in my opinion its getting better!

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I've pretty much stopped listening to it.

i think its getting worse.. in terms of mainstream trance at least. as nchos said before its easier for almost anyone to make tracks with the easy availability to purchase/*cough*download* music production software. although there are some releases here and there that i find to be pretty spectacular, there is a lot more horseshit to sift thru to find them

ive moved more towards prog trance, prog house, and house in the beginning of 05 because trance isn't doing it for me anymore.. i think the last trance cd that i enjoyed was oakenfolds creamfields

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it's not getting worse par se, it's just that the easily accessible stuff is, and overpopulation of complete & utter bullshit. There is still some good trance about, but it's harder to find. Best stuff lately is coming from Marcel Woods & SvD. The rest is pretty hard to listen to. As for other 'trance' the goa/psy side has improved over the last 12 months, with new ideas being used & some good artist albums.

For progressive, you can't beat progpsy, esp the swedish take on it, son kite, human blue etc.

Apart from that, I listen to oldskool rave, drum & Bass, techno & ambient/chillout to satisfy my needs

for melodic trance it's just getting worse and worse. very few light glimpses.

what keeps progtrance alive is mainly the constant flow of quality progpsy productions.

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Originally posted by RebeL9 for melodic trance it's just getting worse and worse. very few light glimpses. what keeps progtrance alive is mainly the constant flow of quality progpsy productions.

tbh, i've been listening since mid 2003 to psy & the last 6 months of releases have been way better than some of the previous stuff on an overall level

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Originally posted by Ian tbh, i've been listening since mid 2003 to psy & the last 6 months of releases have been way better than some of the previous stuff on an overall level

psytrance has to be split up in various parts before it can be analyzed. if we talk about the old goa trance sound it's definatly almost dead. it had it glorious days but they ended. at the same time the psytrance that most people refer to as full on trance emerged and gained huge part of the market. it was quickly flooded by all israeli acts.
but the old psytrance sound (such as Hallucinogen, X-Dream, The Delta etc) still lives on and is more exprimental today. Just listen to X-Dreams latest album. It borrow loads of elements from electro.

Personally I'm quite fed up with the full on sound atm. not many really good releases out there nowadays.

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Originally posted by RebeL9 psytrance has to be split up in various parts before it can be analyzed. if we talk about the old goa trance sound it's definatly almost dead. it had it glorious days but they ended. at the same time the psytrance that most people refer to as full on trance emerged and gained huge part of the market. it was quickly flooded by all israeli acts. but the old psytrance sound (such as Hallucinogen, X-Dream, The Delta etc) still lives on and is more exprimental today. Just listen to X-Dreams latest album. It borrow loads of elements from electro. Personally I'm quite fed up with the full on sound atm. not many really good releases out there nowadays.

I'm liking the paths of wizzy noise, xerox & illumination & some pop stream on the full-on sound. gives me something worth hearing, altho the latest album i talked with u on briefly on msn is pretty full-on yet really good.

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Originally posted by jp 97, 99 and 02 were awesome years

wtf i loved 2003

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

I had a great time in 2003 as well.

I havent gotten out as much in 2005 as I would have liked, I do enjoy that things are changing, upheaval is great fun. I've heard alot of music I like recently, I think our old definitions for music are becoming less relevant and that we need new ones. The old categories are mostly declining because people are trying new things that dont fit in those categories anymore.

In terms of straight up trance, its gone balls up. I stopped trying to dig through all the cheesy shit to find anything decent a couple of years ago. Theres still some good stuff out there I'm sure, but the general climate of trance has gotten so incredibly soft and polished, its kinda starting to sound like themes to movies or something. Works for some people though I guess.

In terms of psy, yes full on can get a bit boring sometimes. Theres some great freaky stuff coming out of india and russia at the moment though... very experiemntal and techy psy. Also been getting into a few of the Japanese producers lately. Good stuff!

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