Mike Milosh, known professionally as Milosh, (born 1976) is a Canadian

electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductor * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic co ...

musician from

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anch ...

, who is currently based in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, largest city in the U.S. state, state of California and the List of United States cities by population, sec ...

, California.

Career

Milosh started learning classical

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

at age three, later taking up drumming. He studied jazz and vocals at university. The Los Angeles-based record label

Plug Research Plug Research is an independent record label, based in Los Angeles, California, US. Created by Allen Avanessian in 1994, the label specialized in IDM, folktronica and experimental music. The label began with young artists that have made its rep ...

released two of Milosh's albums, including 2004's '' You Make Me Feel'' and 2006's '' Meme''. In 2008, he contributed the track "Then It Happened" to the

Ghostly International Ghostly International is an American independent record label founded in 1999 by Samuel Valenti IV and currently headquartered in Brooklyn, New York City. Chief artists include Matthew Dear, Dabrye (a.k.a. Tadd Mullinix), Com Truise, Tycho, Go ...

Williams Street Williams Street Productions, LLC, d/b/a Williams Street and formerly known as Ghost Planet Industries, is an American animation and live action television production studio owned by the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros., ...

album '' Ghostly Swim'', which was released as a free digital download. Later that year, he released his third record, ''iii'', with Plug Research in the US and

Studio !K7 !K7 Music is a music company based in Berlin, Germany that focuses mostly on electronic music. The name is an abbreviation of the company's original Berlin address, Kaiserdamm 7 (it has since relocated, first to Heidestrasse 52, and currently he ...

in the EU. In 2009, he collaborated with Paul Pfisterer on the album ''New Territory''. In 2010, Milosh formed the band Rhye with

Robin Hannibal Robin Hannibal Mølsted Braun is a Danish record producer and songwriter, best known for being one half of the musical duo Quadron and for being a founding member of Rhye, which he has since left. Besides being involved in both, he is also kno ...

, and they released their debut album, ''

Woman A woman is an adult female human. Prior to adulthood, a female human is referred to as a girl (a female child or adolescent). The plural ''women'' is sometimes used in certain phrases such as "women's rights" to denote female humans regardl ...

'', in March 2013. Milosh released his fourth solo record, ''

Jetlag Jet lag is a physiological condition that results from alterations to the body's circadian rhythms caused by rapid long-distance trans-meridian (east–west or west–east) travel. For example, someone flying from New York to London, i.e. from ...

'', in November 2013, on his own label, Deadly. In July 2017, Rhye issued a single titled "Please", and Milosh announced on social media the release of a second album later that year. In February 2018, Rhye released a follow-up to ''Woman'', titled ''Blood''.

Sexual abuse allegations

In March 2021, Milosh was accused of grooming and sexual abuse by his ex-wife, Alexa Nikolas. She alleged Milosh began grooming her for a sexual relationship when she was 16 years old and he was 33, and that during their marriage, he assaulted her. In August 2021, Nikolas filed a lawsuit against Milosh for sexual battery,

gender-based violence Gender-related violence or gender-based violence includes any kind of violence directed against people due to their gender or gender identification. Types of gender-related violence include: * Violence against women (sometimes referred to simply a ...

, and

intentional infliction of emotional distress Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted ...

. In February 2022, Nikolas released court documents against Milosh. Nikolas dropped the lawsuit against Milosh in March 2022.

Discography

Solo

* ''You Make Me Feel'' (2004) * ''Meme'' (2006) * ''iii'' (2008) * ''

'' (2013)

with Rhye

* ''The Fall (Remixes)'' (2012) * ''

'' (2013) * ''

Blood Blood is a body fluid in the circulatory system of humans and other vertebrates that delivers necessary substances such as nutrients and oxygen to the cells, and transports metabolic waste products away from those same cells. Blood in the cir ...

'' (2018) * ''Blood Remixed'' (2018) * ''

Spirit Spirit or spirits may refer to: Liquor and other volatile liquids * Spirits, a.k.a. liquor, distilled alcoholic drinks * Spirit or tincture, an extract of plant or animal material dissolved in ethanol * Volatile (especially flammable) liquids, ...

'' (2019) * '' Home'' (2021)

with Paul Pfisterer

* ''New Territory'' (2009)

Contributions

* "Break Apart" ''

Migration Migration, migratory, or migrate may refer to: Human migration * Human migration, physical movement by humans from one region to another ** International migration, when peoples cross state boundaries and stay in the host state for some minimum le ...

'' ( Bonobo, 2017)

Compilation appearances

* "Then It Happened" '' Ghostly Swim'' (2008)

References

External links

Milosh blog

Milosh bandcamp

Rhye official website
* {{Authority control Living people Canadian electronic musicians Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian male singers Countertenors Musicians from Toronto Concordia University alumni Canadian people of Russian descent Canadian people of Ukrainian descent Plug Research artists 1976 births