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Newb looking for recommendations

Ive never been a huge 'trance' fan, alot of it has always seemed so linear to me... until lately. A few days ago I was talkin trash about trance and a friend gave me a 3 disc set called, "21st Century Trance 3" and told me to try it out.

The tracks on the first CD are awesome!!!

They are -

01 - Silence
02 - Operation blade
03 - Sandstorm
04 - One nation
05 - Falling
06 - Touch me
07 - The vision
08 - Outta space
09 - Back to earth
10 - Konga
11 - Electric voodoo
12 - Book of revalation
13 - World of love
14 - Don't give up

So after listening to this over and over I want to find more trance like this. I downloaded um.. 'samples' of many other supposed high rated trance comps., and they just do not compare in my ears. Even disc 2 and 3 of this 21st centry thing are not that great.

I dunno what it is about this this CD, I just cant find anything else like it.

Can any of the experts recommend similar style/quality trance?

Thanks!

alias

as in "DJ Alias" or "Shout (Alias Trance Mix)"?

Thanks.

Anything with the word "Trance" in the title that Ministry of Sound put out between 1999 and 2002 will probably fit the bill.

Out of curiosity, what kinds of "highly recommended" stuff did you listen to that you didn't like?

I love how you transition from "Talkin' trash about Trance" to actually giving us the tracklist.



Sorry for laughing, but you do realize that is one of the most commercial tracklists I've ever seen. Was it a mix or just a compilation of tracks?

I'm in agreeance with RJT. What was the trance you were highly recommended that sounded monotonous and linear?

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Originally posted by spawrage 01 - Silence 02 - Operation blade 03 - Sandstorm 04 - One nation 05 - Falling 06 - Touch me 07 - The vision 08 - Outta space 09 - Back to earth 10 - Konga 11 - Electric voodoo 12 - Book of revalation 13 - World of love 14 - Don't give up

Hahahahahahahaha!

RJT - "Trance 2005", "Trance 2006", a whole butt load of "DJ Tiesto" (see alot of his name), some "Paul Oakenfold" stuff. Mostly just VA comps.

I was just listening to some daft punk. Some of the "loops" are awesome - but they sure are loops... and loops... and loops...

cmay119 - its def a mix, and in track 2 someone says "public domain kickin it to yah"

Heh like I said, Im a noob.

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Originally posted by spawrage its def a mix, and in track 2 someone says "public domain kickin it to yah"

Yeah? Seriously?

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Originally posted by spawrage Ive never been a huge 'trance' fan, alot of it has always seemed so linear to me... until lately. A few days ago I was talkin trash about trance and a friend gave me a 3 disc set called, "21st Century Trance 3" and told me to try it out. The tracks on the first CD are awesome!!! They are - 01 - Silence 02 - Operation blade 03 - Sandstorm 04 - One nation 05 - Falling 06 - Touch me 07 - The vision 08 - Outta space 09 - Back to earth 10 - Konga 11 - Electric voodoo 12 - Book of revalation 13 - World of love 14 - Don't give up So after listening to this over and over I want to find more trance like this. I downloaded um.. 'samples' of many other supposed high rated trance comps., and they just do not compare in my ears. Even disc 2 and 3 of this 21st centry thing are not that great. I dunno what it is about this this CD, I just cant find anything else like it. Can any of the experts recommend similar style/quality trance? Thanks!

Thats because theres only 3 cds worth of modern trance thats decent.

Cut the middle man start listening to psy/goa/classic

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Originally posted by Darkarbiter Thats because theres only 3 cds worth of modern trance thats decent. Cut the middle man start listening to psy/goa/classic

Awight, will do as soon as I figure out how to do that. (and figure out what exactly that means) Ill do some searches.

I have to agree that in the small ammount of lurking/downloading I have done that most of the stuff from the late 90's is alot better than current tracks/mixes.

Thanks for all the feedback so far.

I'd highly recomend:
http://www.full-torqe.tiger-rider.c...py_Oct-7-06.mp3
Morning psy and progressive mix... great flow... great tracks.
http://www.cybernetika.de/mixed_by_...arpcore_III.mp3
Nice start... very energetic with some great atmospheric dark psy tracks.

