Robert Miles, creator of the legendary track "Children", dies at 47

[cromofo]

RIP LEGEND. Way too young.

 

[ijjysmith]

Ah that's sad. RIP.

He was huge when I was at uni.

 

[cromofo]

Ah that's sad. RIP.

He was huge when I was at uni.

I had "Children" playing on my way home along with other trance classics.

I come home and this is the first thing I read. That's life.

 

[coollino]

Remember going to some 20 years of Gatecrasher festival 6/7 years ago and this played at sunrise in one of the tents.

 

[Lune1878]

Sad to hear. Children - timeless classic. Hopefully gets re-released, so it'll be brought to the attention of the kids today, and enjoyed.

 

[Mikey_Fitzgerald]

Classic tune

RIP

 

[jackyboy]

One eerie track that.

RIP.

 

[tommye]

RIP.

As said above, 47 is way too young to die.



*crosses fingers and looks skywards

 

[Sapie88]

RIP.

As said above, 47 is way too young to die.



*crosses fingers and looks skywards

Stay safe hermano x

 

[Eggs]

...can't say I've heard of him or the children track but whilst it's very sad it appears he's left a legacy.

 

[sageyefc]

With the angels now.



Homie big black passed yesterday aswell.



How the fuq does that old lizard Murdoch out live good peoples

 

[Philw]

Ah that's sad. RIP.

He was huge when I was at uni.

Sad to hear. Children - timeless classic. Hopefully gets re-released, so it'll be brought to the attention of the kids today, and enjoyed.

This. One of the first songs that got me into dance music and clubbing. RIP

 

[Philw]

A little background on Children, courtesy of the Beeb: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39871459

DJ Robert Miles has died at the age of 47. The track that defined his career, Children, was one of the biggest-selling instrumentals in Europe and inspired a whole new genre. But Miles had an unusual motivation for it - helping to tackle "Saturday night slaughter" on Italy's roads.

Children is one of the most iconic tracks in the history of dance music.

It launched a new genre - "dream house" - and although that did not last long, the more melancholy, cerebral sound opened the door for trance music, which would come to dominate clubs in the late 1990s, going fully mainstream into the new millennium.

That sound was a very deliberate choice by Miles, whose real name was Roberto Concina.

Although Children was initially written in response to images of the child victims of the Balkans war as Yugoslavia tore itself apart, the track then took on a different life - and a different motivation. Miles wanted to make it big to help save the lives of clubbers.

Car crash danger
The sound of Europe's clubs in the mid-1990s - in particular in Italy, where Miles lived - was amped-up tracks and hard beats.

But the high this music induced in clubbers - plus any substances they may have taken to enhance their experience - meant that when the night was over, they were still feeling the full effects of drugs and adrenaline.

This was blamed for a rise in car crashes at the weekends. Having danced all night and often driven many miles to get to the clubs, young drivers were losing control and ending up in appalling accidents.

In fact, so bad was the problem that it had its own term in Italy - "stragi del sabato sera" - Saturday night slaughter.

Children, therefore, was an option for DJs to put on as the last track of the night.

 

[EFC David]

Every time I have a house party(which in all honesty isn't enough) I get Children blasting.

Na na na na na na na na doo doo doo

 

[cromofo]

Although Children was initially written in response to images of the child victims of the Balkans war as Yugoslavia tore itself apart

Wow I didn't know this. Really hits home.