― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:32 (twenty years ago) link
additionally i think it was Robert Miles who released an album after the success of 'One Is One' that got 9 or 10 out of 10 in Mixmag (could've been DJ tho) which seems bizarre. He also made the cover of Muzik during 'Children's chart run which triggered a flood of bemused letters, but I guess it demonstrates how, despite it's fragility and tweeness, 'Children' was more popular with clubbers than they may now dare admit.
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:36 (twenty years ago) link
I will download Children now.
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:38 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:39 (twenty years ago) link
Children was the first crossover trance hit, right?
― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:40 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:48 (twenty years ago) link
eeeehhh, maybe, it was a much bigger hit than 'Age Of Love' or Jam & Spoon's 'Right In The Night' - but Snap!'s 'Do You See The Light' has a similar trance-based pop voib. it only beat BBE's 'Seven Days ANd One Week' by just a month or so iirc. i'm probably forgetting something else really obvious from before 1996 as well though.
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:53 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:56 (twenty years ago) link
― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 10:56 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:05 (twenty years ago) link
― Tico Tico (Tico Tico), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:08 (twenty years ago) link
― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:09 (twenty years ago) link
*apart from the 'you got a beat for me?' snippet
― stevem (blueski), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:12 (twenty years ago) link
― mike t-diva (mike t-diva), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:13 (twenty years ago) link
And yeah, mike, I b'lieve he did.
― Barima (Barima), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 11:14 (twenty years ago) link
― toby (tsg20), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 12:13 (twenty years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 20:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 20:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Raymondo, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 22:49 (twenty years ago) link
― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 23:00 (twenty years ago) link
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― Siegbran (eofor), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 23:06 (twenty years ago) link
I bought Dreamland for $1 and didn't like it much (though "One and One" is kinda neat). I found his follow up (23 AM) at a similar price and I have to say it's actually pretty good!! Very chill but it has its explosive moments. He's still very much second tier but I can't believe I'm enjoying a Robert Miles album. I almost wonder if his other non-Dreamland albums could be good?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 14:14 (twelve years ago) link
This is fairly ubiquitous in its second life as corporate switchboard hold music.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 2 August 2011 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.vanyaland.com/2017/05/09/rip-electronic-music-producer-robert-miles-has-died-at-the-age-of-47/
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 03:23 (six years ago) link
jeez - so young too
lol @ my post above. I eventually checked out some of his later albums, they ain't too good, but they're decent. Even got to work with Bob Fripp on one of 'em. Time to bust out the Pure Moods....
― frogbs, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 13:20 (six years ago) link
rip
dreamland is classic imo
― marcos, Wednesday, 10 May 2017 13:29 (six years ago) link
A bit late, but RIP.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Saturday, 13 May 2017 20:48 (six years ago) link
i have been on the lookout for his collaboration album with bill laswell.
at the time of its release, he put out a mixtape of stuff that influenced it.
its brilliant.
https://www.discogs.com/Robert-Miles-The-Organik-Selection/release/3106656
― mark e, Saturday, 13 May 2017 20:52 (six years ago) link
I liked his post-Dreamland material quite a lot, it's all over the place from IDM to jazz to prog rock - in fact I can't think of any other successful dance producer that branched out this far and wide into 'inaccessible' music compared to his hit sound.
― Siegbran, Saturday, 13 May 2017 21:02 (six years ago) link
Awww. RIP. How can ANYBODY hate "Children"? It's such a cute catchy tune!
(I'm talking about the "Dream Version.")
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 13 May 2017 23:49 (six years ago) link
well, i eventually found a copy of "Organik" last year, and yeah, it's rather good.despite not having that much bill laswell involvement, it does feature some full on axiom style excess with its mix of world musics, and big production values.not like the dance/pop stuff at all.a perfect chilled out sunday evening listen basically.
― mark e, Sunday, 20 September 2020 16:57 (three years ago) link
There's three tracks on "Organik" with Trilok Gurtu on drums, he later did a whole jazz album with him, which is very enjoyable too.
― Siegbran, Monday, 21 September 2020 15:07 (three years ago) link