Here I am...one guy on his computer listening to trance, looking at party pics, reading reviews and then wondering....What is your scene REALLY like? One of the great thing about this board is the fact that there are so many people from so many places (look at all the flags).

To me, looking at all these pictures from these huge massives (15,000 peeps+), especially those in Europe seem pretty unfathomable considering where I'm from. And to all those TA's in Europe (England and Netherlands), what's it like having all those big time trance dj's in your own backyard? The only Canadian dj that I can think of the has any international appeal is Max Graham, but you guys have got so many.......WHAT IS IT LIKE OVER THERE?

PS To all the TA's in the US...you already know what I'm going to ask

Digi-flection

I am always in awe of the huge parties/raves/box socials/schindigs. I can't even imagine what Innercity or Dancevalley is like! Here in Chicago we have a club scene, but it sucks if you are under 21.

Well... in the land of oz, i dont think trance is that huge, not in my city anyways... the big genre over here is drum and bass, thats what you'll find most of the smaller events here are based on. The large events however - Gatecrasher, MOS.. which are trance/club based, always pull pretty big crowds, but alotta the time you'll find people go just because it is a big event, not for the music itself.

We had 12000+ for gatecrasher summer sound system a few months ago, but its a fair bet that at least half the people there didnt even venture into the gatecrasher arena for the trance

as far as the club scene is concerned, most of the clubs play commercial crap.. theres only two (to my knowledge) that play half quality trance/house on a saturday night

so there ya go... if u want trance, dont come to perth

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Originally posted by Digi-flection The only Canadian dj that I can think of the has any international appeal is Max Graham

ahhh.. you have mistress barbara.. she might not be trance, but she's still pretty damn appealing

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Toronto has a HUGE SCENE and it's still growing. First of all, we have a huge house scene besides trance with nick holder, hatiras and others. We have a huge eurodance scene (dunno why) and we have a huge drum'n'bass scene. Back to trance, we draw the Big Names often and they seem to love it here. In a 3 period in sept-oct, we drew Gielen, Corsten, Tiesto, PVD, Dave Seaman and Armin with Orkidea. So i have to say that we are doing quite well. Besides that, we have two clubs (back to back) the guvernment/the koolhaus that really bring most of the big names in. Same complex, same management and trance is really taking off in toronto and Canada for that matter. FYI, mistress barbara essential mix-jan 27th/02.

I am very very happy to live in switzerland. The swiss scene is huge, even though we don't have as many good producers as Germany, but we seem to unique every Trance Country in Europe. Here around a lot of stuff is being played, no matter where it's from. We got loads of great djs, and there is enough stuff they can play. I can say nothing bad about it. And it's still not as commercial as in Germany nowadays.

I am lucky to live in the UK, and from what the other UKTA's were saying, they hung out with a few djs, lol. So i suppose you could say it is amazing here

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Originally posted by flystyler I am lucky to live in the UK, and from what the other UKTA's were saying, they hung out with a few djs, lol. So i suppose you could say it is amazing here

Hey man! I come from Aylesbury too! SWWWWWEEEEETTT!!!

But i certainly wouldnt say the scene is amazing here... well, with me being a lil' 14 y/o it aint... dayum age limits...!

[Dan]

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Originally posted by Blake613 I am always in awe of the huge parties/raves/box socials/schindigs. I can't even imagine what Innercity or Dancevalley is like! Here in Chicago we have a club scene, but it sucks if you are under 21.

hey i totally agree man... imagine being at creamfields or someplace!!!

hell here in delhi... trance is unheard of!!! we got some clubs that play ancient techno... but then thats totally commercial again... no dj's worth repute ....waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh

i mean like the only reasin why i love downloading livesets altough it costs me the earth is the crowds!!! i mean all that energy... gets me soo high man... i just can't wait to get outta this hellhole...

damn after like saving up...folks.. go vacationing and shit ... i know where i'm headed... INNERCITY

heck... here it's sooo sad ...we had a loveparade to man... and the asswipe dj played rap.... i was sooo stoned... fuck i wanted to kill him then and there ... aaarrrrrrrrrrrgggggggghhhh

don't ever come to this city for trance....

Oh right, well round here it aint very good, but the country as a whole is damn good.

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Originally posted by flystyler Oh right, well round here it aint very good, but the country as a whole is damn good.

Tru, Tru...

[Dan]

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Trance here is awful as a scene. I live in a college town in Madison, Wisconsin (half of you probably have never even heard of the state). There's one shop in town to buy trance vinyl, and I'd have to say the selection is limited at best. The only known DJs that have ever been here are Dave Ralph and *cough* DJ Skribble (who was actually pretty decent) who me and some friends arranged to come to our fraternity for parties. It's just fairly difficult to bring any sort of 'new' thing to the middle of a farm state. At least some of us are trying, though, and that's why I am glad Chicago is only a 2 hour drive.

Enjoy what you have, for it certainly is not to be had here.

UWMT