Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I guess it comes from two aspects of where and when I grew up, which was in the countryside in the 90s. Atmospheric, evocative and melodic music suits the panoramic landscapes perfectly. There was also a real sense growing up in the 90s that we were excited about the future. Cyberspace, 3D videogames and DJ culture were all part of the same millenium buzz and so the culture I absorbed at an impressionable age was distinctly futurist (not necessarily the same as futuristic).
Trance is both these things - atmospheric melodic futurism. It also has plenty of energy, which attracted me as a teenager and still has a visceral appeal.
Excellent post.
I share quite a few similarities to how you've described your 'impressionable age' and the influence of the music at that time
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Sep-10-2010 07:56
hasbone
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Nov 2007
Location: Bristol, UK
i don't
all i listen to is pop now
Sep-10-2010 08:02
Mgz
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Edmonton
fantasy, imagination
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Sep-10-2010 08:24
Sykonee
Supreme EMCritic
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada
I started to like trance because I thought the parties had things like this going on:
I discovered I wasn't too far off either!
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Sep-10-2010 08:41
Adam420
Trance Free Since 2003
Registered: Jul 2008
Location: Montreal, QC
It used to make me feel good and it was really good when I started smoking weed but now it's just too fast for me. I have since gravitated towards slower and more spacious, minimalistic sounds. Ask anybody who knows my tastes and they will tell you that I still love a solid melody, which in my case comes from having listened to trance in the past. I suppose though that I have come to appreciate musical productions which show a certain degree of restraint. Trance is the opposite, because the vast majority of the time it really is all guns blazing. It didn't use to be this way, but unfortunately now it is, and when as a genre it fails to offer me anything new that is of remote interest, I move on, rather than get stuck on the past trying to uncover music I may have missed out on. Most of it would probably sound too fast for me now anyway.
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.
Sep-10-2010 08:47
Mr.Mystery
Static Guru
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Vantaa
Love is such a strong word, I don't think I ever particularily "loved" trance. I liked (and still do, to an extent) listening to it and the sound of it. That's all there really is to it.
I love goa/psy-trance for their psychedelic effects
Sep-10-2010 10:32
Hrvoje
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jun 2006
Location: Croatia,Zagreb
i am listening trance from 1994 and trance is part of my life & my soul,big love
Sep-10-2010 11:00
Redd
decent idiot
Registered: Feb 2003
Location: Tønsberg
quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
I guess it comes from two aspects of where and when I grew up, which was in the countryside in the 90s. Atmospheric, evocative and melodic music suits the panoramic landscapes perfectly. There was also a real sense growing up in the 90s that we were excited about the future. Cyberspace, 3D videogames and DJ culture were all part of the same millenium buzz and so the culture I absorbed at an impressionable age was distinctly futurist (not necessarily the same as futuristic).
Trance is both these things - atmospheric melodic futurism. It also has plenty of energy, which attracted me as a teenager and still has a visceral appeal.
Fits well, except change the panoramic landscape with fjords and a coastline. Especially the "future-culture".
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Sep-10-2010 12:04
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Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Milton, ON Canada
trance gives me rage....or maybe its the coke...I don't know.
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