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2006 Year In Review: Opinions?

There's been so much good music this year, I don't even know where to start. I can't even listen to it all. The last time I could say that must have been 2001. And it just keeps pouring in.

Here's how I see it: In 2006, the walls between techno, progressive, and house were torn down. Trance was even revived from German roots, and tossed into the blender. The sound of this year was both minimal and lyrical, simple yet deep. Take �me or Gabriel Ananda. It was both honest and accessible, glitchy yet groovy. Think Booka Shade or Trentem�ller. Open floodgates have turned the scene into one glorious, indistinguishable mess, where old genre rules no longer apply. We've lowered ourselves to labels with two hyphens, or just shrugging in favor of "good shit". What's a genre whore like me to do? Listen, I guess.

Many people predicted that 2006 would be a year of change in dance music, and they were right. Things were already moving in the summer of 2005, but I didn't expect it to unfold as brilliantly has it has. For once, I don't have a clue what things will look like a year from now.

What's your take on the year?

I certainly think 2006 has been a better year for trance than 2004/2005.

I think it was a great year as well . I am not into minimal and tech-house , but as far as trance / progressive and some house , it was very fruitful , with so many quality releases .

Keep An eye on the following people next year ( IMO )

Aurosonic - Quality progressive , missing you is an example of their many quality releases this year

Kamil Polner - Uplifting trance at its best !

Dirty South - I love their sound , electro / party house !

DJ shah - Good producer .

Alex Monakhov - Very Melodic progressive trance , defines the coldharbour sound in my opinion. feel lonely is one of my favorite tracks of the year !

Blake Jarell - Very Talented producer , love his work , and his sets are also very interesting , the flow is very smooth and well structured !

Richard Durand - I love his tribal / tech sound , its fresh and very in your face .

Cosmic Gate - Duo of the year without a doubt ! Their come back was massive , i expect big things from these 2 ~ !

Above & Beyond - If they have just produced cant sleep and didnt do anything else this year , that would be enough for me !

Bart Claeseen - I like the techy treatment he does to his style .

To Name a few .....

Good topic.

I would say 2006 was a year of change and full of good music. I also think it was a year of some kind of weird ressurection. I don�t know if it�s just history repeating itself but it seems like trance was born again and in places you would had never expected it to.

Some tech-house, the so-called minimal or even techno tunes sound like trance long ago. Simple yet effective, epic, but not cheesy. On the other hand, epic trance seems to be lost in poor productions of the big jocks (remember Love You More, Dance 4 Life, Pirates...), ASOT still offers easily forgetable trance-by-numbers and there is quite a big number of pointless remakes and 2006 updates (you know who�s the man). Almost seems like some eurodance spirit is flying here around.

There was a lot of awesome music this year, though. This Binary Universe will always be remembered as a milestone, like it or not. And I would say the same about Drowning In A Sea Of Love by Fake. Hybrid�s album was fantastic and Trentem�ller�s The Last Resort was so well produced and full of different emotions.

I liked 2006 very much and am looking forward to see what�s going to happen next year.

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Originally posted by qussay Aurosonic - Quality progressive , missing you is an example of their many quality releases this year

I agree on this. Their stuff was one of the few trance productions I actually enjoyed this year.

Y'all forgot to mention the dubstep/grime explosion this year. Burial with his excellent album, Digital Mystikz doing their thing and even getting Mr. Villalobos to play their stuff.

This year has left me disillusioned. The whole EDM "scene" seems very distant to me now. I only went to one trance party the entire year and even then I was just sitting there wondering what the hell was going on - I couldn't recognize any of the tunes and they all just sounded dull and samey. I somehow felt so old and out of place (feeling old at the age of 23... sheesh).

As a result, I've mostly been listening to old school rock (Led Zeppelin, Beatles) and some newer (Muse) but not really any EDM. Hell, I've had to resort to playing house in my sets even though I don't particularily like it just because there just hasn't been any decent trance or breaks for me to play. Luckily some proggy breaks stuff has started to emerge again, the nu-skool thing really got old fast.

I just don't know where I am musically any more.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery I just don't know where I am musically any more.

There's nothing wrong with that

This year, for me, was just like last year and the year before that. Loads of garbage to wade through, a few diamonds in the rough along the way, and the continued decline in quality of trance still seems to inch further and further down, not unlike an old man getting into a hot bath.

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Originally posted by RJT There's nothing wrong with that

Can't really agree with that. It's quite depressing.

2006 for me was the transition year from listening to predominantly Trance to House in my daily musical spectrum and even more specifically the transition from Electro house earlier in the year to a more progressive sound now at the end. It was also the year where I went from spinning strictly vinyl and sucking to spinning mostly CDs and sucking just a little less. I've even delved ever deeper into the rest of the EDM world, exploring the likes of DnB, breaks, techno, trip hop, ambient and uncategorizable(?) music.

As far as the scene as a whole, trance has gotten worse and less creative, thus losing my interest. I don't know enough about the last few years as far house and various other genres are concerned, but I'm not really displeased some of the material that's coming out as of late. Of course there's 10 shit tunes for every single great one but that never has nor ever will change.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery Can't really agree with that. It's quite depressing.

Perhaps I misunderstand, but I guess in my mind it's better to not have a clear picture of what you want to get out of music, and rather just find what you like along the way.

I know there's loads of rubbish out there right now - especially in the realm of EDM - but is there really no music being created anymore that you can get at all excited about?

Trance this year has been 95% junk.

