X5DR, Midi Keyboard lots of Soundfonts, lots of softsynths, Calkwalk, Cubase, Samplitude, and various other bits and pieces.
