Pretty much spot-on.

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I don't think it contains house and techno elements per say. Music does contain elements from everything, I mean Chicago House was the influence for Detroit Techno in some regards. I don't even agree with the history of it on that page. In my mind, trance always formed from Hardcore, which split off in 1989-1990 (jungle, drum'n'bass, ambient and others became their own genres). They talk more about the artists in the history and never mention jean micheal jarre and brian eno (who I think did more for trance then the LA girls gang or whatever) and they forget to mention Oliver Lieb's contribution, where he was really the one pushing the Frankfurt Trance scene for a few yrs, till the copycats came along). I don't think trance's initial history will ever be as graved in stone as house or detroit techno but oh well. My biggest problem with that thing was they mentioned ATB as trance.

Very good read, solid introduction

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not all trance fits that profile, and often times a song's classification as "trance" has just as much to do with who is playing it as what it sounds like.

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That's a pretty good explanation, although sometimes the basslines aren't as "uncomplicated" as that article made out. Still, it's good for n00bs.

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"In a social and artistic rebellion in 1986, young Mexican girls from east Los Angeles created a new musical style called "tantra" which was later called "trans" then "trance." This was a moving away from the traditional violent gang oriented hip-hop their boyfriends created. This art form also became "melody" and "speed" which transformed into early House music. Early house was melodic and faster than hip-hop, usually with female vocals having love, hope, dreams, romance and togetherness as the subject matter. It was a predecessor to most of today's modern electronic and rave music"








That is mint, those girls knew what they where talking about and seemed to show a bit of class. I think alot of this article is well done, some of it is news to me also, which is nice.

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Techno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid-1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit. The word techno is often misapplied to a number of offshoots of the original Detroit style, such as trance, and is sometimes inappropriately used to describe all electronic dance music styles.

lol, more like all the time

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Originally posted by DJ_TRON im my opinion...SASHA BLOWS!!!!! Sasha is probly one of the worst DJs ive ever heard...lol...i would be glad not to see her...but the rest of the DJs are good, thats where the fake ID comes in PEACE childsplay

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Originally posted by pink_glitter i think "Commercial" is when peple advertise things in between the music, like local radios, and "mainstream" is when there is uninterrupted music on a radio, i.e like Digitally Imported streams

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Originally posted by Streakfury it's good for n00bs.

couldnt of said it better myself...i agree on that!!

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I don’t think it really nailed the origins of trance properly IMHO.

for progressive

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When discussing progressive electronic styles, the term "progressive' typically refers to the progressive structure (that changes occur incrementally, as in the case of progressive house). The exception is Progressive Trance, since trance is typically progressive in structure already. Progressive Trance usually refers to a type of trance music that's less anthemic or melodic in quality.

thats how i always thought of it

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Originally posted by Streakfury That's a pretty good explanation, although sometimes the basslines aren't as "uncomplicated" as that article made out. Still, it's good for n00bs.

maybe this will get people out of the habit as referring to it as "techno"