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Most significant and influential trance records of the 90s

I just love that 90s trance sound, the simplicity does it for me.

10 records from the 90s that had the most impact for me are:

Age of Love - Age of Love (watch out for stella club mix)
PVD - For an Angel
Humate - Love Stimulation
Armin - Blue Fear
Moonman - Don�t be Afraid
Veracocha - Carte Blanche
Energy 52 - Caf� Del Mar (Three n one original)
BT - Flaming June (BT and PVD original)
Chicane - Offshore
Three Drives - Greece

I would put Sasha - Xpander in there but I consider that the ultimate prog house record.

What does everyone else think?

In terms of influence, the obvious one missing here is Robert Miles - Children.

Once you get to the late '90s, the Gatecrasher anthems come thick and fast. Instead of Moonman or Veracocha, you could have had System F, Gouryella, Binary Finary, Agnelli & Nelson, Ayla, etc. etc. etc. I think it's more interesting to look at the tracks from the 1995-1997 era that took trance from being a niche concern to being the massive phenomenon it was around the turn of the millennium.

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Originally posted by dazton_2000 I just love that 90s trance sound, the simplicity does it for me. 10 records from the 90s that had the most impact for me are: Age of Love - Age of Love (watch out for stella club mix) PVD - For an Angel Humate - Love Stimulation Armin - Blue Fear Moonman - Don�t be Afraid Veracocha - Carte Blanche Energy 52 - Caf� Del Mar (Three n one original) BT - Flaming June (BT and PVD original) Chicane - Offshore Three Drives - Greece

Agree with most of this, but I'd also have to put Saha and Marie - Be As One, Grace - Not Over Yet and BBE 7 days and One week.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J In terms of influence, the obvious one missing here is Robert Miles - Children. Once you get to the late '90s, the Gatecrasher anthems come thick and fast. Instead of Moonman or Veracocha, you could have had System F, Gouryella, Binary Finary, Agnelli & Nelson, Ayla, etc. etc. etc. I think it's more interesting to look at the tracks from the 1995-1997 era that took trance from being a niche concern to being the massive phenomenon it was around the turn of the millennium.

Agreed, although the Agnelli and Nelson (even late Extravaganza releases as a whole) were a little more disposable.

In terms of straight up influence, I'd have to include Odyssee Of Noises - Firedance (The Sunrise) as aside from being a big track in terms of popularity, it had a massive effect on the direction of that sound (i.e. supersaw protoype sound).

Also probably include Li Kwan ‎� Point Zero as a protyope for another predominant sound in later trance (Lot Tribe, Tekara, etc).

Also have to mention Tilt - Rendezvous PVD Quadrophic mix as it was such a huge track but is so layered and nuanced and a lot of the production techniques/motifs were later used in many of those gatecrasher/cream tracks.

Also would have to give a mention to Red Sun - This love. It was kind of a personification of pumping trance at the time.

But then I'm getting in to Epic house like Hondy - No Access and JX - There's nothing I won't do

I'd also add:

Resistance D. - Cosmic Love
Awa - Together We Can Learn
Metro Dade - The Andor Voyage
Jam & Spoon - Odyssey To Anyoona
Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth
Phrenetic System - Wayfarer
Union Jack - Cactus/Two Full Moons & A Trout
Cybordelics - Adventures Of Dama/Alice In Wonderland
Velocity - Lust (Remix By Rabbit In The Moon)
LSG - Netherworld
Emmanuel Top - Fusion
C.J.Bolland - Camargue
Ramin - Moonchild
Perry & Rhodan - The Beat Just Goes Straight On And On (On On+On Mix)

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J In terms of influence, the obvious one missing here is Robert Miles - Children. Once you get to the late '90s, the Gatecrasher anthems come thick and fast. Instead of Moonman or Veracocha, you could have had System F, Gouryella, Binary Finary, Agnelli & Nelson, Ayla, etc. etc. etc. I think it's more interesting to look at the tracks from the 1995-1997 era that took trance from being a niche concern to being the massive phenomenon it was around the turn of the millennium.

