2732 9 years ago

This is an Ableton Live set I made using only tracks by Terra Ferma (Claudio Giussani).  Most come from his timeless solo albums Turtle Crossing, and The Adventures of...., which where released in 1994 and 1996 on vinyl, instantly becoming my favorites and helped transform my sound to what it is today.  He was also one of the 3 members of Union Jack but his solo work has its own sound that spans many genres and was way ahead of irs time.   In 22 years as a DJ I have never come across anything quite like him.  I have never played any of his tracks in a set without having to drop them all because I could never really find anything to go along with them, so they only came out on special occasions.  Not many people I have ever met heard any of his work but once they did they became instant fans as well.  He is a master story teller and used organic and electronic sounds together to create journeys that to me are in a league all their own, and cant imagine what his music would sound like had he continued to progress.   I didnt do the usual dehydr8ed set where I strip down tracks and layer them,  to create a new sound because to me nothing could make any of his tracks better.  I used 11 channels in Ableton Live to share the complex percussion work of my favorites of his tracks w the rest to seamlessly fuse the tracks together. Hopefully I created a journey that allows you enjoy his music as much as I do.  Im not sure why he stopped making music over 15 years ago but have always hoped to see his name out there again. 


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EPWYK
EPWYK

thanks i love it great


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wiltedwallet
wiltedwallet

I do not even grasp how good this is. if i comment it would not give justice. head shaker


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LARSLUNAR
LARSLUNAR

brain is fuzzed. like old sounding yet futuristic ahead of time. did not listen to this back then, but will today NO DOUBT. top set M8. wow


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Allen-Ride
Allen-Ride

Sucked right in from the start! I Need to give this my full attention. So good!


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john-spade
john-spade

We have been wondering when these were going to come out. Unforgettable journey mixed perfectly.


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Klonestar
Klonestar

Nice!!!!


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FlFagos
FlFagos

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees Sir.... i rember this stuff,and i was just a kid in those times,the only thing i remember from this,it was a great time in those days, and trance was different,not overloaded with to much effect sounds,simple but straight to the point,no i should better say for the journey........Man get tears in my eyes while listening to this...and i hear this is coming from Vinyl (how you managed that there are no scratches from the needle,after using one vinyl to often???,this why i bought in those days always 2 from the same kind,but still i got scratches on it.Vinyl are clear sounds not overloaded and Compressed to the Maximum


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FlFagos
FlFagos

Hahaha.... i hear some some Spongle Samples for a short moment


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tee8tee
tee8tee

So familiar and so good!!!!!


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FlFagos
FlFagos

What a blast from the past... Niko......Acid lines,in those times we called this original trance,fused with melodic lines,uplifting trance grooves and melodies,not to much into the goa and psy trance direction,great mix between all of it ,thanks bro for reminding me on those Music


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tee8tee
tee8tee

This style brings me back to the weekly Ever-After sets you did with Iggy and Stymie and would got until sunday afternoon! Epic trance here! You made us crazy back then and Im glad you still going!Dont stop!


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D3MM1 DR3D
D3MM1 DR3D

This set is beast.


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Darlien
Darlien

:):):):):) :):):) love it


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michelldavid
michelldavid

God.. very god..!!!!! excelent mix dude!!!! keep that... congrats


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RadGrrl
RadGrrl

Thank you for sharing your art- I like to play in when I am blowing glass.


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Spinaltap
Spinaltap

Really great!!


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marksmith
marksmith

Actually really dig it. Hardto believe its from that long ago. Wicked sounds


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Red-Barb
Red-Barb

Wonderful style and presentation through and through. Traveling!! Trance!!


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johnnytyson3
johnnytyson3

this is it top of monument mix. it may not be most detailed work you done, but this music is the most outstanding. you took me back in time to a ecstasy ridden carousel. this is it. for you to pull it off like this. get a grammy now. top set dude. dude this is a classic. 4ever


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michelldavid
michelldavid

i like.... thnx a lot


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standowns
standowns

a Matey and me decided you cant be touched. burning mix bloke


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standowns
standowns

seriously an animal in a new kingdom


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stacytrent
stacytrent

Hearing this is spiritual. Loved !!!


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mike-klein
mike-klein

What a great time we had with this. of my favourite trance in a long long time! More please":)


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JennyLOve
JennyLOve

Fantastic!!!


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Cool hand Steve
Cool hand Steve

WOW WOW who'd a thought


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jamesjames
jamesjames

Perfectly brilliant. I will be tuning in on this often. Thanks


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sharkybite
sharkybite

Magic this is veryvery good $


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jimbydesign
jimbydesign

wwwwooooooowwwwwooooowwww!!


