From studying music at Oxford University, to starting one of the early live electronic acts (Beat Foundation) in the 90’s with Andy Cato of Groove Armada, to writing a string of underground club hits on his label Playtime, Mike Monday has consistently stood apart from the crowd. His two albums .Smorgasboard’ and .Songs without Words’ released on OM records last September, ably demonstrate his power and aptitude for the dancefloor. With his monthly podcast “Monday Club", a regular blog “The Unanswered Question", as well as worldwide album tour DJ dates you wouldn’t expect him to have much time for anything else. But he has decided to go back to his performance roots and come up with a live show - that promises to be spontanious and dangerous. He’s also been collaborating with Simple’s Will Saul in recent months - their single .Zippo’ is released on Buzzin’ Fly in February and their already hard at work in the studio again for the follow up. If anyone knows how to lovingly craft a big hook it’s Mike Monday. His single .Bhalobashi’ has been Simple’s biggest selling single of all time. .Zwivetty’ is seriously infectious, weird and wonky disco absolutely bursting with soul and character, treading the line between organic and electronic perfectly. Drums that sound slightly out of control (in a good way), huge stabs and an ingeniously cut-up string sample. Think Sound Stream on acid. For the dub Mike takes out the stabs and builds the tension around the strings. Played back to back they are devastating combination. .Mr.Gone’ is an altogether different proposition. Undulating techno with de-tuned guitar licks, an evil acid arp-line and perfectly off kilter percussion that all leads to a stunning ‘Squarepusher-esque’ bass-line solo by Mike himself.

3 Channels: “full support great release !!! ”

Appleblim: “brilliant discoid goodness, really lovely chunky disco cut up biz, really fat mixdown...love it ”

Atjazz: “up my street... Zwivetty is gunna rock the floors! In fact, the whole ep is awesome...”

Ben Watt: “angry disco pony kicking up a storm”

Brett Johnson: “Whoa! Mike bringing it big time on this one, really loving every track but the dub and Mr. Gone are my favs. Well done Mike. :) ”

Charles Webster: “quality and interesting stuff.”

Danny Howells: “Four wicked tracks for the box, much thanks! ”

De:Bug: “De:Bug: Wenn ich wo "W" seh, denk ich an Sägezahn. Reflexe, kann man nichts machen. Passt hier auch. Stellenweise, wenn der Track mal nicht in harmonischen Countrygitarren und Strings schwelgt, dann kommt von unten immer die mächtig modulierte Sequenz, die wie aus den Zeiten hereingeweht kommt, als der Synthesizer noch alles war. Ein Märchen. Schillernd und vielschichtig. Die Rückseite "Zwubetty" leiht sich die Sequenz noch im Hintergrund, ist aber eher eine slammende Detroitpianobreitseite mit sattem Houseuntergrund. Ein Track, der die Nostalgie in Extase verwandeln kann. Als Abschluss gibt es noch eine Version, in der sich die Strings endlich mal zu Synthfiepsern und Filtern austoben können. Drei sehr verschieden, aber perfekt auf einander abgestimmte Mixe.”

Deetron: “Superb percussion work on Mr. Gone and those handclaps are nice too - a real builder ”

Fabrice Lig: “Nice ep, good tracks, with a real identity, full support.”

James Zabiela: “Great House music :)”

Jamie Jones (Crosstown Rebels_: “All round good record.. not sure wats my favorite but they all sound interesting... cheers”

Jesse Rose (Made To Play): “i think this goes in at number one, as my top mike monday record to date! massive.”

Jim Rivers: “love this release. love what mike does, what more can be said. wonkyness for the masses. really like Bretts edit too...lovely stuff!”

Jose Belo (bloop recordings, D: “"zwivetty" is the track that caught my attention - very well placed disco orchestra sample! ”

Josh Wink: “Funky! A change up with this release for Mr. Monday! Will be playing..THanks ”

Kabale und Liebe & Lauhaus: “Liking the A2 Zwubetty. Bouncy ;-)”

Kevin Griffiths: “excellent release and the best thing from mike in a while i'd say. the brett johnson edit is ace!”

Laurent Garnier: “played this last week end and it went down a storm. ”

Manuel Tur: “Very cool EP, interesting and diverse stuff, I'm into all 4 cuts! Cheers”

Marc Romboy: “Great job, Mike!”

Matt Tolfrey: “Brett Johnson does it again. Never get tired of this guy. Can imagine room 1 at Fabric going off to this record!!! Big up to the Monday, he can do some disco!!!”

Michael Reutten: “solid and effective tunes tracks 1 & 2, my fave has got to be the twisted mr. gone! Cool”

Milton Jackson: “Top drawer antics from Sensei Ninja Master Mr Monday! Thanks”

Motorcitysoul: “wicked release”

Patrice Baumel: “Really like the Brett Johnson edit, basically taking a good track and making it work on the dancefloor. The bassline is just filthy!”

Peter Kruder: “Mike Monday always delivers the goods. No exception here. Will play this. ”

Recloose: “Cool tunes, they keep me and the audience guessing! ”

Rob Mello: “good stuff!”

Rob Smith (Smith & Mighty): “yep.. dancefloor bangers faves being zwivetty & mr gone”

Runaway (DFA): “I'm into it! Great Disco from Mike Monday :) didn't expect this at all... ”

Sasse: “Wicked EP, old school sample madness, this will get lots of plays. Both sides works great, prefer the a-side. ”

Shur-I-Kan: “great inventive production as always from Mr Monday, winner. ”

TG: “Mike does no wrong!! in my opinion. Killer tracks. Zwivetty and the Brett Johnson remix are awesome, will support both these tracks!”

Tiger Stripes: “Soooo nice!!! ”

Tim Paris: “Mike Monday is in great shape these days, brilliant EP, just rockin... ”

Toby Tobias (Rekids): “wow , nice sheet - loving that live bassline by mike on Mr gone - will defo play this tonight at fabric - - zwivetty /zwubetty both sound it could well do the business too :)”

Trevor Jackson: “been playing ZW IVETTY for a while already - got the track from tailored, fantastic!”