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Coming back into the Trance scene after about 2.5 years...

OK. Let me just say that as of now, I'm completely lost in the Trance scene. I haven't been downloading or buying much new material sicne the last DJ Ti�sto 'Concert', in 2004. During 2003 to the present, I pretty much stopped collecting music. I got broadband in late 2004 & burned a lot of stuff. Now, I'd like to know this:

What's really & truly worth getting from the last 2.5 years? What would you consider the 'top 100' Trance albums/mixes/live sets of 2003, 2004, & this year (so far)? I love Trance, but don't know where to start now, after not keeping up since 2003. Has much changed since then? Is DJ Ti�sto, PvD, AvB, & Ferry Corsten still out on top?

Thanks for any info...

errm... Tiesto and Armin and those guy havent done anything new since you left... But the ones you really should be looking out for now is Crazy Frog, DJ Sammy, try getting the Schnappi song, ermm.. cant really think of any1, err, Universal Nation.. Thats the stuff your looking for..

On the prog house front, you may have missed Nikola Gala's 'Swing 2 Harmony'.

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Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_ On the prog house front, you may have missed Nikola Gala's 'Swing 2 Harmony'.

OK. Thanks so far...

PS: Any sites out there with Trance and other Electronic dance music albums/live sets listed and ratings (like *****, ****, etc.), organsied by a selectable order? Thanks...

ehm you prolly haven't heard of Whiteroom yet (it's a project of Adam White & Andy Moor), they have 2 releases, The White Room & Someday, which are pretty good
Fred Baker also makes some wicked trance & techtrance (check out Confirmation, La Parts Des Anges, Total Blackout)
Mojado makes some wicked techtrance (Naranja you might know, El Toro, Se�orita is the new one)
Above & Beyond has some new stuff going on, like Air For Life (with Andy Moor), pretty good

check out Ti�sto's ISOS4, which imo is pretty good (especially song 1 & 2 of CD2, which are also on the 12" Sampler)

some more titles:

Ernesto vs Bastian - Darkside Of The Moon
Electrovoya - Effervesce
Ferry Corsten - Holding On
Kyau vs Albert their stuff also rocks (Made Of Sun, Falling Anywhere, Velvet Morning)
Mr Sam - Lyteo (Rank 1 Remix)
Reflekt - Need To Feel Loved
Way Out West is still big with their songs Killa & Don't Forget Me, really wicked tunes

i hope you appreciate this post, its the trance i most liked in the past 1,5 - 2 years

electro house is prety big these days. breaks also from 2 years ago are still getting alot of plays. depends what genre u like. but i say u should check out record stores. they have online charts and also all time favs.

Various mixes of mine's tracklists going back from start of last year:

CD 1: System
1. Hybrid - Dreaming Your Dreams
2. Trafik - Your Light (Luke Chable)
3. Sarah McLachlan - Fallen (Gabriel & Dresden)
4. Unknown Source - Force Of Nature
5. Outback - Minds in Motion
6. Capetown - Phoenix Tears
7. Rusch & Murray - The Promise
8. Bubble Fish - Sushi Lovers (2 Players)
9. Capetown - Cinema
10. Rio Klein - Fearless (Agnelli & Nelson)
11. St John vs Locust - Mind Circles
12. Agnelli & Nelson - Holding onto Nothing

CD 2: Network
1. JS Ten - Eternal (Euphonic)
2. Fictivision vs Phynn - Escape (Phynn)
3. Mono - Rise (Smith & Pledger)
4. G & M Project - Sunday Afternoon (NU NRG)
5. Robert Nickson - Spiral
6. Envio - Touched By The Sun (Airbase)
7. Airbase Vs DJ Stigma - Hunting 2004
8. Re:Locate - Waterfall
9. Marcos - La Proxima (Infra)
10. Adam Sheridan - Lektrik
11. Arizona & Greg Murray - Daylight
12. Octagen & Arizona - Profound

