ABOUT

MICHAEL OAKLEY IS A SCOTTISH SINGER/PRODUCER RESIDING IN CANADA WHO IS CURRENTLY SIGNED TO NEWRETROWAVE RECORDS. HIS RETRO INSPIRED, ELECTRONIC SOUND MADE ITS DEBUT ON THE 2017 ALBUM CALIFORNIA AND CONTINUED THROUGH TO THE 2019 ALBUM INTROSPECT.

OAKLEY WAS BORN IN GLASGOW, BUT MOVED TO LOS ANGELES IN 2016 BEFORE SETTLING IN TORONTO IN 2018.

"OAKLEY'S CAPTIVATING BEATS AND CELESTIAL SYNTHESIZERS HAVE GIVEN
A FRESH APPROACH AND REVIVAL TO CLASSIC POP."
– HUFFINGTON POST

IN 2020, HE RELEASED THE TRACK ‘WAKE UP!’ AS PART OF THE GAME SOUNDTRACK TO WAVE BREAK: HIGH TIDE AND IN THE SAME YEAR CONTRIBUTED AN INSTRUMENTAL REMIX OF HIS 2016 SINGLE ‘RABBIT IN THE HEADLIGHTS’, TO THE SOUNDTRACK OF THE MOBILE GAME RETRO DRIVE.

OAKLEY HAS WORKED WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS OLLIE WRIDE, THE NEW DIVISION, DANA JEAN PHOENIX, BROTHERTIGER & SCANDROID.

HIS THIRD ALBUM “ODYSSEY” WAS RELEASED ON 14 MAY 2021.