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Wilde Calm Records is honored to present the final project with the late Elodie Lauten, a new version of the spiritual club classic “In the Light of the Miracle.” The original version was co-written by fellow downtown luminary Arthur Russell in the early 1980s and appeared on his posthumous 1994 album, Another Thought. Numerous club-friendly remixes of "In the Light..." were released as promotional white labels in the 1990s and helped bring this amazing proto-house song to the dance floor.

This new version for Wilde Calm uses Chicago house music as the starting point and features Lauten on vocals and keys, Nirosta Steel (Steven Hall) on additional vocals, Peter Zummo on trombone, and production/arranging by Pocketknife.

L.A.'s Gifted & Blessed (Gifted and Blessed, Wild Oats, Eglo) references Lauten's more well-known compositions and takes the dance floor of "Miracle 2" out into the cosmos. Brooklyn's Bryce Hackford (PRAH, DFA) focuses on the instrumental extending it way out and roughing it up with heavy Bushwick Body Actualized vibes.




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