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Help a trance newbie

Hi, been listening to all sorts of trance recently, and am now starting to know what i like and don't like. Basically, because I'm still discovering this, can someone point me in the direction of more stuff that I would like? Two tracks that I just LOVE are Jessy "Look @ Me Now" and Candee Jay "Lose This Feeling". Anything else I should check out, bearing in mind these two tracks are just right up my street? What sort of trance genre is this? Thanks!

If you like Jessy check out the likes of DJ Sammy, driving trance at it's best.

Boys of Summer is my all time favourite.

In case you are not aware of the site, I'll point you in this direction: www.discogs.com

Search for those artists, and you'll find all of their releases and any aliases they use or groups they are members of. You'll also get an idea as to what genre they're considered. I wish someone had pointed me to that site during my "discovery" of trance. Hope that helps some.

it's not strictly trance there, more commercial dance music, which is produced with the slightest hint of 'trance' or whatever style it's close to and then made to be as commercially appealing as possible. It sells well because people always want to hear it, but for nearly everyone on this site, it's not a good style at all.

However, I'd suggest you checked out the newer stuff on the following labels

Anjunabeats
Armada music

as it's probably right up your alley

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Originally posted by willmame Two tracks that I just LOVE are Jessy "Look @ Me Now" and Candee Jay "Lose This Feeling". Anything else I should check out, bearing in mind these two tracks are just right up my street? What sort of trance genre is this? Thanks!

It's not Trance...

Anyways, that's how everyone gets started...try sets from Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, and Above & Beyond.

However, you can save yourself a lot of time if you just go straight to House instead...

Alice Deejay
ATB
Thrillseekers
Hed Kandi
Ian Van Dahl
or anything new from Tiesto

how about you actually check out true trance?

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Originally posted by Ian it's not strictly trance there, more commercial dance music, which is...made to be as commercially appealing as possible. I'd suggest you checked out the...following labels Anjunabeats Armada music

Oh, the irony.

Since you're new, I suggest you check out some of the older trance sets you can download from this site. Start with the Ronski Speed and Nu Nrg sets, I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

also try the chicane set dunno if it's still there tho

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Originally posted by Ishkur Oh, the irony.

back at you. I suggested them because of the sounds they've been putting out. Don't give up the day job though, whatever that may be.

So let me get this straight: You dismissed the OP's suggestions as cheesy, commercial dance music, and then your fantastic alternative was......cheesy, commercial dance music?

In all honesty, telling someone to drop the Lasgo and DJ Sammy tunes and pick up Armin and Above & Beyond is like saying "Hey, don't smother yourself in shit. You'll smell terrible afterward. Here, smear on some manure instead."

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Originally posted by Ishkur So let me get this straight: You dismissed the OP's suggestions as cheesy, commercial dance music, and then your fantastic alternative was......cheesy, commercial dance music? In all honesty, telling someone to drop the Lasgo and DJ Sammy tunes and pick up Armin and Above & Beyond is like saying "Hey, don't smother yourself in shit. You'll smell terrible afterward. Here, smear on some manure instead."

No. I'm thinking "hey, you like this, you'll probably like that too" What's the point in recommending something that'll be totally different & probably not appreciated as much.

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Originally posted by willmame Hi...

As you can see this place is always arguing about where the true trance lies. Trance is a broad genre in style actually and it can be both soft and hard.

I can suggest this thread for a good quality mix of what i would call proper trance
http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...9&forumid=73&s=


I'm not suggesting you shouldn't check out the latest stuff from the most popular guys like Tiësto or Armin, but remember that they doesn't do what they used to do in the past so you might want to check out their older stuff aswell. I think their old creations are much more quality than the modern stuff because they have moved so much towards the mainstream pop-sound and away from the stuff that was trance music.

Try out my favourite for the moment, Goa Gil!
He might be concidered to "extreme" for some people, it's too fast paced and too deep, but i say it's the best trance with the most effect to it.
But the style is totally opposite to what you asked for though, i'm just showing that trance can sound very different. Fast, slow, popish, deepish, trippish you know

I love how these threads don't just get flamed to death any more. Kudos to Ian.

edit: removed stuff because someone is known to make arguments just for the hell of it

/flaming on

trance is dead, dont waste time

/flaming off

move along sir

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Originally posted by julien2 /flaming on trance is dead, dont waste time /flaming off move along sir

I should have gone inb4that^^, what a missed opportunity.

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Originally posted by Ian No. I'm thinking "hey, you like this, you'll probably like that too" What's the point in recommending something that'll be totally different & probably not appreciated as much.

ignore him, he's just being his usual elitist bullshit self. there is a difference between mainstream dance music and mainstream trance music (however marginal), and even dickface knows it.

inb4daishkurisrightishkuriswrong

and this, smc, is how you do it

yup

Chris Leibing 8)
DJ Rush

both excellent trance djs.

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Originally posted by BTG Chris Leibing 8) DJ Rush both excellent trance djs.

Uh aren't they techno??

The best way to be introduced to trance is to probably buy some older trance CDs like Paul Oakenfold's "Tranceport", Armin van Buuren's "Boundaries of Imagination" or any of the older "In Search Of Sunrise" or "Magik" CDs from DJ Tiesto. If you like melodic stuff, you will like them and that's a good place to start (not Goa/Psy/Old..harder to find trance releases, he likes mainstream dance which is highly melodic so to get into slightly more "proper" trance...though not as proper as the old school stuff..you will have to look for the old dare I say it "classic" trance mixed CDs).

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Originally posted by Spirit5 Uh aren't they techno??

i'm trying to save him before its too late. thanks for ruining it.

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Originally posted by BTG i'm trying to save him before its too late. thanks for ruining it.

Sorry, to save him is simple...turn him to stuff that is similar but (subjective) "better" even though it still might be considered "cheese" and Ian did it with Anjunabeats and Armada. I would take any release from them any day over Jessy, Lasgo, DJ Sammy, Groove Coverage and Candee Jay and all that crap. I think it's silly turning him to quite different stuff that isn't quite melodic ya know.

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Originally posted by Ian No. I'm thinking "hey, you like this, you'll probably like that too" What's the point in recommending something that'll be totally different & probably not appreciated as much.

then why the back-handed compliment?

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