I always found it funny how any track/artist that rides the line of prog house/trance/techno will rarely, EVER, have the word trance mentioned. It is still as dirty a word as ever.
From a recent mailer:
Melodic Techno:
"new wave of techno full of emotional journeys and deep percussive themes"
"reverberating hi-hats and snares".... "the tension building track".... "journeys through waves of effects and striking synths"
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Apr-05-2018 16:28
AlphaStarred
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Melodic techno is indeed very popular nowadays, but it shouldn't be confused with trance, because it isn't. It's still techno - simply infused with synths/melodies. Many melodic techno producers also produce straightforward techno and are known as simply 'techno' producers and djs, without playing or producing a single prog/trance track.
Apr-05-2018 17:45
DOOMBOT
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Ooooooooon with the beat.
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James Morris (DOOMBOT) and Mark Anthony techno/tech-house mix 10-17-2009
I hear ya, Swamper, I've seen the looks on people's faces who make the funniest sour face when you approach them and say a melodic techno track sounds like trance in fear of not appearing cool. Although they do sound similar in melodic structure the rhythmic variation is what makes it techno. But I agree, it definitely sounds closer to the early 90s stuff than any actual modern trance producers are making. It was all a married sound then, house/trance/techno/acid now everything has to be defined and categorized with eight hundred sub genres.
Originally posted by Swamper
I always found it funny how any track/artist that rides the line of prog house/trance/techno will rarely, EVER, have the word trance mentioned. It is still as dirty a word as ever.
From a recent mailer:
Melodic Techno:
"new wave of techno full of emotional journeys and deep percussive themes"
"reverberating hi-hats and snares".... "the tension building track".... "journeys through waves of effects and striking synths"
Trance music today is at a point. Where it doesn't sound like the trance music that I remember. Today's so called trance sounds more like commercial EDM. It sounds very predictable and unoriginal.
Its one of the reason why I been listening to more Progressive House, Deep Tech, and Techno. a lot of those Genre do have trancy sounds sometimes. I remember when Trance was more techy and hypnotic back in the days.
Melodic Techno
