fable is way too similar to children!!

I remember preferring Fable to Children for a while.

I preferred Fable as well but probably because it was less played rather than it being better

"Fable" is great! :wub:

I preferred Fable as well but probably because it was less played rather than it being better

 

 

I agree.

Fable :wub:

 

I preferred Fable too :lol:

 

Although it's very sound-a-like to Children, I still prefer the melody on Fable :D

 

I also pretty much loved the "vocal" version of Fable:

 

And while Fable was a success, and reached #3 in Germany, another 2 songs were climbing high in the German charts that never touched the UK. One of them a carbon copy of Children and Fable, a project called Zhi Vago with Celebrate The Love. I pretty loved that track too:

 

 

And the other one was a Cyndi Lauper Sample by U96 and Heaven. Still one of my fave tracks of the 90s:

 

 

Sorry that I'm posting other tracks too and going a bit off topic, but all these memories... I loved the 90s dance music :wub:

One of the rare tracks remixed by Robert Miles at the height of his fame. It was #69 on July 1996.

 

 

And then there was DJ Dado's version of the X-File theme, unashamedly carbon-copied from Children, including the music video.

 

That's a sample of Queen's 'I Was Born To Love You' right at the start of Fable, I think - was expecting Freddie's voice to appear any moment.

 

Nice track but my fave Robert Miles track is one we'll be (surely) be hearing soon.

Livin’ Joy - Don’t Stop Movin’

 

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Date 9th June 1996

3 Weeks

Official Chart Run 5-6-7-8-9-8-9-12-13-24-29-35-41-71 (14 weeks)

*Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible.

 

Italian brothers Gianni Visnadi and Paolo Visnadi (Livin’ Joy) had managed instant #1 success at the second time of trying on debut “Dreamer”, which featured the unleashed euphoria of Janice Robinson’s vocals. With many other successful projects on the go at the same time such as Alex Party, and the following departure of Janice after failing to reach a deal for the follow-up, it took over a year for “Don’t Stop Movin’” to emerge.

 

With such a long break between singles there was inevitably a huge loss of momentum, however despite this the single managed to debut inside the Top 5, and spend an impressive 7 consecutive weeks in the top tier in spite of never improving on its debut position. “Don’t Stop Movin’” features the vocals of Tameka Starr (aka Doris Diggs) and is another piano house structured track with Tameka’s powerful vocals matching the pace of the bass driven synth that provide the main focus of the track. Tameka was approached in a chance meeting with the Italian brothers the year previous, given the melody they’d recently cut and was asked to supply words and recorded vocals - they were hugely impressed and immediately asked her to join the group and her permission to use her vocals for the track which became “Don’t Stop Movin’” and stormed to #1 in Italy. The extremely upbeat and life-affirming lyrics which speak of self belief are heightened as the melody lifts towards the energetic chorus and have made “Don’t Stop Movin’” an excellent workout track.

 

Over the next 12 months the inevitable fate of diminishing returns would set in with “Follow The Rules” briefly making the Top 10 in October, followed by “Where Can I Find Love” and “Deep In You” which made 12 and 17 the following year. In 1999, rapidly running out of ideas and popularity Livin’ Joy shelved plans for a commercial release of new single “Just for the Sex of It” due to lack of interest, though the single achieved limited club success, and was released as a single in Australia where it peaked at #76.

 

I deffo preferred Don't Stop Movin' to Dreamer.

 

I wonder how many times we've seen the chart run of 5-6-7-8-9 over the years.

Adore Don't Stop Movin', I still prefer Dreamer but it's close. Both are absolutely brilliant.

I prefer it to Dreamer but I really hate Dreamer. So it's a little like preferring a Chinese burn to a kick in the balls.

Adore Don't Stop Movin', I still prefer Dreamer but it's close. Both are absolutely brilliant.

I agree with you on this one. I love it, but Dreamer is one of my all-time fave dance tracks :wub:

Oh glad to hear so many positive words about Miles' work and dream-dance music as a whole.

