what is your definition of "TRANCE MUSIC"?

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Posted by MR STROKE on Oct-17-2004 19:33:

what is your definition of "TRANCE MUSIC"?

wondering what you consider "TRANCE"...i went to go see digweed the other night, and someone i know said "digweed"? i hate trance music, trance music sucks. I think dj's like digweed do not play trance, but maybe i am wrong.??

Posted by sigmanova on Oct-17-2004 19:35:

use the search button dude...it's been discussed...many times before and i've barely been here a year heh

Posted by varun on Oct-17-2004 19:37:

Actually, Digweed's sound is a hybrid sound. It combines elements of trance,progressive and house together in a seamless blend

Posted by varun on Oct-17-2004 19:38:

quote:
Originally posted by [PCO]sigmanova
use the search button dude...it's been discussed...many times before and i've barely been here a year heh

Give the guy a break. He's barely been here a month.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Oct-17-2004 19:39:

Trance music, just like any other music, has several subgenres which may vary very much from each other. Therefore it's quite impossible to give an accurate description (not to mention how ignorant it is to say "I hate trance" when you've only heard a fraction of it) of it.

Generally, though, modern trance music is trying to evoke emotions through melodies and buildups. The older ("original", if you will) trance on the other hand was about hypnotic loops and repetition and is quite minimal compared to the new stuff. Then there's your progressive trance (which is most similar to the old type trance), tech-trance, trance influenced breakbeats etc... the list is endless.

Posted by varun on Oct-17-2004 19:49:

To the best of my knowledge:

Uplifting/Melodic Trance
Vocal Trance
Progressive Trance
Hard Trance
Tech-Trance
Psy/Goa Trance

Of course as mentioned by Mr. Mystery, the list is endless..you come across a plethora of songs that cannot be classified as any of the above listed subgenres..trance influenced breakbeats for instance.
Back to the question you had asked,the hybrid sound is difficult to classify as is Digweed's sound.

Posted by nwopper on Oct-17-2004 20:38:

Doesn't that Ishkur-guy has got somekind of tranceguide where it all got explained and such? I dunno the homepage right now...

Posted by cosmicstar on Oct-17-2004 20:51:

Try this:

http://trance-connectionz.webspace4...bout_trance.htm