|
| quote: | Originally posted by Johan (DJ Irish)
Yes but it was cheese back then as well. Just because it was released 20 years ago doesn't make it less so. Don't get me wrong I have enjoyed my share of that stuff over the years but the introduction of singing vocals into trance(not just the use of movie samples and such) have always been with the intent of getting a much broader appeal such as chart success, breaking into manistream etc
I'm not saying any of this is necessarily wrong, just that I don't think the intent and purposes of those tracks differ that much from today's EDM productions. And I definitely don't think they have any more integrity.
Just as today, they used all the genre conventions of the time to appeal to a market as large as possible |
Well, sure you have a point...I guess I separate commercial and cheese. Kate Ryan's "Scream For More" is a track I enjoy, it's a genuine attempt to be a good vocal trance tune and in my opinion is fairly enjoyable...then I listen to something like Dee Dee or Milk Inc with all those corny lyrics and such and it just reeks of blatant consumerism (though these acts did generate a fair amount of good remixes!)
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
If I skip randomly through that video I can barely even distinguish from the footage which era is which. It's all huge cavernous arenas full of idiots holding their arms in the air whilst some mega-DJ stands in front of huge visuals. This isn't people "moving". This isn't a dark sweaty club full of people dancing with each other and not even paying attention to the DJ, wherever he is. These ridiculous trance arena gigs were derided even at the time for being circus shows, and they are very obviously the template for the modern "EDM" experience. Cry your eyes out about mean, snobby hipsters all you want, this video is a complete joke. |
It's up close when you can really tell; for example during the video of Ferry Corsten, when it goes close to the crowd you'll see folks absolutely losing their shit. Steve Aoki's video, you've got people more or less standing with their hands in the air or doing a little bounce in place. Raves with DJs on a front stage were nothing new here, they'd always been a thing in major dance events...Mayday, Nature One, Dance Valley, etc the DJ was always up front on a big stage with bright flashing lights. For big events this has always been the way, it just wasn't an extremely common thing for the DJs to stand posing like Jesus with smug grins while doing heart hands and dragging all the attention to themselves yet.
___________________
Elitist and smalltime label owner
PM me your oldschool style trance tunes for potential worldwide digital releasing and free mastering!
RIP Little Jam, DJ Energy, Tillmann Uhrmacher & Gary D
|
