Originally posted by Woonyxoxo
I went trough the last 15 or so pages on Mistique and judging from the samples I couldn't really find anything that sounds like Coldharbour Trance. I think most of it sounds like more modern and melodic early 2000s Progressive House.
Most people on planet Earth would agree with you.
Coldharbour trance (aka McProg) is all about the big sidechained basslines, creating that throbbing low end. The twinkly melodies also tend to be very hooky. I was never into this sound, in fact I remember it being much-derided on TA. Funny how now a lot of people are nostalgic about it and lament its demise. In five years time everyone will be missing the good old days of click-prog.
EDIT: I'm not sure if I'd call it Coldharbour trance, but this was an Andy Moor production from that era that I really fucking loved at the time:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Coldharbour trance (aka McProg) is all about the big sidechained basslines, creating that throbbing low end. The twinkly melodies also tend to be very hooky. I was never into this sound, in fact I remember it being much-derided on TA. Funny how now a lot of people are nostalgic about it and lament its demise. In five years time everyone will be missing the good old days of click-prog.
Isn't that how it works in most cases?
Personally I don't miss this "genre" much, but it does have nostalgic value to me since I was in to this at one point.
Nov-20-2010 15:15
SYSTEM-J
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quote:
Originally posted by rawbound
Isn't that how it works in most cases?
Yes. I find it vaguely depressing when human behaviour falls so neatly into convention. It drains all value from your opinions.
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Funny how now a lot of people are nostalgic about it and lament its demise. In five years time everyone will be missing the good old days of click-prog.
lol that is so true but sad at the same time. I remember in 2004-2005 and mcprog was really hated here (especially by Rebel9). I personally loved it and i still do, pretty much why 2004 was my favorite year in trance.
This is probably the closest thing you find on mistique that resembles the coldharbour sound (which is not that much):
Last edited by trancedanne on Nov-20-2010 at 16:01
Nov-20-2010 15:46
skip
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I guess I'm a couple of years off in my recommendations then. I don't really connect trance such as Tilt - Twelve with Schultz. I connect him more with the kind of thing Misiquemusic is producing. Dunno why. Never been a fan of the guy, even though I do like a couple of his productions and some tracks he plays.
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Location: Limburg, Netherlands
Re: Coldharbour style Trance
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Originally posted by Woonyxoxo
Anyone else into this stuff? Buzzing basslines and stupid twinkly melodies simply get me every time. Sadly this stuff isn't made anymore.
Yeah, still like those, also reminds me of my clubbing days in Belgium kind of:
Well, not great, but buzzing and twinkly it is:
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Nov-22-2010 21:04
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This post-era coldharbour sound was my big inspiration for me, it led me to create music.
There was something about this style that just hit a chord deep within me.
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