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Posted by Rocco on Oct-21-2003 18:54:

HMV @ Yonge & Dundas

ok so i had 20 mins to kill and i decided to walk around opposed to the alternative (solve linear systems with more uknowns than equations... yey FUN). I decided to waste em glancing at some "electronica" titles @ HMV.
Let us say after very brief observation, i've concluded a fact behind a theory that i've had for a while.

Trance is not commercial cuz it's not labeled and recognized in big music stores. In other words: trance found me cuz i was lucky to have a bunch of ppl i call trance addicts.

~GROUP HUGZ~

Posted by infinity HiGH on Oct-21-2003 19:11:

Speaking of HMV, when are these bastards gonna get GU 24/7 Lee Burridge in?? they got Danny Howells...but I want Burridge dammit!!

Posted by Elmo-On-XTC on Oct-21-2003 19:20:

I've seen a few popular trance albums there...mainly tiesto and pvd but other than that it's obviously lacking. but like you said, it's not commerical...

i hope it stays that way, cuz it seems that whenever a trance song is commercial everyone hates it. long live underground EDM!

Posted by infinity HiGH on Oct-21-2003 19:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Elmo-On-XTC
I've seen a few popular trance albums there...mainly tiesto and pvd but other than that it's obviously lacking. but like you said, it's not commerical...

lacking? no way man...at least not in the cd's that i want (cept for 24/7 Burridge )

Posted by mecha on Oct-21-2003 19:41:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Speaking of HMV, when are these bastards gonna get GU 24/7 Lee Burridge in?? they got Danny Howells...but I want Burridge dammit!!

You can get your copy at release for $35.

Posted by infinity HiGH on Oct-21-2003 19:43:

quote:
Originally posted by mecha
You can get your copy at release for $35.

thanks! (time to waste more money)

Posted by Rocco on Oct-21-2003 19:45:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
lacking? no way man...at least not in the cd's that i want (cept for 24/7 Burridge )

Peter, u can get ANYTHING at Release. Just ask for it.

Posted by Skipper on Oct-21-2003 19:47:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
(time to waste more money)

bingo

Posted by Rocco on Oct-21-2003 19:54:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
thanks! (time to waste more money)

basicly i paid more money at release than i paid at school (but ofcourse i've been going to release for a while now, school, only started paying this year)

Posted by infinity HiGH on Oct-21-2003 19:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Skipper
bingo

i was being sarcastic

looks like i'm gonna be heading downtown today

Posted by dEsidEL on Oct-21-2003 20:19:

Re: HMV @ Yonge & Dundas

quote:
Originally posted by Rocco
ok so i had 20 mins to kill and i decided to walk around opposed to the alternative (solve linear systems with more uknowns than equations... yey FUN). I decided to waste em glancing at some "electronica" titles @ HMV.
Let us say after very brief observation, i've concluded a fact behind a theory that i've had for a while.

Trance is not commercial cuz it's not labeled and recognized in big music stores. In other words: trance found me cuz i was lucky to have a bunch of ppl i call trance addicts.

~GROUP HUGZ~

HMV shouldn't define what constitutes commerical music.. that definition is relative to each individual.

Posted by Mrs.Spice on Oct-21-2003 21:01:

shoulda walked over next door to Sam's

Posted by LKD on Oct-21-2003 21:19:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
looks like i'm gonna be heading downtown today

wtf..i thougth we were chillin at timies tonight

Posted by Special K on Oct-21-2003 21:20:

where can I BUY Sander K's new mix?!

At a local store/not off the web?

Posted by torontotrance on Oct-21-2003 21:31:

not officially released in north america yet from what I hear....at least that's what hmv would tell you. It's renaissance, so it might take longer to hit toronto stores. You all realize tho that the stores like HMV and others all have the same supplier of cd's in montreal.

I use many different places to buy cd's.

The best to buy before they are officially released is amazon.ca because they always have lower prices for the cd's that are not officially released.

You just have to look in places. For older cd's, the used cd stores are great imo, now you have to look every so often and hope you get lucky cuz I have.

HMV is not great for harder to find releases but not bad to check.

I think finding what you want, takes looking and release does have most of the stuff you want. Just never the stuff I want for the price I want...hehehe

It's all ELECTRONICA now....no house, trance...just ELECTRONICA in HMV. The other stores have no fucking clue what electronica is, like tower or others. It's a shame because there are lots of trance, house and techno music lovers WANTING TO BUY CD'S IF THEY WERE AVAILABLE TO THE MASSES!.

