Miles_Gurtu is the fourth album by Robert Miles

Robert Miles

Robert Miles is an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ in electronica and alternative music.-Biography:...

, the second he independently recorded and produced. Created with Indian jazz percussionist Trilok Gurtu, the result was a mix of their very disparate styles.

Overview

Miles_Gurtu expanded Robert Miles' "new style" started in Organik

Organik

Organik is the third album by Robert Miles, released in 2001. The first he independently recorded and produced after quitting his record company, it marked a complete departure from the style of his first two albums.-Overview:...

(2001), this time in a much more jazzy way.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Composed and improvised by Robert Miles

Robert Miles

Robert Miles is an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ in electronica and alternative music.-Biography:...

 and Trilok Gurtu.

Musical

• Robert Miles
  Robert Miles
  Robert Miles is an Italian record producer, composer, musician and DJ in electronica and alternative music.-Biography:...
  
   - keyboards
• Trilok Gurtu - drums, percussions, tabla
  Tabla
  The tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...
  
  , vocals
• Nitin Sawhney
  Nitin Sawhney
  Nitin Sawhney is an Indian-British musician, producer and composer. His critically acclaimed work combines Asian and other worldwide influences with elements of jazz and electronica and often explores themes such as multiculturalism, politics and spirituality...
  
   - electric guitar, nylon strings guitar
• Paul Falloon - bass
• Jon Thorne
  Jon Thorne
  Jon Thorne is an English double bassist.Born in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire he lived in Zimbabwe from the age of 6 to 11 and is now based in Whalley Range, Manchester. He is self taught and started playing in his early twenties...
  
   - double bass
• Mike Patto
  Mike Patto
  Mike Patto , is primarily notable as lead singer for Spooky Tooth and Boxer.-History:...
  
   - Rhodes piano
  Rhodes piano
  The Rhodes piano is an electro-mechanical piano, invented by Harold Rhodes during the fifties and later manufactured in a number of models, first in collaboration with Fender and after 1965 by CBS....
  
  , Minimoog
  Minimoog
  The Minimoog is a monophonic analog synthesizer, invented by Bill Hemsath and Robert Moog. It was released in 1970 by R.A. Moog Inc. , and production was stopped in 1981. It was re-designed by Robert Moog in 2002 and released as Minimoog Voyager.The Minimoog was designed in response to the use of...
  
  
• Adrian Bradbury - cello
• Toshinori Kondo
  Toshinori Kondo
  Toshinori Kondo is an avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter. He resides in Tokyo, New York City, and Amsterdam....
  
   - trumpet
• The Urban Soul Orchestra
  Urban Soul Orchestra
  The Urban Soul Orchestra is a "collective of session musicians which numbers anything from four to 40 players, and is run by violinist and arranger Stephen Hussey." The Independent said of Urban Soul Orchestra: they are a "contemporary string ensemble with a repertoire of funky arrangements".Their...
  
  - 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

External links

• Profile of Miles_Gurtu at Robert-Miles.com