anything other than trance is boring...anyone else feel the same?

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Posted by dj_cuba on Aug-26-2001 11:59:

anything other than trance is boring...anyone else feel the same?

is it just me? all i seem to like is trance, ive listened to many other dj's live sets and anything other than trance seems really boring and monotone. at creamfields yesterday i listened to part of seb fontaine's set futureshocks set and part of carl cox's set and the style i think is really repetitive and boring. even these so called dj gods like sasha, digweed and carl cox seem really boring to me. the funny thing is that when someone like sasha makes there own song it sounds really good and the same with picotto. is it just me or does anyone else feel the same way?

Posted by flystyler on Aug-26-2001 12:05:

i agree to a degree, i think that i cant really listen to hard house, or progressive house, but i am liking, more and more, the pete tong style, funky house, or funky trance style.

But i still can listen to other genres, i love jimmy hendrix, he is a guitar god, that is probably why i like no one driving - playa sol, good guitar riff. and armand van helden - Why Can't You Free Some Time.

armand van helden - Why Can't You Free Some Time. This is my example of the more funky stuff i listen to, it is more of a break from trance, chill out stuff, i go from hard trance, to pure trance.

Trance is the best genre i think though

Posted by flystyler on Aug-26-2001 12:07:

I named armand van helden - Why Can't You Free Some Time. coz i am listening to it now, i could have chosen a few others, like modjo - what i mean, modjo track, strange that i like it, but it is good. Also i go towards the daft punk stuff as well

Posted by Astronaut on Aug-26-2001 14:03:

In the beginning I only listened PvD.
But after a while I realized that a Carl Cox, Sven V�th or
Sasha set could be just as good.
They have different style but who cares?
The point is that you have to listen the sets many times.
At least two or three times to like them.

For example, when I listened the 1st CD of the GU019 which is
mixed by Digweed, I tought OMG what a boring mix, stupid
slow tracks.
But after listening it many times it just got better and better
and now it's one of my fav.!

Posted by Rich on Aug-26-2001 14:09:

LOL

I totally agree with u mate

Other music just sounds kinds "wrong" , nothing pumps me up and gets me excited like a tremendously powerful trancer!

I didn't bother going to creamfields - it looked like there was too much prog for me!

ps - guess where I live.... Leicester...

Posted by sothis on Aug-26-2001 17:20:

i dont really agree with this at all..

when i *first* got into the scene, all i liked was trance. house was boring (tho i still think it is), jungle was too hard and dark, etc. trance was the only beautiful and interesting techno genre for me. after awhile i became very inclined to jungle as well.. and though trance is my first love, i love jungle also... as well as uk hardhouse, and maybe the occasional other.

but in general i dont understand why some people stick *only* to techno music anyways. personally, my background is in industrial music, and i still love it. i also have been partial to forms of metal (not this new rap-rock shit, i always liked black synthy metal or random bands such as fear factory). and while i might listen to my trance or jungle 80% of the time, i still love to sit down with "alternate" forms of music for a change.

so for that reason, i definitely dont think anything other than trance is boring. it seems like it would become rather dull very quickly to ONLY like one genre of techno, and care for no other style of music whatsoever.. i just love music too much for that.

Posted by kurai on Aug-26-2001 17:35:

I can only listen to trance.. I dunno why.. call it sick.. but I just love this style!

Posted by Elyksir on Aug-26-2001 17:48:

TRANCE 4EVER !!

When I started to listen electronic music I was first into commercial Italo dance, but I discovered trance sound 4 years ago and I will stick to it for sure.
I also try to 'understand' progressive and I like some of the tracks but it doesn't give me so much energy than pure uplifting trance.
I think that trance will stay appealing for a while and is constantly developing> Oakey-Tiesto-PvD-MarcoV and there will always be something new. Techno is out IMO, also house is in a big recess.
Long live trance !!!!!!!

Posted by PSi on Aug-26-2001 22:59:

You just have to let it grow on you...like GU13 mixed by Sasha in Ibiza is amazing when it starts with BT - fibonacci sequence...and i also love breaks (Hybrid) im actually starting to like Hybrid, Man with no name, Danny Howells, Sasha and Digweed more than ilike PvD and ferry corsten....

But thats just my point of view.

