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ASOT yearmix 2004 - Was this year when trance hit its first peak? (link & tracklist)

This definitely is one of my favorite sets of all time. The tracks sound very unrestricted and very objective. Unfortunately, they're not new and if anyone of my newbie friends started bragging about trance and/or AVB I would ask him/her have you heard this shit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2qbY3whnZs

Do you think before 2010 this is when trance hit its peak? What's your guys' insight?

Tracklist:
Episode 182 Yearmix 2004

1. Armin van Buuren � Intro (The story of 2004)
2. Origene � Sanctuary (Ivan Gough mix) (Bandung)
3. Starsign � Taurus (Markus Schulz vs Austin Leeds remix)
4. DJ Yoshi � Dreamer (Luke Chable mix) (Precinct)
5. Hammer & Bennett � Language (Electronic Elements)
6. Departure � She Turns (Markus Schulz mix) (Electronic Elements)
7. Oscur Can ft. Nick Beman � Not Even Winds (Electronic Elementsa)
8. Max Graham ft. Jessica Riddle � Gone (CDR)
9. Rio Addicts � Crossroads (Electronic Elements)
10. Lolo � Why (Banshee)
11. Synergy � Hello Strings (Armind)
12. Markus Schulz pres Elevation � Largo (Electronic Elements)
13. Ridgewalker feat El � Find (Andy Moor mix) (Armind)
14. Sarah McLachlan � World On Fire (Junkie XL mix) (Nettwerk)
15. Markus Schulz pres Elevation � Somewhere (Clear Blue) (A State of Trance)
16. Markus Schulz pres Elevation � Clear Blue (Electronic Elements)
17. Oceanlab feat Justine Suissa � Satellite (Markus Schulz remix) (Anjunabeats)
18. Bakke & Ljungvist � Fanatic (Electronic Elements)
19. Mark Otten � Tranquility (Armind)
20. Solid Globe � Sahara (Fundamental)
21. Deepsky feat Jess � Talk Like A Stranger (Markus Schulz remix) (Yoshi Toshi)
22. St. John vs. Locust � Mindcircles (Perry O Neil remix) (ASOT)
23. Probspot � Foreplay (Lost Language)
24. Perry O Neil � Waveforce (Electronic Elements)
25. Roland Klinkenberg � Monday Groove (Electronic Elements)
26. Gabriel & Dresden � Arcadia (CDR)
27. Interstate � I Found You (Bandung)
28. Dido � Sand in my shoes (Above & Beyond mix) (Anjunabeats)
29. True Form � Forbidden Colous (ASOT)
30. Endre � Kallocain (Robert Nickson remix) (Anjunabeats)
31. Filterheadz � Yimanya (ID&T)
32. Peter Martin � Perfect Wave (Electronic Elements)
33. Dreas presents Havannah � Havannah (TRR)
34. Vadim Zhukov � Exit (Robert Nickson remix)(Captivating)
35. Active Sight � Out of our Lives (Captivating)
36. EnMass � CQ (SeekYou)
37. Alt+F4 � Alt+F4 (Anjunabeats)
38. Solarstone vs Scott Bond � naked Angel (made in England)
39. Fractual Structure � Lost Sequence (Somatic Sense)
40. Armin van Buuren � Blue Fear 2004 (Agnelli & Nelson remix) (Nebula)
41. Mark Norman � Phantom Manor (Magik Muzik)
42. The Mystery � Fever (Liquid)
43. Gate 42 � Flow (Discover)
44. Armin van Buuren � Burned with Desire (United)
45. Tiesto � Suburban Train (nebula)
46. Armin van Buuren feat. Ray Wilson � Yet Another day (United)
47. U-Turn � One Way (ID&T)
48. Ernesto & Bastian � Dark Side of the Moon (be yourself)
49. Kyau vs Albert � made of sun (KVA hard dub) (Euphonic)
50. Robert Gitelman � Children of the Sun (ID&T)
51. Robert Nickson � Spiral (ASOT)
52. Delerium � Silence (Above & Beyond mix) (Nettwerk)
53. Adam White � Ballerina (Darey Products)
54. Bossanova � Stonecold (Tsunami)
55. Nickselson � Yin (Solid Globe remix) (Fundamental)
56. 24 � The longest day of my life (Armin van Buuren remix) (Nebula)
57. Mojado ft. Mr Sam � Naranja (Dimitry Andreas mix)(Magik Muzik)
58. John O Callaghan pres. Mannix � Mercury (ASOT)
59. Carl B � All Day (Somatic Sense)
60. Young Parisians feat. Ben Lost � Jump the next train (Kyau vs Albert mix)(Euphonic)
61. Ton TB � Dreammachine (Blackhole)
62. Mirco De Govia � Voller Sterne (Super 8 remix) (Euphonic)
63. Tranquility Base � Surrender (Anjunabeats)
64. Andy Moor & Adam White present Whiteroom � Whiteroom (Liquid Asset)
65. Above & Beyond � No One on earth (Gabriel & Dresden remix) (Anjunabeats)
66. Armin van Buuren � Communication part 3 (CDR)
67. Marcos � Cosmicstrings (Vandit)
68. Active Sight � Search for Freedom (Captivating Sounds)
69. Armin vs M.I.K.E. � Pound (Armind)
70. Dogzilla � Your eyes (Nebula)
71. Marco V � Automanual (ID&T)
72. F Massive � Somebody (Ferry Corsten remix) (Purple Eye)
73. Sander van Doorn � Punk�d (Spinnin)
74. Thrillseekers � Synaestasia (Ferry Corsten remix) (Adjusted)
75. Reflex � Need to Be Loves (Thrillseekers remix) (Positiva)
76. Randy Katana � In Silence (Txitarro remix) (Reset)
77. Signum � The timelord (ASOT)
78. 8 Wonders � Morning After (Thrillseekers remix) (Somatic Sense)
79. Tiesto � Adagio for Strings (Blackhole)
80. Armin vs M.I.K.E. � Intruder (Armind)

