Miro was founded
in Farum, Denmark in 1990 by Steen Thøttrup and Mads Arp. In August 1991
came the first release of a double A-side Energy / Mystery on COMA Records.
Energy made the dance charts in Denmark with its hard techno sounds and shouting
by Steen. 'Mystery' made its run in Europe and appeared in a lot of dance charts
in Frankfurt and Benelux, at Dj Miss Moneypenny's chart at No 1. It was licensed
to the Music Man label for Benelux.
First gig was at
the first 'real' rave in Denmark, Subwave. 1500 people cramped in a warehouse
on the harbour front of Copenhagen. They both moved to London and met up with
the producer team behind 93's biggest dance anthem, Gat Decors. Simon Hanson
and Laurence Nelson heard the Pure Silk demo, and 2 weeks later the first promos
were on the street - the B side was called El Salvador. Pete Tong played it
on the essential selection on BBC Radio1 and the week after he made it 'the
essential new tune'!!! Buzz chart, cool cuts etc Pure Silk entered them all,
and in some even at no. 1, so the boys where celebrating. It later peaked at
no. 78 in the official UK chart, and made it to number 17 in the official dance
chart.
Next followed the
release of Celebrate with a feature from the english singer, Eddy, later signed
to the Positiva label...... That led to a live pa at the Ministry of Sound at
their friday club 'Open all Hours'. Miro made a new track as intro, and because
the whole place went completely mad, this track was then released with the title
Spaceman. It turned out later to be one of the top 3 dance classics in the Benelux
ever, and was re-released in 1998 and again in 2002....!!! Then came a double
A-side named Orient Express / Metropolis which was released on a sub label to
Effective called Paige Pressing, named after Simons daughter. After that a re-release
of Pure Silk was ready to be put out, promos ready, then disaster happened -
Effective Records went bust!! R.I.P.....
Emotions of Paradise
came out on Cafe Del Mar Volume Tres compiled by the legendary Ibiza based ambient
DJ Jose Padilla. This track has later been voted the fifth best ambient track
ever by present Cafe Del Mar resident, DJ Bruno Lepetre, and has been licensed
to more than 30 ambient albums around the world. Spaceman was licensed to Dance
Opera, Benelux, then followed by Orient Express.
Miro signed with
Red Jerry & Hooj Choons, London by the end of 1997. Miro had teamed up with
singer Julie Harrington and her songwriter partner Gary Butcher, brought together
by mutual publishing company, Notting Hill Music. Together they made the song,
Paradise which was released on Hooj Choons in May 1998. This song was licensed
to a host of dance compilations, including Paul Oakenfolds: Global Underground
007, and the Renaissance club compilation (with 2 mixes mixed together..).
Then followed a
remix of Greece 2000, Three Drives, where Miro added vocals to the original,
and made the 7' radio mix, which peaked at No.12 in the official UK Top 40 chart.
By your Side was
originally promo'ed under the name of MO - By your side. This original mix was
No 1 on Paul Oakenfolds HOME chart - and Seb Fointaine licensed the track to
his Global Underground compilation. By your side was finally released in 2002
almost 3 years after the first white labels with mixes from Markus Schulz and
Ian Wilkie.
In 2002 Miro made
a chill out remix for Virgin Records of Tiesto's Battleship Grey featuring Kirsty
Hawkshaw (OPUSIII) In 2003 came the release of The one I run to on Skyline records,
and and appearence on Cafe del Mar Vol 9 with the track The Cure. The Cure has
since been on Ultra Records Ultra Chilled 4.
In 2004 By Your
Side was signed to Euphonic Records and released again. This time with mixes
from Ronski Speed and Sonorous. They also release Holding On which appeared
on Cafe del Mar Vol 11.
In 2005 they released
Freeze the Moment on Greyhound Records in Belgium featuring Anita Kelsey.
In 2006 Miro released
Live it Now on the very dynamic Okyo label. They also record under the names
of Colours where they had big succes in 2002 with 'The Guitar Track' which has
appeared on more than 50 compilations around the world. This track was very
succesfully remixed by Silicone Soul and released as 12" in UK on Skyline
Records, Milk and Sugar in Grmany and Vendetta in Spain. Other Colours releases
are Another One + Sunrise.
Under the name
of Orange they have appeared on Cafe del Mar Dreams vol 2 with Stay Asleep and
with the progressive track Remember Me on Brother Brown Records.
Both Mads &
Steen have busy solo projects and collaborations:
Steen is very succesfull
releasing under the names of Professional Losers (Southern Fried), Conamore
(Big Star), Twotrups (Hope) and Steen Thottrup (Cafe del Mar).
Mads has released
under Raoul Express (Miss Moneypennys & MP2/Multiply), Arpiction (Soundpiercing
- Armada) Mads Arp (Black Hole & Cafe del Mar).
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Hy by Presence9. Teneis unos temas increibles, y tambien en los discos de cafe del mar. Es un sonido chill_trip, mezclados aveces con voces femeninas. Muy buen resultado. Thanks for the add. Abrazos a Ibiza. Many hugs. Ciao.,.,,.
'The one I run to' is one of the my fav for the period of 2004-2005. Also chillout music is great very sunny and positive. Have a great weekend friend.
Hi Miro, How are you? Hope you are fine. I've just launched a new track called "Partytime", so please check it out if you like. cheers from denmark TRANCEWAVE PROJECT
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