PRAISE FOR TRACKS FROM MIKE MONDAY'S UPCOMING 'SONGS WITHOUT WORDS PART 1'
Laurent Garnier – “What i always love about Mike Monday is that he always have a lot of personality in his music. This is another great one from him. Will support as always!”
Lee Van Dowski - "playing 11 11. good job."
Mark Henning - "hello nest is wicked! is that out already?"
Tom Pooks - "very good track this hello nest !!!!"
Mark Knight - "Hello Nest is my pick here, awesome groove & energy"
Justin Martin - "loving loving loving The 11 11.... very sick shit"
Master H - "So glad to see that UR album gonna be release soon and what a release......I've had a carefull listening and i really like the minimalist Hello Nest really well produced but the one really do me is The11 11 so nice and great build up all the way long nice drums and perc well done. Support and respect"
Cass - "Lovin both the tracks, with Nest probably winning out just by a nose."
Simon Baker (Infant/Playhouse) - "reckon that will work the floors for sure ! !"
Dirt Crew - "really like the 11 11. funky!"
Giles Smith (Secretsundaze / Two Armadillos) - "11 11 Sounds like a cool track – fresh and different with a cool bassline"
Peter Kruder - "Tight Stuff!!!! Wicked....both tunes."
Milton Jackson (Freerange/Urban Torque) - "these are both amazing"
ANDY CATO (Groove Armada)- "QUALITY MUSIC. FULL SUPPORT"
Funk D'Void - "tested it out 3 times...everytime fucking rocked!"
Rainer Weichold (Great Stuff, Germany) - "huge freaky shit"
LUKE SOLOMON - "Played both sides at his Rekids album launch party at Panoramabar in Berlin, and ended up saying that Hello Nest was his musical highlight of the night. crikey."
CLAUDE VON STROKE - "Will play this for sure doooooood!"
MAZI (AUDIO SOUL PROJECT) - "Really feeling “The 11 11”. The groove, the build, the distorted piano in the middle all are sick!"
MASON - "The 11 11 rockssss!"
James Masters (Rekids) - "Thanks for the track – it’s a killer!"
STYLE OF EYE - "I can´t wait to hear your next album, this is a massive release!! both sides are great, looking forward to playing it out!"
KAROTTE (Cocoon) - "i like the " hello nest" track. Will play this"
SIMON RIGG (owner and manager of Phonica) - "Really like the A side"
Will Saul : "The 11 11 is the pick of the bunch for me though. Fandabidoso.
Hello Nest is also Fab (great name by the way) - love the big throbbing pad
- will play this loads (see I'm not as gay as you thought)."
Ralph Lawson - "Really like Hello Nest!"
Dan Cat - "in awe of them"
Falko Brocksieper - "the tracks u sent me are WICKED!!"
Tim Paris - "the 11 11 is Hot hot hot. great tune, great production, i love it !"
Tim Sheridan - "All wonderful!!"
Tomas Barford/Tomboy (Get Physical etc)- "great great stuff you sent me....such a fat sound..."
Tommy Four Seven - "BAD ASS!!"
Basti Tiefschwarz – “Glug Glug dub is good for me.”
Kiki – “I am plankton"? ha ha, excellent! Love the "glug glugs", but hope it doesn´t start a new minimal-sub-genre ;)
Jimpster – “Deep in the Marine Biology sense of the word. Love it!”
Llorca – “Supa funky bass, supa swinging beat! Lovin it!”
Jeff Samuel – “Wow, I Am Plankton is totally weird! Cheers to Monday for trying something new!”
Luke Solomon – “This is hot hot hot funk!”
Touche – “Original and fresh sounding.”
Onionz – “Salieri Complex is ill!”
Hector Romero – “Love me some Mike Monday and here he doesn't let me down! Salieri Complex and I Am Plankton.”
Jose Gonazalo – (DeeJay Magazine Spain) – “Mike Monday sound is far from the hype, but is perfect for underground dancefloors."
PRAISE FOR SMORGASBORD, MIKE MONDAY'S DEBUT
“A player of the year, album of the month, and one of the albums of the year” - IDJ
“An LP we just can’t put down” - DJ
“One of the finest electronic albums this side of Playgroup [..] a classic” - One Week to Live
“House music that stretches the imagination without losing the ability to rock the dancefloor” - Mixmag
“[Mike Monday and Playtime Records are] one of the 100 reasons dance music still rules” - IDJ