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Trance history lesson?

Reading alot about different artists and DJ's worldwide and the different genres they all worked or work in it has hit me:

It has struck me that I don't know the history of trance whatsoever. i know so little about it and I'm curious if someone could outline main genres and years that they were around in and what they progressed into?

Divine progress

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music
http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html

Good point..

beginner's guide to trance

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Originally posted by eRRaTiK beginner's guide to trance

That thread's not really worth much. The OP didn't really care for opinions that didn't jive with his own, and himself gave very debatable information. Furthermore, it is horribly incomplete, because people caught on to his bias and gave up on it ever being successful.

However, in order to make a contribution to this thread: Watch [[ LINK REMOVED ]]
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Originally posted by paulandrews http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music http://www.di.fm/edmguide/edmguide.html

Probably the best two sources of information out there, despite the sarcastic tone of ishkur's guide.

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Originally posted by Project-K Probably the best two sources of information out there, despite the sarcastic tone of ishkur's guide.

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This guide is a non-technical, irreverent critique. Its purpose is to entertain before it informs. I suppose it could be used as a credited resource or educational primer, but that's not recommended since I made most of it up.

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By the mid-1990s, trance, specifically Progressive trance, which emerged from acid trance much as Progressive house had emerged from Acid house, had emerged commercially as one of the dominant genres of dance music. Progressive trance set in stone the basic formula of modern trance by becoming even more focused on the anthemic basslines and lead melodies, moving away from hypnotic, repetitive, arpeggiated analog synth patterns and spacey pads. Popular elements and anthemic pads became more widespread. Compositions leaned towards incremental changes (aka progressive structures), sometimes composed in thirds (as BT frequently does). Buildups and breakdowns became longer and more exaggerated, and the sound became more direct and less subtle, with a more identifiable tune. This sound came to be known as anthem trance.

i was actually thinking about starting a thread regarding this part earlier. i'm interested in finding out more about the origins of what we know today as epic trance; specific tunes/artists that were the first to move away from the older sound & introduce the big breakdowns & melodies that ended up defining the predominant trance sound thereafter. i'm guessing 'children' was pretty much the defining moment where the new style hit the mainstream (or the beginning of the end, as lieb put it ) but i'm assuming others were doing something similar on a more underground scale beforehand?

trance history lesson? sure.

house and techno gave birth to trance in the late 80s and it remained mostly undergound until 1994 when it became mostly commercial.

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Originally posted by thoughtlessjex That thread's not really worth much. The OP didn't really care for opinions that didn't jive with his own, and himself gave very debatable information. Furthermore, it is horribly incomplete, because people caught on to his bias and gave up on it ever being successful.

Ignoring the OP, there's still some useful links and info there though.

Paul Van Dyk invented it and Andy Moor perfected it. I don't have an accurate date for when each occurred though :/

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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit Paul Van Dyk invented it and Andy Moor perfected it. I don't have an accurate date for when each occurred though :/

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Originally posted by Spacey Orange

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