Hello, hope everyone's doin well!

As I sit here listenin to this Deep Dish Essential Mix (Creamfields '04), I am reminded of something that happened to me about 4 years ago, when I first moved to Burlington.

Now, Burlington Vermont is not a very large city... about 30-35000 inhabitants, most of them spoiled fucking college kids. Anyways, there isn't a huge electronic music scene here... our release is Boston, Montreal (my fav ) or the Sunday night gathering at our small [excuse-for-a-] club, Metronome (which makes for a great epilogue to those weekends spent clubbing). Anyways, to my point.

Our town has very few record shops, and even fewer stores that carry any good (read: not mainstream) trance/techno/house/what-have-you vinyl. So, I entered the local shop (Joyryde Records) with high-expectations, if only because they are quite reputable.

I asked the clerk there if they had any good trance 12's, and lo-and-behold, in typical record-shop-snob style, he practically laughed in my face. "Trance?" he said. "Trance is so '99 (this was 2001). He continued... "Trance is dead. Everything is Progressive now. Progressive is the new sound."

I felt insulted. Surely this guy was not degrading the very genre of ethereal, even magical tunes that made me lust to spin records to begin with. Needless to say, being only 18 or so and relatively new to the whole electronic scene, I was absolutely baffled as to what this so-called "Progressive" sound was about. And because he had retorted in such a condescending manner, I wasn't interested. I felt blighted.

My main point of this seemingly-pointless story. Although I am now very much into the Progressive-style (the lines blur between house and trance now it seems), I am still glad to see that there are supporters and listeners of Trance music! It sort of justifies the feeling I had as a naive teenager in that shop, as I thought to myself.. "This kind of music can't die, it's just too great!"

Sorry if I wasted moments of your life with my tale, but I'm curious to hear other's stories similar to mine (don't ask how, I'm on my 24th hour of awakeness and this text is just flowing). Just memories/occasions of trance music in your life. I'll never forget the day I picked up Oakie's "Tranceport" and realized the greatness that is Trance music.

- J -

P.S. I just got Valentino Kanzyani - "Burros Eslovenos"... what a wicked tune!!!

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So, to sum up the story, a guy at a record shop said "trance sucks", and you're happy that there's still people who like trance. What's so memorable about that, is that even a story?

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Originally posted by paranoik0 So, to sum up the story, a guy at a record shop said "trance sucks", and you're happy that there's still people who like trance. What's so memorable about that, is that even a story?

congratulations, you can synopsize!

perhaps you have a career authoring Spark Notes!

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~ MEMBER OF THE ANTI-ALLIANCE ALLIANCE ~

Translation according to, blahblahfish translator

"I dont like trance" "but i do, and im glad some still do"

i remember reading a pointless thread on TA and then posting this as a response.

whatever. i already apologized for it's pointlessness.

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Dude don't feel sorry. PPL think being retarded is teh leet nowadays, just a couple of goofs.

i have a really really memorable story to tell you guys!!!
today my little brother dropped a water balloon on my floor and there was water all over the floor. and i was pissed. Kind of. But i felt I had to share this with you!

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My new oldskool TRANCE mix!

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Originally posted by RebeL9 i have a really really memorable story to tell you guys!!! today my little brother dropped a water balloon on my floor and there was water all over the floor. and i was pissed. Kind of. But i felt I had to share this with you!

thanks

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Originally posted by Creamfields23 Dude don't feel sorry. PPL think being retarded is teh leet nowadays, just a couple of goofs.

Who acted retarded?

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Originally posted by paranoik0 Who acted retarded?

no expects the retard to know when he's acting retarded.

I was once in a local record store.

The shop clerk, kept giving me records to listen to.

After about 20 minutes "he said look are you going to buy anything kid?"

(i was 12 at the time)

I replied "If you stopped giving me shit music then maybe i would".


Yeah! i felt big that day...

Last edited by JakeC on Jul-22-2005 at 02:14