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Worst year of trance.

A lot of people have been going on about 1999 was the best year.

Im kinda curious, has there ever been, just a really shitty year for trance (in between 1990-2002)? I'm fairly new to the trance scene, so i dont know much about the history.

People on these forums have been saying that 2001 was awefull.

2001 was the worst? Hehe, I'd disagree...

In a year when Urban Train, Moments Are Forever, Souvenir De Chine, For A Lifetime and countless other gems I can't think of, I don't see how someone can claim that 2001 is the worst.

Personally I think that after trance exploded onto the scene in 1998/99 that the following 2 years saw some of the worst stuff. Alot of DJ's went commercial and were playing shit that they thought would appeal to everyone.

A great example would be to listen to Oakenfolds GU - New York (the 1998 classic) and then listen to some of his newer stuff. I know this is picking out one DJ and generalizing but I think it gives a pretty good analogy of what happened to alot of trance. Don't get me wrong there were a fair share of quality tunes released in 2000 and 2001 but they just dont compare to the few years before them.

Only recentlly has the trance scene started to get back to its roots. 2002 has been good. I'd say 2000 and 2001 were probably the worst in terms of overall suckage to overall quality ratio. Whats sad is alot of "TAs" were started on allot of that crap.

any year B.C.

why, you ask, are those years bad for trance? well...cos there wasn't any!

I'd have to say the ass-end of 2000 and the first half of 2001, save the obvious exceptions

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Originally posted by Cyberwoo Personally I think that after trance exploded onto the scene in 1998/99 that the following 2 years saw some of the worst stuff. Alot of DJ's went commercial and were playing shit that they thought would appeal to everyone. Only recentlly has the trance scene started to get back to its roots. 2002 has been pretty good but I'd say 2000 and 2001 were probably the worst in terms of overall suckage to overall quality ratio. Whats sad is alot of "TAs" were started on allot of that crap.

I would say that people just didn't like the direction that trance was going...personally I think 2000 and 2001 were really good years for trance. Sure, a lot of shit came out then, but a lot of tunes that are being considered classics by many have come out in those years as well. 2002 isn't getting back on track at all. So many songs now use the standard "umc umc umc umc" beat. Sure, it was used before...but now almost every single song has it. The only song I consider to be of real high quality that came out in 2002 is Signum - Second Wave.

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Originally posted by kr00t0n I'd have to say the ass-end of 2000 and the first half of 2001, save the obvious exceptions

agree on that

id say 2000 was crap except for a few awsome tracks! maybe we all thought it was crap cos of expectations from 99! IMO i thought trance went commercial for a while ie 2000 but i think its now back to the form it was on in 99! i hope we can look forward to alot more quality production cos personally i have enjoyed most of the releases this year, especially with all the new talent breaking through with new ideas and new sounds, things will hopefully stay this way!

it's not something that can be easily measured...to say one year was better for trance than another is like comparing apples to oranges.

every year has tunes that touches your soul, and songs that absolutely suck. and don't forget the ever changing scene. you have the rise in number of dj's and producers, and what trance was back in 1999, might not be what trance is in a couple of years. my 2 cents.

every year before umm.......96

This year, for me personally, is a progressive year

*listens to MMII*

for me, 2002 sucks for trance but awesome for other genres of music.
I havent heard a whole lotta trance tunes this year that got me going all that much.

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I'd have to say the ass-end of 2000 and the first half of 2001, save the obvious exceptions

agreed

but also:

2002 not for the trance itself but for the direction it's heading!here in holland the whole trance scene is going commercial!! most trance tunes are on tv and a lot of stupid cheeze producers are totally ruining the scene!! dj sammie and gigi d'agostino are considered trance just because there have sythns in the tracks... pleeeeaaassse people are you really that ignorant.. it's just sooo annoying!!

btw 2002 is the year of rip offs (commercially-like)!!
but trance-like 2002 is quite good year, so far!

I find at the moment there is a massive amount of crap vocal trance being released. The amount of good tunes to crap tunes has dropped from around 1:10 to around 1:20. But the tunes that are good are VERY good. Some absolute gems this year.

