"Children" is the title of a song by
Italian trance composer Robert Miles. It was released in November 1995 as the
lead single from his album Dreamland. The song is Miles' most successful
single, being certified Gold and Platinum in several countries and it reached
number one in more than 12 countries. Miles created several remixes himself
with an additional remix by Tilt. Miles has stated two motives for the writing
of "Children". One was as a response to photographs of child war
victims his father had brought home from a humanitarian mission in the former
Yugoslavia;the other, inspired by his career as a DJ, was to create a track to
end DJ sets, intended to calm rave attendants prior to their driving home as a
means to reduce car accident deaths. "Children" is one of the
pioneering tracks of dream house, a genre of electronic dance music
characterized by dream-like piano melodies, and a steady four-on-the-floor bass
drum. The creation of dream house was a response to social pressures in Italy
during the early 1990s: the growth of rave culture among young adults, and the
ensuing popularity of nightclub attendance, had created a weekly trend of
deaths due to car accidents as clubbers drove across the country overnight,
falling asleep at the wheel from strenuous dancing as well as alcohol and drug
use. In mid-1996, deaths due to this phenomenon, called strage del sabato
sera (Saturday night slaughter) in Italy, were being estimated at around
2000 since the start of the decade. The move by DJs such as Miles to play
slower, calming music to conclude a night's set, as a means to counteract the
fast-paced, repetitive tracks that preceded, was met with approval by authorities
and parents of car crash victims.Listen song here:YouTube
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