Easter Beast:
1. Miro - By Your Side (Sonorous)
2. Hydra - Affinity (Thrillseekers)
3. Passiva - Clouds Like Heaven
4. Timeok - Seven Floating Ways
5. Armin van Buuren - Burned With Desire (Rising Star)
6. Filo & Peri - I95
7. Mind One - Star For Me (Vocal)
8. Brisky & Coleman - Prototype 1 (Hard )
9. The Scarab - Monday P.M.
10. 8 Wonders - The Morning After (Octagen)
11. Tiesto Feat. BT - Love Comes Again (Mark Norman)
12. Marcos And J K Walker - Day Keeper (Marcos)

Global Gathering 2004 Warmup
1. NU NRG - Dreamland (Whirloop)
2. Ace Da Brain - Sunrise (Ace's Delight)
3. Perpetuous Dreamer - Future Fun Land 2004 (Astura)
4. Inertia - The Emerald
5. Jezper - Monastery Hill
6. Ozone - Rock (MORPH)
7. Dj Ernesto - Stop 9.5 (Phynn)
8. Plastic Angel vs 2 Players - Supreme (Filo & Peri)
9. A Force - Atomic Outbreak
10. True Form - Forbidden Colours

Fuck Valentine's Day
1. DT8 - Winter (Max Graham)
2. Modulation - Sky (Dallas Superstars)
3. KvA - Made of Sun (Hard Dub)
4. Unknown Source - Cruentus (Exertion)
5. Reflekt - Need to Feel Love (Thrillseekers)
6. Sunblind - Believe (Arc in the Sky)
7. Alt+F4 - Alt+F4
8. Taxi - Distance (Will Holland)
9. Aviation - Outshine
10. John O'Callaghan & Kearney - Restricted Motion
11. Desire - Nightflight (Tom Porcell)

Summer Calling
1. Lost Witness - Home (Mike Shiver)
2. KvA - Falling Anywhere
3. Terradia - Drowning in Dreams (Magellan Project)
4. Ridgewalkers - Find (KvA)
5. Factoria - Twisting Free (Christian Zechner)
6. Bram Vank - This Time I Rise (Goldenscan Dub)
7. Kyamoto - Frosted
8. Pervading Call - No Time To Rest (Ace Da Brain)
9. Faraway Project - Radiate (Mystery Islands)
10. Peaktwins - Hypnowaves (Castaneda)

Other mentionables:

Motorcycle - Around You
Mike Foyle vs Signalrunners - Love Theme Dusk (Signalrunners)
Airbiscuit - Lately (Riley & Durrant)
Duderstadt - Mahananda
Talla 2XLC - Manifesto (Woody van Eyden vs MORPH)
First & Andre - Widescreen
Alucard pres The 49th Line - Blue on Blue (Octagen)
Thomas Bronzwaer - Close Horizon
Arizona vs Passiva - Halo (Danjo & Styles)
Airwalkers - Airwalking
Pulser - Cloudwalking 2005
Purple Haze - Adrenaline
Primer - The Silver Lining (John O'Callaghan)
Hydra - Affinity (Progresia)


*phew*

Here's a summary of what happened in the trance scene:

Unfortunately, these last 2 years seem to be recognised by most people as the continuation of the downfall of trance. Not necessarily in terms of popularity, Tiesto has been packing some stadiums, but in terms of quality. From the point of view of most epic trancers, it lost the "special feeling" from the 1999 era whatever that might have been. The new rising stars of the last 2 years have been bedroom-producers armed with software synths only with the goal of getting their tracks on ASOT.

Yeah, that radio show from Armin is still going on, over 200 episodes now. Dunno exactly how it has been sounding lately, haven't listened to it in over a year i think. But many people have been criticising it very harshly, as it appears to have sucked the entire trance scene into some boring shit that hasn't evolved anything in a few years. Or something like that.

So basically, Armin, Andy Moor, Markus Schulz, Gabriel & Dresden are the big names now (Armin and Markus more as dj's, Andy and G&D more as producers). Last time I checked their sound sucked, but you might like it, dunno. PvD, Tiesto and Ferry all have kept the superstar status, but haven't done anything particularly remarkable. PvD bashes ASOT trance on the press only to play it in his sets. Tiesto is doing this series of In Concert, popular as fuck, not anything special musically tho. Ferry has been a bit more low-profile, but i think he released a compilation recently.

