# 23am

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***23am*** is the second studio album by composer [Robert Miles](/source/Robert_Miles), released in late 1997 via Deconstruction and Arista labels.

## Background and recording

The composition of *23am* began from the *[Dreamland](/source/Dreamland_(Robert_Miles_album))* tour, during which Miles collected audio samples from virtually every city visited.[1] Aside from being based on his experiences of these travels (in the [liner notes](/source/Liner_notes) Miles emphasizes the influence seeing in person so many problems that society has brought onto itself had),[2] Miles has also said that the album reflects the human life cycle from birth to death.[3]

*23am* also contains four vocal songs, a ratio of vocals to instrumentals that is almost equal to that of *Dreamland*. They seem to have been less an afterthought for this album, though, and were written in [Italian](/source/Italian_language) and then translated into English. Two tracks on the album, including its first single "Freedom", feature vocals by [disco](/source/Disco) icon [Kathy Sledge](/source/Kathy_Sledge) of the chart-topping group [Sister Sledge](/source/Sister_Sledge).[4]

The structures and instrumental arrangements on *23am* are more complex than those on the earlier *[Dreamland](/source/Dreamland_(Robert_Miles_album))*, involving real instruments such as the [saxophone](/source/Saxophone) and [trumpet](/source/Trumpet) as an addition to the [synthesizers](/source/Synthesizer). The music is also much less [beat](/source/Beat_(music))-driven; the main sections of a number of the vocal-based songs are structured like [pop songs](/source/Pop_music), while the [segueing](/source/Segue_(music)) interludes between songs are generally structureless, with no beats at all. Ultimately it can be said that *23am* is more artistic and less [dance](/source/Electronic_dance_music)-oriented than its predecessor, *Dreamland*. At the same time, however, *23am* was less successful than *Dreamland*.

## Personnel

- [Robert Miles](/source/Robert_Miles) – keyboards, programming, vocals, mixing, production
- Denys Lable – electric guitar
- Michel Gaucher – saxophone
- Eric Giausserand – trumpet
- Barbara Prunas, Kathy Sledge, Nancy Danino – vocals
- [Katie Kissoon](/source/Mac_and_Katie_Kissoon), Shirley Lewis, Emily Strode – backing vocals
- Robin Hancock, Jaybee Eglantine – engineering

## Charts

### Weekly charts

Chart (1998) Peak position

## References

1. Flick, Larry (20 December 1997). ["Billboard Magazine: Miles Breaks New Ground With '23AM' Set On Arista"](https://books.google.com/books?id=4wkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA9-IA6). *Billboard*. Vol. **109**(51). Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 9,108. [ISSN 0006-2510](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0006-2510). Retrieved 27 January 2012.

1. Miles, Robert (1997). In *23am* [CD liner notes]. Deconstruction Ltd.

1. ["Robert Miles - Biography"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061018040725/http://www.saltrecords.com/recordings/biography/?id=1). S:alt Records. 2006. Archived from [the original](http://www.saltrecords.com/recordings/biography/?id=1) on 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2007-01-18.

1. Flick, Larry (December 20, 1997). "Miles breaks new ground with '23AM' set on Arista". *[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))*. Vol. 109, no. 51. pp. 9–10.

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