from what ive heard so far, i give trance a 10/10. im loving everything thats coming out, its great. trance is alive and kicking still....

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Ew, no wonder the 'scene' has gone totally downhill...

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Originally posted by DJLafleur I think its better the 2007 by a long shot.Armins new album,some great tunes on ASOT,much more to pick from then 2007 and a host of new stars like RE-Ward and such

i like armin's live sets but let's not pretend that he's a great producer nor shall we pretend his stuff is even close to being as good as the stuff nic chagall put out last year or markus schulz or a host of others. with that said i still kick back and relax with albums/sets from 1999 - 2001...not sure if i can say those were the best times for trance but i do know that's when i started listening to the music and it was so fresh and new. now, i'm a total trance whore and listen to new sets all the damn time and it's harder to impress me and it's harder for me to hear anything truly refreshing innovative and new. anyhow this year doesn't seem so damn special.

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Originally posted by Ygrene I once saw Swamper peel off 4 or 5 $100 bills from a fat roll and say this to Donald Trump: "Go clean yourself up; you look like a bum.". And then he threw the bills right in Trump's face/hair! Then Swamper and his entourage of 30, who were all wearing TA monogramed Rolexes, left the room and flew to Hawaii for a few hours because Del wanted fresh coconut. To his defense, Trump didn't even really look like a bum.

nothing special

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Originally posted by AustralianGQ from what ive heard so far, i give trance a 10/10. im loving everything thats coming out, its great. trance is alive and kicking still....

that isn't trance. It's pop-dance watered down to appeal to the mass markets of ginos, chavs, neds, kids and deaf people

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Originally posted by aquila I haven't even bothered listening to anything 2008 yet

http://organik.1g.fi/organik_vs_ambia_-_reaper.mp3

Only Trancey Track i've enjoyed in ages, plain bangin' evil.

Edit: Dammit Nikolai, i'm starting to sound like a trance.nu fanboy of your latest productions

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Psy is still going strong.

Rest is sort of the reason why people who like electronic music are justified in putting trance fans alongside single celled organisms

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Originally posted by Lilith Psy is still going strong. Rest is sort of the reason why people who like electronic music are justified in putting trance fans alongside single celled organisms and top 40 fans.

even full-on has got to a really stupid point in places where they're trying to make the songs stupid, rather than a clever usage of things like triplets, breakdowns and mini-breaks there is some good but again, as much bad.

Yeah but on average my 'hit' rate for good Psy is about out of ten tracks you'll get at least 2-3 which are worthy and the rest are kind of just filler.
Mainstream trance... 1 in 30-40 which isn't just rehashed, reheated and regurgitated tripe?

1 in 50 now, however there are some really good labels putting out quality stuff all the time

I miss Chicane times. Tiesto's Nyana and live @ Dutch Dimension and ISOS. I miss discovering Perry and Ozgur times.
I miss Electronic Elements and the feeling I had listening Coldharbour Sessions for the first time.
I miss Jan Johnston and Justine Suissa. I miss Beachball, Ferry's Sublime and Armin's 76.
I miss the time when trance was something you supposed to FEEL instead of some noise to get drunk on in clubs :\