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What is the genre trying to say?
Here's a spicier version of the usual "Why do you listen to Trance" question.
What is the trance genre, as a whole, trying to say?
60's folk and rock was about political protest, punk was about rebellion against shopping-mall complacency, 80's rock was about about fun, romance and joie de vivre, 90's alternative said "The 80's was a lie, I give up, the world is too ugly now". Keep in mind, all
this was reflected in the musical textures, not just the lyrics.
So musically, what does trance say about the human situation now? Is it saying, "Build an escape from everything to keep yourself sane?" Is it about loving desperately in the face of adversity? Or is it
deliberately meaningless ear candy, like an anthem of alienation?
No "it depends which track" answers please! Mind you, it might be interesting to look at Psy/Goa versus Uplifting for example.
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