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Originally posted by tor8024 how is it complex? there aren't many layers at all..

It's not about the quantity of layers, it's about the quality. The harmonization and counterpoint of Traffic as it progresses through the track is extremely minimal and subtle, but very effective in its mood creation-uplifting process. It is ultimately brilliant, no one else in trancedom can come up with something that musically well thought out.

Matti Laamanen - Flakes (Slusnik Luna Remix)
Questia - Nexus Asia (Subsphere Remix)
Airwave - When Things Go Wrong (Remix)
Altitude - Silence Is Loud (Neo & Farina Remix)
Hemstock & Jennings - Zulu
DJ Danjo & Rob Styles - Aragon (Intro Mix)
Quadraphonic - I Can Feel Your Love (U & K Remix)

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Originally posted by YaleTrance It's not about the quantity of layers, it's about the quality. The harmonization and counterpoint of Traffic as it progresses through the track is extremely minimal and subtle, but very effective in its mood creation-uplifting process. It is ultimately brilliant, no one else in trancedom can come up with something that musically well thought out.

its not trance!not even close, it has a 2 note bassline and the synth line is not even a melody.. and if tiesto started plucking at a banjo would you call it trance??

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Originally posted by jdjd its not trance!not even close, it has a 2 note bassline and the synth line is not even a melody.. and if tiesto started plucking at a banjo would you call it trance??

It's definitely much closer to what trance was intended to be when it was created than any of the stale formulaic 72-measure breakdown shit that you probably consider as trance. It's all about the minimalist hypnotic repetition of simple melodic patterns with complex harmonic layering and the use of deceptive cadences to captivate the listener and enhance the experience.

And structurally speaking, if you really think that Traffic is not trance then I recommend that you get schooling from someone that has a clue.

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Originally posted by Mebot Luke Chable- Ride was a nice departure from the regular anthemic trance formula.

I'd consider that prog house tbh

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Originally posted by Hequn I'd consider that prog house tbh

Its still pretty original IMO, no matter what genre it is

kid gorgeous - supersonic

kind of feels like New Time New Place
but i like this one better.
most definately original.

-dreamer

Airwave - When Things Go Wrong ---- amazing use of piano and very emotional saddening track, very few tracks have this effect and none others this year.

Aces Delight - Mental Theme (Ultra Trance Mix) ---- strikes me as being the most original melodic trance of the year

Michel De Hey vs. Secret Cinema - Another Sweater ---- dont think a lot else has sounded much like this all year

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Originally posted by goose_wh Michel De Hey vs. Secret Cinema - Another Sweater ---- dont think a lot else has sounded much like this all year

true! def. one of my top tracks of the year.

I consider the Faithfulness remix pretty "special". Same goes to Forever Waiting.

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Originally posted by chesco traffic is crap

i only bought it for the max walder mix anywayz,now thats kickin!

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Originally posted by YaleTrance It's not about the quantity of layers, it's about the quality. The harmonization and counterpoint of Traffic as it progresses through the track is extremely minimal and subtle, but very effective in its mood creation-uplifting process. It is ultimately brilliant, no one else in trancedom can come up with something that musically well thought out.

Hahahahahaa, you gotta be kidding me?! If there's one word that you can't use to describe Traffic, it's subtle. The melodies are loud in-your-face synth bashes, the kick is a muddy and sloppy lo-fi job(quality of layers? Don't make me laugh), and to top it all off it has shitloads of distortion and FX madness. And you're trying to tell me that it's "subtle" and "ultimately brilliant"? Gimme a break. Why do you think Tiesto didn't intend to release it in the first place? Cos it was just something he had slapped together for fun in his studio. It was purely due to the response it got on the floor that he even bothered to release it in the first place.

Then there's the fact that large portions of the track are based purely on Sean Deason's classic techno track Psychofuk - Psychofuk, which means that it wasn't Tiesto that came up with it in the first place, it was all based on another producer's work.

Having said all that I do like Traffic, it works well live and sounds quite different to the trance we're used to, but calling it "ultimately brilliant" and saying that "noone in trancedom can come up with something that musically well thought out" is pure bullshit, and makes me wonder how far the head of the person who said it is up Tiesto's ass.

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