My Top 20 from 2004...

01. Ridgewalkers featuring El - Find (Andy Moor Remix)
02. Tilt - The World Doesn't Know
03. Yilmaz Altanhan - Eighties
04. Ava Mea - In The End
05. Whiteroom - The White Room
06. Ernesto versus Bastian featuring Suzanne - Darkside Of The Moon
07. Electrovoya - Effervesce
08. Adam White - Ballerina
09. Tiesto - Adagio For Strings
10. Tiesto featuring BT - Love Comes Again
11. Mark Norman - Phantom Manor
12. Endre - I Kill For You (Probspot Remix)
13. Bubble Fish - Sushi Lovers
14. Adam White - Ballerina
15. Astrix - Tweaky
16. Infected Mushroom - Stretched
17. Coca and Villa - La Noche
18. Perry O'Neil - Wave Force
19. Dogzilla - Your Eyes
20. Randy Katana - In Silence (Ron van den Beuken Remix)

As for 2005, here are a list of songs that I have enjoyed very much:

Varian - Endless Desire (Mark Otten's Energetic Mix)
Jose Zamora vs. Damian DP - Transatlantic (Andy Moor Remix)
Prestige - Romantic Cosmos
Jonas Steur - Castamara
Jonas Steur - Silent Waves
C-Quence - Endorphine
Leon Bolier pres. Inner Stories - Beyond
Marcel Woods - Advanced (Tech-Trance Mix)
Electrovoya - Days Like These
Marco Torrance - Zilent World
Lolo - Who Are You?
Deepsky ft. Jes - Ghost
David West ft. Andreas Hermansson - Larry Mountains 54
B&W - Mistaken (Fictivision Remix)
Carrie Skipper - Time Goes By (David West Remix)
DT8 Project ft. Andrea Britton - Winter (Max Graham 'Sidechain' Remix)
Whiteroom ft. Amy Cooper - Someday
Purple Haze - Adrenaline
Leama & Moor ft. Ormandy - Distance Between Us
The Flash Brothers - Faith In Love

A few artists you might have missed out in these past 2 years are:

Jonas Steur (also records as "Estuera")
Whiteroom
David West
Andy Moor
Tilt (new material)
Lolo
Electrovoya

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Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_ On the prog house front, you may have missed Nikola Gala's 'Swing 2 Harmony'.

hahahahaah. ARNOLD!

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Originally posted by Dan1584 08. Adam White - Ballerina 09. Tiesto - Adagio For Strings 10. Tiesto featuring BT - Love Comes Again 11. Mark Norman - Phantom Manor 12. Endre - I Kill For You (Probspot Remix) 13. Bubble Fish - Sushi Lovers 14. Adam White - Ballerina 15. Astrix - Tweaky 16. Infected Mushroom - Stretched 17. Coca and Villa - La Noche 18. Perry O'Neil - Wave Force 19. Dogzilla - Your Eyes 20. Randy Katana - In Silence (Ron van den Beuken Remix)

wow

you guys all rock for helping this guy try and get back in the trance scene....its good to have you back...and yeah you missed sum serious shit.... but youll catch up....really read what everyone wrote on here cuz there are sum dooooooziees!!....all i have to say is ...Enmass - CQ(Seek You) Matthew Dekay vs. Procultors - The Deep Show Interstate - I Found You and Whiteroom....

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Originally posted by paranoik0 Enjoys Music By: James Holden, James Zabiela, Petter, Funk D'Void, Vince Watson, Joris Voorn, Alexander Kowalski, Adam Beyer, Martinez, John and Jesper Dahlback, Agoria, Rex the Dog, Nathan Fake, 2 Dollar Egg, Bart van Wissen, Pig and Dan, Maetrik, Pryda, Circulation, Jussi-Pekka, Kosuke Anamizu, Jerome and Jamie Anderson, Zvukbroda, Cosmic Baby, Leftfield, Orbital, Microglobe, Union Jack, Humate

That would have been a shorter answer than your post. Clearly you dont like trance so you wont help the original poster very much.

