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why do you guys insist on putting a picture of a sunset on the beach in almost every mix thread as cover art?
serious question here.
Cause thats where visions of euphoria come from.
ravezebra.
mmaybe they are searching for the sunrise...only to miss it by a few hours
i just find it funny that they all seem to do it.
i`m not trying to start a flame thread, i am seriously curious.
it is a bit cliche no
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sounds about right.
really, anything that has to do with nature. i guess trance shares the beauty of nature
we all know where thunder comes from. mother natures epic fist pump
and so many mixes are titled as journey to, through and so on.
There seems to be a lot of fetishism in trance that's closely related with the "spectacle" of nature. No doubt, trance artists influenced this greatly with releases and the art included with them (ie: In Search of Sunrise). The music is big, bombastic, and obsessed with emotion, energy, and space (either literal space, or the idea of the music being played in a very large open type of setting, not the "good" kind of space). Sunsets, ocean views, and views of different natural scenes all have very similar characteristics along with provoking vast amounts of emotion in humans.
Many people also relate trance with drugs, journeying, escaping reality through music or experience. That'd probably be why so many people title their mixes things such as "Journey To The Center of My Very Being". Also, you can see these types of things present in not just the imgery used to represent trance, but also in the trance communities obsession with "massives" or events that glorify the spectacle of the thing instead of the music itself, the music almost acts as a backdrop to what is happening inside the stadium.
There's probably also some Ibiza influence in there, sandy beaches, exotic locales, etc.
This is just my opinion, but I always think about it that way.
Sorry for rambling incoherently. 
Because most trance listeners like to think that when they listen to trance music they are transported to a magical land of white sand beaches and sprawling evergreen and snow-capped mountains and such.
Or maybe it's a way to lend somewhat of an organic feeling to a genre that hasn't sounded organic in quite a long time.
nice post enydo.
still not one post from a trance guy though
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| Originally posted by enydo There seems to be a lot of fetishism in trance that's closely related with the "spectacle" of nature. No doubt, trance artists influenced this greatly with releases and the art included with them (ie: In Search of Sunrise). The music is big, bombastic, and obsessed with emotion, energy, and space (either literal space, or the idea of the music being played in a very large open type of setting, not the "good" kind of space). Sunsets, ocean views, and views of different natural scenes all have very similar characteristics along with provoking vast amounts of emotion in humans. Many people also relate trance with drugs, journeying, escaping reality through music or experience. That'd probably be why so many people title their mixes things such as "Journey To The Center of My Very Being". Also, you can see these types of things present in not just the imgery used to represent trance, but also in the trance communities obsession with "massives" or events that glorify the spectacle of the thing instead of the music itself, the music almost acts as a backdrop to what is happening inside the stadium. There's probably also some Ibiza influence in there, sandy beaches, exotic locales, etc. This is just my opinion, but I always think about it that way. Sorry for rambling incoherently. |
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| Originally posted by Adam420 Because most trance listeners like to think that when they listen to trance music they are transported to a magical land of white sand beaches and sprawling evergreen and snow-capped mountains and such. Or maybe it's a way to lend somewhat of an organic feeling to a genre that hasn't sounded organic in quite a long time. |
I took that picture
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| Originally posted by elFreak nice post enydo. still not one post from a trance guy though |
I think that some people that listen to that kind of trance tend to be more emotional/dramatic. Rarely do I see a non-trance tracklist thread filled with "ch000000000000000000000000000n!" "omg I die!!111" or "
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| Originally posted by creon444 I'm a greek guy. We love sunset on the beach imagery because we are gay and fancy men bottoms. |
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| Originally posted by Unique2701 I think that some people that listen to that kind of trance tend to be more emotional/dramatic. Rarely do I see a non-trance tracklist thread filled with "ch000000000000000000000000000n!" "omg I die!!111" or " " |
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| Originally posted by Adam420 I took that picture |
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| Originally posted by elFreak fixed |
I'm sure PETRAN could further expand on this very topic. He seems to have been stuck in a permanent unicorn overdrive mode as of late. And he's greek too.
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| Originally posted by enydo I think my stumbling across trance.nu before TA effectively ruined my views on trance (I was a huge noob at the time) and forced me to explore other things. Probably the best thing that could have happened to me. |
Thanks! 
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| Originally posted by Unique2701 I think that some people that listen to that kind of trance tend to be more emotional/dramatic. Rarely do I see a non-trance tracklist thread filled with "ch000000000000000000000000000n!" "omg I die!!111" or " " |
yeah "electro house" people like choon quite a bit.
Trance evokes emotions of feeling free and un-inhibited, unbound by the everyday stresses and rules of life. So maybe finding pictures of something that looks pure and limitless can help take you to a place the music does.
so basically trance dj's are like pavlov's dog?
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