Agreed, it would be interesting to look at 95-97, just before it exploded. However, most of the records I chose were from that era.

Other tracks that come to the top of my head:

PVD - Forbidden Fruit (Forbidden Future Mix)
Discodroids ‎� Interspace
Starparty - Im in love

p.s. yes, I was a huge Ferry Corsten fan

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Agree with most of this, but I'd also have to put Saha and Marie - Be As One, Grace - Not Over Yet and BBE 7 days and One week. Agreed, although the Agnelli and Nelson (even late Extravaganza releases as a whole) were a little more disposable. In terms of straight up influence, I'd have to include Odyssee Of Noises - Firedance (The Sunrise) as aside from being a big track in terms of popularity, it had a massive effect on the direction of that sound (i.e. supersaw protoype sound). Also probably include Li Kwan ‎� Point Zero as a protyope for another predominant sound in later trance (Lot Tribe, Tekara, etc). Also have to mention Tilt - Rendezvous PVD Quadrophic mix as it was such a huge track but is so layered and nuanced and a lot of the production techniques/motifs were later used in many of those gatecrasher/cream tracks. Also would have to give a mention to Red Sun - This love. It was kind of a personification of pumping trance at the time. But then I'm getting in to Epic house like Hondy - No Access and JX - There's nothing I won't do

Agree with all of this, Li Kwan especially.

Never heard Odyssee Of Noises - Firedance (The Sunrise), I'll check it out.

BBE - Seven Days and One Week: I used to have a recording of an Anthony Pappa DJ set and he played BBE so slow and I think played it twice at the same time, doing some really cool effects. Sounded amazing.

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Originally posted by AlphaStarred I'd also add: Resistance D. - Cosmic Love Awa - Together We Can Learn Metro Dade - The Andor Voyage Jam & Spoon - Odyssey To Anyoona Jones & Stephenson - The First Rebirth Phrenetic System - Wayfarer Union Jack - Cactus/Two Full Moons & A Trout Cybordelics - Adventures Of Dama/Alice In Wonderland Velocity - Lust (Remix By Rabbit In The Moon) LSG - Netherworld Emmanuel Top - Fusion C.J.Bolland - Camargue Ramin - Moonchild Perry & Rhodan - The Beat Just Goes Straight On And On (On On+On Mix)

Proper old school, love it.

there was sooo much emotion behind 90s trance productions

Went against the norm on some but heres my top 10 of the 90s:

1. Paul van Dyk - Another Way
2. Veracocha - Carte Blanche
3. BT - GodSpeed
4. Humate - Love Stimulation (Paul van Dyk rmx)
5. Tilt - Rendezvous (PVD Quadrophic rmx)
6. Kai Tracid- Dance To Eternity
7. Chicane - Lost You Somewhere (Heliotropic rmx)
8. Three n'One - Reflect
9. Future Breeze - Why Don't You Dance With Me
10. Push - Universal Nation

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Originally posted by Scoops there was sooo much emotion behind 90s trance productions Went against the norm on some but heres my top 10 of the 90s: 3. BT - GodSpeed 7. Chicane - Lost You Somewhere (Heliotropic rmx) 10. Push - Universal Nation

Simply gorgeous records mate

Private Productions - Sexdrive (M&B's instructor Mix). What a fucking record that was from 1997!

