Digging on this dope live mix recorded when Alton Miller played at Soul Alliance in Italy, an epic 3 Hour recording of Deep & Soulful & Afro-tipped House music & Disco. Be sure to check him playing next week at our Spirit of House afternoon special at Hermann’s Bar courtyard.
There is less that 20 discounted tickets left for this one, snap them up for a spot on our dancefloor HERE
also check this video from our last party..
Soul of Sydney & Our House.. pushing that body music in laneways, parks, rooftops & dope venues around town 
Alton Millerbe surDetroit House cat Alton Miller playing a dope indoor/outdoor open air afternoon Spirit of House set on the grass @ Hermann’s Bar (Courtyard) pulling out everything from Motor City Soul, Funk, Disco that has inspired him over the years & of course that signature House stuff he is known for!
Alton’s musical roots are deeply connected with Detroit’s legendary club ‘The Music Institute’ which he co-founded with George Baker and Chez Damier (http://dopejams.net/index.php?p=product&id=3352&parent=1&is_print_version=true). His trip also coincides with the release of his latest single “Waiting For You” (http://soundcloud.com/kingsofgroove/…aiting-for-you) which has attracted praise from the likes of Osunlade, Glenn Underground and Black Coffee.
So we are extremely excited to be able to have him playing a special Sunday afternoon ‘Spirit of House’ set in the open air grassed courtyard of Hermann’s Bar at Sydney University.
Expect an afternoon of exceptional music from an extraordinary talent including an eclectic mix of Deep & Soulful Motor City House flavors as well as a solid dose of the Soul & Disco Funk that has shaped and influenced his career as a Producer & DJ.
Local supports include Phil Toke, Michael Zac, Eadie Ramia, Soul of Sydney DJ’s & Dia Ibrahim (Nogara Afrobeat) on live African percussion
Limited 1st release $15 presale tickets are available from –> http://www.residentadvisor.net/event.aspx?414132
2nd release $20 and $25 on the door if not sold out. Strictly limited capacity so get in quick.
ALTON MILLER
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 latest album ‘Light Years Away’ had been critically acclamied by the likes of Osunlade, Atjazz and Boddhi Satva
As a warm up for the Spirit of House warehouse party happening this weekend, here is an absolute HOUSE MUSIC lesson put on by Frankie Knuckles recorded in a Leeds Warehouse. An absolute gem of a mix feature a stack of seminal funk, disco & early house cuts from one of the men who shapes that House sound.
SPIRIT OF HOUSE WAREHOUSE PARTY – SUNDAY AFTERNOON WAREHOUSE PARTY