 

I always found it funny that I hated "Children" back when it was at the top of German chart. "Fable" was the track that made me love dream-dance so much that I actually own most versions of "Dreamland" album, like 10 versions of each single Miles' has released and so on and on.

 

 

BTW, I hate BMG for deleting Children back then, it would be 1M seller in 96 if they hadnt!!

 

 

Not many know that his last album was released in 2011. Much different from his most known works but still quite enjoyable.

 

 

Zhi-vago is my probably second favourite dream-dance act ever

 

 

'Don't Stop Movin' is brilliant, 'Dreamer' is slightly better but I didn't expect them to have another song nearing the quality of it

Don't Stop Movin' is wonderful. :wub:

Reel 2 Real - Jazz It Up

 

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Date 30th June 1996

1 Week

Official Chart Run 7-12-19-26-32-44-65 (7 weeks)

*Positions in red are the weeks when the track would be number 1 if just dance music was chart eligible.

 

Despite spending 11 non-consecutive weeks Top 10, becoming the 15th biggest hit of 1994 and outselling many of the #1s of that year; Reel 2 Real’s biggest hit of the decade “I Like To Move It” failed to score even a week on top of this list. Making belated amends for that somewhat surprising omission then is “Jazz It Up”, which served as the introductory single from second LP Are You Ready For Some More? some two and a half years after their signature hit and a succession of Top 20 hits.

 

Reel 2 Real were American production duo Erick Morillo and Mark Quashie (originally from Trinidad and Tobago). New York DJ Erick Morillo formed and masterminded the group, and was heavily influenced by his Columbian heritage (he lived there until the age of 11) - as well as his early career of DJ-ing from his teens - and brought together the nightclub energy of house music with reggae rhythms and textures. Debut “The New Anthem” was released in 1992 to moderate success (it went to #1 on the Billboard dance chart), and a year later he was introduced to collaborate with Mark, who on 1993 single “I Like To Move It” and many of their other early hits was known as The Mad Stuntman- the duo went go on to work together throughout the mid-90s with their unmistakable combination of addictive beats and somewhat unintelligible lyrics.

 

“Jazz It Up” serves as harbinger of the forthcoming end of Reel 2 Real and Morillo breaking out as a full time DJ. Originally recorded as an instrumental in 1995 under the Erick Morillo Project it is a credible funky disco-house number which would fill many a dance floor; but with the addition of the uncredited soulful vocals of Barbara Tucker (who had a few minor Top 40 hits in 1994 with “Beautiful People” and “I Get Lifted”) and Quashie’s instantly distinct energetic Reggae flavoured vocals, it is transformed into another fun Reel 2 Real track which had a short but respectable run on the UK singles chart in the summer of 1996.

 

The follow-up (and title track) “Are You Ready For Some More?” stuttered at #24, and by the end of 1996 Erick had abandoned the Reel 2 Real project fearing that he was compromising his creativity and credibility, and concentrated instead on his work as a club DJ and producer - soon becoming world renowned and successful just as the DJ was becoming the superstar DJ. His most recent foray into the UK singles chart was as co-credited producer on Alexandra Burke single “Elephant” in 2012 which briefly reached the Top 3.

 

I liked "I Like to Move It" quite a lot but everything seemed like it was just a rehash of that track. And then there was Zig and Zag! :(

And while Fable was a success, and reached #3 in Germany, another 2 songs were climbing high in the German charts that never touched the UK. One of them a carbon copy of Children and Fable, a project called Zhi Vago with Celebrate The Love. I pretty loved that track too:

 

And the other one was a Cyndi Lauper Sample by U96 and Heaven. Still one of my fave tracks of the 90s:

 

Sorry that I'm posting other tracks too and going a bit off topic, but all these memories... I loved the 90s dance music :wub:

 

Thanks for the tip on Zhi Vago, nice one!

 

The U96 I knew - it got to #87 here