Difference between trance and techno?

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Posted by feelthemusic on Jan-17-2005 15:51:

Difference between trance and techno?

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Posted by slinkyhead on Jan-17-2005 15:56:

not another one of these.

both are genres that pretty much everyone will have different opinions of. In general

Trance: more about the build-up, ie the track goes all quite and then builds up to a crescendo and the beat kicks back in. Trance is more fluffy

example djs Armin, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk

Techno: More about the beat, maybe more subtle as well in its build up. Possibly slightly more repetivtive. Techno is more grimey

example djs: Carl Cox, Dave Clarke, UMEK

Posted by Ory on Jan-17-2005 15:58:

Trance = microwaved junk food.

Techno = gourmet dinner.

Posted by sleepydragon on Jan-17-2005 16:00:

listen to a techno tune by dave the drummer or chris liberator then
listen to a trance track by above & beyond or ferry corsten

after that if u still cant tell the difference u must be deaf

Posted by Light The Fuse on Jan-17-2005 16:04:

Trance - Son Kite, Lawrence, Joof,PvD
Techno - Ben Sims, Jeff Mills, Carl Cox

Posted by feelthemusic on Jan-17-2005 17:00:

quote:
Originally posted by slinkyhead
not another one of these.

both are genres that pretty much everyone will have different opinions of. In general

Trance: more about the build-up, ie the track goes all quite and then builds up to a crescendo and the beat kicks back in. Trance is more fluffy

example djs Armin, Ferry Corsten, Paul van Dyk

Techno: More about the beat, maybe more subtle as well in its build up. Possibly slightly more repetivtive. Techno is more grimey

example djs: Carl Cox, Dave Clarke, UMEK

When you say techno is more about the beat... similar to house music correct.... not so melodic but more of repetative beats?

And when you say trance is fluffy, that means is usually more melodic with synths and less about the beat...

Posted by Lateralus on Jan-17-2005 18:31:

Trance is generally a longer more progressive type of EDM. Its more about the buildup than techno.

Posted by dj_lane on Jan-17-2005 18:42:

Wanna Hear Some Techno?

Download DJ Preach's Mix

Wanna Hear Some Trance?

ummmm i dunno, listen to ETN trance channel or something, the lines between [good] trance and prog are blurred now

Posted by Floorfiller on Jan-17-2005 19:22:

here is a little something to help you distinguish genres...if you can tell the difference between these tunes...you can understand the difference in genres...

and please...these are just basic category examples...don't need any crap about hard house vs techno, prog house vs prog trance bla bla bla...

TECHNO

Mauro Picotto - Alchemist (Sample)

Yoji Biomehanika - Samurai (The Keyboard Cowboys)(Sample)

TRANCE

8 Wonders - The Morning After (Thrillseekers Mix)(Sample)

Armin van Buuren - Burned With Desire (Rising Star Vocal Mix)(Sample)

HOUSE

Armand van Helden - You Don't Know Me (Sample)

Mylo - Drop The Pressure (Original Version) (Sample)

PROG

Quest - The Shepard (Sample)

Madam - Penetration (Sample)

BREAKS

Anyoona - Anyoona (Breaks Mix) (Sample)

Fretwell - Fill Me Up (Fretwell Dub) (Sample)

PSY / GOA

Psychoheads - Smoking Dope Melts My Mind (Sample)

The Madmen - Off Your Head (Sample)

and of course there are more genres out there...that is just some basics...i hope i picked pretty clear examples...

samples taken from www.juno.co.uk

Posted by mto on Jan-17-2005 19:24:

Trance is more melodic and easier on the ear, while Techno is more drum/bass oriented.

Posted by Cobalt87 on Jan-17-2005 23:24:

Trance:

Melodic, build up, addition and subtraction of instuments, "happy", gets adrenaline rushing. Kind of like an essay, rather than a statement.

Techno:
Repetative, not build up, few intruments, "depressing", good background music. Kind of like a statment rather than an essay. When I listen to techno after listening to trance, the techno sounds empty and repetative. I like both generes though.

Posted by Ory on Jan-17-2005 23:28:

Techno depressing? Nah. It's energetic and evil... in some cases. Prog house is more depressing.

Posted by Cobalt on Jan-17-2005 23:33:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
Mauro Picotto - Alchemist (Sample)

Oh man, I love Alchemist. Simply out of control.

Posted by JFernie on Jan-18-2005 00:18:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
TECHNO

Mauro Picotto - Alchemist (Sample)

Yoji Biomehanika - Samurai (The Keyboard Cowboys)(Sample)

your joking right?

techno = mills, sven vath, hawtin, liebing, garnier etc

Posted by muli on Jan-18-2005 04:23:

quote:
Originally posted by dj_lane
Wanna Hear Some Techno?

Download DJ Preach's Mix

Wanna Hear Some Trance?

ummmm i dunno, listen to ETN trance channel or something, the lines between [good] trance and prog are blurred now

nice set, i love preach's production work.

do u have a tracklist for this? Ive got a few, but there are a few gems in there.

Posted by mndeg on Jan-18-2005 05:27:

i think the better question is, what are the similarities?

1. sometimes they are both all digitally created, not always though

i think that's all
im sure there are more similarities between trance and rap

Posted by twisted on Jan-18-2005 05:36:

Yoji Biomehanika is NOT NOT NOT NOT techno

Posted by mto on Jan-18-2005 05:36:

quote:
Originally posted by mndeg
i think the better question is, what are the similarities?

1. sometimes they are both all digitally created, not always though

i think that's all
im sure there are more similarities between trance and rap

WTF?!

Posted by Nsonic on Jan-18-2005 05:45:

one night in hackneeyyyy

fifteen cans of stellar!

and whats the difference between hard trance and techno? its a very small different isnt it?

Posted by bass.exe on Jan-18-2005 06:02:

quote:
Originally posted by twisted
Yoji Biomehanika is NOT NOT NOT NOT techno

actaully i thought RAiN had a lot of techno elemnts to it..

Posted by Sykonee on Jan-18-2005 06:06:

Breakdowns and builds? Naw, both genres have them. Heck, techno made ludicrous use of them back in the early 90's just as much as trance has in recent years.

Melodies? Techno's had them too. Strings Of Life, anyone? Again, it's only in recent years that techno shyed away from melody, more as a resentment to trance's over-abundence use of them than anything else.

Some might say that it's down to the drum programming, that techno tends to be more intuitive whereas trance has gotten very simplistic. This aruguement's a load of crock when you throw Oliver Lieb into the equation.

The only difference between trance and techno tends to be what made the two splinter in the beginning: atmosphere. Specifically spacey, heavenly, or euphoric elements tend to dominate trance and futuristic, robotic, distopian elements are common in techno.

Posted by Radagast on Jan-18-2005 06:07:

Techno = More percussion, less melody
Trance = More melody, less percussion, loots of arpeggiation and gate effects

Other than that they're pretty similar...

Posted by Nsonic on Jan-18-2005 06:08:

ok, i think

trance has a gradual build up of layers of sound reaching a climax at some point and then just "building down" soon after that

techno builds up as well, but since there is little or no melody, there isnt really a climax so it ends up being pretty much flat all the wy through

thats just my opinion

edit> omg..two posts while i posted that :P

Posted by beats and beeps on Jan-18-2005 06:17:

uhhh

Listen to like Deetron, or Patrik Skoog, maybe Ken Ishii, or maybe even hideyuki eto.

Then listen to "Generic Trance Artist"

I hope you notice a difference.

Posted by Sunsnail on Jan-18-2005 06:20:

there is no difference......

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