Montreal deep house producer Miguel Graça (pronounced "grass-a") has been turning heads for years with his unique production style and beautiful songs. His new album on Bombay Records, entitled "Monkey Mass," is scheduled to drop in April 2002, and a 12" single from the album, "The Wellbeing," is already drawing rave reviews from industry insiders lucky enough to get a white label. But Miguel Graça is no overnight success…

As a choir boy in his native Portugal, Miguel discovered his musical talent at an early age and explored it by studying the piano and developing his vocal skills. His passion for music has turned into a lifelong pursuit. Whether producing, remixing, DJing or selling records, Miguel has been involved with the recording industry for over a decade.After playing in a band in the 80s Miguel began producing his own material. In 1991, at the age of 20, he produced his first club hit: "There 4 U" by M.G. Feat. Stephenson. It was awarded the supreme sign of recognition from the scene at the time by being bootlegged in New York City. "There 4 U" charted heavily in the U.K., played on regular rotation on Kiss 100 FM, and grabbed the attention of legendary Garage DJ/Producer Robert Ouimet, who became his production partner.

Over the next 6 years Graça and Ouimet shared a studio and ran Front Records. They released many internationally-acclaimed house tracks together and developed a solid following for their Red Light moniker. Highlights of their prolific discography include "Who Needs Enemies," "The Dance," "Keep it Open" and "Thankful" Feat. David Gordon, all on Hi-Bias Records. "Thankful" went on to win the 1994 JUNO Award (the Canadian national music award) for best original dance recording.

Miguel recorded under several other aliases before releasing his first track under his own name, "Up to the Sky" on Ferox in 1997. He also remixed "Voices in my Mind" by Masters at Work (Da Grooves Productions) and Jestofunk's classic "Can We Live." Many of his tracks have been licensed around the world, including "Rollin'" to a Radio Nova compilation, "Realize" to Amalgamations of Sound, and "Latin Soul" (Guidance) to a variety of compilations. Recently, Miguel finished a remix of Llorca's "Indigo Blues" for the respected label F-Com, and his remix of KemeticJust's "See the Light" (Bombay) was a deep hit at the 2001 WMC in Miami. As well, his spooky-dub remix of Roy Davis Jr.'s "Watch Them Come" made heads all over the whole say, "What the?"…and turn up the volume. Miguel's first full-length album with Bombay, "Shining Stars" (released summer 2000), was a collaboration with various Montreal musicians and vocalists and "a reflection of everything I've realized, things that I have figured out and come to peace with," says Miguel. A garage/house classic from start to finish, three 12-inch singles were released from the album on Bombay, including the international club hit "Pineapple" and "Speak My Mind," which features a Johnny Fiasco remix. A video for "Speak My Mind" was produced, shot in 35mm at Montreal's infamous Stereo afterhours, and the track found a home on dance floors and charts around the world.