Funny how people always say trance is on the rise when the commercial trance pop garbage is riding high in the charts, it was the same in the "golden era" of 98-99.

For me late 2000 early 2001 sucked severly!

98 was alright

99 was amazing

2000 was alright

2001 was a bit crap

2002 so far has been really good, although there is a bit of a drought atm

2001 sucked?????

LOL, that's the funniest thing ive heard in a while.

some tune from that bad year...

Members Of Mayday - 10 In 01
Meridian - Starving Dolphins
Tenth Planet - Ghosts
Westbam vs. Darude - Storm Is On Fire
Blue Alphabet - Quixotism
Ashtrax - Helsinki
Kay Cee - Unsolved Mysteries
Body-Shock - Ghosts In The Church
Hands Burn - Armstrong On The Moon
M.I.K.E. - Sunrise At Palamos
DuMonde - Never Look Back
Airwave - Save Me
Aria - One
Megamind - Taub
Chris Raven - Smegma
Jan Johnston - Flesh
Signum - First Strike
Planisphere - Moonshine
Mekka - Diamondback
Delerium - Innocente
System F - Exhale
DJ Ti�sto - Flight 643
Solid Sessions - Janeiro
DJ Jan - My Impression
Starecase - Hopeless
Warrior - Voodoo
E.N.E.R.G.Y. - Party Time
Ralphie B - Massive
Drax And Scott - Sublime
L Vee - End Of The Road
Loafer - Travelogue
Cape Town - Stringrizer
Hooligan - Hear You Now
Jan Johnston - Silent Words
Joker Jam - Innocence
Mirco De Govia - Epic Monolith
Private Taste - First
Solicitous - Furthermost
Meridian - 6.3
Virtual Trancer - Sex After Dinner
Fire & Ice - Souvenir De Chine
M.U.T.E. - Missed Beat
Push - The Legacy
Space Brothers - Everywhere I Go
Konkrete - Law Unto Myself
Argonaut - Your Body Is A Temple
Yum Yum - Heavy Fluid
Body-Shock - Rain In The City
iiO - Rapture
Solar Factor - Deep Sonar
Yves Deruyter - Music Non Stop
Peran Van Dijk - Good Time
accadia - into the dawn
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thank you for pointing that out tranceseeker

Np mate.

I only began listening to trance in the middle of 01 so I cant really say, however I do think that ranking the best/worst years is rather unimportant as well as unrealistic. I mean the tunes come out, thats whats important, whe it came out isn't. Besides everyone has different tastes, you can't set any hard standards for mesuring them against each other :d

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I only began listening to trance in the middle of 01 so I cant really say, however I do think that ranking the best/worst years is rather unimportant as well as unrealistic. I mean the tunes come out, thats whats important, whe it came out isn't. Besides everyone has different tastes, you can't set any hard standards for mesuring them against each other :d

i dont think they were trying to set standards, but show when the best trance in their opinion came out! i thought 99 was a great year for trance beause of the songs that came out! but i thought 2000 was poor because most ppl tried to break into the trance scene to make money ie ATB, DJ jean, alice dj etc etc! ie they commercialised trance and therefore downgraded it IMO not because it went commercial but because they prefered to make money rather than a mint tune! but there was still some excellent songs from 2000dont get me wqrong but the ratio of awsome songs to cheese! IMO cheese outweighed trance and thats why i thought trance struggled in 2000! but i think there are artists out now who WANT to make trance for the love of the music and money is a bonus to them! thats why i beleive trance has changed direction and got away from the euphoric dreamy trance and turned into a harder progressive even agressive genre! to me im glad its gotten away from all the vocal dreamy love song trance and reinvented itself, cos if it hadnt i beleive it woud still be struggling to match the dreamy euphoric 99 anthems!

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Originally posted by big dave ...ie ATB, DJ jean, alice dj etc etc!

