:: Biographie :: Robert miles ::

by **System.S** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 2:43 pm

Italian dream-house DJ Robert Miles rose from relative obscurity to score one of the biggest and most unlikely hits of 1996 with his monster single "Children." Born Roberto Concina in 1969 to a military family stationed in Switzerland, he did not return to Italian soil until the age of ten, settling in the town of Fagagna. Raised primarily on the classic American soul sound of the 1970s, Miles began studying piano as a teen, and at 13 began DJing local house parties.
By the late 1980s he was regularly spinning hardcore trance sets at Venice area clubs under the name Robert Milani, eventually adopting the name Miles as symbolic of the musical journey awaiting him; in time he assembled a basic studio system comprising a sampler, mixer, keyboard and 32-track digital board, accepting production work with the Italian label Metromaxx.
"Children" was inspired by a collection of photos taken by Miles' father while stationed in war-torn Yugoslavia; the DJ was equally disturbed by the growing number of deaths plaguing the Italian rave community, and he soon began work on "Children," a simple, piano-driven instrumental anthem produced at a cost of only Â£150. Originally issued in 1994, the single slowly emerged as an international blockbuster, topping charts in Germany, France, Holland and Belgium on its way to becoming the biggest European single of 1996; it also fell just shy of reaching the Top 20 on the American pop charts. After its follow-up, "Fable," Miles issued his debut LP Dreamland, with its remix companion Dreamland II appearing a short time later. He resurfaced in 1997 with 23 AM.

by **DIONYSOS** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 3:18 pm

Robert Miles is truly one of the artists to whom we owe the Trance sound we have today. Children was revolutionary, and One On One is just too damn sweet! Thanks for the info Patrick

by **Dreamboy** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 4:30 pm

not to forget "Fable" too which was my favourite ... i wonder if he has some new productions :roll:

by **bxtreme** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 6:20 pm

by **System.S** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 10:01 pm

its one and one guys

[lyrics moved to the lyrics section]

by **DIONYSOS** » Sun Aug 15, 2004 10:15 pm

lol i cant believe i called it one ON one i must've been feelin horny at that moment

hey Patric how bout posting the lyrics in the LYRICS section? thx man

by **System.S** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 9:47 am

by **DIONYSOS** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 1:19 pm

lol nah i was just sleepy

by **bxtreme** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:44 pm

I TYPED ONE AND ONE FIRST!!! but looked at dionysos' post and corrected myself.. lol

whos the vocalist by the way? Kirsty?

by **System.S** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 2:59 pm

by **DIONYSOS** » Mon Aug 16, 2004 11:30 pm

by **Dreamboy** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:24 am

by **samer** » Tue Aug 17, 2004 12:42 am

no i dont think so Dreamboy.. but Maria is one hell of a vocalist.. my best female voice ever!!

Robert Miles is one of the pioneer of electronic music.. too bad he couldnt keep up..

Fable, Children, One & One will always be great songs!! me love'em so much.. thanks System S for the nice bio!!

by **Sami** » Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:26 am

:: Biographie :: Robert miles ::

:: Biographie :: Robert miles ::

one and one

CK

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