I think almost everyone is going to disagree with you.

Re: ASOT yearmix 2004 - Was this year when trance hit its first peak? (link & tracklist)

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Originally posted by Dilmeet 4. DJ Yoshi � Dreamer (Luke Chable mix) (Precinct) 21. Deepsky feat Jess � Talk Like A Stranger (Markus Schulz remix) (Yoshi Toshi)

always loved these 2

While not it's *first* peak, it marked the earlier portion of what I would definitely consider to be one. That whole period from roughly 2003-2006 was quite a terrific time for trance. ASOT and GDJB were week after week featuring some of the best trance I've (to this day) ever heard, Armin's and Schulz's compilation series had just kicked off what would be three solid years of quality installments, the ISOS series was back and sounding great, production tools and techniques had really begun to pick up...

Alex Stealthy, Funabashi, Mark Otten, Peter Martin, Kyau & Albert, Super8 & Tab, Ozgur Can, Mike Foyle, Probspot, Benz & MD, Gabriel & Dresden....yeah...those were some great times.

I miss McProg.

A peak, but nothing compared to 1999. I think the sound of 2004 marked the point where everything switched from analogue to digital, and allowed a load of young producers with actual musical ideas to get that across without the need to buy masses of equipment. Today in the digital age it seems the ideas have gone and an entire generation is obsessed with technical perfection rather than originality.

i've this mix and i feel it's a little overrated, may be a good year as the tracks featured in this mix are like the 2nd generation classics like hammer & bennet - language, origene sanctuary, Armin stuff or adagio for strings, mark Otten - tranqility, yimanya, solid globe-sahara etc... but i remember listening to this last year on the airport and almost falling asleep (8 hours waiting for a plane might have affected my overall mood though).

2004 seems to be the last good year of trance but not the best for sure, till 2005 even the Armada label released class stuff, then it all went into the pop direction that rules nowadays.

yupi, a little overrated

also, omg, i loved so much the old electronic elements stuff...

perry o'neil, dj remy, schulz, pinkbox special, etc

Y U SO GOOD

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Originally posted by Kilixpree also, omg, i loved so much the old electronic elements stuff... perry o'neil, dj remy, schulz, pinkbox special, etc Y U SO GOOD

That sub label had more quality releases signed to it than everything on and under Armada combined:

Clear Blue
Perfect Wave
Arcadia
She Turns
Simply Blue
In the End

...wow. And I think those were all in the same volume!