Unrelated to trance but anyway:
http://files.filefront.com/Sconeboy...;/fileinfo.html
Great liquid funk set... its just good fun music (at a bpm higher than usual... but after about 10 minutes the shock goes away and its great)

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[i][b] The tracks on the first CD are awesome!!! They are - 01 - Silence 02 - Operation blade 03 - Sandstorm 04 - One nation 05 - Falling 06 - Touch me 07 - The vision 08 - Outta space 09 - Back to earth 10 - Konga 11 - Electric voodoo 12 - Book of revalation 13 - World of love 14 - Don't give up

looks like a tracklisting from a cheesy trance cd from late 2000

Hey, there's nothing wrong with cheese, the first techno I ever started listening to was like scooter/DJ Sakin/DJ Sammy/Ian Van Dahl not to mention a bunch of cheesy eurodance artists. It is strange that you thought the trance you listened to before was too linear compared to that though, But you have to realize the word "trance" is thrown around alot by people to refer to songs that are nowhere near trance-like.

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Originally posted by Dyshein techno I ever started listening to was like scooter/DJ Sakin/DJ Sammy/Ian Van Dahl

Euh?? Techno? From those guys?

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Originally posted by mdk Euh?? Techno? From those guys?

I know right.. I always though they were minimal producers

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Originally posted by Neon Sky I know right.. I always though they were minimal producers

They aren't???

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Originally posted by Neon Sky I know right.. I always though they were minimal producers

VA - Artist Profile Series 1: Solar Serenades - Mixed by Ferry Corsten
VA - Clubber's Guide To... Trance - Mixed by ATB
VA - Global Trancemissions 01 - Mixed by Ferry Corsten
VA - Global Trancemissions 02 - Mixed by Ferry Corsten
VA - Resident. Two Years Of Oakenfold At Cream - Mixed by Paul Oakenfold
VA - The Best Trance Anthems ...Ever! - The John '00' Fleming Wise Buddah Mix
VA - The Politics Of Dancing - Mixed by Paul Van Dyk
VA - Tranceport - Mixed by Paul Oakenfold

Those are good.

Well, listen to Tiesto's "In Search of Sunrise 1" as well as his first 5 Magik compilations. They are very good!

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Originally posted by Gauss VA - Tranceport - Mixed by Paul Oakenfold

That's always the first cd I recommend to people who are looking for good trance.

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Originally posted by mdk Euh?? Techno? From those guys?

It has been discussed before that there is a difference in what is called Techno in Europe and then specially in Germany and the older Techno you probably are refering to which has US origin.

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Originally posted by cmay119 I love how you transition from "Talkin' trash about Trance" to actually giving us the tracklist. Sorry for laughing, but you do realize that is one of the most commercial tracklists I've ever seen. Was it a mix or just a compilation of tracks? I'm in agreeance with RJT. What was the trance you were highly recommended that sounded monotonous and linear?

I don't get it, why is it bad when a tracklist looks commercial to you? Does it matter at all?
I had BBE - Seven Days And One Week about a year and a half on vinyl before it became a hit. It has been underground in clubs during that period and was not commercial at all. So after it became a hit it now is commercial and bad???

So you only listen to unsuccessfull producers and drop them when they by accident make a hit?

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Originally posted by Trance-MB It has been discussed before that there is a difference in what is called Techno in Europe and then specially in Germany and the older Techno you probably are refering to which has US origin.

Germany (specifically Berlin) is the centre of current techno trends, and I do mean real techno, not some stupid catch-all buzzword application of the term by clueless folk.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Germany (specifically Berlin) is the centre of current techno trends, and I do mean real techno, not some stupid catch-all buzzword application of the term by clueless folk.

Current = 2008 I think. I'm talking about around 1995.

Quote from Scootertechno.com:

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Back in 1994 the worldwide party nation was celebrating rave culture in the underground as new techno clubs sprung up everywhere, while the charts were dominated by mindnumbing Euro dance and mainstream singles. At that time, "Hyper Hyper" could not be considered a commercial track by any stretch of the imagination, and yet Scooter took the charts by storm, launching techno into the overground overnight.

But I don't want to start a discussion about it because I don't think there is a right answer.

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Originally posted by Trance-MB Current = 2008 I think. I'm talking about around 1995. Quote from Scootertechno.com: But I don't want to start a discussion about it because I don't think there is a right answer.

Scooter are not techno and neither are DJ Sammy or Ian Van Dahl or anyone else like that. To use the term as such is similar to branding a band like Coldplay as "metal" because they use guitars and a drum kit. Unfortunately, a lot of the general public are so ignorant about electronic music that a genre-specific term like "techno" can serve as a synonym for any style of electronic music they encounter, which is likely to be the most mainstream tip of the iceberg: namely, acts like Scooter and Dj Sammy.

People in America, Germany, the UK and everywhere else misuse "techno" in this way. Techno is a genre, and none of those artists belong to it. Simple as that.

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