LSG / MOOGWAI / TERRA FERMA / DIVED, ADAM - [V5-12] PLATIPUS 30 YEARS 05/12

Moogwai a.k.a. Chab a.k.a. Francois Chabloz is hot property in the world of electronic music. Swiss born, grew up in Italy and currently residing in Switzerland, things appear to be going from strength to strength for this man with his unique melodic take on the current prog and trance sounds. If you have never heard of Moogwai, then you may recognise him under his other guises, such as Chab, Star (Check his "Rock Rose" on Platipus & The Chab on Gekko) or the producer behind early Dj Nukem's records. His first Moogwai release, "A Night Out" and the self titled "Moogwai" have already graced compilations such as Paul Oakenfold's "Essential Millenium" as well as the much acclaimed Best Of Platipus CD, mixed by Anthony Pappa. Platipus discovered Chab via a demo tape sent to the office. His next outing was the limited Keo, which was overtaken by the enormous club success of "Viola" - a massive Oakenfold championed record which went on to be one of the tunes of 2000, featuring on over a million compilations. The summer of 2000 didn't really exist for Francois, the new label was far more important than the sun. His knew his time, effort and energy would eventually turn into reality that once began as a distant dream......he can now safely say that it has. Chab, his deeper alter ego (now signed to SAW Recordings), was the producer to have on your label. For proof, check his 'Tunnelling' on Plastic Fantastic, 'Matica' on Undercurrent and, most recently, the awesome 'Dub Sessions' on SAW. Chab's music has been selected for 6 different Global Underground "trendsetter" series. In addition to his impeccable music production, his flawless mixing on the wheels of steel has rocked many a venue worlwide. His next Platipus release -"Labyrinth"- a double vinyl twisted euphoric stormer selected on Tiesto's "revolution" compilation. Scott Bond and Matt Hardwick were all over the record before it was even pressed! After a year off concentrating on his Chab project, Francois has returned to the Platipus fold with the almighty 'Neon'. Scheduled for release in June 2003, this is the kind of return only Moogwai could make. With subtle melodies bubbling under the thumping drums and a synth line that will leave Gatecrasher begging for more, 'Neon' could be Moogwai's biggest track to date... then again, wait 'til you hear the remixes of Viola, due out 28th Feb 2005 (see reactions below). Moogwai releases his hot new album project, 5 Wishes & More for Platipus, bringing together previous singles Neon and Labyrinth along with four brand new tracks - The Nord Song, Anagram, 1AD and the title track, 5 Wishes & More along with an exclusive unreleased Tektonik^ Remix of the club anthem Viola. Musically 5 Wishes & More combines elements of deep, melodic, uplifting trance and progressive production that all add up to the characteristically unique Moogwai sound. Some quotes from DJ's on the exclusive Viola remix featured on the album: Dave Pearce (Radio 1) - “#2 in chart and caning it on the shows !!” Judge Jules (Radio 1) - “Playing on show and in the clubs. Huge!” Adam White (Euphoria) - “This is an absolute monster. Going on my new Australia compilation. Tek^tonik mix does it for me. Love it!” 10/10 Adam H (Juice FM) - “Very very good. Caning the Brisky mix and its featuring in my trance mix on the show .” Big Al (Vibe FM) - “Awesome!!!” 10/10 Andi Durrant (Galaxy FM) - “HAMMERED this over Xmas and New Year. Played on every radio show and caning it out and about. Gone down well everywhere. Both mixes superb.” Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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 barrage of studio equipment. "I just didn't have enough." he sniffs. They soon set about working together as Union Jack, producing the seminal 'Two Full Moons And A Trout' in 1993. A tune which pointed out the direction Claudio would head in the future - glistening hard beats and teeth grinding acid all brought to book by beautiful swirling melodies. The sound of 3am in Goa, daybreak on the hills of Ibiza, blissed out joy at the Firestone club in Orlando or a sweaty thrill in a Brixton basement. Since then Claudio and Simon recorded tracks like 'Red Herring', 'Cactus' and the 1995 album 'There Will Be No Armageddon' - catching the attention of tranceheads worldwide as well as reserving space in the record boxes of DJs like Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Sasha, Nick Warren and Paul Oakenfold. Now, the urbane Claudio records solo under the name 'Terra Ferma', offering up the kind of star-spangled melodic trance and sublime dancefloor fodder we've come to expect - indeed 'Floating'/'The Scream' has chalked up over 20,000 sales. So, what with constant gigging all round the world, indulging his fascination with African rhythms, surfing the Net, and remixing Virtualmismo and Libra under the name Granny (with Paul Brogden of Seismic records) it looks like this trance lark might have a future in it after all. "Yes," smiles Claudio, "It's worked out quite well hasn’t it?" Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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