From the tender age of 10 Mikael Nordgren, aka Tiger Stripes, started his musical journey by learning to play a variety of instruments including bass, guitar, drums and piano. Heavily fascinated by the house music boom in the late 80s, his first steps as a songwriter were heavily inspired by the sounds of Inner City and S´Express. At the same time, he discovered funky soul and jazz from the 60s and 70s, and these influences can still be heard in his eclectic sound – inspired as much by Albert Ayler and Roy Ayers as Derrick May or Underground Resistance.

Nowadays Stockholm based and recording under his aliases Tiger Stripes, D´Malicious and 12th Floor gives Mikael the opportunity to release stuff ranging from heavy tech house sounds to percussive afro house.

Mikael has worked with legendary NYC producers Kerri Chandler as well as Jerome Sydenham in the studio. The relationship between Kerri and Mikael blossomed, with the duo writing tracks together and Mikael playing guitar on Kerri’s own “Mental Moonlight Fiesta”.

As a remixer, Mikael has done remixes for labels like Southern Fried, Compost , Sonar, and Positiva for artists like Blaze, DJ Gregory, Dennis Ferrer and Jerome Sydenham, Faze Action, Koop and King Britt. As a dj Mikael has traveled all around the world and played crowds up to 10.000 people and classic clubs like Tokyo’s Yellow.

Time: Doors open 10.30pm
Cover Charge: $28 (includes 2 drinks)

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