What exactly is trance? I've heard all kinds of answers such as emotional music,whether sad or happy, and music with 130-150 bpm.. so what is your definition of trance?

a state of mind.

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Best way to explain is by example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyMXYE_50Ts

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Originally posted by david.michael Best way to explain is by example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyMXYE_50Ts

Example is the best way to explain, yes, but that's not a very good one.

Old/Original Trance: A half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

Trance Nowadays: 7-9 mins of boring breakdowns and bass/fart hunt in every track, wich obviously has nothing to do with the definition of the original one.

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Originally posted by rdevito Old/Original Trance: A half-conscious state characterized by an absence of response to external stimuli, typically as induced by hypnosis or entered by a medium.

...medium being music (or) psychedlica LOL

A style of EDM that supposedly has the trance effect to it. Trance is dead, then.

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