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was released on Migs' own label, Salted Music. Founded in 2004, he launched Salted Music as a creative 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
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Migs emerged from the '90s deep house underground scene to become the kind of artist who transcends the stylistic limitations of a genre so very few can. His musical journey began after picking up a guitar in his early teenage years and his first outlet was writing songs and playing in Dub/Reggae
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Miguel Migs grew up in
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local band called Zion Sounds. The band split up in the mid-1990s, however Zion Sounds' African and
Jamaican style is said to have been a major influence in Migs' personal career. After the band dissolved, Migs went on to explore electronic music production thus creating his unique and soulful
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Transport Recordings, along with fellow DJ MFR and Naked Music label director Bruno Ybarra. Migs was credited for his soul-driven vibes and hailed as one of the pioneers of the nascent house and chill-out revival scene alongside
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a part-time basis for fun as a side project. but it's also important to me to be able to keep pushing new sounds and new artists."
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