Max Graham, Delerium and BT are the only North American electronica producers I appreciate, and two of them are Canadian

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What about Andain-Summer Calling ? And any choon by Josh Gabriel, he's from San Francisco for all I know, even if his stuff sounds mad Dutch.

Christopher Lawrence is boring imo , i saw him at Exit NYC and fell asleep. Then Judge Jules came on and tore the shit apart.

I also love Deep Dish and Mark Farina? Yes, the coolest dub house ever.

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Originally posted by tiesto14 BUYING TRANCE IS LIKE BUYING A CAR DON'T BUY AMERICAN !!!!!!

Awwww crap, you beat me to it... that's the first thing I had in mind as I first saw this thread!

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Originally posted by icebreaker looooooool do americans really know anything about electronic music?..i think they pretend listening to that in order to be cool and being loved by some europeans....tzztzz usa usa

well i can agree that America does not have the best produsers and DJs...but your statement seemed to be directed at the American trance AUDIENCE and not the music makers...

so basically that makes u fucking loser...and are u tryng to be cool using American software on your computer...u fucking tool...

now go play hide and go fuck yourself for a little bit....u new jack

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Bring back 1994 NYC clubbing nights, cus the sh*t today is filled with junk parties and DJs that play sh*t House.....Zabiela, Sander, or Howells and all the rest suck and couldnt throw a night like it was in the early 90s in NYC!!!...Screw Twilo - give me Limelight circa 1993!!!

I think the problem is that most of you are all hooked to your pvd, avb, corsten, du monde, gielen, tiesto, etc etc .....

and that's all you listen to , and unfortunately , I don't see how most of the people on this site could help new djs grow cause most of you are all about the star djs
that's a little sad, and the people affected by my words are defenitely goin to be the "fans"

I have an old Mixmag at work and it seems Pete Tong was talking about people getting ideas for music from America. Will have to check that out when i go back Mon.

LC

mmm, cant think of any American trance offhand... although I'm sure some exists. There's some American pop trance, I know that for sure. Nebulous records is based in Florida, for the Floridian dance scene, which is rooted in Miami Bass & Freestyle.

I know for sure there's american synthpop though.

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Current fav albums

DNA, kick me up
Protoculture, Circadians

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Originally posted by Eugene I agree with you! Quality Trance could never be produced here in America, because the people here are different, and the culture is different too! Trance is European music, and it's about European culture...

I disagree. Some Americans might be able to produce quality trance. It just so happens in America, if you play a synth, you are dead last in line to be signed. Over here we dont sign people who play synths, we sign people who sing, and hire studio synth players to play for them. It's a cultural difference, and a sucky one at that.

I think there are definitely people in the US talented enough with synths to play trance, but they dont play trance, they write pop songs.

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Current fav albums

DNA, kick me up
Protoculture, Circadians

Alot of you have mentioned BT - but hes just 1 Dj/Artist/Producer that has stood out from the list of pretty proggy Djs.

I mean, im going to anyway fall into the stereotype - but generally i think American Djs have alot of potential to play wikid trance stuf but trance just doesnt seem to be "breaking the market".

The United States is a tough shell to break, many of the listeners are "creatures of comfort" and listen to only what they know and like and refuse (generally speaking) to acknowledge other genres of music.

As well as that, look at the fkn American government!

They have been cracking down for monthes on raves/rave like activity and petty paraphenalia - this is where the root of the problem is!

Why would Djs get into a style of music that they rightfully know they're not going to be able to play/spinn at clubs or raves because their name & reputation would ultimately be brought down with this ludacrist "Anti-Rave" policy - its a fkn joke and its oppression - who the fuck are they to stop people from what they enjoying doing.

They should be fkn chasing event organizers but the root of the problem which where the influx of drugs comes through...by stopping people and Djs from enjoying what they do then the government is merely fueling a fire that very very soon is going to be uncontrollable - a revolt will spawn and from it many will learn that no one fucks with the massive - the one massive.

Please dont get me wrong - i am in total support of the United States often in its entirity - i mean i was fkn brought up in Canada and the United States for 12 years before i moved to Australia.
But this anti-rave legislation or whatever distinguised name its recievd is fucked.

JOSH GABRIEL
is from SAN FRANCISCO, CA, USA!
Andain-summer calling? Any of the Gabriel and Dresden remixes. That's the best american trance producer, no doubt.