Greece 2000?

That or cafe del mar

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i've always had this at the top of my list. ferry dials back the cheese of the original and makes a subtle hymn out of it, with frenzied, spangled stabs of synth, sublime.

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After some consideration, I'd have to say for me, off the top of my head, I'd have to say my all time favorite is Space Frog - Lost In Space (Cet Merlin Mix)

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could also make a case for

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ya i was gonna list that one but the production i kinda , well i guess that the ones i picked , i can't find fault. I don't really like them that much but they stick out as perfectly balanced.

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I'm biased cause I think this one always overlooked

you can really feel it with the breakdown/ build-up

impossible task.

anyway this one is overlooked - so plain and ugly and yet i dunno it just goes sideways and rocks.

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well my shortlist of the greatest trance tracks ever in no order:

Paul van dyk - for an angel (e-werk club mix) = This was voted as the greatest trance track on trance.nu years ago if I can recall it correctly.

Energy 52 - Cafe del mar = my personal pick but still objectively a "greatest" candidate.

Robert Miles - Children = every dance fan knows or should know this track.

Age of love - the age of love (Jam & spoon watch out for stella mix) = some people think the original mix of age of love is the jam and spoon remix. it speaks about its greatness.

Rank 1 - Airwave = the impact it had when it came to dividing the trance community was unforgettable. People either loved it or hated it. You had one side that salivated over the huge anthem it was during the peak of trance and the other side that thought it was horrible and led the way for more tracks with cheesy supersaws.

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Originally posted by 2techs Paul van dyk - for an angel (e-werk club mix) = This was voted as the greatest trance track on trance.nu years ago if I can recall it correctly.

This is a good one to be sure. The definitive Berlin sound of the late 90s.

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Originally posted by 2techs Energy 52 - Cafe del mar = my personal pick but still objectively a "greatest" candidate.

Dunno if this means the original by Kid Paul or the Three-N-One mix. I myself am partial to the Oliver Lieb mix and Three N One 2002 update.

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Originally posted by 2techs Robert Miles - Children = every dance fan knows or should know this track.

What an iconic track, this one set up an entirely new genre by itself, paving the way for acts like Zhivago and DJ Dado. Unfortunately, this sound was retired within a couple years.

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Originally posted by 2techs Age of love - the age of love (Jam & spoon watch out for stella mix) = some people think the original mix of age of love is the jam and spoon remix. it speaks about its greatness.

This one has a really nice "dark" feel to it that was commonplace in the very early primitive years of trance. I personally think Brainbug's mix is the best version of this one however.

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Originally posted by 2techs Rank 1 - Airwave = the impact it had when it came to dividing the trance community was unforgettable. People either loved it or hated it. You had one side that salivated over the huge anthem it was during the peak of trance and the other side that thought it was horrible and led the way for more tracks with cheesy supersaws.

I have a love/hate relationship with this one. Myself, I prefer the Rank 1 vs Dutch Force mix...sounds more like your typical Rank 1 track and replaces those (in my opinion) fairly unpleasant saw strings.

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Originally posted by 2techs Paul van dyk - for an angel (e-werk club mix) = This was voted as the greatest trance track on trance.nu years ago if I can recall it correctly.

I hope it wasn't ,cause I never liked it a lot.

I think this is a good list: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pag...dance-tran.html

First Rebirth imo caused the biggest "WTF is this? Amazing" when heard for the first time in the 90's. At least to me it did, closely followed by Follow Me. Loops and Tings however was far more popular as hardtrancer.

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Originally posted by kosmotika Dunno if this means the original by Kid Paul or the Three-N-One mix.

Three-N-One for sure I would say.

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Originally posted by kosmotika Dunno if this means the original by Kid Paul or the Three-N-One mix. I myself am partial to the Oliver Lieb mix and Three N One 2002 update.

Three-N-One mix. it's the most popular version of cafe del mar but yes, I should've specified my pick.

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I have a love/hate relationship with this one. Myself, I prefer the Rank 1 vs Dutch Force mix...sounds more like your typical Rank 1 track and replaces those (in my opinion) fairly unpleasant saw strings.

it was definitely a dark horse in my shortlist. I have nothing against anyone who says it's a terrible track, but I also think it's a very impactful track.

http://www.armadamusic.com/news/201...rank-1-airwave/