Plus I used to listen on repeat:

CM - Dream universe (Tilt and Man with No Name Mix)
Tekara - Breathe in you

I think for me personally also a lot of impact had the older tracks (before 1995), especially the harder ones. Some that I think of:

Quench - Dreams
Dance2Trance - Power of American Natives
Jens - Loops & Tings
Nikolai - Ready To Flow
Paragliders - Paraglide
Jam&Spoon - Follow Me
DJ Hooligan - Culture
DJ Dave Davis - Transfiguration
Lunatic Asylum - The Meltdown
Vernon - Vernon's Wonderland
X-Dream - The 5th Dimension
RMB - Redemption
Meteor Seven - Signs Of Life

Some more:

Cygnus X - Positron
Mystic Force - Mystic Force
Eden Transmission - I'm So High
Exit "EEE" - Epidemic (Straight From Heaven Mix)
Progressive Attack - Hypnoticharmony (Part 2)
Curare - Schneller Pfeil
Ramin - Brainticket
Genetic Waste - Palace Of Wisdom
The Art Of Trance - Octopus

There's also a track from 94' or 95' that sounds like Odyssey To Anyoona, but I can't recall it.

Edit: found it - Y Traxx - Mystery Land

I'm not sure whether these are "influential" on a grand scale but here's some old original sounding stuff that maybe some of you have not heard....

Koxbox - Point Of No Return (Iontzer Remix)
Synthetic Progress - Acid Future
Earth Nation - Alienated (earth mix)
De Tune - Acid Dream
Cosmic Trigger - Ghost Of Acid
Marusha - Rave Channel
Renegade Legion - The Weeping Waste
Pyrote - Bycance
Wippenberg - Neurodancer (Original Mix)
Jon The Dentist - Global Phases
Cologne Summer - Sunshower

I was 2-5 years old when most of these tracks were released lol. There was no way I could experience stuff like this in my youth.

I think compilations in the 90's had a huge influence as you got to listen tracks you wouldn't hear or find otherwise, as there was no internet and record stores didn't have all these tracks.
It's hard to tell which tracks had most influence, but I would say tracks which could be found on many compilations did have influence as many people (of which some started producing later) were able to listen them.

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Originally posted by dazton_2000 Private Productions - Sexdrive (M&B's instructor Mix). What a fucking record that was from 1997! Plus I used to listen on repeat: CM - Dream universe (Tilt and Man with No Name Mix) Tekara - Breathe in you

Definite Tonka's, but I don't think they were "influential" as such; Breath in You really was an extension of the tracks that came before it such as gamemaster and invisible (which were both remakes of Quench - Dreams, Point Zero by Li Kwan and Tilt Rendevous). I love that track but it was kind of more of the same as Darey started to churn them out.

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Originally posted by Trance-M I think for me personally also a lot of impact had the older tracks (before 1995), especially the harder ones. Some that I think of: Quench - Dreams Dance2Trance - Power of American Natives Jens - Loops & Tings Nikolai - Ready To Flow Paragliders - Paraglide Jam&Spoon - Follow Me DJ Hooligan - Culture DJ Dave Davis - Transfiguration Lunatic Asylum - The Meltdown Vernon - Vernon's Wonderland X-Dream - The 5th Dimension RMB - Redemption Meteor Seven - Signs Of Life

There's some gems in there (You know I was going to mention Loops and Tings lol). Some of this was more on the techno or Eruodance end of things, but it's amazing how diverse music was in those days.

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Originally posted by Trance-M I think compilations in the 90's had a huge influence as you got to listen tracks you wouldn't hear or find otherwise, as there was no internet and record stores didn't have all these tracks. It's hard to tell which tracks had most influence, but I would say tracks which could be found on many compilations did have influence as many people (of which some started producing later) were able to listen them.

Absolutely true. Unless you went promo shopping every week and had good connections, you relied on compilations. It's also where the money was at as you didn't really make money from singles, you made it from getting it on a compilation or even licensed. The nice thing was though that you needed singles to get it out there to have a chance and it kept the tracks coming.

I was lucky that I had tons of good record stores in central london and would go every week but you still missed things.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN I was lucky that I had tons of good record stores in central london and would go every week but you still missed things.

Without any doubt people living in the bigger cities had much better access to decent record stores. Sometimes I heard tracks and wasn't even able to order them because they weren't in their system.
But when we got the ability to pre-listen cd's in the record shops, listening compilations made it possible to listen many tracks in a short period of time.

