Mike Sheridan (born October 25th, 1991) has been a part of the Copenhagen electronic music scene since the mid 00’s. He entered the scene, barely in his teens, with his landmark debut album, the DMA winning I Syv Sind (In Two Minds, 2008). Sheridan traced an ambient and dreamy approach, and with limited tools at hand, he constructed a teenage masterwork that few could have predicted. Among the first in his generation, Mike Sheridan launched his career to high acclaim, effectively crossing over to mainstream audiences.

A shift in tone occurred for Sheridan in 2010 when he stumbled on the mysterious French Cristal Baschet; a sound sculpture, invented as an acoustic complement to the 50’s electronic Musique concrète and later formed as its own instrument by its inventors, the French Baschet brothers. He immediately embarked on an intense study of the instrument eventually becoming one of only a handful of individuals in the world who can call themselves a Cristalist.

Shortly after finishing his second album Ved Første Øjekast (At First Sight, 2012), Mike was introduced to the Danish master trumpeter Palle Mikkelborg - famous for his Grammy awarded composition Aura, performed by Miles Davis in 1985 and his numerous recordings on ECM. Despite being born 50 years apart, the two musicians struck a profound friendship and stage camaraderie. This became formative for Sheridan, who developed his Cristal playing style from improvising and collaborating with Mikkelborg.

Onwards from 2015, Sheridan’s turned to almost exclusively working on commission, composing for theatre, radio-drama, and performing as a musician and collaborator. Film and theatre proved to be an exciting challenge for Sheridan who consequently had begun to re-orientate himself and his processes.