Fernando Miranda Rios is a name not many will have heard of. Continuing the Grayhound tradition of unearthing unknown producers, the Bear Entertainment brings you Michoacan from East Palo Alto in the South Bay. Breaking away from the confines of the hip hop sound of the ghetto he's called home all his life, Michoacan produces house for today's dancefloors taking inspiration from new wave, electro, disco and jazz: an eclectic taste shaped by countless hours listening to the radio. Always passionate about music, his father (a bass player) and mother met in a band (Los Pumas) which played all over the Bay Area in the early 70s. Acquiring his first piece of equipment in 1990 at 12 years old, he worked the Alesis HR-16 drum machine to death with its primitive pitch control decay. In high school he started to take making music seriously, making rap beats and in 94 like so many others found himself at his first all night acid house party in Santa Cruz. One hit of E and it was all over! His instant love for house music prompted him to go and buy a Juno 60. He sings, plays keys and writes and produces his own material. We have not heard the last of Michoacan. For his follow up to "Galactic EP" on Grayhound the unearthly space disco triple header "Play your Part EP" does not disappoint.