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Taz
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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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dr me
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Registered: Dec 2001
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maybe its because i failed literature in high school, but i believe looking for political msgs in everything we do is very lame. the music is all about making you feel good not passing on any msgs.

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It's not trying to say anything, its just for the pleasure of a human ear and mind, it creates that special atmosphere.
Trance is the most beautyfull music on the planet, and with beautyfull I mean the synths, the "trance" (in the real meaning of the word) it creates an atmosphere like every genre does but trance, reaching deeper then any genre into the mind of a human being.

*listening to Kai Tracid - Liquid Skies (Meridian Mix)*


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ascension
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Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Australia - Perth

perhaps...

some trance producers are out to take you on a journey with their songs... layering voices, creating a climax...



and maybe its all just overanalytical bullshit


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Djeebie
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Taken from Paul van Dyk - The Politics of Dancing

"(...) Well there's politics in electronic music (...) just as there is any other walk of life. But to me, despite all the different tastes DJ's have, at the end of the day, it's all about the music that we love, about good DJ's playing with a passion. That's one of my interpretations of the politics of dancing"

"Remember the beginning of the 1990's? We all said that this was as much a political movement as it is a cultural one. It wasn't just about dancing. There were things growing around it like interior design, fashion design and graphic design - so many things that are related to this whole movement, which is now a global youth culture"


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