Last night I went to Lalaland, Hobart's only regular gay (the crowd, and sometimes the music too) trance night. Tristan (Ghostface, whatever happened to him??) started off with some softer proggy stuff, then Ian went on to play cheesy handbag house. The place filled up and the dance floor was packed. Then Liv (kittn) came on to do her big room room trance and the dance floor was only about half full for the duration of her set. Maybe all the drunkards were past it and had to go home?

Anyway, the moral to this story: People don't dance to trance. Not here in Hobart at least, the closest thing we even get to trance is BeXta banging it out a couple times a year.


Twas also v.funny seeing pkc screwing his face up and shaking his head prior to 2am..

most people would say that names like armin van buuren, marco v, tiesto, paul van dyk etc are big because of massive tunes they've made and their production history. i think we just need someone here to make a tune that goes big, maybe has a bit of appeal to everyone and start off from there. we all have great local djs there is no doubt, but it seems like australian trance producers don't seem to be that well known, once that happens i think the scene might get a bit of a kick.

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to a degree phil that may be right, but talk to any dutch ta and they will say even holland doesnt have that many trance nights anymore, i think its a decline everywhere not just melbourne

yeah i know what you mean, i think im referring more to having our own trance superstar in a way, maybe that would help. im not sure i know what i am saying. do you?

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Originally posted by Philby yeah i know what you mean, i think im referring more to having our own trance superstar in a way, maybe that would help. im not sure i know what i am saying. do you?

We've had some and they've faded away.
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Originally posted by narcism to a degree phil that may be right, but talk to any dutch ta and they will say even holland doesnt have that many trance nights anymore, i think its a decline everywhere not just melbourne

I wonder how they shuffle in clogs?

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Originally posted by Philby most people would say that names like armin van buuren, marco v, tiesto, paul van dyk etc are big because of massive tunes they've made and their production history. i think we just need someone here to make a tune that goes big, maybe has a bit of appeal to everyone and start off from there. we all have great local djs there is no doubt, but it seems like australian trance producers don't seem to be that well known, once that happens i think the scene might get a bit of a kick.

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Originally posted by charlee I wonder how they shuffle in clogs?

i'll let u know in 3 months

just joined the discussion now.

you guys are saying trance is dead in melbourne?

dunno about that. i see lots of trance records being played and people dancing to them, all over the place. maybe not alphazone flashback for eight hours with a 1500 megawatt full colour laser and glowsticks in every punters back pocket, but lets not be melodramatic - there's still plenty of good trance being made and being played.

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^ I think i agree there.

Like yeah it isnt the standard club music of choice in melbourne (that goes to house and will stay that way until we have a strong enough group of dj's/producers/promoters to match smilie/coarse/padula/van/gough etc. it looks like its on the way tho') - but compared to prog, breaks, d and b etc. trance is actually going orrite now.

Look at the next coupla weeks - lots of choice - you got martin roth (at a monthly night where u get trance), kayu v albert, d-nox (were there'll be some absolutely wikkid trance i have no doubt), jan johnson, earthcore in the park, pvd, some obsession related nights coming up - and i been hearing about a few more regular trance nights in the pipelineZ - we just had two tribes and a few others, its not too bad anymore - it used to be a lot worse let me tell joo



-so yeah scott 4 months from the original post its looking a lil' bit betterrer

(shame most of the ta punters and dj's will be well into prog when trance reaches a new heights here over the coming year or so - well thats my guess )

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