Posted by Special K on Oct-21-2003 21:39:

quote:
Originally posted by torontotrance
not officially released in north america yet from what I hear....at least that's what hmv would tell you. It's renaissance, so it might take longer to hit toronto stores. You all realize tho that the stores like HMV and others all have the same supplier of cd's in montreal.

they have it listed on amazon.com (us site!!) and on www.fusion3.com/

???

Posted by Crazy Serb on Oct-21-2003 23:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Rocco
Peter, u can get ANYTHING at Release. Just ask for it.

Anything? I'm looking for some loud speakers, blacklights, strobe lights, and some 2 Unlimited CDs... think they can hook me up?

Posted by Rocco on Oct-21-2003 23:15:

quote:
Originally posted by Crazy Serb
Anything? I'm looking for some loud speakers, blacklights, strobe lights, and some 2 Unlimited CDs... think they can hook me up?

stfu u crazy serb
well on a serious note i meant music (vinyl/CDs). They got some DJ bags and vinyl boxes so that's what i meant by everything; everything that is OF value.

unlike strobe like, speakers, blacklights and such, u can get that from any walmart store. 2 unlimited CD... well u got ur used CDs down Yonge. I surely hope u have good luck finding it

Posted by rabbitjoker on Oct-22-2003 01:12:

"F" HMV...

Useless selection unless I want an infinite amount of top 40 or Billboard rated albums.

I avoid buying there at all cost.

Posted by infinity HiGH on Oct-22-2003 02:11:

quote:
Originally posted by rabbitjoker
"F" HMV...

Useless selection unless I want an infinite amount of top 40 or Billboard rated albums.

I avoid buying there at all cost.

dude; they got an assload of PvD albums and Global Undergrounds. I found 45RPM at 1 HMV...and GU003 was at the one at Bloor/Bay a while ago. Not all top 40

Of course nothing compares to gemm

Posted by Rocco on Oct-22-2003 02:47:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
dude; they got an assload of PvD albums and Global Undergrounds. I found 45RPM at 1 HMV...and GU003 was at the one at Bloor/Bay a while ago. Not all top 40

Of course nothing compares to gemm

yea i found Tiesto - Nayna, PVD - 45rpm, Nothing But You (positiva single), Out There and Back and Tell me Why (single)

Also found a shitload of MoS cds and Gatecrasher anthems, ur typical top 60 anthems on 20 compliations CD pack for 50 or 60 bux, Ibiza "trance" anthems that's really full of commercial euro rmxed. But what caught my eye was MoS - Chillout Session 2002. the MoS releases are there simply because there is a branch for MoS in canada, AKA MoS Canada

I was really looking for where trance stands and how accessable it was to the general public. Answer was it isn't really accesable even the commercial releases. I asked one of the staff if they had PVd - Reflections and he said they have the import on their site but the Canadian release isn't till november.
For now, the real source for decent commercially released compliation and mixed CDs would be The Pit, Release or Play de Record. Nothing beats amazon germany ofcourse.. i recieved Global 2 weeks b4 the North American release. As for commercially released CDs at HMV, i expect much more than that from canada's music supper store. Honestly, i would love working for them. I'll make a little part of the store dedicated to trance. I dunno, i might be crazy but if we need a trance/prog/house radio durring the daytime, we gotta show that there is demand in toronto for such genere. No other way than showing the ammount of commercial sales such genere can produce.

Posted by rabbitjoker on Oct-22-2003 02:48:

quote:
Originally posted by infinity HiGH
Of course nothing compares to gemm

I am a gemm-whore..

(said with a hard "g", like "gift".. not like the gem-stone....)

Posted by jdjd on Oct-22-2003 04:28:

the only good thing is that they let you listen to anything they have in the store...

Posted by Turbonium on Oct-22-2003 04:35:

I kinda like the fact that it's not commercial and "underground" instead. Makes it more special. I mean, most of us here seeked something different and found trance.

Personally, I'm completely different than pretty much 100% of the people I've ever known (not in the personality sense, but mind-set sense). This includes what I listen to and everything.

If trance became mainstream, it would suck, cuz it would be like "the secret is out and everyone listens to the shit I discovered way back when and only I listened to". Like lots of times I will be listening to a cd full of trance, and someone will ask "what is that you're listening to?" I'll say "trance". They'll look confused, naturally.

After a quick listen, they'll be like "oh, you mean like techno", or "oh, like dance music, right?".

Then I just go "no not really, sort of... it's called trance". This reassures me that I'm totally 0wning them in the 133tness department. I hope you're all feelin' me, cuz I might be sounding a bit sellfish, lol.

Posted by djshan on Oct-22-2003 14:26:

i usually buy most of my cd's from hmv. the last time i went i saw italio hitz by tony monoco , and it was in the trance section too. of course i never picked that up, instead i bought a couple of ministry of sound compilations.