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Vanes1010
Vanes1010

great


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Vanes1010
Vanes1010

great


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Vanes1010
Vanes1010

great


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Vanes1010
Vanes1010

great


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Vanes1010
Vanes1010

great


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Vanes1010
Vanes1010

great


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Vanes1010
Vanes1010

great


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djstale
djstale

nott getting touched with 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 50, 100, 1,000 5,000 10,,000 1,000,000 foot pole. sounds that bring memories like a clock. dumfounded. give me drugs. wait this is a drug dang it


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pierremuzak
pierremuzak

if this sound was a woman id play boomarang all night. merci merci


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DJKolia
DJKolia

Wow serious tunes. Epic Trancer!!!!!!!!


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DjSparrow
DjSparrow

What a great mix and style! Thankyou!


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dexdiner
dexdiner

Very cool...


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bombjacked
bombjacked

I really like this one


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DJ-Meti
DJ-Meti

THIS IS JUST AMAZING... AMAZING... THANK YOU!


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johnnytyson3
johnnytyson3

what can i say ex ex drop more ex. this took me back to a time that cant be duplicated like a re run of family ties. i tell you something this is a drug induced memory for me. and you rule the trancey prog world of what you do. ableton should pay you a sum un heard of


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johnnytyson3
johnnytyson3

you show that with that spftware music can be taught how to party.


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blauwbuik
blauwbuik

i'm dreaming when i hear this


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Saderfill
Saderfill

Perfect.


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lupakissed
lupakissed

Waaaw amazing!


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kasun306
kasun306

Wicked wicked


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Pharmation
Pharmation

super love this mix!


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khak
khak

Good luck


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TheSyurreal
TheSyurreal

OPENING TRACK!!!! - Cascading synth, rapid percussion sequence. 7:20 mark - INSIDIOUS!!!!!!!!!! Satellite signals on the synth, rapid bongo percussion. 13:32 - STUNNING!!!!!!!!! Piano and the male vocals. Imagery...you know the ones that it seems like the function of water becomes an issue to them? And the confused look they give when asking you a question? All the while your mind is hanging out right here. 24:03 - Absolutely BEAUTIFUL and RAVISHING scene!!!!!!!!!!!! All cadence and synth. 26:53 - HITTING INTERNAL CHORDS!!!!!!! Female vocals, the echoes, and the melody. Let's dumb it down like them and maybe this doesn't sound so lovely. 34:10 - FRANTIC!!!!!!! Cascading synth pulsating with energy. Notice the change of trajectory on the melody. 37:00 - NASTY ASS TRACK!!!!!!!!!!! Vocal hook, "I am a spiritual being," all TRANCERIFFIC on the cascading synth. Let us smell like the bottles they drink and hock up gobs of phelgm and spit. A modern pillar of the wonders of society. 46:23 - SPINNING!!!!!!! The vocal loops under the cosmic synth. Vehemently embrace unrelenting absolutes for the pleasure of being artistically rigid. 52:15 - BLISS....HELP US PLEASE THIS BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! All melody here. 54:35 - Ireland on a white sky cloudy day. 57:40 - Hear those female vocals? 60:00 - YEP!!!!!!! Hoot and holler the praise and orgasms of tv programming where 25 minds creatively capture the human reality. 66:40 - CODA!!!!! Lite percussion, synth still painting spirals, easing melody. Then what could we create...or who could we be?
- The pleasure and pain of being an artist. Can you relate? If so...come on in. 72 mins...58 secs...PROGRESSIVE HOUSE, BLEED YOUR PASSIONS!


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JASON RANDALL
JASON RANDALL

Maybe its my age, maybe after hearing this its that i know im getting old. im 37, been into electronic since about 95 ish, this trans fixes the brain in a way i think if you listened to in the 90's and rolled your face off, you may understand, this is music that brings back a wave of emotion that cannot be explained or duplicated, no way no how, and the fact thats mixed by what i consider the greatest technician on earth, the one that controls a software in ableton that allows a person that has this deep of music knowledge to create whatever you want, and yes should be sponsored by ableton, PAID BY THEM, you lay a flawless journey that is all your own, but in this mix case in point, for you to not go as crazy but just more or less piece it together in a story, shows how strong and good and original this sound is, no way can anyone that knows beats not get a feeling from this and if you listened to this back in the day, YOU WILL SAY THIS IS THE GREATEST SOUND OF ITS TIME, AND EVEN TODAY IS ITS OWN GENRE AND OWN FIELD. this as producing goes is un rivaled, a sound you are right where would it be today, maybe thats the point, when you make the best retire, just walk away like there you go, doneeeeeeeeeeeeee....Niko this is an art of itself, and if i heard someone else mix it and it wasn't mixed flawless it may upset me, i thank you for sharing this and re doing this mix today with your craft in your mixing, because to be honest if Claudio heard this mix right here he would crap his pants, done maybe just call you and piss on the phone, because you added enough to this that hed say what the FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF....and maybe inspire him to come back for an encore...........i may comment again on this but nothing else can i say except, this brings me back to a time when drugs and music flowed through me and times were at peace in my life and it seems as this sound went away so did my peace and hell took over hahahhahaha.............thank you for giving us a gift thats not buyable on ebay or amazon or anywhere, but delivered FREE FROM THE MASTERRRRRRRRRRRR...


