There are at least two acts known as Blue Haze. 1) A Doo Wop/Reggae hybrid group led by Johnny Arthey, best known for their 1972 hit, a cover of The Platters' "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes." 2) Michael Burns a.k.a. Blue Haze Michael has been producing music since 2002. His productions vary from deep house to chilled breaks and anything in between. No matter what style of music he produces, there’s always a strong emotional aspect to it. “I find it hard to stray from melody. At the moment I think there’s too much minimal stuff out there, and it doesn’t do anything for me. I’m not putting anybody down by saying that, but I feel there’s a lack of raw musicality and emotion.” A self taught pianist and guitarist, Michael’s introduction to music began by scoring compositions for his local theatre group. "It’s a great thing to create music live. We played to sizable audiences, and it was a mind blowing experience for me at such a young age”. Michael started DJing at a few local clubs and developed an appetite for dance music. Torn between DJing and producing, he decided to focus solely on one goal. “Just playing music wasn’t enough and didn’t completely satisfy me. I’d rather produce music than play it” he adds. His first claim for fame was in issue 46 of Computer Music Magazine. He produced a track under the name ‘Wrinkler’ called ‘Something Different’, which featured in the reader demo section. A short write up included: “Some real feeling has been injected into this one - send