RIP Robert Miles

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/legendary-dj-robert-miles-dies-aged-47-084259463.html

One hit wonder among wonders but a really good one, and too young. I dug his more recent ambient bits. Sad.

children is the first track I remember ever hearing, quite sad :(

RIP. 47 is no age to go.

 

A far more adventurous musician than a lot of people gave him credit. His favourite band was FSOL and you can really hear it in his second album, although I think it probably landed closer to Enigma in the grand scheme of things. His third album, Organik, is his best, a strange blend of world music, jazz and heavy breaks. Never listened to his last record in full, although the stuff I did hear was quite odd.

It'll all be overshadowed by 'Children', which is kind of a shame, although it really is a tremendous little track. 

 

The original 'Paths' is probably my favourite by him.

RIP indeed. Fond memories of Children and his earlier trance works, not really up to date with his more recent works but glad he branched out to sounds he loved

:(

For those who never heard how far he moved on from his original sound, check these out:

And this gorgeous ambient one. 

Ah this whole album is great.

This one is quite extraordinary!

 

How many people around the world do you think are listening to the dream version right this second getting all nostalgic and misty-eyed

no!!!! =(

 

23AM was one of the first electronic albums I bought, had no idea who he was and grabbed it from a pawn shop when I was like 10? 

 

So young too, sad.

Edited May 10, 2017 by Bulk VanderHooj

I loved his duet with Aphex Twin

 

 

 

  On 5/10/2017 at 5:41 PM, chim said:

This one is quite extraordinary!

 

 

Wow, that's astonishingly beautiful. I really need to get a copy of Thirteen, every new track I hear from it tops the previous one. 

Nice little interview here from a few years ago about how he turned his back on commercial dance music after his first album, and some of his biggest influences (Fripp, FSOL, Floyd, Radiohead).

  On 5/10/2017 at 6:09 PM, joshuatx said:

 

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I had to, sorry. Snark aside it is a shame he passed away at 47. I'm glad to see him appreciated here, tracks like "Children" aren't just one-hit wonders with mass recognition (not to mention a pretty groundbreaking track in terms of kicking off new 'dream house and dream trance" dance styles and hits), they often serve as gateways to other electronic music including more left-field, underground, and experimental genres and artists. Even if it's not the case this is one of those songs that millions of people have fond nostalgia for and people in the future will perpetually like because it's so universal in it's appeal. That's a nice thing to think about.

 

I'll have to check out his other stuff, I didn't realize he had such a varied and vast discography.

 

lovely words. His music was some of the first electronic music I heard, and was a good gateway to getting into other melodic electronic music.

 

I really need to find that Thirteen album, the youtube tracks sound great!

 

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Edited May 11, 2017 by modey

  On 5/10/2017 at 7:12 PM, purlieu said:

 

  On 5/10/2017 at 5:41 PM, chim said:

This one is quite extraordinary!

 

https://youtu.be/p7Kz5ek5NR8

Wow, that's astonishingly beautiful. I really need to get a copy of Thirteen, every new track I hear from it tops the previous one.

I got thirteen on cd when it first came out. I was listening to this and the miles/gurtu album the day before he passed away. His 23am album has fantastic production and still sounds good today. I was such a big fan of his.

 

RIP