Leading up to the release of this 2001 album, I was fortunate enough to give away my personal information and join the very exclusive Robert Miles Fan Base (aka Fan Club). I donвЂ™t think it got nearly as much rotation at home as Dreamland, however. Having picked up the CD copy of Dreamland, my brother also bought 23am. Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge appears on a couple of the more disco-sounding tracks, such as вЂњFreedomвЂќ: The album reflects the human life cycle from birth to death, which explains why you can hear so many baby samples in the earlier tracks on the album. The composition of the album started from the Dreamland tour, during which Robert Miles collected samples from lots of the cities he visited. It certainly has a similar sound, but different at the same time. This album was released in late 1997 which wasnвЂ™t long after Dreamland. Genius! There is no 23 AM! Combining military time with ante meridiem ticked all of the boxes for late 90вЂ™s me. I was always fascinated with the title of this album. The bonus disc for вЂњOne & OneвЂќ isnвЂ™t as good as the album, unless youвЂ™re into that kind of vocal dancey stuff. Anyways, itвЂ™s nice to have a real copy for myself. More recently, I picked up a copy of Dreamland from either Vinnies or a library who were moving their CD stock on. I quickly filled up a pack of 10 MDs and once they were full, just listened to the same albums over and over without changing what was on the discs. вЂњDreamlandвЂќ was one of the first albums I transferred onto MD with my Sony MZ-N1 NetMD in 2002! Good times. I doubt it would be the first trance track, possibly that goes to Roland BrantвЂ™s Nuclear Sun from 1993, although at the time I note that the record says вЂњtransвЂќ on the centre label.ДЄ few people have talked about why Robert Miles wrote the song Children and there are a few different stories, but they mostly centre on his concern for people dying in car accidents after driving home from a huge night in the club. IвЂ™m sure most people have heard it as вЂњthat dreamy dance piano trackвЂќ from the mid-90вЂ™s. Not that I follow the charts a lot, but itвЂ™s an impressive feat. Released in 1996, this album not only solidified what вЂdream houseвЂ™ or even formed an early foundation of the вЂdream tranceвЂ™ genre, it really broke through into the charts with an instrumental dance number called Children. WeвЂ™ll start this journey from his first and most successful album, Dreamland. IвЂ™m going to go through his back catalogue of albums, key facts, my take and my fledgling collection. He is known for his work as a record producer, composer, musician and DJ but also at one stage he ran a вЂmusicallyвЂ™ experimental pirate radio station in Italy.He was born on 3 November 1969 and died on at the age of 47.His original name was Roberto Concina and he was born in Switzerland.TodayвЂ™s post is a deep-dive into the late Robert Miles, a driving force in the formation of dream house and someone whose music IвЂ™ve spent far too much time listening to over the years! This blog is part-tribute and part-analysis.

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