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Robert Miles has passed away.
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| Robert Miles, the DJ and producer recognised as one of the legends of Trance, has died aged 47. According to DJ Mag Italia, Miles passed away today from a nasty disease. Robert Miles was best known for producing the piano-driven timeless classic, �Children�, a sublime record that captured the hearts of thousands of people across the globe, reaching #1 in more than 12 countries and was certified Gold and Platinum in several countries. �The tragic news of the death of a very talented artist of our time, makes me incredulous and upset,� close friend and colleague, Joe T Vannelli said in a statement published by DJ Mag Italia. �With him also it is a part of my life as an artist manufacturer. I will miss the fights, brawls, criticism, judgements but especially your talent in finding sounds and melodies unparalleled.� Many Trance artists and music fans took to Twitter to pay tribute to Robert Miles. |
RIP. So sad.
He was a legend for sure.
I loved his "in the mix" compilation.
23am had a profound effect on me back in high school... He will be missed truly.
I just read about this on FB. Sad, 47 is too young to go
Loved that record before I even got into dance music. Brings back memories for all of us, huh
One of the tracks that helped get me into dance music. So sad to see him go, especially at a young age.
RIP. Children was definitely one of the hit mainstream trance tracks of its era, it influenced a lot of people into the genre.
just heard this... damn.
don't think the impact of children can be denied.
love this early one i found not so long ago - from an old sasha/digweed set.
Fable and Children are tracks most of us grow up with. RIP
So sadly to heard about the tragic death of Robert Miles
I decided to make this tribut mix for this legend of my childhood.
https://soundcloud.com/k1ndergarten...obert-miles-rip
Robert Miles - A New Flower
Robert Miles - In My Dreams
Robert Miles - One & One (Club Version)
Robert Miles - Children (Guitar Mix)
Robert Miles - Red Zone (Part 3)
Robert Miles - Children (Message Version)
Roberto Milani - Warriors Of Mind
Robert Miles - Red Zone (Part 2)
Robert Miles - Space
Roberto Milani - Ghost
Robert Miles - 4Us
Robert Miles - Full Moon
Roberto Milani - Ocean Love
Roberto Milani - Love Dream
Robert Miles - Children (Dream Version)
I just gave Organik another spin today. It had been years. It's aged well. I really dig that album. I hated it when it came out
So sad. Big loss
RIP
Very sad news
Always loved this one next to his well known tracks:
I liked his work with Maria Nayler. They made some really nice songs together.
Gone too soon
I heard about his passing while I was 15 minutes into Jean-Michel Jarre's first Canadian show -- I finally had a chance to see Jean-Michel Jarre perform life - it was his first time in Canada and I got to hear "Oxygene 4" which was my first exposure to electronic music growing up. That sound resonated with me but it stayed dormant until a decade later when I came across Robert Mile's "Children" and bought the "Dreamland" CD. It was such a refreshing, different sound! To put it in perspective, I was barely out of high school and hadn't even been to a nightclub at that point ...and it was years before I went to my first rave. I tried to hunt around for this kind of music but it was a fruitless endeavour since it was labelled as "Mediterranean Progressive" and "Dream House" and none of the shops carried that. Thankfully the Net / .mp3 and Napster showed up and then TA. He really did change my life in a positive way I couldn't predict back in 1996.
Reading articles today it says he passed of cancer. I had also forgot this bit:
Miles has stated two motives for the writing of "Children". One was as a response to photographs of child war victims his father had brought home from a humanitarian mission in the former Yugoslavia.
The other, inspired by his career as a DJ, was to create a track to end DJ sets, intended to calm rave attendants prior to their driving home as a means to reduce car accident deaths.
Sad to see a legend go out so young.
This has always been my go-to Miles jam:
wow, thats really sad. rest in peace. probably one of the first electronic songs i heard that got me into the music.
Truly sad.
