Robert Miles: Dreamland

Italian pianist and DJ Robert Miles scored a major international hit with his wonderful, dreamy dance hit "Children" (one of the biggest and best dance hits of the 1990s) from his debut album Dreamland. The album sometimes sounds like it's a single song (or a series of beats with similar chord progressions) that stretches out over an hour, which may be distracting to some, but that's essentially what makes his sonic dreamworld so engaging. It's simultaneously dancefloor and chillout material; one of those discs where you can hit the play button, drift off into another dimension and forget the cares of the world. Both melancholic and blissful, Dreamland succeeds in its simplicity.