Biography
A co-founder of the LuckyMe collective, Mike Slott crafts a range of exploratory electronic music that spans fractured hip-hop beats and shimmering, radiant ambient pieces. Early solo efforts such as 2009's Lucky 9Teen, along with his work alongside Hudson Mohawke under the name Heralds of Change, merged the aesthetics of the U.K. bass and Los Angeles beat scenes and helped establish the style then known as "wonky." Later projects expanded into club music and electro-pop through the duo Lesser Pieces, as well as cinematic soundscapes exemplified by 2020's Vignettes.
Born in Ireland, Slott was immersed in jazz and classical music during his upbringing, yet beatmaking and electronic production quickly emerged as his central artistic outlets. With Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke he formed Heralds of Change, releasing four EPs of off-kilter hip-hop on All City Records between 2006 and 2007 that featured guest vocalists including Oddisee and Olivier Day Soul. In July 2007 the pair joined others in establishing the LuckyMe collective in Glasgow, which functions as a label, club night, and design studio devoted to forward-thinking music and visuals. Recognition followed for remixes of artists such as Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators and Flying Lotus, while his distinctive beatmaking appeared on two 7" singles issued by All City in 2008 and a split release with Michigan-based producer Dabrye on Fat City in 2009. That same year saw the release of Lucky 9Teen on LuckyMe, coinciding with his move to New York and an increase in international touring.
His initial step into dance music came with a 2011 single alongside Dutch visionary Martyn. Well-received remixes for artists including Bonobo and Kelpe followed, as did the formation of the Los Angeles-based duo Lesser Pieces with Egyptian-American singer/songwriter Diane Badíè. An ambient EP titled Mirror I Mirror appeared in 2016, after which he issued tracks intermittently—both solo and with Lesser Pieces—before returning to LuckyMe with the 2020 release Vignettes, an alternate soundtrack to Andrei Zvyagintsev's film The Return.
Born in Ireland, Slott was immersed in jazz and classical music during his upbringing, yet beatmaking and electronic production quickly emerged as his central artistic outlets. With Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke he formed Heralds of Change, releasing four EPs of off-kilter hip-hop on All City Records between 2006 and 2007 that featured guest vocalists including Oddisee and Olivier Day Soul. In July 2007 the pair joined others in establishing the LuckyMe collective in Glasgow, which functions as a label, club night, and design studio devoted to forward-thinking music and visuals. Recognition followed for remixes of artists such as Nicole Willis & the Soul Investigators and Flying Lotus, while his distinctive beatmaking appeared on two 7" singles issued by All City in 2008 and a split release with Michigan-based producer Dabrye on Fat City in 2009. That same year saw the release of Lucky 9Teen on LuckyMe, coinciding with his move to New York and an increase in international touring.
His initial step into dance music came with a 2011 single alongside Dutch visionary Martyn. Well-received remixes for artists including Bonobo and Kelpe followed, as did the formation of the Los Angeles-based duo Lesser Pieces with Egyptian-American singer/songwriter Diane Badíè. An ambient EP titled Mirror I Mirror appeared in 2016, after which he issued tracks intermittently—both solo and with Lesser Pieces—before returning to LuckyMe with the 2020 release Vignettes, an alternate soundtrack to Andrei Zvyagintsev's film The Return.
Albums
Singles