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Originally posted by toffy That would have been a shorter answer than your post. Clearly you dont like trance so you wont help the original poster very much.

i don't see you trying to help the guy either by listing tunes or by telling your version of what happened.

and i like trance:

Cosmic Baby, Leftfield, Orbital, Microglobe, Union Jack, Humate

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Originally posted by paranoik0 i don't see you trying to help the guy either by listing tunes or by telling your version of what happened. and i like trance: Cosmic Baby, Leftfield, Orbital, Microglobe, Union Jack, Humate

OMFG THAT'S NOT TRANZORR

Danjo & Styles have done some good work since you've been gone.

Not much else that decent really, Active Sight (M.I.K.E alias) made a good track last year. On the progressive scene, Lolo is decent, Sultan is pretty good and Deep Dish have done some good remixes + releases.

1999/2000 seemed to belong to the big 4
oakey, tiesto, pvd, ferry

2001/2002 we saw bog bog prog largely displace this good ole' trance style, but we also saw the glory days of ASOT, from my POV Armin van Buuren picked up the trance torch in those years.

2003/early 2004 ASOT was getting stale, again from my point of view, it seems trance would have almost gone exticnt if it werent for the explosion of gabriel and dresden. Their belonging to the trance category is debateable, but to me they picked up trance after Armin dropped it.

From there it seemed to shift towards Markus Shulz, "McProg" took over as the big trance flavor, I like to call it "Twinkle Prog" because to me this music sounds like that same bog bog prog from 2001/2002 except with a stupid twinkly sound slapped on top of it. This style got old VERY fast, it was refreshing at first though. I would say McProg dropped the trance torch before 2004 was half over.

After that I havent really found anyone who I can view as the next carriers of trance, it seemed to just fragment and dissolve, there are good tracks scattered about but no artists or songs that seem to define the current era.

Which trance hero will pick up the genre next?

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Originally posted by paranoik0 From the point of view of most epic trancers, it lost the "special feeling" from the 1999 era whatever that might have been.

There was something special about 1999 /00, it may have been that no one had heard tracks like out of the blue, gouryella etc before and the sound just blew peoples heads off.

Maybe it was the ecstasy, pills were fucking good then.

Maybe it was the gatecrasher explosion in the Uk and other clubs in the UK like godskitchen coming into the scene.

Maybe it was when oakenfold played amazing sets with amazingly good music that you just knew was being played by oakenfold.

Maybe its because there was no unwritten rules and dj's like judge jules would play house right through to trance in a set.

Maybe no one heard those melodies before and now there just simply isnt much more melodies people get that pleasure of hearing for the first time ever.

So many tracks oakey played for example that if anyone else played them, it just didnt sound the same as if oakenfold played them. Sounds crazy but true. Nowadays he plays fucking rubbish music 9 / 10. I dont mean tracks he plays but the way he plays them. Rubbish.

Van dyks sets were full of energy and he was always bang on with each track he played. Now he just doesnt create that same feeling for me, probably because he admits himself there just arent enough good trance tracks out there.

Whatever it was 1999 / 00 will never be recaptured again. Not until trance clears out the dead wood and deletes its Reason / Frutiyloops or whatever programs templates that so many producers obviously have saved as the sound is the exact same in every production.

1999/2000 was a very bittersweet moment in history

Things like the .com bubble, massive wave of computers, bill clinton.

The general mood of the population was different, people were much more optomistic about life, changes were much more drastic, the feeling that all people from all over the world could come together to enjoy each others company seemed so much more feasable back then.

I don't think that trance music exploding and all the things in history about 1999 happening during the same time were a co-incidence.

People are so much more scared now, so much less trusting, there is no overwhelming faith that things are going to be OK, we are now in an era of uncertainty and fear, and I think that this is reflected in our music.

That is just my guess on why 1999 was so special for so many people, I was a freshman in high school and was therefore too young to experience it for myself.

I read alot about a similar thing happening with music in the 60's. The stars just aren't right for such a thing to happen right now,

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