Alton Miller
BORN IN CHICAGO AND RAISED IN DETROIT ON STEVIE WONDER, SANTANA, PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC AND THE PHILLY SOUND, ALTON’S EARLY ROOTS IN SOUL MUSIC LED TO AN AFFINITY FOR CLUBBING AND THE PERFECT STORM OF MUSIC, DANCE, AND SKILL! THAT IS REQUIRED TO CREATE IT. ALTON BEGAN DEVELOPING HIS DEEJAYING SKILLS UNDER THE ELECTRIFYING ENERGY OF HOUSE MUSIC FOUNDING FATHERS LIKE LARRY LEVAN AND TIMMY REGISFORD, WHEREAS HE WAS OFTEN GOING TO RON HARDY’S MUSIC BOX AND FRANKIE KNUCKLES’S PRIVATE LOFT PARTIES IN CHICAGO WITH SOME OF HIS DETROIT FRIENDS INCLUDING A CERTAIN DERRICK MAY.
A FEW YEARS AFTER, ALTON ALONG WITH HIS LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS CHEZ DAMIER AND GEORGE BAKER, OPENED THE LEGENDARY DANCE CLUB, THE MUSIC INSTITUTE IN DETROIT IN 1988. SINCE THEN, ALTON HAS LIVED IN PARIS AND SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE HE PURSUED HIS MUSICAL CREATIVITY PROCESS WHILE REPRESENTING THE DETROIT VIBE. HIS TRAVELS ALLOWED HIM TO DISCOVER OTHER CULTURES AND TO MAKE A NAME FOR ITSELF ALL AROUND THE GLOBE. HE TOURED IN A LOT OF COUNTRIES INCLUDING JAPAN, AUSTRALIA, SOUTH AFRICA, EUROPE AND NEW ZEALAND. HE HAS ALSO HAD THE PLEASURE OF RECORDING WITH SOME OF THE BEST INDEPENDENT LABELS IN THE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING DEFECTED, PLANET E, KING STREET, NITEGROOVES, TRACKMODE RECORDS, MAHOGANI MUSIC AND OCTAVE LAB.
ON THE FOREFRONT AND A PIONEERING DJ OF DETROIT HOUSE MUSIC, ALTON HAS CONTINUALLY APPEARED AT ONE OF THE LONGEST RUNNING ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD SINCE ITS INAUGURAL YEARS, KNOWN AS MOVEMENT. MOVEMENT HAILS INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC FANS FROM AROUND THE GLOBE, MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, TO THE CITY OF DETROIT. IN 2017, ALTON APPEARED ON THE MADE IN DETROIT STAGE PLAYING HIS SIGNATURE SOUND OF HI TEC SOUL.