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*”The trance formula has been overdone. The synths defined trance, but the kick and bass are what the masses respond to. Trance was always about the journey. Since the masses require instant gratification, gone are the ‘building’ tracks… gone is the journey. It’s been replaced by bangers. But bangers don’t put you in… a state of trance.

This is a good point!

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Originally posted by chris1011 I think Trance and it's newer forms will always have a place in Toronto.

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Originally posted by Euphorica dubfail is already dying..

What makes you think this? I'm not seeing it dying at all...

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Originally posted by samhouse I still love my trance thought it is so difficult to find good tracks now days. I completely detest this melodic electro garbage coming out of guys like Laidback Luke, Tiesto, Afrojack and the lot of morons. It has bastardized music to the core....

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Originally posted by london_ta Trance is dead. At least for those of you who have been around long enough to have experienced the great Trance dj's peak moments (*cough* the late 90 s, early 2000's).

I wasn't around in those early days at all. My first proper trance party (as I can recall) was seeing Tiesto on his Elements of Life tour. Since I got into trance, I've held this same opinion that you mention. As I learned more about the history of the scene I was led in that direction. I wish I had been able to experience that magic. I've gotten a bit of it from certain djs on good nights, but I've almost entirely moved away from trance now as the popular djs and popular shows really don't do it for me the same way they did in the past.

This thread has got me thinking in the last couple of days about why I still go to certain Trance events and still have such a great time.

The majority of tracks that I play are house and techno and I rarely play any trance outside of house parties.

so why is it...?


The one common thread that I found in every Trance party I've enjoyed in the last 5 years is my friends. We grew up in this scene together enjoying some of the best trance the early 2000's had to offer. If they don't come out, neither do I. They are a big part of the experience and I can certainly live with that.


Armin anyone

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Armin was the one who killed trance IMO.

Trance to me was chopped up vocals, and wizzy, trippy sounds all put together to put you into a trance. We had simple melodies, sometimes tunes you could hum. But for the post part, it would be pretty hard to hum old trance tunes.

Then came Armin (after 2000). Trance got infused with piano (and other strings) synths, and very clear, simple vocals. Djs were able to air-piano their way through songs. It catered a lot more to the general public, because they like songs they can sing, and hum in cars.

Notice how radio edits started showing up? Radio edits of old trance tunes were not possible because they were completely radio unfriendly.

From my own experiences, I started spending a lot less money on trance, whether it was live shows, or CDs. I put up with it for a while, still going to see Armin, and Ferry...etc. But I was so disappointed again and again, that I totally abandoned it. I feel like there were a lot of people out there like me.

There are plenty of good artists out there, but it just became so hard to find them. Going through beatport, for every 30 songs I tried, only 1-2 were worth actually buying. That is a lot of time wasted to find two good songs. That's the whole reason I listened to DJs, they sort through the BS for me. But when they started to push the BS, it was time for me to get out.

J00F kept it real, but I need more variety than just one good trance DJ. Plus, the psy-side of trance was good, but not my fav.

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Trance is still insanely popular... the shift with radio edits (while in hindsight may not have been the best move (from a genre purity perspective)) it nonetheless exposed Trance to ears that wouldn't have heard it otherwise.

I'm sure Disco is dead to a lot of people as well... but there are still fans. Why does something have to be popular for you to like it? lol

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Trance will be on the map for long time but may have to become some form of hybrids between Trance-House-Industrial-Techno or Electro with even some DnB or Dubstep motives or elements, I myself drift slowly into a different genre/styles and try to find this perfect balance between (pure and the way I love) Trance and .......... - whatever else will work the best for a particular track I'm working on lol.

Cheers,

Darek

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Anybody remember breaks? Now breaks are dead! RIP 2002.

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Reminds me of the Adam Freeland vs Evil 9 set I have on my computer xD

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