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Robert Miles
Australian rugby league player

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Roberto Concina (born 3 November 1969), better known by his stage name Robert Miles, is an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ.

Early life

Robert Miles was born to Italian immigrants Antonietta Lauro and Albino Concina in Fleurier, Switzerland.

Miles became proficient at playing the piano during his youth in Friuli, Italy, in the small town of Fagagna, where his family moved when he was still a young boy, and has been in the music scene since 1984. He worked as a DJ in some Italian clubs and private radio networks and in 1990, he used his savings to establish his own recording studio and a pirate radio station.

Music career

1994–97: Breakthrough and Dreamland

In 1994, Miles wrote a trance/chill-out piece based on acoustic guitar chords and soft synthesizer effects, "Children", which was later developed into a dream trance song featuring a piano theme on top. The single picked up sales slowly, but within two weeks of its official release in 1995, it had sold more than 350,000 copies all over Europe and topped the charts in many countries. The single received an unprecedented "Essential Tune of The Week", three weeks in a row on Pete Tong's show causing a furious bidding war. It was then signed to Deconstruction Records in the UK by Giles Goodman of Dynamic Music (who represented Platipus Records the initial license). After occupying the Euro Top 100 chart number 1 spot for thirteen consecutive weeks, by 1997, "Children" had sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. It earned Miles platinum records in many countries, a Brit Award (Robert Miles is, to date, the only Italian artist who has received the award) as Best International Male Newcomer 1997, a World Music Award as World's Best Selling Male Newcomer and various other awards. To this date "Children" is regarded as a Trance classic and is thought of by many as the track that kickstarted the Trance genre into the Global music genre it is today.

Miles' next single was "Fable". Part of this song was used in the theatrical trailer for the U.S. movie Ever After starring Drew Barrymore and Dougray Scott. His debut album Dreamland was released on 7 June 1996 in Europe, and released in the United States about a month later, with covering "One and One"of Polish pop diva Edyta Górniak. This cover became very popular (it reached number 1 in the Euro Top 100 Singles Chart during the Christmas period and remained in the top spot for six consecutive weeks) and was later released as a single in Europe and the U.S.

1997–98: 23am

In November 1997, Miles released another track, "Freedom", which was one of the key tracks on his second album 23am featuring vocals provided by Kathy Sledge of Sister Sledge. Containing a different feel from the previously more club-oriented Dreamland, 23am incorporated more lyrics-driven songs than its predecessor while maintaining Miles' trademark piano sound from the first album.

1998–2002: Departure from label and Organik

After splitting from /deConstruction/BMG and his former management in London, he set up his own independent record label S:alt Records (with S:alt being short for suitably:alternative) in 2001 and released his third album, Organik, featuring the new single "Paths" with vocals provided by Nina Miranda of Smoke City. Guests on the album included Trilok Gurtu, Bill Laswell and Nitin Sawhney. Music from Organik was used on various movie soundtracks such as The Bourne Identity, Derrida, and City of Ghosts. It was licensed to Narada Productions' Shakti Records label in the USA. In 2002, an album containing mainly remixes of songs found on Organik was released. The album, appropriately entitled Organik Remixes, contained remixes by the winners of the remixing contest held on Robert Miles's Web site, as well as remixes from well-known artists such as Future Sound of London, Riton, and Alexkid among others. The album also had one new track, "Bhairav", which featured the vocals of Amelia Cuni.

2004–05: Miles_Gurtu

In 2004, Miles released Miles_Gurtu, his fourth album, which was a collaboration with percussionist Trilok Gurtu and included jazz and electronica elements. Also guesting on the album were Nitin Sawhney, Jon Thorne, Mike Patto and Paul Falloon.

2011–12: Th1rt3en

His fifth album entitled Th1rt3en was released worldwide on Salt Records in February 2011, and featured guests such as Robert Fripp, Dave Okumu, Jon Thorne, Mike Patto and Davide Giovannini. For this album, Miles produced a blend of alternative and progressive rock with ambient and electronic soundscapes.

Miles has just finished to work on the soundtrack for the forthcoming movie documentary The Turn of This Century, directed by Peter Beyak and featuring the photography of Life Magazine.

In 2012 he has founded a new FM and online alternative radio station named OpenLab and broadcasting from Ibiza. A cutting-edge project bringing together culture, arts, media, technology and innovation.

Discography

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
SWI
CAN
FIN
FRA
GER
ITA
NED
NZ
SWE
UK
US
Dreamland
  • Released: 10 June 1996
  • Label: Deconstruction
213862151936754
  • SWI: Platinum
  • CAN: Platinum
  • FRA: 2× Gold
  • GER: Platinum
  • NZ: Platinum
  • UK: Platinum
  • US: Gold
Dreamland
(Limited Winter Edition)
  • Released: 15 December 1996
  • Label: Deconstruction
292823
23am
  • Released: 1 December 1997
  • Label: Deconstruction
186942
Organik
  • Released: 11 June 2001
  • Label: Salt Records
Miles Gurtu
  • Released: 10 February 2004
  • Label: Salt Records
Th1rt3en
  • Released: 7 February 2011
  • Label: Salt Records
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Remix albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positions
GER
DJ Robert Miles - In the Mix
  • Released: 25 March 1997
  • Label: Urban Records
65
Renaissance Worldwide
(with Dave Seaman)
  • Released: 14 April 1997
  • Label: 404 Music Group
Organik Remixes
  • Released: 18 November 2002
  • Label: Salt Records
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

YearTitlePeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
SWI
CAN
FIN
FRA
GER
ITA
NED
NZ
SWE
UK
US
1995"Children"1211111341221
  • SWI: Platinum
  • FRA: Platinum
  • GER: Platinum
  • NZ: Platinum
  • SWE: Gold
  • UK: Platinum
Dreamland
1996"Fable"3210311620117
  • FRA: Silver
"One and One" (featuring Maria Nayler)681651243354
  • GER: Gold
  • SWE: Gold
  • UK: Gold
1997"Freedom" (featuring Kathy Sledge)411775347591523am
1998"Full Moon"
"Everyday Life"
2001"Paths" (featuring Nina Miranda)74Organik
2002"Improvisations: Part 2"
"Connections"
"Pour te Parler" (remixes)
"—" denotes items that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

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