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what are considered anthems?

i would like to know how songs are classified "anthems."

any song that is really really popular, that everyone recognizes and goes crazy for, usually really catchy...

Yeah stuff like Silence (tiesto in search of sunrise) and For an angel by PVD!! Stuff that no matter how many times people hear it they go wild to it

More examples: Push: Universal Nation, Energy 52: Cafe Del Mar(Three 'n one remix), Steve Bicknell: Flame in Darkness(Lords of Afford Remix), Robert Armani: Hit hard, Public Energy: Three o' Three, Speedy J: Pullover.

Well, at least in Belgium those are. They tend to vary from country to country. Just the classic tracks that everybody, and I do mean everybody loves and always will remember. They are the tracks that hold a special place in your heart.

I haven't heard of some of those..

but hey, I'm from canada.

my anthems, Rank 1 - airwave, The lost tribe - the gamemaster, Kay Cee - escape

My ultimate anthem: Cygnus X - The Orange Theme (Moonman's Orange Juice Remix)

Well knows classic trance songs, my faves:
The GOURYELLA series
Out Of The Blue
Urban Train
Rank 1 - Airwave
Gamemaster

Those are all very nice tunes but what I'm wondering about is why noone mentions Binary Finary:1998(Classic Mix). That song really knocked me off my feet, the first time I heard it.

RavingLunatic,about my previous list: Most of those records aren't even trance. They're like these really old techno-records that are labelled Retro in my country. They're all really hard and very minimalistic since most of them date back from the early nineties, but they kick ass nevertheless. They just make you wanna jump. I would suggest to you to download them. I think most of them are quite easy to find on AG.

wow, then most of the vinyls i have are anthems........dang. i dont like that. thats not good if i wanna become a good dj when i grow up. whats your opinion on that?

If you're in a tight budget you simply buy the anthems coz they're the best records around. It would be foolish to waste your money on records that aren't so good. If you wanna be a good DJ however and have the cash to spend, you can buy some less intense, yet quality records to build your set up with and when you've driven the crowd crazy with those, you close in for the kill with those anthems of yours. An entire set filled with anthems will end up boring the people too. That's what works for me. However I'm a prog Dj(that spins a trance set on very rare occasions)so my views on a set that works might not apply to you.

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Originally posted by Troggers Those are all very nice tunes but what I'm wondering about is why noone mentions Binary Finary:1998(Classic Mix). That song really knocked me off my feet, the first time I heard it. RavingLunatic,about my previous list: Most of those records aren't even trance. They're like these really old techno-records that are labelled Retro in my country. They're all really hard and very minimalistic since most of them date back from the early nineties, but they kick ass nevertheless. They just make you wanna jump. I would suggest to you to download them. I think most of them are quite easy to find on AG.

Yeah, I know Binary Finary 1998 I love that track, and all it's remixes.. and yeah, I know the style your talking about, we call it old skool..

nice stuff to drop into a set that everyone will recognize

Im wondering why no one said Robert Miles - Childeren???

Great Anthem

Shame that we forgot Children. A truly classic track.

Underworld - Cowgirl

This song got me into electronica, and then I discovered trance.

so everything tiesto, armin, pvd, oakenfold, plays is an anthem?

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Originally posted by f120man so everything tiesto, armin, pvd, oakenfold, plays is an anthem?

No. the anthems are usually the biggest tracks in a set, like the closer, occasionally the openers... they're like classics, but unlike classics, anthems can be cheesy..
they tend to get the crowd moving
they tend to be that one of that dj's "when all else fails" tracks, to steal from seb fontaine

some djs and a lot of bedroom djs just pump out nothing BUT anthems, and ive heard magik 6 described in its worse light as "just a bunch of anthems"
but i would beg to differ...

undisputed anthems on that cd imo...
yahel - voyage
delerium - silence (tiesto mix)
moogwai - viola (armin mix)

you could say a few others perhaps, but those are pretty much "obvious tracks that everyone knows."

hope its a little clearer for you now

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Originally posted by Troggers An entire set filled with anthems will end up boring the people too. That's what works for me. However I'm a prog Dj(that spins a trance set on very rare occasions)so my views on a set that works might not apply to you.

even so in this case (i agree) there are still prog anthems..
bedrock - heaven scent.. sander k - my lexicon... sasha - xpander
etc

Patticus, same rule applies in progressive. Don't play anthem after anthem, or you'll end up regretting it in the end. there are enough quality trance and progressive tracks out to keep your set interesting and just use the anthems to reward the crowd, if they give you support and love(sounds lame huh ). However use them wisely.
And yeah, those tracks are definitely corkers. I love 'em.

My extremely generalized analogy of what defines an anthem:

The two or three songs you will play at some point in the night, and the crowd* will probably leave happy - regardless of how or what you played for the entire set.

You could play those incredible new tunes you bought that afternoon or just #@$%&! all night long, but throw on Cafe del Mar, Meet Her at the Love Parade or Silence and you will have defined the night, as far as they're concerned.

*Assuming it's a mainstream crowd, not the type of crowd that could probably quote the remixer, label, BPMs, etc. of every song... (people like us).

Hope you guys haven't forgotten about BT - Flaming June...
Or maybe Jan Johnston - Flesh, which BT also produced.

Roobrick

Yahel - Voyage!!

What about the only electronica (which subcategory is this one? House, right? Guess who isn't a DJ...) song that they play on (at least our...) crappy, cheesy, full of Backstreet Boys, Pop station?

Darude - Sandstorm

Or are we not going THAT FAR....

I can understand how playing anthems all night in a DJing situation could be a bad idea, but what about when making compilations (like Magik6)?

I live in a region where there are very few trancers and clubbers, and for the past few years have compiled techno/trance cd's to "spread the goodness".

Anyways, Politics of Dancing by PvD comes to mind where anthems were spread out and scarce. I played it to a non-trancy friend, who quickly got bored with it from the beginning and lost so much interest that when the "anthem" type tracks came on (example, Epic Monolith) he didn't really care. However, his interest in a compilation of mine (aka anthem fest) was much better. Have I had not heard those tracks (on the PvD cd's) before, I could see my own reaction being the same.

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Originally posted by Gluegun What about the only electronica (which subcategory is this one? House, right? Guess who isn't a DJ...) song that they play on (at least our...) crappy, cheesy, full of Backstreet Boys, Pop station? Darude - Sandstorm Or are we not going THAT FAR....

LOL..that is pretty far

Could Sandstorm even be considered trance???

It should be an anthem in a nightclub sence...but in my room it really doesn't hold up to For An Angel or Binary Finary. When I first heard Sandstorm it drove me crazy anyways.

just ressurecting this thread

In general then, tracks which u hear a lot in clubs are anthems?

As im a great fan of Nu-nrg (got 4 of there tracks) And i have to do a 2 hour set wanting to play all of those 4. Are Nu-nrg tracks considered anthems?


thanks

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