SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 7:04 Min.
For his 1996 dance-electronica album, Dreamland, composer-musician Robert Cocina (aka Robert Miles) performs this instrumental (Track # 1) in an expansion of its radio form. The track’s brief intro is a thunderstorm followed by the sound of birds chirping, with drizzling rain in the backdrop.
Notes: The four-minute radio version of “Children” appears on this compilation album: Ultimate Dance Party 1997, Volume 1. Also, Miles includes the song’s ‘original’ version (running time of 6:19) as Track # 10 on Dreamland.
REVIEW:
The pulsating beat delivers a dynamite electronica sound that reverberates as well as it did a quarter-century ago. For fans of contemporary dance instrumentals, this version of “Children” (no matter what its title is supposed to refer to) is recommended. However, the evidently rare four-minute version heard on the radio (without the extra techno-bells and whistles) is just as good, if not better.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 8 Stars