Posted by JayD on Aug-26-2001 23:20:

I dont agree

There is a ton of great music out there, trance for being on as well as other types of music. I like everything you can possibly think of. For some reason it's just that trance is what I have been listening to more often more than anything else. Although, I think that alot of other types of music besides trance are great.

Every-1 has thier own opinions and I will not hold you to this one. Although, I do not agree with you in this thread or alot of the others that you post.

Posted by Pareez on Aug-26-2001 23:27:

Trance is the only thing that's not boring when...

compared to Euro, Freestlye. I hate that stuff. Trance puts it to shame anytime, anywhere. House, Techno, Drum N' Bass all have the good and bad which I'm sure too Trance has as well. Trance isn't perfect but just like other genres it can be awesome (when you like a song) and boring (when you don't like a song) I guess.

Pareez

Posted by Omni on Aug-26-2001 23:54:

Totally wrong in my opinion.

House is great music (hard to spin, but great)

I really really love the new Digweed style. It's incredible.

Posted by TyBy7996 on Aug-27-2001 00:38:

somehow trance is better than anything else...

or you should consider any type of electronic music is better than any other genre of music...

but if i had to chose to listen to just one type of electronic music, than it would definately be hard trance.

Posted by TeKnoHe@d2025 on Aug-27-2001 02:19:

I'd have to say that any music genre other than electronica sounds boring to me anymore. Sure there are a few exceptions, but they're rare any more.

I'm even starting to find it hard to listen to a song that's under 5:30 long! That's why this Dumonde vs. Lange- Memory (Radio Edit) is killing me...I GOTTA FIND THE FULL VERSION!

Posted by dj_cuba on Aug-27-2001 11:06:

quote:
Every-1 has thier own opinions and I will not hold you to this one. Although, I do not agree with you in this thread or alot of the others that you post.

Huh what could i have done to make you disagree with me. all i said was that i find it hard to listen to this type of music i never said it was shit or anything....

Posted by Paul_Van_Trance on Aug-27-2001 13:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Omni
Totally wrong in my opinion.

House is great music (hard to spin, but great)

hard to spin? I think you're mistaken.
it is, amongst other genres of music, considered to be the easiest due to the basic 4/4beats in nearly all choonz.
but anyway... that doesnt mean its bad.

I love house.
i prefer house to trance.
Tribal House is by far the best.. my favourite.
yet even better... tribal/funky house.
you dont get that many around and if you do, its a blessing.
funky.. tribal.. progressive (cheerz tu_face ).. and breaks (Hooj choonz to the max.. with a tribal touch to em).. i prefer ALL those to trance.
if you think progressive is boring, think twice. the track is changin throughout.. while with trance u got the same melody throughout the track and same beats.. with extra lyrics to them. some trance is good though.. but i think that if you dont enjoy tribal/prog house (Dave Seaman.. Sasha.. Diggers) then you're not listening properly.

PvT

Posted by Nautica on Aug-27-2001 19:02:

I've been into Dance Music for as long as I can remember, I didn't suddenly 'discover' Trance like some on here, it's always been with me in one form or another, from Age Of Love in 92 through when everyone went Goa mad in 95 (Perfecto Fluoro etc) to the big outbreak in 99.

I still listen to all sorts, but 90% of the stuff I buy now is trance, and has been for a few years.

Hard House can have the energy but not the melody.
House can have the beautiful lyrics but not the energy.
Hardcore can have energy and melody but it's rarely moving or beautiful.
Garage and Hip Hop / R&B is too basic and stripped down.
Techno has the energy but not the melody or emotion.

No other genre of dance, or even music has such a poweful combination of elements and structure that conveys such energy and emotion in one piece.

It will always exist.

It will always be with you.

Posted by dj_cuba on Aug-27-2001 19:27:

quote:
Hard House can have the energy but not the melody.
House can have the beautiful lyrics but not the energy.
Hardcore can have energy and melody but it's rarely moving or beautiful.
Garage and Hip Hop / R&B is too basic and stripped down.
Techno has the energy but not the melody or emotion.
No other genre of dance, or even music has such a poweful combination of elements
and structure that conveys such energy and emotion in one piece.

It will always exist.

It will always be with you.

OMG i couldn't have put it better! this is exactly how i feel... all other types of electronica lack something emotion,energy,the ability to make u feel uplifted etc...trance is just the perfect blend of all of them and what makes it so great...