Written by Mike Casey
Features 2x Grammy nominated pianist Benito Gonzalez (Pharaoh Sanders, Kenny Garrett, many other iconic saxophonists

Squeaky Wheel (Take 1)

“A lovely jazz performance that soothes the soul”
— 6x NBA champion, basketball legend & jazz fan Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

“Mike Casey: Jazz For The Millennial Set”
— Huffington Post

saxophone-based artist & composer
GRAMMYs "NEXT" Class of 2023

Worshop for Atome68 rock band. Many instruments : drums, harmonica, kalimba, shekere, maracas, woodblock, bell, agogo, birds, shells,... with à lot of sticks, rods and brushes.

Welcome to my place of musical experiments and my endless journey of exploring new sound textures, rhythms and melodic ideas. I am a multi-instrumentalist coming from a background of having actively played, harmonica, recorder, piano, organ, clarinet, tin whistle, pan pipes, guitar, violin, Shakuhachi, jaw harp, didgeridoo and accordion. My genre is mostly a fusion of Jazz and Soundscape, however I often seek inspiration from a wide variety of music, Celtic, Rock, Heavy Metal, Classical, Folk, Micro-tonal, just to name a few. I also build my own instruments, various Shakuhachi using them either directly in recordings or sample the sounds to incorporate in pitch shifting tools in Ableton Live. I often set myself a music challenge, taking every day sounds not considered musical, sampling, transforming and moulding them into a virtual musical instrument. Experimenting with evolving polymeters is a favourite feature of my works. I have been classically trained but soon ventured into free improvisation, which is my happy place.

I am based on the South Island of New Zealand, enjoying the great outdoors there. I often take inspiration from this for my music and associated cover art.

I have a no cover’s policy, all my works being original compositions, the only exception would be the odd jazz interpretation of a Bach piece from the Baroque era. My percussion sections do not use any artificial intelligence drum machines, nor do I use auto tuners for my violin playing. Paid likes and plays — none of that either. 

I also participate in musical collaborations, from accepting sound samples to see what I can do with them, to instrumental collaborations. Send me a message if interested.

Please join me on this wonderful journey of music exploration.

True love for Lo-Fi, Old School Rap, Soul and Jazz.
70-90s👊🏽

It’s The Fiz is, John Tavares - Lead Vocal, Keyboards, Guitar
Cisco Kay - Raps, Vocal, Backing Vocal
Steve Ashcraft - Bass Guitar
Buck Giles - Guitar
Bret Shimabuku - Keyboards
Amos Zollo - Drums

Audio mixing and mastering engineer curently based in
Skg, Greece. 10+ years in.
 I am passionate with
analogue gear and mixing with hardware
machines. Operating Soulgroove studio, recording , mixing and
mastering numerous artists and records yearly. Artists
from a wide range of genres are visting the studio
working along with me to put out great music