Artist description Mike has been composing music for games for 10 years.Consequently, his musical styles and listening tastes are very varied due to the requirement of having to write in potentially any style.His own personal music is generally electronic, ranging from ambient to trancey to downright nasty depending on his mood.

Music Style Game Soundtracks and other dance stuff

Musical Influences Very wide ranging

Artist History Mike's first professional work was music for the game was Last Ninja 2 on the Amiga in 1990. He was still at school. After various other stuff for the same company, he went to college and got the chance to work on Bill's Tomato Game for Psygnosis. After leaving college, he got a full time job at Psygnosis as a game evaluator and was moved to the full-time musician position after 6 months. He remained there for over 6 years until the position was deemed an unnecessary expense by the company.Mike now has his own freelance music business, doing mainly game music.

Group Members Mike Clarke

Instruments Amiga Bars&Pipes Pro 2.5b with Sunrize AD516 audio, PC, Yamaha O3D, Rocktron Chameleon-online, Kurzweil K2000, Yamaha FS1R, Korg Trinity Pro, Transcendent 2000, Alesis D4, Digitech Studio Quad V2, Takamine electro-acoustic guitar, Aria Pro II electric guitar, Ibanez 5-string bass. Various tracks use Yamaha O2R, Sony V77, Boss SE-70, Tascam DA-88, Lexicon Reflex, Akai S3000xl, Emu E4K, Roland JV-1080, Roland VG-8,

Press Reviews Various reviews/interviews have been in game magazines through the years.

Location Wirral, Merseyside - United Kingdom

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