wow.. glad this went from a simple "your music sucks and this is king" thread into an insiteful, somewhat more thought provoking one. I have a lot less to offer having been following this scene for a lot shorter time (2 years maybe). Being in a very much more hip-hop/pop region of the US though has made me appreciate the music more than the elitist crowd, I think, and made me more open to more ideas. About all we really got here back when I first heard any electronic music limited me mainly to pop-techno/trance/house tunes, and it wasn't until I heard stuff from the '99 oakey world tour that I realized "holy shit there's a whole lot more to this stuff than I ever imagined." I must agree that the genre-shifting and blurring of defined lines between styles is a good thing, as said it gets more music out to more people and paves the way for some real revolution or at least evolution in the styles. To me though late 2000 through most of '01 was a hodgepodge of blah. I think it is what opened the door to this blending of lines and made possible a lot more lesser-known producers and dj's to get name recognition. Now mid '02 through the first half of '03 is seeing some stellar tracks and allowing dj's to play with more variety. Great for the scene in general, because we all know what happens when a genre becomes stagnant. (Anyone remember what happened to hair bands in the late '80's? They all died off since they were all playing the same songs, just different keys and lyrics.) It seems to me that the uprising of fresh talent is what is going to keep dance music in general alive in the coming few years, and since they grew up having more influences than people 5 years ago, the lines will continue to shift/blur. I just hope that it doesn't become so blurred that you can't figure out what to listen to and just get so frustrated by a great set/cd ruined by a few tracks of COMPLETELY unrelated music. I mean it's quite jarring to the groove of the set when you hear a ferry tune, then an armin tune, then 50cent, then marco. heh

All that aside though, I'm still pretty much a trancer at heart, but prog has evolved to a state that I won't immediately turn off, techno to the point that I can't help but want to move, and house is still banging, but boring over long periods of time. A lot of my getting into all of it now instead of just one thing is this shift/blur of lines simply making everything more enjoyable, you can mix sets up with different styles and not lose the "feel" of the overall set. IMO, we're going in the right direction, I just hope people don't take it too far.

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Originally posted by w00h00 I just hope that it doesn't become so blurred that you can't figure out what to listen to and just get so frustrated by a great set/cd ruined by a few tracks of COMPLETELY unrelated music. I mean it's quite jarring to the groove of the set when you hear a ferry tune, then an armin tune, then 50cent, then marco. heh

that's why i hardly don't listen to sets or cd's because some tracks you don't like i only listen singels and some cd's like cafe del mar 10 (beatiful!!)

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2003 is the year of prog....



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2000/01 was the year of prog over here.



what next, you all turn to hardhouse next year?

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What, hard house is not "in" anymore?
Oh, I'm late again

The best tunes i've heard this year were most nrg/hard house tunes (apart from some dnb), so I don't think we can say "this is the year of ____"... it's a personal thing, really

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Originally posted by reso trance died out ages ago.. when diggers stopped spinning trance... "its true"

NO....its not true at all..

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Originally posted by Isannah NO....its not true at all..

of course it is: in fact, this is site doesn't exist, nobody listens to goa, prog or nrg anymore and all you see here is an illusion created by a computer that is trying to take over the world by manipulating people's thoughts

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Originally posted by jåcë one day your musical tastes will mature, one day

haha you utter cock.

what when she's 50 and needs 40 winks?

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Originally posted by Diegoes It's actually year of the sheep according to the chinese calendar

laff

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Originally posted by Ste haha you utter cock. what when she's 50 and needs 40 winks?

I listen to hard house when I needsk my 40 winksk.

Better than Unisom.

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Originally posted by Ste ....for america what next, you all turn to hardhouse next year?

That would be taking two steps backwards.

Sasha and Digweed broke into the American scene years ago, but it's true they made it big in the UK first. Sasha lives in NY for 6 months out of the year now....

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Last edited by DaveSZ on Aug-06-2003 at 21:47

Yes!

So many threads about G&D and Markus shulz that should be at Progaddict.com :vP

Also, a lot of my buddies are getting into prog this year.

PROGRESSIVE MOSTLY SUCKS AND IS BORING

every year is the year of trance