I remember being in a big london club (maybe Clockwork Orange) and it was someone like Daniele Divoli or Brandon block who dropped Children towards the end of their set but middle of the night. Probably the first house club night I'd ever been to and that track absolutely melted down the club. No one had heard it before and allegedly that was the first time it was played in a club as the DJ had an acetate. It was all over the charts in the months that followed and I'll admit it got overplayed but there's always something amazing about that production.
Dance Music lost a true talent. RIP Roberto.
Bummed as well. I remember when I first heard it as well. It was the fall of 1996 and living in LA when I tuned in to Groove Radio and the DJ was going on about a how it was a world exclusive. Definitely blew me away and bought the CD single at the Virgin Megastore on Sunset Blvd. Whatever one's opinion of Children, it definitely was a seminal track in electronic music history. RIP
a couple of roberts tunes left a giant footprint on my early teenagerdom and discovery of music, electronic music and trance in general. rip mate. you will be missed.
I think 'One & One' was the first song of his I heard, actually; it was the opening track on what was probably the first Bedroom-DJ set I ever downloaded, forever ago. Not really my brand of gin today, but still enjoy 'Children' and 'Red Zone 3' for sure, as well as that 2nd Disc of 'Renaissance London.'
Far too young, that's a real shame for his friends and family. RIP
Ah yes, that Renaissance mix, where he attempts to eradicate the "dream dance" image forever by twatting out 70 minutes of acid techno and face-melting goa.
There's no denying that Children was one of the most influential dance records ever made. At the time, I don't suppose there had ever been a record quite like it. Not only did it create a deluge of commercial "hook" records from the likes of DJ Quicksilver, it also had an undeniable influence on the trance/progressive of the day. And it recruited probably millions of people into the electronic music scene. I remember a school teacher playing it to us in a music class when I was 12 or 13 years old and being captivated by it.
As an aside, years ago I grabbed this maxi CD of One & One from a second hand market stall, with some pretty strong underground remixes on it. That Joe T Vannelli remix (not the same as his Light Remix which is on Youtube) is absolutely stomping:
https://www.discogs.com/Robert-Mile.../release/892108
damn he will b missed , one of the greatest to ever do it.
It's been almost a year and I find myself still really sad about Robert Miles passing away. I dont think Ive ever been sad about any artist or musician passing away. It's really weird. His music really had a deep impact in my younger, formative years. Especially 23am. Yet so did Tom petty, and other artists, but I still can get choked up about Robert Mile's passing. I can't really explain it. Everyone seems to remember him for Dreamland but I find that his talents went far beyond.
The last year I've spent alot of time listening to his later stuff, and even though I really hated Organik when it first came out, I've found it to be extremely good, probably one of my favorite of his releases. It's lush with many different sounds, beats and melody.
Even thirteen was really really good. Obviously a far departure from his musical repertoire but even after a year of regularly listening to it, I find it stands up to the test of time and I
keep going back to it.
Somnambulism is fantastic, it plays like a rock and roll jam session...I dig the entire album, all the way through. Which is really rare these days. I cant remember the last time I picked up an entire album and liked all of it as a whole. I usually get bored with new music and skip through tracks.
The wolf always makes me really sad. The melancholic tone of the track, juxtaposed with it being the last song on his last album ever.
I really wish his website, or the website for his label were still up. It would have been a good tribute to him and the history of is work. Old blog posts, promotional materials for his albums all would be cool to refer to as a tribute Sadly, all lost to time.
Childern was an absolute must have track in my MP3 collection as a teenager. Anytime I'd have to rebuild my music library for whatever reason, crashes and what have you, it was a no brainer, Robert Miles - Children was just one of those tracks you didn't even think twice about that you just had to have it.
Really sad to see his legacy falling into rot and decay.
Got a notification on FB that Robert Miles' facebook page changed names. Looks like some dumbass hacked his account and took over his page. I really wish there's something we can do to fix this. Sadly there probably isnt.
"A page you like Robert Miles has changed its name to Đ�o Xu�n Trường"
www.robert-miles.com goes to a fake purse selling website.
Doesnt seem like he had any next of kin to manage his legacy, or maybe he didnt even want to.
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