Robert Miles

Robert Miles – Children

If no one told you and you don’t know your trance history, you will think that this is a modern track due to its jumpy and upbeat elements. Incredibly, this song is very old school it came out in around 1996, more than a decade ago. I’m no music historian, but I can tell you that this is one of the first trance songs ever created and it is one of the best if not the best.

My mind may be influenced by the title of this song, but when the piano melody kicks in, I am reminded of the sweet innocence we all enjoyed when we were a child. This will be the first time I have seen this clip and I think the video fits the music perfectly. In this song, you can see why it is quite enjoyable to listen to a very chilled trance track while driving. However, it is slightly better to be listening to trance while being driven. Anyways, a chill and relaxing trance track plus the world outside your car windows equals a lightened mood which does everything but remind you of your stressful day.

This is the first trance track I have heard many years back that has a piano melody. I was instantaneously hooked on dance music at that point. The simple 4 – 4 beat and string solos in addition to a gratifying melody makes this song… pleasing to the ears. So pleasing to the point that my brain seems to loosen and a burst of creative juice seems to flow.

It was very undisturbed and unruffled since it was the first of its kind. Soon after this song was remixed at least a dozen times or have been used as the ambient sounds to a song. Listen to a sample remix here. Really, this song’s melody is the most attractive part of this song, any addition to it just takes away from the focus of the song. It is great that some DJs are thoughtful enough to use different instruments for the melody. However those other instruments lack that innocent factor that high pitched piano notes possess. It is a sound that pierces through the human body, processed by the brain, and directly affects your mood. Rarely in other remixes of this song do you get reminded of those sweet innocent days as a child where the world seems to revolve around you. Listening to this song, you can’t help but crack a smile at the thought of a childhood moment that is unique to you.