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Originally posted by torontotrance see there are many types of trance......but with me there is only two GOOD TRANCE AND BAD TRANCE

thanks for sharing such wisdom with us all

their are so many sub genres of trance and i frankly cannot keep up with them. So i keep it simple.

Melodic Trance - Slower, more chilled - generally has piano interludes
Hard Trance - Primarily based around fast, dominating 4/4 drum beats
Progressive Trance - Builds slowly, with layers being added as the track progresses
Uplifting Trance - Fairly quick, with BIG BIG room buildups and breakdowns
Tech Trance - Has a little bit of a harder edge, generally a little bit slower than Hard Trance though
Euro Trance - Crappy cheesy pop trance.

Or something like that

Anyway, it's all TRANCE at the end of the day.

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things are not so easy, some tracks can be more than one genre i parts of them..well learn to categorize some basic genres and then u can say that this is prog., uplifting etc. but categorizing trance is not such good idea , for all the reasons that ppls before me mentioned

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Originally posted by bluejay the reason i started this thread was to get more of a definitive description of sub-genres... if i just ask the board, i think i will just get a lot of opinions with more discrepancy between people out there. i don't want to label everything i listen to, and i know that this sort of thing is not that easy because there are only a few songs that are exact molds of their sub-genre. but for instance, i heard someone use the term "synth-pop" to describe a song...is that trance, or is it too "pop" like that it's no longer considered trance? and is "synth pop" a made up term??? i also heard someone use "morning" trance...i just assume that someone made that term up to label songs that they listen to on the way home after a great night...but is that just another name for ambient or does morning trance really exist??? what about prog-trance...when is it too proggy to become prog-house... sorry, rambling now...who knows, ok, if anyone can give me all sub-genres of trance that they know with a brief description i would be very thankful

Oh i see. I think the easiest way to put it is the sub-genres of tracks and songs are classified through their elements. Producers can give you a low down on this

Trance:

Melodic/Uplifting - more synthesizer oriented with melodies, catchy melodies or riffs. ex. Robert Miles, Tilt (the old tilt), Paul Oakenfold (the 99 oakey), Minimalistix - Close Cover, Soviener de Chine, Dreamland, Positiva (the label)

Progressive - Not as busy as uplifting trance, based more on the elements of electronic music; however, still contains a trance feel. ex: Max Graham (may be more proghouse), D:Fuse, Christopher Lawerance, Nova B

Hard Trance - well its obviously harder. Sometimes it has more uplifting riffs, sometimes it has cooler bleeps than just trance. ex: SHOKK, Dumonde, Dj Wag

Tech-Trance - a genre classified through the elements of trance and techno. Personally i think this is a really neat genre. ex: Timo Maas

Trance - the obvious


i hope this helps