Miami Horror: Biography

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Birth Name:

Benjamin Vanguarde

Born:

Jan 1, 1987 in Melbourne, Australia

Genres:

Electronic & Dance Music, Techno Music

Decades Active:

2000's

Miami Horror is an electropop act with a discohouse throwback style produced by Benjamin Vanguarde from Melbourne, Australia. Influenced by dancepop artists of the 1970s and '80s such as Prince, Supertramp, and ABBA, the young DJ/producer first made a name for himself as Miami Horror with a series of remixes that include Stardust's "Music Sounds Better" and Tegan and Sara's "Walking with a Ghost," along with contemporary acts such as the Midnight Juggernauts and Grafton Primary. Meanwhile, he hooked up with the Melbourne electropop group Gameboy/Gamegirl and produced "Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp," a oneoff single that became a leftfield hit in the music blogosphere in 2007. A seventrack EP by Gameboy/Gamegirl, Golden Ghetto Sex (2008), was released in the wake of "Sweaty Wet/Dirty Damp." As Miami Horror, Vanguarde made his commercial debut in 2008 with a fivetrack EP, Bravado, on Virgin Records. The EP features the song "Don't Be on with Her," for which a promotional video was released online.

- Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide