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I'm new to the electronica genre as a whole, and I'm very confused as to what to get since there is an unbelievable amount of material out there. Can someone reccomend me some good trance songs/artists to look for?

Some names to search for that I like are:
Paul Van Dyk
DJ Tiesto
Christopher Lawerence
Robert Miles
John Digweed
iio
Riva
Delerium - remixs
Conjure One - remixes
Paul Oakenfold
DJ Sasha
BT
DJ Ann
DJ Rap
Perpetuous Dreamer
Kreo
Ferry Corsten

But I'm not nearly as hard core as other are but good luck and watch for the flames of hate.

Its best to start with big names and work your way down

start with names like these, along with some of their original tracks
DJ Tiesto (Flight 643, Lethal Industry, Urban Train)
Armin van Buuren (Yet Another Day)
Ferry Corsten (Punk, Indigo)
Sasha (Xpander)
Paul van Dyk (Beautiful Place)
Paul Oakenfold (Ready Steady Go)
BT (Flaming June, Lullaby for Gaia, Never Gonna Come Back Down)

After sampling some of the big names, look at the mixes they do on compilation cds such as Tiesto's Magik or In Search of Sunrise series. Look at the names of tracks and explore their artists. Often, you'll find that DJs and trance artists record under many different names, and you can explore their variation in sound as well as how they work with others on dual projects (a renowned example being Gouryella [Corsten and Tiesto]). A good website for finding out more info on particular artists or projects is
www.discogs.com

Hope you enjoy your time with trance

True true.. u start listening to those big hits(Tiesto,PVD,Oakenfold) and you'll learn to appreciate the finer art of trance.

Try Cirrus too.

is it just me, or does it seem like there has been a lot of "new to trance" people lately

not that it's a bad thing or course


try some older pvd live sets

paul van dyk
dj tiesto
armin van buuren
ferry corsten
nu nrg

Also try Darren Tate...my favourite producer
and try to find some good compilation such "in trance we trust" or "in search of sunrise"

well, try starting by the classic compilations/livesets instead of singles

the Magik series and the In Search of Sunrise series by Tiesto
Sasha - Global Underground 013, Ibiza
Paul Oakenfold - Tranceport
Ferry Corsten - live @ Innercity 1999
the old compilations by Armin van Buuren

try also some essential mixes from these guys and Paul van Dyk as well

try matti laamanen (also under Cosmicman alias), uplifting powa!
and welcome to TA, let the magic world of trance open for you =)

-Glad

all u need is:

Paul van Dyk - Vorsprung Dyk Technik
Paul van Dyk - Out there and back

i can't believe nobody has mentioned M.I.K.E. yet!!

check out some aliases of his: push, plastic boy, solar factor, musix, virtua trancer, etc.

he's behind numerous classics!

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Originally posted by Strike is it just me, or does it seem like there has been a lot of "new to trance" people lately not that it's a bad thing or course

Well IMHO main stream radio is now playing more dance music then it ever has before, well at least since disco was out in the 70s. Simply there are more multi-format music style stations popping up to capture the youth market who likes trance, techno, hip-hop and even new rock. There are also dance music channels on DSS/cable TV, like Music Choice service, and there is now Sirius and XM radio pay radis service. So yeah more people are getting turned on to trace cause they hear it more places then just the local clubs turntables.

If alternative bands of the 80s/90s like the Cure, Depeche Mode, Erasue, Red Hot Chilie Peppers and Nirvana can make it onto pop radio then you can bet trance/techno is going to be the next wave after the current hip-hop/rap period.

Just my take on it........

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Originally posted by Strike try some older pvd live sets

and some newer...

n00bs everywhere!

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is it just me, or does it seem like there has been a lot of "new to trance" people lately

We're everywhere!!!
Hey all newbs! Please check this valuable thread where I asked the very same question last week!

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=134848

lots of great advice here!

- Digital Aura (king newb!)

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Originally posted by ShellSh0ck all u need is: Paul van Dyk - Vorsprung Dyk Technik Paul van Dyk - Out there and back

and politics of dancing

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Originally posted by Delerium1997 If alternative bands of the 80s/90s like the Cure, Depeche Mode, Erasue, Red Hot Chilie Peppers and Nirvana can make it onto pop radio then you can bet trance/techno is going to be the next wave after the current hip-hop/rap period. Just my take on it........

Being an alternative music fan in the early 90s before it hit big, and being a hip hop fan before it hit I have long feared Trance/Techno hitting mainstream. It's my music and I'm keeping it. Once MTV or radio gets a hold of it, it will all be over. I think we are already seeing it though in commercials and background music.

try some german techno. always there for gettin the party pumpin

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Originally posted by NPursuit Being an alternative music fan in the early 90s before it hit big, and being a hip hop fan before it hit I have long feared Trance/Techno hitting mainstream. It's my music and I'm keeping it. Once MTV or radio gets a hold of it, it will all be over. I think we are already seeing it though in commercials and background music.

Thats not really true.

Trance used to be mainstream here a few years back, then it sorta fizzled out and was replaced by cheesy trance, which has now died also. This is true for europe also, and we all have better trance scenes than in countries where it never was mainstream.

To give you an idea on where some trance tracks have charted in the uk singles charts, heres a list I made (chart positions are in brackets):

1996
Robert Miles - Children (#2)
Faithless - Insomnia (#3)
Faithless - Salva Mea (reissue) (#9)
Chicane - Offshore (#14)
Way Out West - The Gift (#15)
Atlantic Ocean - Waterfall (#21)

1997
DJ Quicksilver - Belissima (#4)
Chicane - Offshore (reissue) (#17)
BT - Flaming June (#19)
CJ Bolland - The Prophet (#19)
Space Brothers - Shine (#23)
Airscape - Pacific Melody (#27)

1998
Faithless - God Is a DJ (#6)
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar '98 (#12)
Da Hool - Meet Her At The Love Parade (#15)
Nalin & Kane - Beachball (#17)
Agnelli & Nelson - El Nino (#21)
Binary Finary - 1998 (#24)
Paul Van Dyk - For an Angel (#28)
Marc Et Claude - La (#28)
BT - Flaming June (reissue) (#29)

1999
ATB - 9pm (Til I come) (#1)
DJ Jurgen pres. Alice Deejay - Better Off Alone (#2)
DJ Jean - The Launch (#2)
ATB - Don't Stop (#3)
DJ Sakin & Friends - Protect Your Mind (#4)
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (incl. Ferry Corsten Remix) (#4)
Chicane - Saltwater (#6)
Binary Finary - 1999 (#11)
Fragma - Toca Me (Instrumental) (#11)
Paul Van Dyk - Another Way / Avenue (#13)
System F - Out of the Blue (#14)
Gouryella - Gouryella (#15)
Planet Perfecto - Bullet In the Gun (#15)
Planet Perfecto featuring Grace - Not Over Yet (#16)
Agnelli & Nelson - Everday (#17)
Humate - Love Stimulation (#18)
Sasha - Xpander EP (#18 - Album Chart)
System F - Cry (#19)
Matt Darey presents Mash Up - Liberation (#19)
Tilt - Invisible (#20)
Veracocha - Carte Blanche (#22)
Blank & Jones - Cream (#24)
Gouryella - Walhalla (#27)
Mauro Picotto - Lizard (#27)
Lustral - Everytime (#30)
Airscape - L'Esperanza (#33)
Mauro Picotto - Lizard (November Reissue) (#33)
Push - Universal Nation (October Reissue) (#35)
Push - Universal Nation (#36)
Solar Stone - Seven Cities (#39)

2000
Chicane - Don't Give Up (#1)
Fragma - Toca's Miracle (Vocal) (#1)
Delerium - Silence (incl. Tiesto Remix) (#3)
Darude - Sandstorm (#3)
Element Four - Big Brother UK TV Theme (#4)
Darude - Feel The Beat (#5)
Public Domain - Operation Blade (#5)
Hi-Gate - Pitchin (#6)
Paul Van Dyk - Tell Me Why (The Riddle) (#7)
Planet Perfecto - Bullet In the Gun 2000 (#7)
Warp Brothers vs Aquagen - Phatt Bass (#9)
Rank 1 - Airwave (#10)
Matt Darey's Mash Up presents Marcella Woods - Beautiful (#12)
Hi-Gate - I Can Hear Voices / Caned And Unable (#12)
Marc Et Claude - I Need Your Lovin' (#12)
Paul Van Dyk - We Are Alive (#15)
Armin Van Buuren - Communication (#18)
Space Brothers - Shine 2000 (#18)
Warrior - Warrior (#19)
Sasha & Emerson - Scorchio (#23)
Chicane - No Ordinary Morning / Halcyon (#28)
Agnelli & Nelson - Hudson Street (#29)
William Orbit - Ravel's Pavane Pour Une Infante Defunte (incl. Ferry Corsten Remix) (#31)
Tomski featuring Jan Johnston - Love Will Come (#31)
DJ Sandy vs Housetrap - Overdrive (#32)
Mauro Picotto - Iguana (#33)
Agnelli & Nelson - Embrace (#35)
Matt Darey presents DSP - From Russia With Love (#40)

2001
Faithless - We Come One (#3)
Riva - Stringer (incl. Who Do You Love Now crappy vocal version) #3
PPK - Resurrection (#3)
Fragma - Everytime You Need Me (#4)
Cosmic Gate - Firewire (#9)
Darude - Meet Her At The Love Parade 2001 (#11)
Mauro Picotto - Komodo (#13)
Push - Strange World (#21)
Mauro Picotto - Like This Like That (#21)
Push - The Legacy (#22)
DJ Tiesto - Urban Train (#22)
Hi-Gate - Gonna Work It Out (#25)
Warrior - Voodoo (#27)
Miss Shiva - Dreams (#30)
Vincent De Moor - Fly Away (#30)
Members of Mayday - 10 in 01 (#31)
Delerium - Innocente (#32)
Cygnus X - Superstring (#33)
Freefall featuring Jan Johnston - Skydive (I Feel Wonderful) (#35)
Jan Johnston - Flesh (#36)
Airheadz - Stanley (Here I Am) (#31)
Slusnik Luna - Sun (#40)

2002
Lange - Drifting Away (#7)
Matt Darey featuring Marcella Woods - Beautiful (reissue) (#10)
Jurgen Vries - The Theme (#13)
Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun / Ready Steady Go (#16)
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar incl. Marco V Remix (#24)
DJ Tiesto - Lethal Industry (#25)
Ferry Corsten - Punk (#29)
Marc Et Claude - Tremble (#29)
Cosmic Gate - Exploration of Space (#29)
Push - Tranzy State Of Mind (#31)
Agnelli & Nelson - Everyday 2002 (#33)
Matt Darey & Marcella Woods - U Shine On (#34)
Mauro Picotto - Pulsar 2002 (#35)
DJ Tiesto - Flight 643 (#36)

2003
Tomcraft - Lonliness (#1)
Benny Benassi - Satisfaction (#2)
Jurgen Vries - The Opera Song (#3)
Paul Van Dyk - Nothing But You (#14)
Jurgen Vries - Wilderness (#20)
Paul Van Dyk - Times Of Our Lives/Connected (#28)
Marc Et Claude - Loving You '03 (#33)


We've had all these tracks chart in the singles charts at high positions, but we still have a brilliant scene.

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Originally posted by joeh Thats not really true. Trance used to be mainstream here a few years back, then it sorta fizzled out and was replaced by cheesy trance, which has now died also. This is true for europe also, and we all have better trance scenes than in countries where it never was mainstream.

Sorry I should have specified it has never hit mainstream in the U.S. besides a few random tracks and cheesy tracks.

i don't suppose its too bad for a bunch of noobs, they're finally starting to appreciate good music! like any type of music, trance is destined to reach more than the average audience.

personally, i don't think it is going to hit too main stream. I think everyone is still too narrow minded about music for it really to hit big. For now, I suppose, we still have our time to enjoy without alice dj and etc followers!

All the famous people from back in the day suck now. You gotta look into the new artists. Try these guys:

2 Players
AR52
CERN
Cosmicman
Cupa
Dreas
Eelke Kleijn
Faraway Project
Factoria
Filo & Peri
Genix
G&M Project
GTR
Jaron Inc
Matti Laamanen
MIDOR & Six4Eight
Oceanforce
Outback
Robert Gitelman
Science Deal

instead of naming producers, i'll give you a list of my favorite songs. most are uplifting, which a lot of people tend to like, so maybe you'll like em too

Rank 1 - Airwave
DJ Tiesto - Flight 643
The Green Martian - End Of The Earth (2002 Remake)
Mauro Picotto - Back to Cali (Push Remix)
Push - Strange World (2000 Remake)
Rank 1 - Such Is Life (Marco V Remix)
Veracocha - Carte Blanche (Original and Ronald Van Gelderen Remix)
Push - Universal Nation 2003 (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Pulser - My Religion (Original and Lange Remix)
Eon - Pocket Damage
S.H.O.K.K. - Isn't It All a Little Strange (Krazy Nut Mix)
Spoiled & Zigo - More and More (Unvocal Mix)
The Matrix - Protect The Innocent (Cream Team Remix)
Tony Walker - Fields Of Joy (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Arrakis - The Spice (New Club Mix)
Basic Dawn - Pure Thrust (Nu NRG Remix)
The Venture - Alaska (Original Mix)
Sunbeam - One Minute In Heaven (Club Mix)
Rollerball - Albinoni
The Squad - Licht and Schall
Sweep - Running Up That Hill (Dumonde Mix)
The Digital Blonde - Legato (Dumonde Remix)
5th Dimension - Rain Of Emotion (Robert Nickson Remix)
DJ Spider - Stuck Inside (Jelle Faber Remix)
Marc Dawn - Expander (Flutlicht Remix)
Jose Amnesia - Hentai (Original Remix)
All Gouryella Tracks
Nu-NRG - Dreamland
Sonorous - Protonic (Ronski Speed Mix)
Sun Decade - I'm Alone (Ronski Speed Mix)
Dj Sammy - Sunlight (Pulser Remix)
Ransom - My Dance (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Questia - Nexus Asia
The Quest - C Sharp
Micro Tools - Triomphe De L'Amour (Plastic Angel Remix)
Vengaboys - Kiss (Airscape Mix)
Cosmicman - I Love You (Shane 54 Remix)
Rah - Glow (Airbase Remix)
Rainbow Warrior - La Musique (Vocal Mix)
Major League - Wonder (Transa Remix)
Moon Project - Moments Are Forever (Original Mix)
Ralphie B - Massive
Paul Glazby - Beautiful (Original Mix)
Next Exit - Rise of Nations (Mat Silver vs. Tony Burt Remix)
Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Moogwai - Viola (Armin van Buuren Remix)
Mesh - Purple Haze
DJ Robert Gitelman Vs. The Martines Brothers - Electrified (Dolphin Trance Mix)
System F - Elevate, Exhale, Out of the Blue
Moontribe - Dance Of The Seventh Hill (Tiesto Remix)
BK - Revolution
Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock (F. Massif Remix)
Floyd - Come 2 Gether
Dumonde - God Music (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Flutlicht - Icarus (Big Al Club Rework)
Plastic Boy - Silver Bath (Original Mix)
DJ Jan - X-Santo (Transa Remix)
DJ Shog - Second Dimension (UK Club Mix)
Ralph Fridge - Angel (Club Mix)
Green Court - Silent Heart (Flutlicht Remix)
Tony Walker - Fields Of Joy (Ferry Corsten Remix)
York - The Awakening (Quake Remix)
Flutlicht - The Fall (Marc Dawn Remix)
Kid Vicious - Proceed (Kid Vicious Obsessive Remake)
Nu-NRG - Take Your Air (Nu-NRG Air Mix)
Infuntheria - Russian Dream (Original Mix)
Extreme Trax - Final Fantasy (Push Accidental Mix)
Yahel - Voyage
William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix)
Warrior - If You Want Me
Watergate - Heart Of Asia (Rising Sun Remix)
Vanessa Mae - White Bird (Cosmic Gate Remix)
Unknown Source - Nadjanema
Frank T.R.A.X. - Nebuchan (O.R.G.A.N. Mix)
Underworld - Cowgirl 2000 (Bedrock Mix)
Umek - Gatex
Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Original Edit)
Judge Vries - The Theme
Ultra - Metro
M.I.K.E. vs. John '00' Flemming - Ice Cream (John OO Flemming Remix).
Tillman Uhrmacher - On The Run (Ocean To Shore Club Mix)
Three Drives - Carrera 2 (NU-NRG Remix)