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JASON RANDALL
JASON RANDALL

FOR AN EXAMPLE 2826, PLAY THAT AT ANY LIVE SHOW WATCH PEOPLE THAT LOVE VOCALS CALL THE COPS


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JASON RANDALL
JASON RANDALL

3434 WAKE THE DEAD


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JASON RANDALL
JASON RANDALL

40 MINUTES WAKE UP SNAKES IN TEL AVIV I GUARNTEEEEEEEEEEEEE IT


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JASON RANDALL
JASON RANDALL

4152 SICK MAKING NAUTIOUS FACE TO ANYONE WITH GOOD CANS ON THERE HEAD


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JASON RANDALL
JASON RANDALL

7121 IBIZA WOULD CRAP ITSELF IN 2014


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JASON RANDALL
JASON RANDALL

SCREW IT FROM 1 SECOND TO 70TH MINUTE PANTS CRAPPER FOR ANY COUNTRY THAT LOVES THE BEAT


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hanes123
hanes123

you need a doctor and need one NOW, this is before my time and man i missed a good time. maybe because your a shark in a goldfish tank with panseys, im starting to learn you a man masked in the school of asskickers


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hanes123
hanes123

you just made panseys out of the big boy dj with lot of dollars. you cant be sane


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carronscloset
carronscloset

this has taken me to levels of ecstasy in 99 love parade berlin


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jimbydesign
jimbydesign

I have never heard this music before but WOW!!! Loved this and played it day after day. Thank you!


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star3star
star3star

Loved this so much! U guys are magic.. I play this a lot Thank You <3


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Dinaslove
Dinaslove

We played this for days. So beautiful!!!


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starzout
starzout

Wow youve been busy:) I remember yourbTera ferma sets on turntables at Joshs. Looking forward to hearing this also


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dexdiner
dexdiner

I keep coming back to this even if I have heard it 100 times. Bliss! Thank you!!


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dildo
dildo

Woohoo guess ive been gone for 2 long. 3 new sets and u won the competition. I m so excited to hear this. Your terra ferma sets are off the charts crazy! This will be good. Never forget time u first played me these records at joshs house back in who knows when. So set tonight!!!


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Joestern
Joestern

No way I hvae a tape of you playinf these records at Joshs like 10 years ago or mo re. Just madw my day. W Ill be back to comment! Heard you left Ny.. .again;) wher you now?


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bladeruiner
bladeruiner

Like a dream. Nice


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ovenloven
ovenloven

Wicked! Hit the spot right!


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Dimitri-LA
Dimitri-LA

This is 1 of them that lit us up! Your teraferma sets are unreal. Gota have this.


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ZigZRx
ZigZRx

Dude, damn... I think giving myself some more consecutive time of sharping my technical skills, I will be quite the DJ. However, mixology is where I am lacking. I will never know the kind of crate digging it took find these toons, the great sea of the internet sort of robs this generation of DJ of the melting factor of finding a good track (or hot wax).
The flow and programming of energy and accentuating what the artist wanted to project is a massive element of this mix. This is where I'd say is ok to just let yourself ride the artists' catalog.


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ZigZRx
ZigZRx

Dammit man, I'm generations behind this mix. I'm half ways and am justing imagining a good time chilling out with peeps to this mix. I hope to someday be amongst those whom I actually complement the music with. The drugs would take you higher, but this hits you just right.


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ZigZRx
ZigZRx

Fist pumping acid elements... OMG \(*o*)/ \(*o*\) \(*o*)/ (/*o*)/ (45:00)


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ZigZRx
ZigZRx

Oh shit dude (54:00) ...


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kwacker
kwacker

Another great mix - thank you


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JohnPop
JohnPop

love this brings me right back cheers mate


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JohnPop
JohnPop

great mix brings me right back.


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mastaruss
mastaruss

pure power


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Dimoncz
Dimoncz

So much new material from u mate


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ReneF4711
ReneF4711

:-)


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lumpix2
lumpix2

very nice


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