quote:

Originally posted by Lews Actually not bad until the two minute mark when the melody comes in that is, as Jon notes, a blatant attempt to copy the sound/vibe of 'Adagio for Strings.' Except he adds those shitty seagull sounds over the breakdown to make it fishy or exotic or appeal to blue collar listeners or some bullshit. Fucking minute and a half breakdown, too. SO EMOTIVE. So boring. Completely unnecessary second breakdown, too, with more shitty seagull sounds, and some unpleasant distortion. Not a good song.

Funny you say that cause I think tracks like that, along with Serenity, contributed greatly for the change of direction of Trance Energy, Sensation and other main festivals. People were bored to death. They just wanted something to dance to.
Not that I care so much what they want but I kinda understand them.

However, regarding it being a copy I disagree. Adagio came out in 2004. Two years is quite long time span. Armin is usually quicker to detect trends and deliver. I like to believe 2006 were the last moments where he was still genuine about the whole thing.

And 'Shivers' actually is the one that seems cheesy to me. Maybe the vocals trick me to consider it more cheesy than what it really is.
"Sail" on the other hand is soft and pure. It stands out imo. That breakdown is really a moment.

___________________
cit. "Back then people danced to a dj set. Nowdays they are recording it with their smart phones."

quote:

Originally posted by TranceElevation However, regarding it being a copy I disagree.

I actually had to take a listen and one of the chord changes is straight out of Adagio - it actually caught me off guard when it didn't go that way after all.

I'm also getting very strong flashbacks of Martin Roth's version of The Orange Theme, which (surprisingly enough) also came out in 2004.

quote:

Originally posted by Robotrance there are only two decent avb tracks: - Virgo - Pound (feat Mike)

Blue Fear, Intruder(feat M.I.K.E.), and Dust.wav(Instrumental)?

___________________
Help me ID these sets:
Sasha - Live @ Logic, Santa Monica, CA 12-21-97 - Groove 103.1 FM
John Digweed - Live @ Axis, Boston 28-07-1997



Old & New Electronic Music Channel
Soundcloud Mixes

Last edited by Syntonic on Nov-18-2014 at 06:33

Anyone remember this one?

___________________
http://www.lastfm.se/user/trancedan...stfmLiveJournal

^ I'd add to those titles also 'Lost Soul Society', but need to admit that I've listened to this one years ago, so I'm not sure if it withstand the test of time

___________________
Spectrum [ every 1st Monday of the month, 4-6pm CET @ FriskyRadio.com ]
Artelized Visions [ every 3rd Wednesday of the month, 8-10pm CET @ DI.fm Progressive Psy Channel ]
Deepersense Music Showcase [ every 2nd Wednesday of the month, 7-9pm CET @ DI.fm Progressive Channel ]

[ facebook music page | beatport | mixcloud | soundcloud ]

quote:

Originally posted by trancedanne Anyone remember this one?

No, but that's because I didn't want to remember it.

___________________

Longest (classic) Trance playlist on YouTube (5000 tracks released up to and including 1997), click here

I'll just leave this here.

quote:

Originally posted by Syntonic Blue Fear, Intruder(feat M.I.K.E.), and Dust.wav(Instrumental)?

Take dust.wav out of that equation, it really is quite dire.

___________________
My Mixcloud Profile My Twitch Channel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCGUf1uaZbk

I've heard how a lot of trance fans back in 2002 were pushing Armin to be the dj of the year because he was simply that good that year. he went from #27 to #5 on DJ Mag's top 100 in 2002, which says something. this was obviously before he became a pop icon and was producing solid trance. it ended up going to tiesto eventually since his stock had risen tremendously since he blew up in 2000.

quote:

Originally posted by Mr.Mystery I'll just leave this here.

ah yes, now this is what you can actually call a good uplifting trance track without making it an oxymoron.

Last edited by Mattsanity on Nov-19-2014 at 04:42

quote:

Originally posted by DJ Sarah H Take dust.wav out of that equation, it really is quite dire.

I like it mostly for it's time, as 2003 is among the weaker years of Trance music imo with and it felt like a no nonsene track. It's all about the 'Dub Mix'

___________________
Help me ID these sets:
Sasha - Live @ Logic, Santa Monica, CA 12-21-97 - Groove 103.1 FM
John Digweed - Live @ Axis, Boston 28-07-1997



Old & New Electronic Music Channel
Soundcloud Mixes

Last edited by Syntonic on Nov-20-2014 at 02:46

also, there's a huge difference between ASOT circa 2001 episodes and the 2003 ones. In 2001 he used to play tribal, progressive, techy, deep, breaks, ambient, psy, anthem, and all that shit. In 2003 he used to play more anthem trance based.