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Originally posted by DJAntSmith "Now listen up, here's a story. About a litle guy who lives in a blue world!"

AHAHA X1000



couldn't agree more.

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Originally posted by Cobalt Yawn. Your ignorance of the genre is rather shocking, to limit its scope to a two-year slice of European anthem trance. And none of those productions fit anywhere in the family of progressive genres, so I'm confused why you would cite that label as well. Trance has over 13 years of history in multiple directions: German, acid, psychedelic, progressive, and on and on. Just because you think your minimal exposure to the genre is all there is, doesn't make it true. You don't have the room to speak. And I already exempted Words, which falls outside consideration.

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Originally posted by DJ-RED

not with the safety guard on you wont....

Carnt Deejay - If i Were You

If I were yooooooooou... Id get another job!!!!

absolute Bollocks

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Well technically Words and Gamemaster are progressive trance.

Gamemaster is anthem trance, even with epic overtones, not progressive. Words has progressive influences, but is closer to anthem.

Just because Ishkur says it doesn't make it so.

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Originally posted by DJ-RED

Go ahead, I hate kids.

The original mix of "Gamemaster" was classified by many as Progressive Trance when it came out 8 years ago.

However, nowadays it does sound closer to "Epic", but I certainly wouldn't call it "anthem". That term I reserve for the "hands in the air" Dutch sound of the late 90's like System F - Out Of The Blue and practically anything by Ferry Corsten of that period.

If you live in my area, you know anything the radio station calls trance
is cheese. *cough* Z 103.5 *cough* F*cking retards on that station!

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Originally posted by aloep The original mix of "Gamemaster" was classified by many as Progressive Trance when it came out 8 years ago. However, nowadays it does sound closer to "Epic", but I certainly wouldn't call it "anthem". That term I reserve for the "hands in the air" Dutch sound of the late 90's like System F - Out Of The Blue and practically anything by Ferry Corsten of that period.

I disagree. Gamemaster has little in common, with, say Calling Your Name (Original Mix) or the work of Evolution from the same period. It has a clear anthem line (progressive seldom does), and very little modulation or gradual layering as per usual for progressive trance. It's very overt in sound. Further, the lead forms an overall melody that extends for 32 bars, which is trademark epic construction. Anthems rarely exceeded 16, and were most often 8 bars. If anything, Gamemaster is epic in anthem clothing.

I would classify Out Of The Blue as Epic; clear melody of 32 bars.

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Originally posted by Cobalt I would classify Out Of The Blue as Epic; clear melody of 32 bars.

hm i'm sure i count 16?

Yes its 16

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Originally posted by Cobalt Words has progressive influences, but is closer to anthem.

D'fuck? How the hell Words is anthem is beyond me. But then, I've only heard the version on the album. How does the "Words for Love" mix differ?

And I disagree about Gamemaster. It isn't constructed in the same way as most anthem trance. There's only a single true breakdown and there's a long section in the middle that doesn't fit in with your average anthem track. There are also so many layers swirling round the lead riff doesn't sound like the centre of the track like it does on anthem tracks.

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> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
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