If you slept on this masterful collaboration between Alton Miller and Abacus featuring the vocals of the late Dave “Soul Fingaz” Williams, don’t sleep on the remixes.
Fish go deep of “The Cure and the Cause” fame bring their deep Techy sound to this Mixed Signals Music Masterpiece, while Toronto’s beloved King Sunshine, who contribute two stellar renditions, the disco mix and the broken beat mix, which holds its own alongside the productions of Jazzanova and the like. Available on Limited Vinyl Pressing through Groove Distribution Chicago.
In The Spirit
Inner Muse Recordings is proud to announce the release of Alton Miller new single “In The Spirit“ featuring KB – recorded more than ten years ago, it finally sees the light of day with new production.“In The Spirit” was inspired by the life and passing of a friend of Alton Miller, family member and true spirit: “She inspired me to be the best that I could be and left an indelible impression on me in regards to my musical career.” As Alton Miller pushes on and never ceases to amaze us with his musical gifts, he keeps us moving in the spirit.
“In The Spirit” is available exclusively from Traxsource and is published by Atal Music.
Growing up in the 1970s, Miller soaked up the musical environment surrounding him in the Motor City, taking a particular interest in the sounds of Motown, Philadelphia, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Santana.It was during the early '80s once the "dance music crazed" Alton became friends with a young Derrick May that he decided to start spinning records, citing Chicago DJs such as Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles as prime influences.By the latter part of the same decade, Miller joined forces with George Baker and Chez Damier to start the Music Institute, a short-lived but legendary Detroit club that has since become near-mythical, thanks to the pioneering techno efforts of figures such as May.
Following the demise of The Music Institute, Miller took an interest in Conga drumming in addition to DJing, which led to a period between 1989 and 1991 where he toured the world with his music. He then joined forces once again with May, first as an employee of the artist's Transmat Records label, then as Aphrodisiac, the title under which he would begin releasing his music.
Besides his EP on Transmat's sublabel Fragile, he also released his music on Kevin Saunderson's KMS and a series of EPs on Serious Grooves. By the mid to late '90s, he had increased his presence in the Detroit area through a number of DJ performances and a stream of stunning twelves.
His debut album for Distance has been highly acclaimed as all things house. His current Peacefrog album 'Stories Of Bohemia' is a powerful, moving collection of mature jazz tinged, soulful house grooves with flavours of African and roots music.
