''Miles_Gurtu'' is the fourth studio album by

Robert Miles Roberto Concina (3 November 1969 – 9 May 2017), known professionally as Robert Miles, was an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ. His 1995 composition "Children" sold more than 5 million copies and topped the charts worldwide. ...

, the second he independently recorded and produced. The record was released on 10 February 2004. Robert Miles and Indian jazz percussionist

Trilok Gurtu Trilok Gurtu (born 30 October 1951) is an Indian percussionist and composer whose work has blended the music of India with jazz fusion and world music. He has worked with Terje Rypdal, Gary Moore, John McLaughlin, Jan Garbarek, Joe Zawinul, ...

met while recording Miles's last solo album, '' Organik'', where Gurtu played percussion on three of the tracks. The result of the current collaboration is a mix of both musicians' very disparate styles. ''Miles_Gurtu'' expanded Robert Miles's "new style" started in '' Organik'' (2001), this time in a much more jazzy way.

Track listing

#"Golden Rust" – 4:46 #"Soul Driven" – 5:03 #"Wearing Masks" – 2:04 #"Tragedy : Comedy" – 1:20 #"Omen" – 1:53 #"Loom" – 5:23 #"Languages of Conscious Thought" – 2:13 #"Without a Doubt" – 2:19 #"Small World" – 3:58 #"Small World (reprise)" – 0:35 #"Inductive" – 5:09 #"The Big Picture" – 5:21 #"Xenon" – 2:10

Personnel

Composed and improvised by

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– keyboards *

– drums, percussions,

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, vocals *

Nitin Sawhney Nitin Sawhney , D.Mus (; born 1964) is a British musician, producer and composer. A recipient of the Ivor Novello Lifetime Achievement award in 2017, among multiple international awards throughout his career. Sawhney's work combines Asian a ...

– electric guitar, nylon strings guitar * Paul Falloon – bass *

Jon Thorne Jon Thorne (born 12 February 1967) is an English double bassist, producer and composer. Career Thorne is self-taught and started playing at the age of 23. He has studied and played jazz for a number of years following and considers Danny Thomps ...

– double bass * Mike Patto – Rhodes piano, Minimoog * Adrian Bradbury – cello *

Toshinori Kondo was a Japanese avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter. Career Kondo was born in Ehime Prefecture. He attended Kyoto university in 1967, and became close friends with percussionist Tsuchitori Toshiyuki. In 1972 the pair left university, and ...

– trumpet * The Urban Soul Orchestra – strings ; Technical * Roberto Concina – composer, sound design, arranger, strings arrangements, engineer, producer * Trilok Gurtu – background noise * Stephen Hussey – string arrangements * Toni Economides – engineer * Michael Fossenkemper – mastering * Matt Appleton – artwork

References

External links

Profile of ''Miles_Gurtu''
at Robert-Miles.com {{Authority control Robert Miles albums Trilok Gurtu albums Jazz albums by Swiss artists 2004 albums Articles with underscores in the title