Terra Ferma

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A trance music project under the Platipus label. We are in the basement of a house in Leamington Spa. It's 1989 and the 200 or so people sweating it out below stairs have locked into the groove of sublime Chicago house. The Italian born student hunched over the decks flicks the sweat off his brow, smiles to himself and drops Phuture's 'Acid Trax'. The intimate throng cheer in recognition, exchange grins, and dig in for a night of disco bliss. Six months later and that same worldly-wise student is in a room with £500 of studio equipment, Gavin King and DJ Mickey Finn. A few hours later they'll have come up with what Mixmag described as one of the 100 greatest dance records of all time. The tune is breakbeat anthem 'Some Justice' by Urban Shakedown, and the suave-beyond-his-years, multi lingual electronic engineering student is a man called Claudio. As one half of Union Jack and solo as Terra Ferma he will go on to record some of the most successful, melodic and beautiful trance tracks ever. But right now, he thinks he should jack in this music lark. "I wanted to do something with a bit of a future in it," laughs the 27 year old today. Leaving 'Some Justice' behind, Claudio went round to see Simon Berry (Platipus records head honcho and the man behind Art Of Trance and Poltergeist) in his crumbling East End house. Tired of breakbeat and looking for something new, Claudio heard what he described as "some really good acid". What really caught his eye though, was Simon’s barrag

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Turtle Crossing

The Adventures Of...

Floating

Lunar Sunrise

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Dream Dance Vol. 03

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Platipus Records Volume Three

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Platipus Beginner's Guide Mixed By Art Of Trance

Don't Be Afraid

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Platipus Records Volume Four

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Gatecrasher Global Sound System: Latitude [Disc 1]

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Dream Dance Vol. 03 (CD 1)

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Gatecrasher Global Sound System: Latitude (Disc 2)

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