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Here's a summary of what happened in the trance scene:
Unfortunately, these last 2 years seem to be recognised by most people as the continuation of the downfall of trance. Not necessarily in terms of popularity, Tiesto has been packing some stadiums, but in terms of quality. From the point of view of most epic trancers, it lost the "special feeling" from the 1999 era whatever that might have been. The new rising stars of the last 2 years have been bedroom-producers armed with software synths only with the goal of getting their tracks on ASOT.
Yeah, that radio show from Armin is still going on, over 200 episodes now. Dunno exactly how it has been sounding lately, haven't listened to it in over a year i think. But many people have been criticising it very harshly, as it appears to have sucked the entire trance scene into some boring shit that hasn't evolved anything in a few years. Or something like that.
So basically, Armin, Andy Moor, Markus Schulz, Gabriel & Dresden are the big names now (Armin and Markus more as dj's, Andy and G&D more as producers). Last time I checked their sound sucked, but you might like it, dunno. PvD, Tiesto and Ferry all have kept the superstar status, but haven't done anything particularly remarkable. PvD bashes ASOT trance on the press only to play it in his sets. Tiesto is doing this series of In Concert, popular as fuck, not anything special musically tho. Ferry has been a bit more low-profile, but i think he released a compilation recently.
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(check out Confirmation, La Parts Des Anges, Total Blackout)
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