Progpsy and psy were utterly on fire this year though. So much good stuff its impossible to keep up.

Much better than 2005 for sure.

I jumped from Trance to predominantly tech/house/minimal and i found so many good artists and tracks, I couldnt find a trance track i would say damn thats good.

Haven't really had the time to listen to so much new stuff like i used to have, but personally i sadly feel stuck in the past when it comes to EDM. Most of the minimal tracks doesnt grab me, and i won't even mention how dull all those paedophile tracks sound to me. I know both prog and breaks are pretty much in the background as it is, so i guess i just have to dig deeper.
I guess i need to give the new music some more time as well, at first i thought Diggers Transitions was boring, and when i listen to it now i think it's anything but.
I've also found some new good rock bands this year though, which i'm very glad for

My new obsessions this year; Tech House, Electro, Minimal. And these genres seemed to be unstoppable this year!

2006 was the year I stopped caring. I think I might be starting to lose my interest in electronic music, maybe it's just a lack of time and patience to search through lots of piles of shit to find those rare golden recordings.

I don't have a clue on whether this has been a good year or not, because I couldn't keep up.

Been listening to EVERYTHING really. Irish Folk Music, Progressive House, Uplifting (Modern) Trance, Cajun, Melodic Metal, Drum & Bass, UK Garage / 2 Step, Breakbeat, etc. The list goes on. A few years ago I was almost solely listening to trance, in all its forms, so I guess you could say my strong feelings toward trance have been fading lately, I can dig most stuff though.

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Originally posted by distant Y'all forgot to mention the dubstep/grime explosion this year. Burial with his excellent album, Digital Mystikz doing their thing and even getting Mr. Villalobos to play their stuff.

You mean, It became white?

So, it's like this then?

1. Hear trance, be amazed, delve into the genre.
2. Get bored, move to other genres and rape them.
3. Get bored of EDM completely and start listening to rock (again).

That's a pretty crappy lifecycle

I think 2006 has only gotten better as it's gone on and right now I am absolutely FLOODED with fresh new shit! It's brilliant I feel like I've grown so much as a Dj this year and will be working fucking hard next year. Next year is the year of production for me and am going to be working like a madman to get some of my crazy thoughts and ideas down

Thanks for the continued support from people on here who take the time to download the mixes in the DJ Promotion Forum! In terms of TA this forum has grown immensely not only because of new(or renewed) interest in the forum but also because the quality of the mixes being presented in the forum has been high all over the board. All that practice has been paying off for these DJs! The activity in that forum has absolutely skyrocketed and has become super active with FUCKING good mixes in there all the time from every style.

2006, fuck yea!

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Originally posted by kr00t0n So, it's like this then? 1. Hear trance, be amazed, delve into the genre. 2. Get bored, move to other genres and rape them. 3. Get bored of EDM completely and start listening to rock (again). That's a pretty crappy lifecycle

You listen to a genre for a while, you eventually get bored of it (Unless that specific genre is having a really good period, and good stuff are being spit out constantly), so you listen to something else for a while, and eventually come back to whatever you were listening to before. Not necessarily, but you mostly get bored of some type of music at some point, and you just need a break.

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Originally posted by Rainborn You listen to a genre for a while, you eventually get bored of it (Unless that specific genre is having a really good period, and good stuff are being spit out constantly), so you listen to something else for a while, and eventually come back to whatever you were listening to before. Not necessarily, but you mostly get bored of some type of music at some point, and you just need a break.

I don't want to stray too far off topic here, but I think in order to keep the music as a whole alive for yourself, you need to go out an exprience it from time to time. Staying in and simply listening and looking for tracks can get boring and I think allows you to lose interest faster. But if you go out and actually experience them in the environment they were meant for and enjoy it with other people, it helps keep a genre or the music in general fresh. I suppose this is why dj's usually tend to play the same style(s) throughout their career because of the reaction they get from the people and the reaction they get from themselves playing it for the people.

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Originally posted by qussay I think it was a great year as well . I am not into minimal and tech-house , but as far as trance / progressive and some house , it was very fruitful , with so many quality releases . Keep An eye on the following people next year ( IMO ) Aurosonic - Quality progressive , missing you is an example of their many quality releases this year Kamil Polner - Uplifting trance at its best ! Dirty South - I love their sound , electro / party house ! DJ shah - Good producer . Alex Monakhov - Very Melodic progressive trance , defines the coldharbour sound in my opinion. feel lonely is one of my favorite tracks of the year ! Blake Jarell - Very Talented producer , love his work , and his sets are also very interesting , the flow is very smooth and well structured ! Richard Durand - I love his tribal / tech sound , its fresh and very in your face . Cosmic Gate - Duo of the year without a doubt ! Their come back was massive , i expect big things from these 2 ~ ! Above & Beyond - If they have just produced cant sleep and didnt do anything else this year , that would be enough for me ! Bart Claeseen - I like the techy treatment he does to his style . To Name a few .....

just so u know, dirty south is one person


anywayyyy....i have really hated this massive rise in cheesy electro tunes this year (dunno about you guys but it has become immensely popular in aus) and their hasnt been that much happening in terms of trance, if it werent for above and beyond, bt and svd the music this year for trance would have sucked...

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Originally posted by DOOMBOT But if you go out and actually experience them in the environment they were meant for and enjoy it with other people, it helps keep a genre or the music in general fresh.

However, same goes with this. If you do this too often you'll get bored just the same. I like to keep a nice medium between going out hearing djs and huntin on the internets for tunes.

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