i used to listen to sets from oaky back in 99, pvd in 2000, armin in 2001.. great songs back to back!

now i hear a state of trance and its just one big blur of non-catchy crap..

are there any good artists left??

Uh these threads are getting a bit ridiculous but I will say..Kamil Polner, if you want really catchy stuff. David West is another.
Go to Beatport, search around, you'll find some stuff you'll like. You will find some crap too, plenty of it, but you just have to sort through it, just like at a CD or vinyl shop.

of course there are still good trance artists out there (not as much as there used to be imo) , but i know exactly where you're coming from... i haven't listened to ASOT lately, but the last ASOTs ive listened to haven't caught my attention. i don't really feel like sifting thru all the crap to find some decent trance releases, so i've moved onto other genres. whenever i need my trance fixes i usually listen to some old oakey cds, his 99 and 94 essentials, or make my own mixes of personal faves.

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What happened to all the good music from the 90's leading up to the year 2000? Trance isn't the only music genre affected by the this.

What happened to the 80s?

Nah, the '70s, maaaaaaaan.

Trance has been dead since 2002. Sadly, this is something that any new listener to the genre must come to grips with. Progressive used to be a viable alternative, but it shed what was left of its tranciness in 2005, with all the "electro" shenanigans. There are a few patches of progressive left here and there, like the stuff Satoshi Tomiie is spinning as of late.

Today's techno, especially from Cologne and Canada, sounds closer to trance than anything now sold under that genre. For example:

Tom Pooks - Pablo Assan's
Mathew Jonson - Marionette

Oh, and I'm sure the progpsy members will chime in here, but the genre just doesn't do anything for me like classic Frankfurt or progressive trance did. Beats me.

There is still good trance around, you just don't hear it anymore where you used to hear it 3 or 4 years ago

People like Paul van Dyk or Armin van Buuren that used to play great trance tunes that 3 or 4 years ago have developed in another direction that you probably want to hear. For me trance is anything but crap like "Selu Vibra - Divine" or "CJ Stone - Shine (Heart of Stone Mix)". That's why i don't listen to those two DJs very much anymore
Or let's rather say: Especially Paul has disappointed me just too much in the last 2 years. From about 10 times I've seen him, 8 times were just a horrific waste of time.

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4 Strings - Into The Night(Purple Haze Remix)
Abel Ramos - Aquarius (Randy Katana Mix)
Nautical Imagery - Distant Dreams
Duderstadt - Muhanjala(Sean Tyas Mix)
Eric Prydz – ‘Proper Education(Sebastian Ingrosso Remix)
Markus Schulz - Without U (Coldharbour Mix) [Vocal Deep Pro.]
Sean Tyas - Lift

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Originally posted by spc of course there are still good trance artists out there (not as much as there used to be imo) , but i know exactly where you're coming from... i haven't listened to ASOT lately, but the last ASOTs ive listened to haven't caught my attention. i don't really feel like sifting thru all the crap to find some decent trance releases, so i've moved onto other genres. whenever i need my trance fixes i usually listen to some old oakey cds, his 99 and 94 essentials, or make my own mixes of personal faves.

I think it's actually more a case of the same number of decent tracks being about, much more shit ones, and a person's tastes evolving since they first started listening.

I found more tracks this year that I like than I did in 2002

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