Life After Exposé
Is there life after Exposé?
Laurie Miller has answered that question with a resounding "yes". She was a member of the first Exposé' who's dance hit "Point Of No Return" spent two weeks as the number 1 dance song in the country.
Now Miller is gaining notoriety as a solo artist. Atlantic Records recently released her first major-label 12-inch single, "Parallels," much to the critics' delight.
Wrote reviewer John Griffis is Dance Music Report, "The vocals are very light and crisp. The verse is really one long, beautiful story without a repetitive chorus and the music rather than vocal really provides the hooks. It reminds many of early Donna Summer material. The record has some beautiful Oriental overtones, but don't be deceived - the base line is plenty strong on the dance floor. [The record is] a first-class effort that doesn't sound like everything else."
Miller is happy to share credit for the record's success with its producer, the highly touted Ish Ledezma, who co-wrote the song and played all the instruments. "The music is kind of avant-garde; it has a Latin influence, but it's not the typical Miami sound," said Miller, who is starting to earn bookings as a popular solo track act.
Miller has mild success with her previous release, a 12-inch single entitled "Love is a Mystical Magical Thing." That record, released on Debbie Ohanian's Meet Me in Miami label, received play in the dance clubs and now is under consideration as the theme song for an upcoming movie. With her confidence mounting, Miller is considering her options for another release.
"I want to do something commercial, definitely in the dance-pop area," said Miller, who is aiming the new release for early 1988. "I've been talking with Teenen Ale, who has produced Nancy Martinez, and with Lewis Martiné [of Exposé fame], but we haven't finalized any plans, yet."
As for Exposé, Miller has no regrets about leaving the group. The other original members, Alè Lorenzo and Sandra Casanzas (Sandee) had already left Exposé, and Miller thought it was time for a change.
"I felt it would be better for them and better for me to leave when I did," said
Miller, who choreographed the groups' dance numbers and designed its costumes. "A
major part of the reason to be in Exposé was Alè and with her gone,
my heart wasn't in it anymore."