Biography
The last few years have been a whirlwind of success for Slovenia’s fast-rising global house / tech-house star DJ and producer, Mike Vale. He is not just another big-shot-producer-turned-DJ, rather one of a rare new-breed of artists that excel in both disciplines.
It was Mike Vale’s “Pretty Woman” release on Tomcraft’s Great Stuff Records that can be considered his big break. Supported by Carl Cox, and played by everyone, it reached the heady heights of the top of the Beatport charts. In fact, the response was so huge that Mike and the label decided to promote it further with an arty music video that was picked up and charted by MTV. At the same time, Pete Tong played “Pretty Woman” during the “Ibiza Radio 1” announcement on his influential weekly BBC radio show, turning it into one of the most popular tunes on the White Isle that summer.
2011 was undoubtedly a great year for Mike Vale, and his talent was further recognised when he was endorsed as a highly rated, emerging talent by Beatport, who included him in their “Top 3 Hottest Tech-House Artists” in the industry.
Even before the dust had settled around the success of “Pretty Woman”, Mike Vale and Great Stuff embarked on a new venture in March 2012 - a remix of Pleasurekraft “Anubis” which hit the Beatport Top 10 and got massive support from all the big names from the house, tech-house and techno scene. Meanwhile, Mike Vale’s immense remix talents were packing dancefloors with Do Santos “2 Coffee” (303lovers) and Alex Kenji “Not That Kind Of Girl” (Hotfingers) - a No.3 Beatport Tech House Chart hit. To top that, Mike’s excellent remix of Prok & Fitch “Symphony” on Roger Sanchez’s renowned Stealth Records, hit No.1 on the Beatport House Chart and stayed there for two weeks - a phenomenal achievement for a remix, that subsequently led to Beatport awarding it “Best Of Miami 2013” status. Roger further backed his new found star by including Mike’s remix on his “Release Yourself” compilation in November.
2013 began with Beatport completing a global search for the hottest new talent and announcing a list of the most promising names in the industry. Mike Vale deservedly featured as one of the main artists to watch this year. Not one to rest on his laurels, Mike Vale’s much loved remix (with Jerome Robins) of Deadmau5 “1981” (Play Digital) surged into the Beatport Top 5, becoming a global hit and a highlight on “Toolroom Records Miami 2013” compilation album. Meanwhile, “So What”, Mike Vale’s collaboration with Manuel De La Mare was released on Toolroom to great critical acclaim and also included on their “Toolroom Miami Essentials 2013”.
On a creative high, Mike settled into another series of superb productions for Toolroom, but, even more excitement was reserved for a tune that immediately created a huge buzz ahead of release: Mike Vale featuring Stella Mercury “Don’t Give A Damn” (Stealth) was destined to be one of THE anthems of the summer. Mike premiered this huge track when he appeared for the first time at WMC Miami 2013 at a series of five top parties over three days. This immense single hit No.3 on the Beatport House Chart and the cool video was premiered by MTV.
2013 was a very significant year for this amazing DJ and producer. The ever-growing demand for Mike Vale’s deck skills saw him play in many countries around the world, including Canada, USA, UK, Holland, Ibiza, India, Japan, Korea, Finland, and all over Eastern Europe. As the mighty Beatport suggested at the start of the year, Mike Vale was definitely the one to watch in 2013, as his huge singles and remixes further raised his profile with support from Carl Cox, Pete Tong, Roger Sanchez, Umek (Mike is his favourite producer), Mark Knight, Pleasurekraft, Steve Angello, and many more of the world’s top DJs. 2013 also saw Mike Vale has launched his continuing residency at Slovenia’s finest and most glamorous club – Cirkus.
Mike Vale’s feet barely touched the ground in 2014, his top quality productions and amazing DJ sets have seen Slovenia’s new international star continue to rise to the top. He had the packed to capacity Terrace @ Space, Ibiza going crazy to his tunes at Carl Cox’s Music Is Revolution, and topped the Beatport House Chart with “Hard Times” (featuring Chris The Voice) on Spinnin’ Records. The video for this huge track (recorded in collaboration with his close friend Umek) had over one million YouTube views before it was released!
One of THE huge tunes of 2014 was Mike Vale’s remix (with Umek) of the classic Mason “Exceeder” (Armada) which hit No.1 on Beatport’s Overall and Tech House Chart. Mike then rounded off the year with his long-awaited, super-hot track “Can’t Fight The Feeling”, on Italy’s cool Hotfingers label.
When he hasn’t been criss-crossing the globe, impressing club crowds everywhere, Mike’s residency at Cirkus (Slovenia) has been going from strength to strength. The ever-growing queues of eager clubbers locked out as the club squeezes in capacity crowds for his every visit, is the mark of a DJ whose reputation as one of the rising superstars of the scene is increasing all the time.
As a producer, Mike has already built a reputation for creating outstanding releases, consistently topping the Beatport charts with huge club anthems such as: “Pretty Woman”, “Don’t Give A Damn”, “Say My Name”, “Elements”, “Revelation”, “All I Want”, and a list of remixes that is almost endless. But, the exciting thing is that there’s so much more to come!
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