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so what?
It is still fun music, it does not matter how pop it is. G&D have admitted openly in interviews that they make pop music, BT has said much similar things about his music and pop, does that make their music any less enjoyable?
I think we just need to get over this, so we enjoy some pop music, big fucking deal! Being underground just for its own sake is really lame, just like stuff because you genuinely like it, not because you are on a quest to separate yourself from the "masses" that you hate so much.
I divide trance's poppyness into three levels
Trance - hypnotic, repetitive, often called "classic trance"
Charismatic Trance - melodies, breakdowns, supersaws, snare rolls, anthems, but still instrumental, still not quite top40 material, think stuff like forbidden fruit or eugina
Pop Trance - Vocals, cliches, Sammy, Lasgo, ATRC
I like the term "charismatic" it implies a certain degree of formulaic, it is the stuff played in clubs that when people hear it they all know to raise their hands in the air at the same time, all know when to jump into a frenzy, all know when to stand still for a moment, everybody is on the same wavelength, following the cues given in the music. It is much like in a "charismatic church" where choirs will clap their hands and old ladies will dance in the isles, everybody knows when they are supposed to shout "amen!", because they are following a charismatic leader.
Pop trance isnt exactly charismatic, the crowd for pop trance dont act the same way, half the time they dont even dance, they just stand around and sing along. Pop is more like a commodity, charismatic is more like an addictive ritual, the border between the two is often blurry, but I beleive you can have charisma without being top40 material.
That said, I enjoy alot of charismatic and pop trance, I also like to listen to regular trance alot
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) but some of these acts that people still praise as gods of trance really aren't that far away from the likes of DJ Sammy etc. and the gap is getting smaller all the time.
