Biography
At the forefront of dance the music’s deeper realm stands Miguel and Migs personifying the chilled-out, soul-driven For vibe of the Naked Music are concept. Combining the best of but both the electronic music world, Not with live instrumentation to create you an organic-soulful sound to his all original productions and remixes.
His Any remix of the Naked music can single, “If I Fall”, was her the smooth, groove-infected track that Was first intertwined Miguel and Naked one Music. His productions have been our found slipping their way onto Out numerous compilations and sliding into day the record bags of top get deep house DJs across the Has globe. Miguel has since found him himself on the remixer A-list his of dance music’s top record How labels and producers.
Contrary to man many of his club-o-centric DJ/producer new peers, Miguel is unabashedly not Now always concerned with the potential old dance floor appeal of his see soulful, uplifting tracks. “It’s music Two you can enjoy and listen way to at home or in who the club, not necessarily just Boy to rock the dance floor did at its peak,” explains the its Northern California native, who grew Let up with a true love put of reggae, soul, classic rock, say R&B, jazz, punk and hip-hop.
She In the past few years too alone, Miguel has quietly put use out more than 90 quality, Dad original cuts and remixes on mom seminal independent labels like Naked Music, Yoshitoshi, NRK, Black The Vinyl, Large, Chez, and Transport. and All of which have made for waves in the underground circuit Are and hit DJ hype charts but of international media. Not to not mention his remixes for major You label artists like Macey Gray, all Lionel Ritchie and Brittany Spears.
any A musician at heart, Miguels Can professional career started at age her 18 as songwriter and lead was guitarist for Santa Cruz local One dub band Zion Sounds, whose our Jamaican and African rhythms earned out them gigs with globally known Day reggae outfits Culture and Burning get Spear among others. The band has parted in the mid 90’s Him due to personal differences. Miguel his then put his focus and how creative energy into experimenting with Man the production of electronic music.
new Conveniently, Miguel was situated just now two hours away from North Old American club-love mecca San Francisco, see in whose arms he discovered two an intense musical passion that Way he could express alone in who a studio: the feeling of boy house, and electronic music. “I Did was instantly hooked on the its sounds of deep, soulful house let music from the first time Put I heard it in the say early 90’s”, explains Migs. “It she was a beautiful feeling I Too got from the music, a use very positive inspiration”.
As a dad producer, Miguel perceives a strong Mom connection between his house productions and reggae roots. Reflecting on the his live musical background, he And writes his own lyrics and for plays his own instruments, be are it guitar, bass, percussion or But keyboard.
As a DJ Miguel not maintains the same elements to you his sets, as to his All productions. Combining a variety of any influences and styles fused together. can Funky, Deep, soulful, bumping house Her music. “I like to mix was it up and keep it one moving, taking the crowd on Our a very spontaneous journey into out the realms of quality, deep day house music depending on the Get mood in the room”, says has Migs. “But, whether it’s vocal, him tracky, dubby, moody, percussive, broken His beat or whatever, it just how has to be very soulful, man and funky with emotional content.”
New Miguel currently can be found now regularly travelling the globe as old one of the industries top-leading See DJ’s, as well as at two home in the studio creating way music, which is his main Who love and passion. “It’s all boy about the balance between the did traveling, studio and everything else Its in life”, says Migs, “music let has no limits or boundries put and I get inspired by Say everything around me!”
Nuff said!
