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Amid a rash of cheesy samples, is UK rap running out of ideas?
- UK rappers are plundering 00s choruses to help their tracks up the charts. Whether a cheeky ploy or a failure of imagination, it’s a marker of how the scene has grown
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Robert Miles obituary: Trance DJ behind hit chillout music track 'Children'
Robert Miles, who has died from cancer aged 47, was the DJ and music producer behind the Nineties trance smash hit “Children”, a favourite chillout tune for clubbers at the time and ever since. Miles began working as a club and pirate radio DJ in the mid-Eighties, using the stage name Robert Milani.
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Trance DJ Robert Miles died after ‘courageous’ battle with stage 4 cancer
Iconic Trance DJ Robert Miles died following a nine month battle with stage 4 cancer. The world-famous music producer, 47, put up a ‘courageous’ fight against metastatic cancer, a spokesperson for his radio station Open Lab has revealed. “Robert passed away peacefully last night after a courageous battle with stage four metastatic cancer over the last nine months,” they said.
- NewsThe Independent
DJ Robert Miles: Producer's cause of death revealed as stage 4 cancer
DJ Robert Miles' cause of death has been revealed in an official statement after news broke that the iconic producer had passed away aged 47. The Swiss-born Italian DJ, real name Robert Concina, was best known for his smash hit dance anthem 'Children', which reached No.1 in 12 countries upon its release in the Nineties. As the news of Miles' death broke it was only stated that he had suffered from an "unknown illness".
- NewsSky News
Tributes paid as dance music star Robert Miles dies at 47
DJ and dance music star Robert Miles has died at the age of 47, it has been reported. The Swiss-born Italian artist, who scored an international number one hit in 1996 with Children and later won a Brit award, is said to have died from cancer. Pete Tong and Boy George are among those who have paid tribute to the DJ, whose real name was Roberto Concina.
- NewsThe Guardian
Robert Miles, trance producer and DJ, dies aged 47
Acclaim … Gary Barlow watches as Louise presents the Brit award for international breakthrough act to Robert Miles in 1997. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA
- NewsHuffPost UK
Robert Miles Dead: 'Children' Composer, Trance Producer Dies Aged 47
Robert Miles has died aged 47, it has been confirmed. The revered trance DJ, who was best known for his iconic global hit ‘Children’, had been suffering from cancer. ‘Children’ went to number one in the charts in more than a dozen countries around the world in 1995, and is still recognised as one of the biggest dance tracks in music history.
