Mike Black is an English singer/songwriter and professional composer born into a musical family in Liverpool. Mike moved to London in 1981 where his tastes widened and his love for travel and the environment emerged. Soon influences from Africa, the Caribbean, India and elsewhere were impacting on his music. It was during his time in London that Mike started to compose pieces for stage productions and musicals. In 1987 Mike headed further South to Brighton and continued his musical career with the Ska and Reggae band Skippy the Fridge, who toured the UK for many years. While living in Brighton Mike studied Jazz composition. He has worked on various collaborations with the musical directors of theatres in Silistra and Sofia and through his production company Black Box Music he composes music for TV and Films. He is currently working on a number of projects writing soundtracks, themes and incidental music for travel guides, wildlife films, sports biographies and historical documentaries.

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Mike Black is an English singer/songwriter and professional composer born into a musical family in Liverpool. Mike moved to London in 1981 where his tastes widened and his love for travel and the environment emerged. Soon influences from Africa, the Caribbean, India and elsewhere were impacting on his music. It was during his time in London that Mike started to compose pieces for stage productions and musicals. In 1987 Mike headed further South to Brighton and continued his musical career with the Ska and Reggae band Skippy the Fridge, who toured the UK for many years. While living in Brighton Mike studied Jazz composition. He has worked on various collaborations with the musical directors of theatres in Silistra and Sofia and through his production company Black Box Music he composes music for TV and Films. He is currently working on a number of projects writing soundtracks, themes and incidental music for travel guides, wildlife films, sports biographies and historical documentaries.

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Mike Black is an English singer/songwriter and professional composer born into a musical family in Liverpool. Mike moved to London in 1981 where his tastes widened and his love for travel and the environment emerged. Soon influences from Africa, the Caribbean, India and elsewhere were impacting on his music. It was during his time in London that Mike started to compose pieces for stage productions and musicals. In 1987 Mike headed further South to Brighton and continued his musical career with the Ska and Reggae band Skippy the Fridge, who toured the UK for many years. While living in Brighton Mike studied Jazz composition.

He has worked on various collaborations with the musical directors of theatres in Silistra and Sofia and through his production company Black Box Music he composes music for TV and Films. He is currently working on a number of projects writing soundtracks, themes and incidental music for travel guides, wildlife films, sports biographies and historical documentaries.

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    uniE603 Peace Piece
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    Short atmospheric filmic piece music instrumental soundtrack