Re: ASOT yearmix 2004 - Was this year when trance hit its first peak? (link & tracklist)

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Originally posted by Dilmeet Do you think before 2010 this is when trance hit its peak?

Hell no. It was a good year, though.

it was the year of mcprog, not trance

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost That sub label had more quality releases signed to it than everything on and under Armada combined: Clear Blue Perfect Wave Arcadia She Turns Simply Blue In the End ...wow. And I think those were all in the same volume!

coldharbour sessions 2004 has some great tracks from this label (if you want)... simple by pinkbox special is so beautiful

also:

WAVE FORCE. what a classic, hah?

blueberry by probspot...

BRING MY MCPROGZ BACK!11

2004 is the year of ember breaks.

That tracklist looks amazing. Thanks!

also, i never gave attention to this armin remix of 24 longest day... heard it today, is so cool

99 was its peak and after 2003 it became pure shit, most of the time. Beginning of the end of great trance era. Tiesto, Armin, Markus? What a talentless shit with 4-note melodies and boring vocal. FTS. Back then I fully moved to hardtrance/dance, its was like a breath of fresh air.

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Originally posted by Ranz 99 was its peak and after 2003 it became pure shit, most of the time. Beginning of end of great trance era. Tiesto, Armin, Markus? What a talentless shit with 4-note melodies and boring vocal. FTS.

edge factor rules.

It was all about Oakenfold's Creamfields. What other trance DJ mix has ever gotten nominated for a Grammy?

Certainly not the first peak, but this was one of the last years where the elite trance DJs were still playing good music.

I love this set

I agree with the people who say 1999, if you had to choose one year. I think Paul Oakenfold Creamfields 1999 is a good example of the trance that was around at the time. But that is mainly personal taste.

It is a difficult question because Trance to me is so varied. It is hard to choose one year, other than personal taste because different styles were popular different years. For example, the Goa mix, 1994 was really cool for its' time and place and is different than the other era's such as progressive trance, tech trance, uplifting trance, electro trance, vocal trance, ect. I think there are classic tracks all across the past 25 years or so.

How the fuck can a track sound objective?

Also, without commenting on the set itself, there's no way in hell it should be considered the first peak of trance.

I always enjoy those end-of-year mixes, if not for the sheer technical brilliance of them.

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Originally posted by Sykonee It was all about Oakenfold's Creamfields. What other trance DJ mix has ever gotten nominated for a Grammy?

I think everything post 'Another World' was an attempt to gain pop traction, and it's funny that he got the Grammy nod with his least pop-friendly mix (and his last good one, for that matter). You'd think that something like 'Bunkka' or to a lesser extent 'Great Wall' would have been more likely to get that kind of acknowledgement. Maybe they just decided in 2004 that it was time to include him, and nominated whatever in-stores-now Oakenfold compilation just happened to be out that year.

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Originally posted by Kilixpree coldharbour sessions 2004 has some great tracks from this label (if you want)... simple by pinkbox special is so beautiful

Coldharbour Sessions 2004, Miami '05, Ibiza '06, Amsterdam '07; a consistent three year run of quality compilations before it all devolved into the unlistenable mess featured week after week, year after year.

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost I think everything post 'Another World' was an attempt to gain pop traction, and it's funny that he got the Grammy nod with his least pop-friendly mix (and his last good one, for that matter). You'd think that something like 'Bunkka' or to a lesser extent 'Great Wall' would have been more likely to get that kind of acknowledgement. Maybe they just decided in 2004 that it was time to include him, and nominated whatever in-stores-now Oakenfold compilation just happened to be out that year.

It's because 2004 was the first year there was even a category for 'Dance/Electronica' at the Grammys.

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Originally posted by Sykonee It's because 2004 was the first year there was even a category for 'Dance/Electronica' at the Grammys.

Yeah, I looked up the nominations for that year. One of those things is not like the others...and obviously included simply because the name had to be there.

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Originally posted by Paradox Lost Yeah, I looked up the nominations for that year. One of those things is not like the others...and obviously included simply because the name had to be there.

I maintain it's a shame he didn't win that year, only for the sheer hilarity of it.

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