Did the internet pretty much put many good DJ and artists out of business?

I think about all the legendary gems of the 90s.... the internet contributed to the destruction of these production record labels?

I mean back then, if you made a really hot track, it would sell in physical copy and you'd make some money, so that's why artists gave it their all, shooting for timeless classics. The internet changed that... so maybe that's why many stopped trying?

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Originally posted by Dj Pluviose Did the internet pretty much put many good DJ and artists out of business? I think about all the legendary gems of the 90s.... the internet contributed to the destruction of these production record labels? I mean back then, if you made a really hot track, it would sell in physical copy and you'd make some money, so that's why artists gave it their all, shooting for timeless classics. The internet changed that... so maybe that's why many stopped trying?

Nah, I think it's much more complicated than that, some hot tracks were made in just a couple of hours. I think of things like availability of tracks, pay per track, no need for complications (with the downside or risk of hearing less diversity), festivals killing clubs and their resident DJ's, technical progress in how to make music, lack of new sounds, producers who need to start DJ-ing, DJ's who need to start producing, a new generation of listeners and probably a lot more.

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Originally posted by Dj Pluviose I mean back then, if you made a really hot track, it would sell in physical copy and you'd make some money...

That still happens nowadays, even more frequently than in the last decade, with the relatively recent resurgence of vinyl.

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...so that's why artists gave it their all, shooting for timeless classics.

I don't think any classics were made with the artist's aim of making a classic. It just happens sometimes. Most artists, I think, make tracks for themselves, ultimately - having fun and just doing what they want. Some people will like the outcome, some won't - you can't please everybody.

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The internet changed that... so maybe that's why many stopped trying?

On the contrary, I think the internet and SC actually contributed to the resurgence of vinyl, various old and new styles of electronica, and a host of new artists coming onto the scene. Many of the old record labels' demise had to do with artists no longer producing, or simply taking a new direction in their work, where they would get signed to other labels putting out that sort of style. Therefore I don't think the internet contributed to the demise of such record labels.

As for putting 'good' DJs and artists out of business - there are still plenty of oldschool artists/DJs doing their thing, so if anything, I think the internet contributed to their popularity, rather than the opposite. Of course, there were some pop and rock bands and such that blamed Napster, etc. for their lack of revenue - and this is understandable - but we're talking more about the EDM scene, in which case I don't think it applies as much, especially nowadays.

PVD - For an Angel
and Three Drives - Greece

Those are among the first trance songs I ever heard and I must have played each thousands of times.

For me, there is no more influential and important trance record than Humates love stimulation (paul van dyks lovemix). It came out in 1993 and was basically the sound of trance for the next 6-7 years. I would also argue that the countless imitations of it are a major culprit in turning trance into the shit cheesy genre it is today. I think it was Slam actually that once picked this song in a favorite list and said that its often imitated but never duplicated.

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Originally posted by paulversuspaul For me, there is no more influential and important trance record than Humates love stimulation (paul van dyks lovemix). It came out in 1993 and was basically the sound of trance for the next 6-7 years.

I think it's a lot like Jam & Spoon - Odyssey To Anyoona.
Nice to listen, but I never have heard these in a club in the 90's.

Sunbeam - Outside World and Legend B. ‎– Lost In Love (1994) on the other hand were played gray, but never get mentioned as influential.
I just wonder, do YouTube views mean something?

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Originally posted by Trance-M I think it's a lot like Jam & Spoon - Odyssey To Anyoona. Nice to listen, but I never have heard these in a club in the 90's. Sunbeam - Outside World and Legend B. ‎– Lost In Love (1994) on the other hand were played gray, but never get mentioned as influential. I just wonder, do YouTube views mean something?

I think its the equivalent of the velvet underground though, not initially a big hit but huge influence on other artists. its the influence they had over subsequent records. A lot of producers will talk about that lovemix or odyssey as being influential or inspirational. thats why its such a big record to me. it came out in 93 and people were making tracks inspired by it in 98 etc.

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