I have noticed that there is a serious lack of good melodic trance or euphoric trance I am talking the likes of Galen Behr, Mk-S and Kamil Polner, Adam White, Darren Tate old thrillseekers and old Airwave etc

Steve Helstrip's newer productions don't do it for me they are too loud and too sterile for me. I have a similar feeling of Activa's productions and releases too sterile for me. The drums, percussions and synth sound they are pre made or terrible quality as well and lacking really memorable melodies or sound. Seriously lacking memorable or any rhythm.

The uplifting stuff from the likes of Adam Ellis, John O'Callghan, Robert Nickson, Suncatcher, Lemon Einar K, Simon Patterson and the current Sean Tyas sound weak. Enigma State needs some work lacks the addictive qualities older trance had and they are somewhat chaotic as well. Old Sean Tyas productions were pretty good.










The psy/goa stuff is good from the Alan Backdrop and Ovnimoon, Artifact 303 is more of the stuff I want to hear in euphoric trance. Everyone out there either wants to make EDM pop or tech house minimal house which go nowhere.

Digital Blonde is the only producer out there making good uplifting trance/melodic trance that has those expressive melodies like a lot of older trance and unfortunately this has been happening since 2007/2008. Even JOOF has turned his back on melodic trance which is disappointing and he was playing melodic trance back then as well. I have seen interviews of him praising it as well.

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If the premise is that the likes of Sean Tyas were good or that the sterile Reason Trance(tm) of the likes of old Behr and Nickson means well-produced we must be speaking mutually unintelligible lingos.

(A deep dive into old tech-house brings remarkably banging discoveries.)

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Originally posted by Midlothian If the premise is that the likes of Sean Tyas were good or that the sterile Reason Trance(tm) of the likes of old Behr and Nickson means well-produced we must be speaking mutually unintelligible lingos. (A deep dive into old tech-house brings remarkably banging discoveries.)

I am referencing the current stuff in terms of tech house. I didn't mind Sean's older productions from 2006 - 2008.

Those first two tracks remind me of Solar Stone (in a good way). That 3rd track is proper euphoric trance. Tracks today may not sound organic like it used to, but I guess it still has its audience somewhere.

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Originally posted by Mattsanity Those first two tracks remind me of Solar Stone (in a good way). That 3rd track is proper euphoric trance. Tracks today may not sound organic like it used to, but I guess it still has its audience somewhere.

Nope not in Melbourne most of the uplifting stuff gets drowned in that chaotic style. I don't mind the chaotic but the current stuff doesn't do it for me.

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Originally posted by Mattsanity Those first two tracks remind me of Solar Stone (in a good way). That 3rd track is proper euphoric trance. Tracks today may not sound organic like it used to, but I guess it still has its audience somewhere.

Also tracks like this I want to hear as well. Listen to that breakdown both dancefloor destroyers so so melodic and happy and cheerful and euphoric.

I'm taking this thread for granted. Your knowledge of post-2005 euphoric/melodic trance is impeccable.

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Originally posted by Mattsanity I'm taking this thread for granted. Your knowledge of post-2005 euphoric/melodic trance is impeccable.

I did ask Mirco De Govia to come back but he didn't want to make trance anymore because there is no money in it at least that's what Kyau & Albert advised when I asked them.

I even asked Joost van Der Vlueten but he is now currently just wants to make tech house boring shite

Have a listen a breakdown like this and melodic buildups and themes they are non existent it's more fist pumping or which track has the biggest drop or annoying noise.



This one has an annoying buildup that's most only critique

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Surely people like them could release anything they made on labels like FSOE, assuming that still exists. But perhaps it was a reality call that making cookie cutter trance wasn't going to bring in the money anymore since there are now a zillion another people doing same sounding the same. If money's the reason then I think they brought it on themselves.

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Originally posted by Midlothian Surely people like them could release anything they made on labels like FSOE, assuming that still exists. But perhaps it was a reality call that making cookie cutter trance wasn't going to bring in the money anymore since there are now a zillion another people doing same sounding the same. If money's the reason then I think they brought it on themselves.

But I am not referring to cookie cuttered trance that's the stuff that's being currently released on labels like FSOE at the moment and I mentioned those artists who are doing that above. None of the tracks I posted sound the same they all sound different.

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Originally posted by Titanium I did ask Mirco De Govia to come back but he didn't want to make trance anymore because there is no money in it at least that's what Kyau & Albert advised when I asked them. I even asked Joost van Der Vlueten but he is now currently just wants to make tech house boring shite Have a listen a breakdown like this and melodic buildups and themes they are non existent it's more fist pumping or which track has the biggest drop or annoying noise. ...

Micro de Govia, so many great tracks and memories


I guess every genre/sound has it's golden age.

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Originally posted by Terrence Parker Micro de Govia, so many great tracks and memories I guess every genre/sound has it's golden age.

great track, half the time i think vocals make a track cheesy but in cases like this it actually makes the track better