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MIKE EDEL BIO
‘I don’t really feel the doubt, I just wanna sing it loud’ says Canadian-born Mike Edel in his new single Hello Universe arriving June 23rd. Edel delivers an up-tempo, positive, melodic, hook-laden song for the summer reminding us to ‘turn your back’ to the negative and forge your own path because it’s gratifying and simply more fun.
Hello Universe is mixed by Steve Bays (Hot Hot Heat, Dear Rouge) and co-written with Parker Bossley. The accompanying music video is a must see, and was shot in Morocco in which Edel and filmmaker Jordan Clarke barely made it home from in the wake of the global pandemic.
‘It was a whirlwind video shoot and I connected through Paris a little French macaroon lady told me I was lucky I was flying today because the European/USA borders were closing tomorrow.’
The summer single is a follow up to Edel’s Chris Walla (Death Cab For Cutie) produced 2019 record, THRESHOLDS. After THRESHOLDS, 4 million cumulative streams across major platforms, landing a song on ABC’s American Idol, included in popular Spotify editorial playlists, being in rotation on CBC Music, AAA Radio across the United States, and on Sirius XM’s The Verge and North Americana; after playing hundreds of shows across North American and Europe including Rifflandia Festival, Vancouver Folk Festival, Regina Folk Festival, Victoria International Jazz Festival, and Upstream Music Festival; after sharing the stage with Serena Ryder, Foy Vance, Said The Whale and Josh Garrels; and after moving to Seattle, WA and getting married, Edel has established himself as a creative force with much on the horizon.