Yes it's meaningless poll time...

Ok folks, now I'm really worried about the state of trance (no not the label).

Got my end of weekly update on new tunes from Chemical Records and lo and behold what did I find on the list... Crazy Frog!

Not to mention a selection of other trance bordering on Hard House...

The trance gigs are getting less and less.
More and more you hear people on dance floors saying that they can't be arsed with the long breakdowns and find it tedious not to put it too bluntly.
Trance needs to pull it's head out of it's own arse and come up with some quality tunes because this is getting old.
These days I get more work playing tough House and Electro House which I don't mind as I enjoy playing that too but I prefer Trance anyday... well used to.

My friends record shop is actually thinking of stocking trance as sales have dipped so much.

By the way, Indie Pop sucks wet monkey nuts!! Kids these days, think they have found something new when they pick up a guitar and play in a live band... listen man, that's Granny music.

Ok rant over and not even sure if it was worth making a thread over but hey here you go.

Ok, to the point do any of you think that trance is healthy, needs vamping up, getting old or the best thing since sliced cucumber? Would be interesting to hear your opinions.

Cheers
Nem

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Did I say that Indie pop sucks wet monkey nuts!

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Last edited by Nemesis44 on Oct-14-2005 at 22:37

so true

the only time i really play trance is at the afterhours club

any regular hours gigs are all house and electro

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Most of my new stuff is now progtrance, usually have trance melodies with a long progressive bassline and best of all very small if any..breakdowns. Yea, alot of the new stuff needs to be burned!

Last edited by Xtracktor on Oct-15-2005 at 02:07

yeah, too true nem

its becoming harder and harder to find new, decent tunes. ive resigned myself to buying older classics that everyone's heard a million times

luckily ive just discovered melodic prog house, so im gonna have a squiz at that for a bit.

imo many of the newer producers dont really "get" how trance works and what makes it so much better than all the other genres. some of them sound like their melodies were written by a 5 year old.

its a real shame

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havent played real trance in a long time, tastes have just kind have changed i guess.

trance is dead

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Still like it, but I like a blended mix. A house set feels like it's going nowhere, and techno from start to finish gets really boring, really fast. I find that trance is best as a part of a varied set. For example; you'd start with poppy-house stuff, move on to trance for 30-60 minutes, then tech-trance, techno, and finish with some really messed up psy.

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Originally posted by Aquarian Still like it, but I like a blended mix. A house set feels like it's going nowhere, and techno from start to finish gets really boring, really fast. I find that trance is best as a part of a varied set. For example; you'd start with poppy-house stuff, move on to trance for 30-60 minutes, then tech-trance, techno, and finish with some really messed up psy.

I agree, that is what i'm trying to head for in my sets in the future, once I get my MP3 and Wave collection up and possibly vinyl once i get TTs again. I have been bored with just playing uplifting trance, which is partially why I stopped with TTs, because I couldn't afford to buy a whole new collection of stuff with more varied sounds. I would do this, except I think I would start off with some ambient or chill out type stuff, like possibly some downbeat or trip hop. Then I would move into prog house, vocal or deep house, and then move into prog trance and some techno, and then maybe end with some epic anthem. Once I get my full DJ set up (I just have CDJs, a mixer, headphones and speakers, i need a soundcard and monitors for recording and of course some new TTs), I will try to attempt this kind of set and see how it goes.

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Originally posted by CleverName trance is dead

not at all. Its just a very big room type of sound that is hard to make work in a non-mega club setting. Here in NYC 1000's of people make it out to hear the big guys (Armin, PVD, Tiesto etc...) play, but thatsd not really the reality for most djs. There are only a handful of mega clubs like that where trance is gonna fly in this city. But for the most part its not appropriate. i would love to be able to play an all out trance set out, but right now its hard, especially in a city like NYC that is dominated by house music.

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I love the old stuff.. i'll always listen to it, however I have been dipping into other genres. Such as Psy/Goa sound, and some prog/electro, but mostly Psy... However, in the past couple weeks, I seem to be coming across some REALLY good trance... Nothing that compares to the old days, but still DAMN good IMO... maybe its just a select few, but its different than the past 1.5-2 years...

in my opinion, this thread is about a year or 2 late its very rare if any new trance tune that i hear impresses me (don't get me wrong, there have been very few exceptions). sadly, ideas seem to have been thin on the ground for a long time.

its sad, but that's life. maybe it will come better again, but i highly doubt it will ever reach the same level as it used to be because, quite plainly, there is only so much you can do to a trance track before making it not 'trance'.

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Originally posted by zizack not at all. Its just a very big room type of sound that is hard to make work in a non-mega club setting. Here in NYC 1000's of people make it out to hear the big guys (Armin, PVD, Tiesto etc...) play, but thatsd not really the reality for most djs. There are only a handful of mega clubs like that where trance is gonna fly in this city. But for the most part its not appropriate. i would love to be able to play an all out trance set out, but right now its hard, especially in a city like NYC that is dominated by house music.

I think I will have to disagree with you on that. I have seen trance played in clubs with 500 capacity and it's rocked... or it used to atleast.
I suppose I can't really speak for the US but that was the case in the UK.

I think TuFace said it pretty well too when he said...

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there is only so much you can do to a trance track before making it not 'trance'

And I agree, this thread probably is two years late.

cheers
Nem

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