Art of Trance

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Art of Trance is Simon Berry, a trance music artist from England. Berry is also known as Poltergeist or Vicious Circles, and has been a member of the trance groups Clanger and Union Jack. In addition to his work as an artist, Berry is the head of Platipus Records. He cites Depeche Mode, Vangelis, Tomita, Orbital, 808 State, Jean Michel Jarre, Walter Wendy Carlos, Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Jeff Mills as his musical influences. Art of Trance is well known for the usage of samples of natural sounds (or electronically produced imitations of natural sounds) in his tracks, like bird singing (e.g. Easter Island, Kaleidoscope, Madagascar).

[edit] Discography

• Wildlife on One (Platipus Records 1996)
• Voice Of Earth (Platipus Records 1999)
• Tales of the Unexpected (Mixed by Art of Trance) (Platipus Records 2005)

Art Of Trance songs and remixes can also be found on the "Gatecrasher" trance compilation CD sets.

[edit] External links

• Platipus Records official site
• Art of Trance page on Platipus Records' site
• Interview with Simon Berry at 4Clubbers.net
• Interview with Simon Berry at Trance.nu
• Art of Trance at Discogs
• Art of Trance bio at allmusic.com