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Originally posted by Trazedict instead of naming producers, i'll give you a list of my favorite songs. most are uplifting, which a lot of people tend to like, so maybe you'll like em too Rank 1 - Airwave DJ Tiesto - Flight 643 The Green Martian - End Of The Earth (2002 Remake) Mauro Picotto - Back to Cali (Push Remix) Push - Strange World (2000 Remake) Rank 1 - Such Is Life (Marco V Remix) Veracocha - Carte Blanche (Original and Ronald Van Gelderen Remix) Push - Universal Nation 2003 (Ferry Corsten Remix) Pulser - My Religion (Original and Lange Remix) Eon - Pocket Damage S.H.O.K.K. - Isn't It All a Little Strange (Krazy Nut Mix) Spoiled & Zigo - More and More (Unvocal Mix) The Matrix - Protect The Innocent (Cream Team Remix) Tony Walker - Fields Of Joy (Ferry Corsten Remix) Arrakis - The Spice (New Club Mix) Basic Dawn - Pure Thrust (Nu NRG Remix) The Venture - Alaska (Original Mix) Sunbeam - One Minute In Heaven (Club Mix) Rollerball - Albinoni The Squad - Licht and Schall Sweep - Running Up That Hill (Dumonde Mix) The Digital Blonde - Legato (Dumonde Remix) 5th Dimension - Rain Of Emotion (Robert Nickson Remix) DJ Spider - Stuck Inside (Jelle Faber Remix) Marc Dawn - Expander (Flutlicht Remix) Jose Amnesia - Hentai (Original Remix) All Gouryella Tracks Nu-NRG - Dreamland Sonorous - Protonic (Ronski Speed Mix) Sun Decade - I'm Alone (Ronski Speed Mix) Dj Sammy - Sunlight (Pulser Remix) Ransom - My Dance (Ferry Corsten Remix) Questia - Nexus Asia The Quest - C Sharp Micro Tools - Triomphe De L'Amour (Plastic Angel Remix) Vengaboys - Kiss (Airscape Mix) Cosmicman - I Love You (Shane 54 Remix) Rah - Glow (Airbase Remix) Rainbow Warrior - La Musique (Vocal Mix) Major League - Wonder (Transa Remix) Moon Project - Moments Are Forever (Original Mix) Ralphie B - Massive Paul Glazby - Beautiful (Original Mix) Next Exit - Rise of Nations (Mat Silver vs. Tony Burt Remix) Apoptygma Berzerk - Kathy's Song (Ferry Corsten Remix) Moogwai - Viola (Armin van Buuren Remix) Mesh - Purple Haze DJ Robert Gitelman Vs. The Martines Brothers - Electrified (Dolphin Trance Mix) System F - Elevate, Exhale, Out of the Blue Moontribe - Dance Of The Seventh Hill (Tiesto Remix) BK - Revolution Ferry Corsten - Rock Your Body Rock (F. Massif Remix) Floyd - Come 2 Gether Dumonde - God Music (Cosmic Gate Remix) Flutlicht - Icarus (Big Al Club Rework) Plastic Boy - Silver Bath (Original Mix) DJ Jan - X-Santo (Transa Remix) DJ Shog - Second Dimension (UK Club Mix) Ralph Fridge - Angel (Club Mix) Green Court - Silent Heart (Flutlicht Remix) Tony Walker - Fields Of Joy (Ferry Corsten Remix) York - The Awakening (Quake Remix) Flutlicht - The Fall (Marc Dawn Remix) Kid Vicious - Proceed (Kid Vicious Obsessive Remake) Nu-NRG - Take Your Air (Nu-NRG Air Mix) Infuntheria - Russian Dream (Original Mix) Extreme Trax - Final Fantasy (Push Accidental Mix) Yahel - Voyage William Orbit - Barber's Adagio For Strings (Ferry Corsten Remix) Warrior - If You Want Me Watergate - Heart Of Asia (Rising Sun Remix) Vanessa Mae - White Bird (Cosmic Gate Remix) Unknown Source - Nadjanema Frank T.R.A.X. - Nebuchan (O.R.G.A.N. Mix) Underworld - Cowgirl 2000 (Bedrock Mix) Umek - Gatex Lost Tribe - Gamemaster (Original Edit) Judge Vries - The Theme Ultra - Metro M.I.K.E. vs. John '00' Flemming - Ice Cream (John OO Flemming Remix). Tillman Uhrmacher - On The Run (Ocean To Shore Club Mix) Three Drives - Carrera 2 (NU-NRG Remix)

All tracks worth listening to in that list. A bunch you can actually get off of trancEaddict under the singles download section, http://www.tranceaddict.com/singles.php. I would say 95% of those are worth a download

Paul Oakenfold's - Tranceport should be a staple of any "introduction to trance" course

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Originally posted by Strike is it just me, or does it seem like there has been a lot of "new to trance" people lately not that it's a bad thing or course try some older pvd live sets

lol

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