I've heard so many definitions of it. Can anyone clarify?

I always thought, for example, "Mauro Picotto - Live at Gatecrasher NEC 13-04-02" was hard trance. Especially the first 20 minutes of it.

thats more him attempting to play techno then anything..

hard trance *shrugs*

have a listen to some old cosmic gate sets

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flutlicht springs to mind...

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Uberdruck? The Crow? Might be, I don't know... just going by what I've seen posted in the past...

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hardtrance are:
cosmic gate
scot project
hannes & cold

Mauro picotto is techno... this kind of tunes are more repetitive like umek, r cohen

Hope that help

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Nu-NRG (early stuff like Illusion, High Volume, Take Your Air)
SHOKK
Dumonde
Talla 2XLC
Arpas Dream
DJ Snowman
DJ Sequenza
Schwarze Puppen

some good UK hardtrance:
J K Walker (Sam Punk pres. Bottle Boy - I'm Drunk and I'm High (J K Walker Remix) )
Marcos (Lightforce - Join Me 2004 (Marcos Remix A) )
Scott Mac

Try Kai Tracid @ Rosenmontags Rave 2002.

Yeah , S.H.O.K.K, A*S*Y*S, and Uberdruck are all pretty good.

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Originally posted by Eddie N MIAMI Brass Monkey that funky Monkey Chang Monkey Chelsea junkie That fucking Monkey

alot of ace da brain songs

Not strictly true but my observation is that hard trance is called as such because of more abrasive sounds -- for example, the air-sucking THUMPHHH kick drums found in a lot of tracks. It isn't a subtle nudge, or even a wink of a kick. Rather, it's a hard-hitting hammerfest that drives and burrows into your skull at high volumes. Sometimes, they're adopted gabber babies, slowed down to fit. Similar cases can be made for audible distortion on certain types of synth riff sounds, and maybe an acid influence, as commonly presented in the case of Kai Tracid (which is like, trance & acid, maaan!).

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