SEPTEMBER 3, 2008
FR: ALEXANDRA GREENBERG/CHELSI SCHRIVER MSO
SEPTEMBER 23 VIA RADIO FRIED RECORDS
ALBUM FEATURES APPEARANCES BY
DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN, LATEEF THE TRUTH SPEAKER, MORNINGWOOD, MR. LIF, ADRIAN HARTLEY,
ADEEM AND ALFRED ORTIZ
NEW SINGLE “MY HEART” FEATURES VOCALS
BY ADEEM AND ADRIAN HARTLEY OUT NOW
By collaborating with respected underground talents like Mr. Lif, The Gift of Gab, Morningwood and Lateef the Truthspeaker, along with producer Patrick Palaad on Spectacle, Relm’s sonic realm is as diverse as it is ingenious. Check out can’t-miss offerings like “Body Rock”–complete with a twangy guitar line and a celebratory tack destined for the dance floor–and the disc’s contagious first single “My Heart” that boasts razor-sharp delivery by rapper Adeem and vocalist Adrian Hartley, a veteran of both Blue Man Group and Fischerspooner.
After befriending Hartley during a lengthy, high profile stint opening for Blue Man Group, Relm knew he had to have her lend vocals to the latter, capturing her memorable performance in a Philadelphia hotel room of all places. Next came the New Hampshire-based Adeem. “We met during one of those ‘Minivan-Days Inn’ tours,” Mike says. “But I knew I wanted to work with him. He was on this list of people I kept that I knew I’d ask and he did such a great job with that track.”
With “My Heart” front-and-center in Relm’s plan for global domination, it’s matched by the equally powerful “You Break,” which thrives on a similar and infectious arrangement and is elevated by the adept street prose of Mr. Lif. “That song, like almost everything I construct, started with a beat,” Relm explains. “It’s just one of those beats that I let people listen to and everyone wanted to get on it.” Another notable track on Spectacle is “Hot To Trot” which features vocals and drums by percussionist/beat maker Alfredo Ortiz (Money Mark, Chromeo, Ozomatli).
MIKE RELM adds tremendous energy to any event and has a striking stage presence. He has toured with many different types of artists from the Blue Man Group to most recently Tony Hawk as the featured musical guest on the Boom Boom HuckJam tour, and has appeared at many major music festivals including Coachella, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival, Summer Sonic and Mt. Fuji in Japan as well as most of the major European festivals.
RELM is known for live performances which feature a series of audio mash-ups with video images, manipulated in real-time. His other credits include performances for a San Francisco Giants vs. Oakland A’s baseball game and the closing ceremonies of the Pan Am Games in Rio de Janeiro. He completed remixes for Adult Swim in conjunction with the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie, scored a short film for the Disney Channel series Too Many Robots and created a four-song mega mix for Yo Gabba Gabba (Nickelodeon). RELM also stars in an international TV spot for HSBC Bank, directed by Stacy Wall.
The complete track listing for MIKE RELM’s SPECTACLE is:
1. Money Beats (TV)
2. Tron
3. Everytime (ft. Del the Funky Homosapien and Adrian Hartley)
4. Hey Drew (TV)
5. Hot To Trot (ft. Alfredo Ortiz)
6. Trying To Get Attention (TV)
7. Body Rock (ft. Morningwood and The Gift of Gab)
8. The Cube
9. Red Shoes (TV)
10. Vertiglo (Interlude)
11. Without Her (ft. Lateef The Truthspeaker)
12. Velvet
13. You Break (ft. Mr. Lif and Adrian Hartley)
14. Crackin’ (TV)
15. Quickie
16. Technicism
17. My Heart (ft. Adeem & Adrian Hartley)
18. Learning Experience (TV)
MIKE RELM’s updated tour routing is as follows:
Treasure Island Music Festival
FRI | 9/20 | San Francisco, CA | Treasure Island Music Festival |
Mike Relm Headline Dates
Wed | 9/24 | Portland, OR | Holocene |
Thu | 9/25 | Seattle, WA | Chop Suey |
Wed | 10/1 | Minneapolis, MN | Triple Rock Social Club |
Thu | 10/2 | Ames, IA | Maintenance Shop |
Fri | 10/3 | Chicago, IL | Abbey Pub |
Tue | 10/7 | New York, NY | Spiegeltent |
Wed | 10/8 | Boston, MA | Middle East |
Thu | 10/9 | Northampton, MA | Pearl Street Nightclub |
Fri | 10/10 | Philadelphia, PA | Manhattan Room |
Sat | 10/11 | Washington, DC | Rock N Roll Hotel |
Sun | 10/12 | Charleston, SC | Charleston Pourhouse |
Mon | 10/13 | Atlanta, GA | The Earl |
Tue | 10/14 | Orlando, FL | The Social |
Wed | 10/15 | Tampa, FL | Crowbar |
Fri | 10/17 | New Orleans, LA | One Eyed Jacks |
Sat | 10/18 | Baton Rouge, LA | Spanish Moon |
Sun | 10/19 | Austin, TX | Mohawk |
Mon | 10/20 | Dallas, TX | House of Blues Cambridge |
Wed | 10/22 | Scottsdale, AZ | Chasers |
Thu | 10/23 | San Diego, CA | Casbah |
Fri | 10/24 | Los Angeles, CA | El Rey Theatre |
Sat | 10/25 | Costa Mesa, CA | Detroit Bar |
Wed | 10/29 | Bloomington, IN | Bluebird Nightclub |
Thu | 10/30 | Bloomington, IN | Jake’s Nightclub |
Tue | 11/4 | Ft. Collins, CO | Hodis Half Note |
Wed | 11/5 | Boulder, CO | Fox Theatre |
Thu | 11/6 | Boulder, CO | The Black Sheep |
Fri | 11/7 | Denver, CO | Marquis Theatre |
Sat | 11/8 | Aspen, CO | Belly Up |
For more information on MIKE RELM, contact:
MSO 818-380-0400
Alexandra Greenberg x223, agreenberg@msopr.com (national)
Chelsi Schriver x231, cschriver@msopr.com (regional)
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MIKE RELM TO RELEASE HIS DEBUT ARTIST ALBUM ‘SPECTACLE’ SEPTEMBER 23 VIA RADIO FRIED RECORDS; ALBUM FEATURES APPEARANCES BY DEL THE FUNKY HOMOSAPIEN, LATEEF THE TRUTH SPEAKER, MORNINGWOOD, MR. LIF, ADRIAN HARTLEY, ADEEM AND ALFRED ORTIZ