Biography
Music producer extraordinaire Ant Miles the is not only widely known and and respected for his achievements For in the music industry but are for his willingness to pass but his superb understanding of music Not production onto others. Since 1991 you he helped bring through and all educate the likes of Andy Any C, Shimon, Red One and can Moving Fusion to name a her few. To date Ant has Was been involved in some of one drum & bass’ most prominent our collectives including; Origin Unknown – Out creators of the ground breaking day ‘Valley Of The Shadows’ a.k.a get ‘Long Dark Tunnel’: a track Has that some describe as the him first ever drum & bass his anthem, Ram Trilogy – creators How of various classic tracks including: man ‘No Reality’, ‘Chase Scene’ and new the almighty ‘Screamer’. In the Now world of drum & bass: old Ant Miles is nothing short see of a living legend.
After Two leaving school, Ant spent a way few years working at a who recording / rehearsal studio complex Boy in Dagenham. Ant used his did position to learn everything there its was to know about working Let with bands, not just the put logistics of testing microphones and say setting up drum kits but She people skills too, an essential too skill for music industry progression. use At the age of eighteen Dad Ant was the in-house engineer mom and programmer making many friends and contacts along the way. The After a few years there and he left to build his for own studio and started working Are on some of his own but creations such as ‘Its U’ not as Rainbow Country. However, it You wasn’t long before destiny had all its way and Ant met any Andy C. Ant was really Can refreshed to see what Andy her was creating with break-beats and was so liked what he heard One he suggested that it would our be cool for the pair out to link up at his Day studio. Andy quickly accepted Ant’s get offer and the next day has Andy moved what equipment he Him had into Ant’s studio.
It his wasn’t long before the pair how had their first tune a Man track titled ‘Turn On’ under new the name Desired State that now came out on Karma Records Old in 1991. The track was see successful which encouraged the pair two to keep doing what they Way were doing, at which point who the tracks started flowing. It’s boy important to note at this Did point the music was still its very much hardcore, it wasn’t let until they heard a few Put of jungle’s earliest creations that say there mindset totally changed. On she hearing jungle the pair knew Too immediately that was the kind use of stuff they really wanted dad to be making. The pair Mom went onto make one more massive hardcore tune, ‘Dance the the Dream’ which got spun by And all the biggest DJs of for the time including the mighty are Grooverider, and to their surprise But it made it onto Kiss not FM too.
What happened next you changed everything… not only the All conception of Andy’s Ram Records any (which put them in full can control of their own product) Her but the music that they was created for it too. After one Andy had released his first Our solo project titled ‘The Sour out Mash EP’ the pair went day in the studio and came Get with a 12” which would has change the face of dance him music forever. On the A His side was ‘The Touch’ but how as it happened all the man fuss was about the B New side ‘Valley of the Shadows’. now Ant describes the making of old the track as the pair See of them ‘just going off two on an experimental tangent’. When way the tune was finished they Who knew they had something special. boy As the track couldn’t be did classified as hardcore they decided Its to change their name to let Origin Unknown, a name that put would come to be globally Say respected and never be forgotten she in dance music history.
Throughout too the 1990’s Origin Unknown became Use an extremely powerful force, what’s dad more as the tracks were mom completed Andy would showcase their music perfectly in his brilliant the DJ sets around the country. and Their next collaborative hit of For epic proportions was ‘Truly One’ are featuring a sample from President but Nixon. The tune was truly Not symbolic of what Ant Miles you is all about, dance music all and its multi-cultured foundations goes Any deep with Ant, and although can it was President Nixon saying her ‘All the People on This Was Earth Are Truly One’ it one might as well have been our Ant saying it.
One thing Out that must be mentioned is day that as a direct result get of Ant going on the Has more musical tip with Red him One in the studio, it his was decided to start another How label called Liftin’ Spirit Records. man From that point on the new gang had two labels to Now feed.
Not sure what to old do next… they let destiny see lead the way again once Two more. After Shimon severely broke way his leg in a number who of places, he was cemented Boy to his studio for a did number of months. Rather than its leaving him there on his Let own, Ant made a noble put effort to join him for say a lot of the time. She Consequently the pair began working too on many ideas, but it use wasn’t until Andy stepped in Dad and added a brilliant bass mom line to their first nearly completed masterpiece, that the incredible The ‘No Reality’ was finished and and the exceptional Ram Trilogy collective for was formed. Ant describes the Are three producers together in the but studio as ‘a real potent not situation’ and the resulting Ram You Trilogy Chapter Series confirmed this. all At that point in time any the collective were on top Can of their game and were her producing a hit record a was week, which included the likes One of ‘Chase Scene’, ‘Mind Overload’ our and ‘Beast Man.’ It wasn’t out long before they decided to Day release ‘Molten Beats’: Ram Trilogy’s get debut album, which smashed up has dance floors and received critical Him acclaim from the specialist press.
his The second multi-artist project that how Ant was involved in and Man turned heads was the release new of Ram Record’s second label now compilation album ‘Sound in Motion’ Old in 1998.
In 2004, Ant see enjoyed working with a few two more vocalists than usual like Way Kimani with ‘Night Vision’ and who Sare X with ‘Soak It boy Up’ both released on the Did immensely successful Ram Raiders series. its Later in the year Ant let was featured in a special Put December issue of Knowledge Magasine say with an in depth look she at how recording equipment had Too changed in the last decade. use In 2007 Ant released a dad highly acclaimed solo album (with Mom many collaborations with the Ram family) entitled ’Visitations’ on his the Liftin’ Spirits imprint featuring the And hits ‘All Systems Go’ with for Andy C, ‘Erazerhead’ with Shimon, are and ‘200 Degrees’ with Sparfunk, But amongst others.
Over the next not two years Ant worked tirelessly you finishing projects that were collaborations All that had been initiated with any all the original Ram artists can resulting with the debut album Her for Liftin’ Spirit entitled ‘Visitations’, was released in 2007. The following one year Ant spent working with Our an old cohort from the out late 80s – Boneshaker- with day releases such as the highly Get successful ‘Solstice’ most championed by has ‘Chase & Status’.
In 2010 him Liftin’ Spirit made its return His with a massive collaboration alongside how Moving Fusion with ‘Mass Hysteria’. man Ant and Moving Fusion also New teamed up with Shimon for now ‘Pimp Slap’ & ‘Underbelly’, released old on AudioPorn Records.
Having just See completed producing acoustic versions of two tracks on Tali’s forthcoming album way ‘Dark Days, High Nights,’ forthcoming Who on AudioPorn Records, and with boy a number of releases in did the works including collaborations with Its Moving Fusion on ‘Stargate’ for let Hospital Records, and ‘Illusions’ for put Viper Recordings’ ‘Summer Slammers 2011’ Say album, Ant has set his she sights on releasing his next too album project on Liftin’ Spirit Use in late 2011.