ATB - 9pm (Till I come) released in the Jan/Feb 1999

This tune was such a Massive Hit on the dancefloors around the clubs worldwide you wouldn't even believe. eg. Ibiza..many clubs in the UK etc. I recieved an excellent response when I played this tune to all my mates.

No doubt that ATB's tunes were overplayed. However, I believed that he wanted to churn out something genuine with his equipment. Money or not, that's besides the question. We all luv the "greens".

It's all a matter of time frame. That song as many would say is so over and played out and so damn 99. It's human nature to search for a rare tune to appreciate judging by the way you guys diss Armin, Tiesto, Corsten what-not.

DJ Jean - The Launch released in late 99/Jan 2001

Ultimately the worst drags on sounds I've ever allowed my ear drums to experience voluntarily or involuntarily. I really have to speak up on this tune although I am not a professional music critique. Very hot on the dance floors too.

I honestly cannot stand this tune at all. However, this tune does have Hard House elements and by late 1999, people were in search of a new genre as too many trance tunes have been overplayed out due to massive demand.

2000 was certainly a year where we demanded more good tunes than we digested. Not a bad year though, Tiesto and Ferry Corsten carried on with their contribution with Walhalla although both had a busy schedule.

Alice DeeJay - Better off alone [released in mid-1999 first heard on Jules Clubber's Guide to Ibiza]

--> absolutely a nice choon to dance to, however I did find the vocals cheesy at first. Also very played out and they did earn quite a bit from record sales.

Alice DeeJay - Back in My Life [next follow-up single released in 2000]

---> I still love this track so much be it cheesy or not. It's how one feel when listening to a song, not others. Be true to yourself. The Thrillseekers remix totally astounded me. As for Dreaming of You, you can tell that the 2 brothers have real talent in making vocal tracks.


My point to all these is that Muzik itself is a progression, a congregation of participants and producers going in an exponential growth. There are numerous of trance addicts, progheads, house lovers joining the music scene. If you take a listen to most 99 trance CDs, you'll easily find amazing tunes that will take your breath away. Just let the sc3ne Gr0w!

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No doubt that ATB's tunes were overplayed. However, I believed that he wanted to churn out something genuine with his equipment. Money or not, that's besides the question. We all luv the "greens".

he may have wanted to churn out a top tune yes but that riff! how many songs did he put it into?! seriously talk about milking a tune for all its worth! he got about three songs out of that riff! now thats why i say he got into it for the money and not the music!

Tranceseeker: Taub? is from 1999. And (coincidentally?) also the only track apart from Peran & Yves Deruyter that I've still got in my collection. The rest of the tracks just sort of fell through, and are IMO no match to stuff like

Picotto "Lizard" & "Pulsar" & "Imperiale",
Push "Universal Nation",
AIDA "Far & Away",
Kay Cee "Escape",
Ayla "Ayla Part II" & "Liebe",
Cyrus & The Joker "Milky Way",
Binary Finary "1998 (PVD Remix)",
Planet Fuse "Devotion" & "The Real Face",
DJ Wag "Man on the Moon",
Storm "Storm",
The Gate "Iron Eden",
Mellow Trax "Phuture Vibes",
VDM "Night Express 2000",
Gouryella "Gouryella",
DJ Jurgen "Better off Alone",
ATB "9PM",
Jonah "Sssst...(Listen)",
Rising Star "Touch Me",
Airwave "Above The Sky",
Tandu "Velvet",
Tillmann Uhrmacher & Peter Vries "Bassfly"

which were all 1998/99, I think.

To me, melodic trance have been going down the drain steadily since that period, with fewer good tracks being released each year, almost no original tracks and only one or two tracks a year with the potential to become classics.
This year, however, have seen a upturn in the number of good tracks released ("Southern Sun", "Solarcoaster", "God Music" and some of Riva's remixes) although they still seem rather formulaic and fail to stand up to giants such as "Caf� del Mar" IMO.

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Originally posted by kr00t0n I'd have to say the ass-end of 2000 and the first half of 2001, save the obvious exceptions

i'll be another one to agree on that

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