A lot of new EDM has a definite 80's feel to it, you think this is the way the genre is heading?

Examples:

Marcel Woods - New Feeling (Nic Chagall remix)
B.E.N. vs. Digital Nature feat. Brandon A. Godfrey - Save me God (Orjan Nilsen remix)
Matt Cerf vs. Eric Meza feat Jaren - With me (Signalrunners Fierce mix)

And more mainstream stuff like Armand van Helden - I want your soul, or David Guetta - Baby when the lights go out

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Originally posted by the_gamemaster you think this is the way the genre is heading?

God I hope not

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If trance really was going to for an 80s feel, it'd sound much more like industrial music than synth-pop.

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BTW while we're at 80's trance, does anyone else thinks that Space Opera Theme (it's from 1989) sounds more like trance than new beat? I'd even say it has the greater rights to be called "the first trance tune" than Age Of Love (if we exclude What Time Is Love of course)

maybe something like this?

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Originally posted by RebeL9 maybe something like this?

ftw!

I really like that tune, but i can't say i'm impressed by the other two previews from the album, so i don't know what to expect.

Michael Cassette on anjunadeep is producing some really great stuff with some 80's influence thrown in there.

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Originally posted by sljiva BTW while we're at 80's trance, does anyone else thinks that Space Opera Theme (it's from 1989) sounds more like trance than new beat? I'd even say it has the greater rights to be called "the first trance tune" than Age Of Love (if we exclude What Time Is Love of course)

no there is an even older one from 86 97 or 88. i can't think of the name now but i posted a link in some thread about six months ago. cookies for you if you can find it.

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Originally posted by the_gamemaster A lot of new EDM has a definite 80's feel to it, you think this is the way the genre is heading?

80's EDM was either emo-alternative dance like Depeche Mode or dorky pop songs like the Saftey Dance. I prefer the former, most of the dance music I listen to is emo, with the exception of eurodance & full-on, which are not.

I will say this, I like where the industrial genre is heading. Some artists hybridized trance elements with emo-synth-pop of the 80's. Good stuff.

There is a long history to this genre... so songs like Filo & Peri - Anthem, are clearly adding synthpop elements, and a more emo 80's alternative dance approach to their production. It's a great song if your into synthpop.

EDM is not for people who think electronic music began in the 90's, it clearly did not.

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Originally posted by Verona^My EDM is not for people who think electronic music began in the 90's, it clearly did not.

It depends what you mean by electronic dance music.

If you mean purely music made by synthesisers instead of actual instruments then yes, it began well before the 90's

But if you're talking about the type of music that today we would recognise as being trance or house (modern electronic music), then it didn't become popular until the 90's.

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Originally posted by Verona^My 80's EDM was either emo-alternative dance like Depeche Mode or dorky pop songs like the Saftey Dance. I prefer the former, most of the dance music I listen to is emo, with the exception of eurodance & full-on, which are not. I will say this, I like where the industrial genre is heading. Some artists hybridized trance elements with emo-synth-pop of the 80's. Good stuff. There is a long history to this genre... so songs like Filo & Peri - Anthem, are clearly adding synthpop elements, and a more emo 80's alternative dance approach to their production. It's a great song if your into synthpop. EDM is not for people who think electronic music began in the 90's, it clearly did not.

i really HATE the way your calling DP "emo-alt dance." did you just make that term up? DP's lyrics are not close to todays melodramatic emoness dude. yes its moody, but not emo.

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Originally posted by Verona^My 80's EDM was either emo-alternative dance like Depeche Mode or dorky pop songs like the Saftey Dance.

What about electro, detroit techno, chicago house, italo... ?