The legendary producer, trance DJ Robert Miles has died aged 47.
Robert Miles ,who was born Robert Concina in Switzerland, became a sensation in the Nineties for the hit that became one of the biggest dance music tracks in history, making it to number one in more than a dozen countries around the world.
Miles said in interviews that the song was inspired after his father showed him pictures of child victims of the war in Yugoslavia in 1994.
First released in Italy in 1995 as part of the Soundtracks EP, “Children” failed to chart but was then brought by Miles to a Miami nightclub, where it was heard by Simon Berry of Platipus Records.
The Italian’s iconic hit Children made number one in 12 countries after its release in 1995.
It also reached the top five in “every European country with a singles chart”.
Radio 1’s Pete Tong brought the song to fame in the UK after playing it as his Essential Tune of the Week for three weeks straight in 1996.
Miles won the Brit Award for Best International Male Newcomer in 1997 off the back of the song’s fame.
