Miles Winter Roberts is renowned for his uplifting, summer–laced acoustic island sound, no doubt inspired by his early years living on Ibiza.

Introducing... Beach Funk!

August 2011 saw the birth of a whole new genre: Beach Funk. Coined one afternoon post-soundcheck in Las Dalias, Ibiza, Beach Funk sums up exactly what noise Miles has been making for the last ten years. Just hours earlier, the brand new band had been christened 'Miles Island' as they ran through the night's set on stage at the hippy market. Miles had been given the musicians at 6pm that day, for a show at 9. The show was great, the band and the name stuck. As more shows came up, so did radio interviews and recognition. It was to be a very head-spinning summer... 2012? Bring on the Beach, Bring on the Funk... ;-)

(from 2011)
From Farnham to Guilfest… (via Ibiza, Hamburg, Moscow, Cannes, USA, Belgium and Bangkok…)

A 'not-so-local' local played Guilfest this year. Born in Farnham but raised in Ibiza, Miles Winter Roberts attended Guildford Technical College way before the concept of Guilfest had been thought about.

A regular on the local Wine Bar Scene with his twin brother Guy and college friend Gavin Thomas back in the early eighties, they made a cheeky impression with ‘Wandering Hands’, which they took to Ibiza in ’84. The twins returned to the island in ’85 and were snapped up by a German record label in Hamburg by November of that year, and subjected to Euro Disco performances all over the East Block. They won the prestigious Sopot festival in ’87 in Poland, and went on to tour the GDR and neighbouring countries over the next two years, with high-profile TV appearances.

The Wall fell in ’89 and after a failed attempt to ‘get the West’, the brothers went their own ways and Miles grounded his percussive rock band, Miles From Nowhere, in Hamburg, to local success.

Back in the UK since ’94, Miles has been keeping busy, from writing for film soundtracks to performing to Hollywood A-listers on yachts in Cannes, and singing to Madonna in intimate restaurants. A debut MWR album, ‘Shoo-Lallelujah…’ appeared in 2000, then under ‘Winter Roberts’ a number of recordings were done with the great Steve Brown of Wham! fame (& The Cult, Manic Street Preachers) which resulted in a big-banded EP ‘Escapado’ and a live album ‘Daymaker’ in 2006.

Currently spreading his time performing all over Europe and DJ collaborations in Asia, Miles has developed a unique chunky Acoustic Beach style, 'Beach Funk', with songs that go straight into your head. At the same time, he is heralded as a ‘musician’s musician’. A qualified entertainer, his one-man show is as compelling as when he fronts a band.

His song-writing has won prizes at international song festivals (Sopot in Poland, Cesme in Turkey), landed him film soundtracks (Goose! with Chevy Chase), and his personal style has lead him to perform in front of Rock, Pop and Hollywood royalty (Axl Rose, Madonna, George Clooney respectively). Refreshing.

Currently working on new material and taking his live shows out to Europe and Asia.

Presently based in London, UK.

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Album Releases:
“Shoo – Lallelujah…” CBCD001
“Daymaker” S7CD003