Just added: Vocalist Lisa Shaw!
‘FEARLESS’ feat. Lisa Shaw by Hideo Kobayashi
Miguel Migs – City People (Miguel Migs Dub) by SpiritOfLife
Miguel Migs – Michael Olatunji – Jingo (Miguel Migs Salted Remix) by DJ Times Magazine
Saturday, July 30th, 2011
The Boogie Knights present An Evening with Miguel Migs
***1st Appearance in St. Louis***
Doors open @ 8pm
Show will start by 9pm
Miguel to go on by 11pm
Opening dj sets by
Trevor Matthews
– FLY | BK | futuredeep
Diaries from the Deep by TrevorMatthews
and
Gee Bee
– BK
This show is for those who are 18 years of age or older.
: : Price of Admission : :
$15 for 21+
$20 for under 21
Here’s a little info about Miguel…
After picking up a guitar in his early teenage years, Migs’ first musical outlet was writing songs and playing in local Dub/Reggae bands. By the mid-’90s, Migs — then in his early 20s, and already a DJ — began experimenting with producing electronic dance music. By the time the new millennium dawned, a string of releases and remixes under his own name on numerous leading indie dance labels which earned him an enviable reputation among discerning dance music buyers worldwide. As Petalpusher, he’d also become a stalwart of the hugely influential Naked Music stable with his original singles, remixes and compilations.
But even bigger things were to follow. His well-received 2002 debut album ‘Colorful You’ came out on the legendary Astralwerks label, and Migs began to attract attention from the broader music community, remixing big-name artists as diverse as Macy Gray, Lionel Richie and Britney Spears (yes, really). Capitalizing on this success, the 2007 follow-up album ‘Those Things’ saw him collaborating with the big-hitting names like hip-hop legend Sadat X and Black Uhuru’s Junior Reid among others. The album won Best Dance Album in the Independent Music Awards, and was also included in Virgin’s yearly Virgin Recommends 24 ECD promotion not to mention the single “So Far” went into the Top 5 in the Billboard Dance chart and #5 on the iTunes dance chart.
‘Those Things’ was released on Migs’ own label, Salted Music. Founded in 2004, Salted is Migs’ outlet for, in his own words, “music I like to play as a DJ… those B-side dubs, that underground creative feel. I never set out for it to be a large record label, it’s something we do pretty much on a part-time basis for fun. In a way it’s almost like a side project… but it’s also important to me, to be able to keep pushing that sound, and push new artists, because there are just so many talented new producers out there.”
Migs’ reputation is such that, when it came to recording his new album ‘Outside The Skyline’, he was able to pull together an impressive line-up of collaborators including original disco diva Evelyn ‘Champagne’ King, reggae legends Half-Pint and Freddie MacGregor, first lady of musicianship Meshell Ndegeocello, Berlin based singer Georg Levin and bossa nova phenomenon Bebel Gilberto all make an appearance on the album, alongside two vocalists who’ve been regular co-conspirators, Aya and Lisa Shaw. The result is an album that’s trademark Migs. Informed by house but no slave to metronomic dancefloor rhythms and tempos, it takes influences from jazz, reggae, soul and more, with a heavy emphasis on high-quality songwriting and equally high production values. Despite achieving levels of success — both critical and commercial – he remains a genuinely humble, self-effacing individual. A globe-trotting A-list DJ, nominated on a Beatport poll as Best Deep House Producer who, rather than constantly bigging himself up, prefers to let his music to the talking. Thankfully, Migs’ music more than does the talking — it speaks to people. Just listen.
