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Posted by [mez] on Jan-18-2004 13:56:

Trance type Questions...

I realise this topic has probably been done to death but i've searched and the threads that came up weren't of much use to me.

I was introduced to trance about 6 months ago with 'Push - Universal Nation' this song just urged me to get into trance.

So, i'm wanting to know if some of you may be able to list 2 or 3 tracks and artists that come under these catergories and a breif description of each type.

I like Uplifting and Hardcore mostly (these 2 types are pretty straight forward to me) but i'm unsure of these:

*Tech
*Progressive
*Psy
*Acid
*NRG ?

+ any others you can think of.

Do any these guys fall into the above categroies: Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Paul Oakenfold, Armin van Buuren?

Thanks in advance.

Posted by PulseFusion on Jan-18-2004 15:41:

The thing with genre definitions is that they're broad and different for everyone... hence im gonna post this but let it be known that this is my opinion and i'm sure that there will be with differing views... anyway, here goes.

*Tech
sorta marco v stuff, to me its kinda repetivive and a little boring

*Progressive
gabriel & dresden, james holden, slower and the music "evolves" more, umm... forget that

*Psy
joof (a bit) but don't really know
(& goa), usually quite fast 143+ bpm and not really with 'much' tune. imagine hitting 'random' on a synthesiser...

*Acid
no idea

*NRG
nu-nrg(obviously) and alphazone, harder & faster trance, usually with really energetic melodies and they kinda make you want to dance around so much that you feel like jumping outta your skin to dance faster!?! (WTF?? nah, i'm drunk, it's cool, really)... good fucking music!!! (btw, i'm kidding bout that, lol!)

Posted by TLAM_Alpha on Jan-18-2004 16:16:

Darude - Sandstorm

Greatest trance song of all time. It fits all categories.

j/k

Ok seriously though,

Progressive = pretty much what Pulsefusion said
Lots of things on the Bedrock label

Acid
Arrakis - The Spice
Its what I think Acid is supposed to sound like imo (It's pretty old though and I'm sure someone will disagree)

Psytrance & Goa
Infected Mushroom - Merlin (my favorite song of theirs)
Anything by Infected Mushroom

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jan-18-2004 16:20:

NRG and hard trance are pretty interchangeable (read any of the hard trance threads currently going).

Posted by [mez] on Jan-19-2004 05:37:

thanks for clearing those up.

Posted by Matt Jay on Jan-19-2004 06:06:

Hey [mez], come to Family nightclub on the 30th of Jan. Armin van Buuren is playing a 6 hour set. He is a trance GOD if you didn't know that already

Posted by TranceSpeeder on Jan-19-2004 06:15:

so, tiesto and ferry are just "trance"?

Posted by Acid John on Jan-19-2004 09:55:

acid: heavy usage of the TB-303 synthesizer.

there can be very melodic acid tunes, such as kai tracid - pure acid
and it can range all the way up to hard acid. for example, ASYS - From past to Phuture

also, in general,you might wanna look at "ishkur's guide to electronic music". its not a complete "law" of what defines electronic music, but it is a small guide to what is what. McClicker there ya go...

Posted by noikeee on Jan-19-2004 12:34:

pvd, tiesto, armin and ferry all pretty much fall under the uplifting trance category, yeah. oakie is playing quite a bit more on progressive side these days.

tech-trance: just the mix between techno and trance. think marco v, katana, most stuff from olivier lieb

progressive: this is waaaaaaaaaaay too broaden these days. there are lots of different stuff that can be called progressive. it's the deeper, slower, closer to house trance. think james holden, subsphere, yunus guvenen

psy: very different from all other subgenres. try stuff by astral projection and infected mushroom, you'll get the difference right away

acid: i think this is pretty much dead these days? acid is trance with a lot of 303 lines i think........ check stuff by dj misjah, not too sure if that's acid trance though

NRG: one of the 1000 names people give to hard trance.. i think. try nu-nrg, alphazone, stuff like that

Posted by [mez] on Jan-20-2004 00:40:

quote:
Originally posted by Matt Jay
Hey [mez], come to Family nightclub on the 30th of Jan. Armin van Buuren is playing a 6 hour set. He is a trance GOD if you didn't know that already

Nooooooooooo! I can't beleive hes in Brisbane and i'm not old enough to go. That sucks so much. I hate being under 18.

Next year though.

Posted by mndeg on Jan-20-2004 01:38:

NO NOT ISHKUR

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jan-20-2004 16:28:

quote:
Originally posted by Acid John
acid: heavy usage of the TB-303 synthesizer.

You do realise that the TB 303 hasn't been used commercially for 15 years? I doubt many producers still actually use one.

Posted by Acid John on Jan-20-2004 18:49:

ok excuuuuse me... that "acid" sound came originally from the tb-303. weather or not producers still use them, idk.

also, ishkurs guide is fairly informative imo... just ignore the stupid comments on each genre, just listen to the music. generally, the samples that are on that site are decent examples of each genre.

Posted by Sloouh on Jan-20-2004 19:02:

Ishkur

Yeah I find the samples on Ishkur quite good, he just writes a load of rubbish. Its also good if you are on school computers and want something to listen to. (My netMD is broken at the moment )

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Jan-20-2004 19:06:

Ishkur's guide is quite brilliant, but as it's largely offensive to trance fans people don't like it. Broaden your tastes people.

Posted by ASOT100 on Jan-20-2004 20:04:

quote:
Originally posted by [mez]
Nooooooooooo! I can't beleive hes in Brisbane and i'm not old enough to go. That sucks so much. I hate being under 18.

Next year though.

i hate being under 21, i feel ur pain

g&d had a 5 hour set last friday which I was unable to attend since it was at a 21+ club