Mike Miro has been DJing since 1996. He evolved with electronic music from Breaks, Acid, Trance, Progressive House, Deep House, to Nu Disco. Mike's Obsession is exploring and sharing fresh underground music. He is known best for bringing positive energy, and respect everywhere he goes.
Mike used Vinyl from 1996 up until 2007 when he switched to CDs as digital became the dominant format for new music and unreleased tracks. Mike is anti-laptop, as he feels it distracts one from concentrating on what's important, the crowd. Mike loves to watch and feel the crowd instead of focus on a laptop screen. Nowadays he uses USB sticks which is the standard.
Mike Miro grew up in a tiny town in New Jersey. Mike was always preferred underground music that wasn't mainstream. He was into bands before they got big. In 1993 Mike began to explore New York nightlife. He frequented venues such as Limelight, Tunnel, and Twilo. A few tracks that stood out back then were:
Jaydee - Plastic DreamsHuman Resource - Dominator
Prodigy - Break and Enter
Mike relocated to South Florida in 1995. He quickly found a home for underground music at the legendary Edge Nightclub known for it's Saturday night after-hours. The Edge was a large concert venue with a capacity of 1,300 people. They normally had a top 10 80s/rock night, but at 4am the rave started. Resident DJ Mike Sharpe played a unique style of Breaks, and they brought in guest DJs like Keoki, and DJ Misjah. At the time, the rave scene was exploding. There was an after-hours rave at practically every venue. Even mainstream venues around that time like Baja Beach Club, and Trio's had after-hours raves. Mike even learned how to liquid dance with glow-sticks =D.
Mike began shopping for underground music at places such as the DJ Store in Oakland Park. A few highlights from around that time:
Keoki - All Mixed UpAcid Warfare
John Kelly - Funky Desert Breaks
One night Mike bugged a DJ to ID a track that was playing. It was "Symbiosis - Concepcions II [Hardkiss]. Unable to find the track (he had to have) on CD, Mike ended up special ordering it on Vinly from the good old DJ Store in Oakland Park. He ended up purchasing turntable just so he could enjoy it. He quickly discovered that most of the tracks he wanted were on vinyl only. In 1996 one thing led to another, and Mike got a 2nd turntable and Pioneer's first DJ mixer the 2-channel DJM-300. He constantly hunted for vinyl at the DJ Store, Uncle Sam's, and Specs in South Beach. He'd trade in his ID to borrow a needle and spend countless hours listening to records.
Around 1999 the raves were drying up due to all-age party anti-rave legislation. The underground scene in South Beach was warming up at venues like GrooveJet, Liquid, and The Mixx. Mike continued a bedroom DJing for several years making mixtapes, and CDs for friends. He also shopped for Vinly online of course. Some of his favorite online shops included Groovetech (his all time fav), DanceRecords.com, Juno, and Satellite Records.
Mike went off the grid for a few years until around 2005. A friend asked Mike to DJ a warehouse party. To make the party happen Mike needed sound. He went out to Demo Sound at several stores and purchased the loudest and cleanest sounding system. He purchased (2) EV 18" inch subs, (2) EV 15" tops, and an AMP. The party was a huge success to say the least. Shortly thereafter, Mike decided to take his DJing out to the club scene. He quickly secured his first residency at a small sexy downtown club known as Karma Lounge. Karma was the perfect small venue. White walls, a center rectangular bar, and a beautiful backlit 3d textured wall. Mike invited guest DJs weekly such as the highly talented Omar G. Karma was a place where a lot of good friends and DJs met for the first time, and still remain good friends today. Mike DJ'd and promoted events for years, built up experience, and learned the science of organizing events.
In 2010 Mike started a party known as Techno Beach to bring some fresh sounds and counterculture into Fort Lauderdale. Mike took huge risks in Fort Lauderdale not only doing underground music but also booking artists such as Audiojack, Christian Martin, Inxec, and Worthy. Demographically, Fort Lauderdale isn't clued up on music that isn't on the radio.
Mike made a name for himself over the years and gets booked at venues pretty often. One notatble gig was Soundbar in Downtown Orlando. Soundbar was considered by many Orlando's "Electric Pickle." A small room with big sound.
Mike now runs his ongoing monthly "Mike Miro & Friends" event at McSorley's beachside pub rooftop. The event showcases the Best DJs around. McSorley's is simply one of the best venues in the United States. It's a rooftop overlooking the beach and is probably the only place you can get away with loud music until 2am on a Sunday night. Mike hauls his dj gear and heavy sound system up and down flights of stairs simply for the love of his friends and the music. High quality sound is one thing that make the party so Mike does what it takes to make the party happen.
