I've always had trouble finding trance music thats stays true to the meaning of the word trance. By this I mean music that does not focus on some epic melody, huge windups and break downs, but instead creates something of a hypnotic symphony of sound that slowly builds and fades away, its essence being exposed through repetition. The music does not neccesarily need to be repetitive, or lacking a central theme, but it should convey this unique trance sound, that does not imitate classical music, rock, house or anything like that. Some tunes I consider to fall into this category (some to a lesser extent) are:

BT - Mercury & Solace
Sugarglider - Slow Motion
Albion - Air
Jam & Spoon - Stella
Ambassador - The Fade (Oliver Lieb Mix)
Natious - Amber
Amoeba Assassin - Piledriver
Archive - Numb (Nick Muir Mix)
Ashtrax - Digital Reason
Astral Projection - Aurora Borealis
Bjork - Kindness Kind (Delikate Imposter's Mix)
U2 - Ultraviolet (Mercurio & Paul Mix)
Blackwatch - General Dynamics
Classified Project - Ressurection
Epsilon 9 - Lifeformation
Fade - Heaven to Heaven (96 Reformation Mix)
Orbital - Nothing Left (Breeder Mix)
L.S.G. - Into Deep (Club Mix)
Max Graham - Bar None
Paganini Traxx - Zoe (Timo Maas Mix)
Planisphere - Deep Blue Dream
Private Tase - First
Quadran - No Air
Ritmo - G-13
Sasha & Holden - Bloodlock
Shmuel Flash - Chilling Moments (Bedrock Vocal Mix)
Sultan & Tonedepth - Sagres
Valentino - Flying (Sultan & Tonedepth Mix)
Paul Rogers - Lazy Monday
G-Pal pres GHOS - I Can See the Lights
Weekend World - The Word
The Light - Panfried (Mind Over Matter Mix)
Third Man - Solar Cycle

Can anyone recommend any other tracks, DJs or live sets that would have this sound?

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perpetous dreamer - future funland (astura remix).



yes its a repost.

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Tokyo Taxi ( Tokyo Mix ) Hope for 07.

try the trance tune in my sig

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UnauthorizedTranceAddict Youtube Channel where I post older mixes from the TA DJ Promotion Forum

My mixes:

Still up:1:2

Down:3:4:5

try this thread: http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...threadid=105807

http://www.discogs.com/release/53011

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Purple haze - adrenaline. Extremely 'mysterious'
Matthew dekay - clearing the mind
Michelle Nicol - Time
Airbase - escape
2 Players - sigent
Alex Losy - southbound

The last tune is mine but meets exactly what u asked for. Just some stuff I thought...

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quote:

Originally posted by Sand Leaper http://www.discogs.com/release/53011

what he said. plus I will add: http://www.discogs.com/release/20127

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My new oldskool TRANCE mix!

Flash - The Day After
Weekend World - Slow Mo
Circulation - Turquoise (Weekend World Remix)
Astral Projection - People Can Fly
Quivver - Space Manoeuvres Part Three (Pole Folder Remix
Olive - You`re Not Alone (Oakenfold & Osborne Remix)
Element Four - Element Four
Vadim Zhukov - Nothing Matters (Weekend Mix)
Brainchild - Symmetry C (Lange Remix)
Yahel - Last Man In The Universe

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http://soundcloud.com/subtara

vicious circles - vicious circles (moogwai remix)

and loads of other old platipus tunes. i wish i knew more stuff like that.

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get everything from Quietman.

POB - The Awakening (Quietman remix)
Quietman - The Sleeper
and the entire album Shhhh is pure trancy stuff.

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My new oldskool TRANCE mix!

Mystic Force! Tracks like: Starbust (!!), Mystic Force, Second Wave, Clearlight...

Spiritualist - Age Of White
Spiritualist - Bright White Light
Wasabe - The Legacy
Dimension - White Dove
Dimension - Ascention To Altitude (Woaaah!! )

You would probably get along well with that guy who did the "Guide to Electronic Music" on di.fm . I know I agree with him.

IMO, true trance = psytrance/goa trance or other subgenres that have a bit of a psy feel

Most epic trance and uplifting progressive trance (the ASOT stuff) isn't trance at all.

Examples of Trance:
pre-2006

E Razor - Mantra
Push - Strange World (2000 remake) (best track of all time)
Planet Heaven - Nautical Bodies
LSG - Netherworld (Oliver Prime remix)
MIKE - Sunrise at Palamos
John '00 Fleming vs. Astrix - Third Time Lucky
One Man Army - Ballroom Dancer
Electric Universe - The Prayer
Sharigrama - Mexican Mushroom

2006

most of the Digital Blonde tracks (e.g. Casca, Tronika, Cyan, Requia)
Blue Planet Corporation - Alidade (Jirah remix)
Tristan & Lucas - Porcupine

That should be a start.

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