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Originally posted by Deam I've been listening to the more recent ASOT episodes, and I have a feeling this may be a matter of semantics, but many of the songs Armin plays do not sound like trance. Or, is it simply "progressive" trance that he is playing in his sets? The tempo of the songs alone have me wondering what genre of songs they are at some points.

Armin plays trance. What does tempo have to do with anything, as a DJ you can change the tempo to whatever you wish.

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Armin spins whatever he wants... no set has to be strictly Trance, plus there are many forms of Trance... Its not A State Of, Same Tempo Eventually Might Get Boring, Trance (ASOSTEMGBT)

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It's symantics... Every DJ explores sub-genres... Armin does not play ONLY trance... Just like Tiesto doesn't spin only tech-trance... ISOS 4 had quite a bit progressive trance in it as well...

well... he chimes in every now and then saying "bringing you the best in trance and progressive" which leads me to believe he spins both trance and progressive

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Originally posted by Krysta_101 well... he chimes in every now and then saying "bringing you the best in trance and progressive" which leads me to believe he spins both trance and progressive

Well he says "The Best" which is far from the truth

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 Well he says "The Best" which is far from the truth

Isn't that a matter of taste? Not that I think he's playing "The Best".

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Originally posted by sandstorm03 Well he says "The Best" which is far from the truth

if one wanted the best, one would listen to sasha

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Originally posted by Zenchowdah if one wanted the best, one would listen to sasha

Electro Funky House Doesn't do it for me, unfortunately .

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Originally posted by tactik Isn't that a matter of taste? Not that I think he's playing "The Best".

Well yes and no. But when someone admits he doesnt totally like all the tracks he plays, it means something.

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"Armin plays trance. What does tempo have to do with anything, as a DJ you can change the tempo to whatever you wish."

Well, from my understanding, the tempo of the music, i.e. the BPM, can help in determing the genre. Sure, a DJ can change the tempo (pitch) to make a song faster, but that doesn't mean the genre has changed. For instance, a house song played at 140BPM is still house, just played faster. In the case of Armin though, the songs appear to be played at their original tempo. However, for me, when I hear slower, darker songs I don't initially think of them as trance, but progressive, which is why the quote above regarding "Trance AND Progressive" seems to answer my question. Then we get into the question of "what is progressive", which is too confusing to get into anyways In my primitive ways, I consider something progressive when it isn't quite house, and not quite trance.

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Originally posted by Deam Well, from my understanding, the tempo of the music, i.e. the BPM, can help in determing the genre. Sure, a DJ can change the tempo (pitch) to make a song faster, but that doesn't mean the genre has changed. For instance, a house song played at 140BPM is still house, just played faster. In the case of Armin though, the songs appear to be played at their original tempo.

So how is it different if someone makes a Trance track @ 120 or 150? Its just a setting in cubase or what not.

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