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I haven't read the rest of this post, so I'll through in my two cents and hope I'm not upsetting anyone.


In my view:
80s = Rock and Pop
90s = Pop and dance
Now = Rock and pop again

I don't think trance will be mainstream again until dance music in general has a resurgence, when that will be I don't know.



p.s. I'm not denying the 90s had Rock, it had some fantastic bands, but I don't think rock was really one of the major players. That's how i see it anyway.

i think its stupid that u left out house in all three decades.....u should have atleast mentioned it in this decade

it is the leading electronic genre in the world along with trance, so its kind of important

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Originally posted by Pheobius I haven't read the rest of this post, so I'll through in my two cents and hope I'm not upsetting anyone. In my view: 80s = Rock and Pop 90s = Pop and dance Now = Hip hop and Rock and pop again I don't think trance will be mainstream again until dance music in general has a resurgence, when that will be I don't know. p.s. I'm not denying the 90s had Rock, it had some fantastic bands, but I don't think rock was really one of the major players. That's how i see it anyway.

fixd

r & b was is more popular than hip hop...

i would think it it would be more like....

80s = Rock, pop, house
90s = Pop, all electronic music
Now = Rock, pop, r & b, house

or something like that

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Originally posted by trancepunkk think its stupid that u left out house in all three decades.....u should have atleast mentioned it in this decade it is the leading electronic genre in the world along with trance, so its kind of important

Trancepunkk.

Are you aware that dance music actually is a summary used for all styles of electronic music, so with dance music he means House and Trance etc?

EDM as a whole had a surge in the late nineties and has sunk to a low (mainstream speaking) these years.

omg like trance is sooooooo mainstream i dont even like listening to it its TOTALLy catering to people who have never even like...BEEN in a community of people. Its all about dance floor now and omg its sooooo progressive these days. Which is why I listen to a 5 hour loop of a weiner slapping against a butt these days. Its so underground right now

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Originally posted by Dj O'Callaghan Trancepunkk. Are you aware that dance music actually is a summary used for all styles of electronic music, so with dance music he means House and Trance etc?

hmmm whoops/

*hides in the corner*

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Lol at this bump turning into a music discussion

Seriously This shit was lying dormant in a state of hibernation with only 2 replies. I revived it after 6 years and gave it a second chance. Wonder how the thread feels in 2007. The forum board must have been in its stone age when he was created.

"Mainstream" is just a nice way of saying that somebody, somewhere, is exploiting the genre for money - that they have turned it into a business. There's nothing wrong with artists being compensated for their work, but when money and fame becomes more important than the quality of the music, the popularity of the thing has truly crippled it. I haven't bought trance in years, merely for the fact that the only DJs worth listening to are the ones on internet message boards just doing what they're doing, pumping out mixes because they love the music. Fuck mainstream, fuck "the underground" (whatever the hell that even means anymore, the term is almost as abused as the word "art"), it should always come second place to the music, itself, and in trance's case, it should probably come second to the feeling you get - memories elicited, imagination stimulated, etc. Was trance ever really about the music to you? It is a simple organization of electronic vibrations - nothing more. There is a lot of interesting music out there - interesting to listen to for its depth, its progress, its actual production and technical mastery - the vast majority of trance is not one of those genres. It pretty much never has been, even when it was new, it was simple as hell and not particularly difficult to imitate, but kind of hard to actually imitate well - mostly because its aim is to capture an emotion and make people react to it.

In conclusion, trance kicked my dog.

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Originally posted by Orbax Which is why I listen to a 5 hour loop of weiner slapping against a butt these days. so

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Originally posted by wienerschnitzel

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Originally posted by Lira Actually, psy and goa here are way more popular than uplifting trance. In fact, if you say "trance" around here, people are more inclined to think of Infected Mushroom, Astrix, GMS and Astral Projection than, let's say, Lasgo, Tiesto and Armin Van Buuren.

as it is here.

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Originally posted by trancepunkk oh ok. well u still wont be seeing "man with no name" tracks in the top 20 charts now will u? (thats not a rhetorical question) i cant imagine that happening lol but epic trance and all that sorta stuff i think already has on many occasions (not necessarily everywhere though).

psytrance tracks and albums have been featured in israeli topcharts several times, even making the 1st place at times.

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Originally posted by Omega_M 6 years down the road, do we have a new perspective ? discuss

You are a goddamn idiot.


But I still like you.

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Originally posted by CONNERMAN2000 Its all hardstyle and these days.

I fuckin' LOVE hardstyle

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Originally posted by Orbax omg like trance is sooooooo mainstream i dont even like listening to it its TOTALLy catering to people who have never even like...BEEN in a community of people. Its all about dance floor now and omg its sooooo progressive these days. Which is why I listen to a 5 hour loop of a weiner slapping against a butt these days. Its so underground right now

Holy JESUS, Orbax!

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