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Originally posted by shaminii Awesome. You are correct. This is amazing trance!

ha, well it seems like everybody has no idea what trance is, not worth labeling anything anymore, right?

Always thought this documentary on early trance was interesting:

http://www.partyvibe.com/forums/cre...ocumentary.html

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Why is everyone acting like this is some new revelation

People have been asking this question for years and time and time again it's the same answer as always the same. (minus the few promising producers left in the scene)

I'm done pondering where it's going. I just listen and enjoy the tracks that I feel are worthy of my time.

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Why are some of you looking like the state of trance today (lol) is some sort of shock? We knew this was coming moment EDM became more popular with mainstream crowd. More pop trance. More ASOT/Anjuna. Less innovative stuff, because that stuff rarely sells.

It's no surprising that guys like SvD, Gareth Emery, Giuseppi Ottaviani abandoned the sound that made them make their mark on the trance scene and play more ASOT style stuff on their sets. It's the only way to maintain their popularity and keep the gigs coming. (as well keeping their spot on DJ Mag poll)

It pains me to see a lot of good producers produce ASOT/Anjuna trash hoping that something sticks and they get noticed again. Maybe Dumonde got it right. They saw the sign on the wall and left the trance scene with their integrity intact.

I don't believe all is lost yet though. Stop going out to typical trance events and pick your parties. Support DJs that still maintain their own sound that makes them unique in the trance world. I personally like Stoneface & Terminal, Simon Patterson, W & W, John '00' Fleming, Christopher Lawrence, for example because I can tell that they still play an unique sound that makes them stand out from the horde of unicorn plur trance DJs that plays mainstream trash.

Start crate digging. Stay away from popular trance podcasts and start looking elsewhere. Don't be afraid to listen to something new. Listen go stuff like Mirco de Govia's Iconic Path or Airwave's Toareg or Solar Field's Earth Shine.
Personally I'm loving progressive trance right now, as well trance at 130 bpm because it's something different, and I can connect well with that sound with my love of prog house. I love Jaytech. Discovering Arty has been a revelation to me. Best trance mix I've heard this year? Max Graham's Cycles 2 mix. Trust me. It's good

It's frustrating to go through tons of trash, but you find that one tune that rekindles your love of trance, and it's all worthwhile. Hence why I'm on a bit of trance binge, when a lot of my friends have moved away from trance.

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Originally posted by Yohan Stop going out to typical trance events and pick your parties.

This. I am taking this in a slightly different direction, to avoid repeating what everyone else is posting:


My opinion: Not only do I agree that most trance has become repetitive and boring (see the posts in this thread, and I agree with most of it), but going to 2-3 parties a weekend doesn't help either.

It reminds me of when I was younger, and made a mixed cassette tape of all of my fav songs and put it on repeat a thousand times. Even though I claimed the songs as "my favourites" I was sick of every last song within weeks! Now imagine taking the same boring, repetitive trance tracks we have all been complaining about, putting those tracks on this tape and listening to it over...and over...and over.... SNOOZEFEST 2011.

Not using discretion in choosing/moderating your music and parties will lead to EDM overload, burnout and boredom.....add that to the lack of variety that is being put out there, and it leads to people yearning for that original feeling of euphoria and emotion that we all felt when we first heard our favourite songs

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Yeah, where is trance going?

I'm taking it in another direction by mentioning the Trance on Beatport, but the top 10 Trance is horrendous.

MEM - Forza has been in the top 10 for like 4 months. Something is wrong.

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Originally posted by Yohan Why are some of you looking like the state of trance today (lol) is some sort of shock? We knew this was coming moment EDM became more popular with mainstream crowd. More pop trance. More ASOT/Anjuna. Less innovative stuff, because that stuff rarely sells. It's no surprising that guys like SvD, Gareth Emery, Giuseppi Ottaviani abandoned the sound that made them make their mark on the trance scene and play more ASOT style stuff on their sets. It's the only way to maintain their popularity and keep the gigs coming. (as well keeping their spot on DJ Mag poll) It pains me to see a lot of good producers produce ASOT/Anjuna trash hoping that something sticks and they get noticed again. Maybe Dumonde got it right. They saw the sign on the wall and left the trance scene with their integrity intact. I don't believe all is lost yet though. Stop going out to typical trance events and pick your parties. Support DJs that still maintain their own sound that makes them unique in the trance world. I personally like Stoneface & Terminal, Simon Patterson, W & W, John '00' Fleming, Christopher Lawrence, for example because I can tell that they still play an unique sound that makes them stand out from the horde of unicorn plur trance DJs that plays mainstream trash. Start crate digging. Stay away from popular trance podcasts and start looking elsewhere. Don't be afraid to listen to something new. Listen go stuff like Mirco de Govia's Iconic Path or Airwave's Toareg or Solar Field's Earth Shine. Personally I'm loving progressive trance right now, as well trance at 130 bpm because it's something different, and I can connect well with that sound with my love of prog house. I love Jaytech. Discovering Arty has been a revelation to me. Best trance mix I've heard this year? Max Graham's Cycles 2 mix. Trust me. It's good It's frustrating to go through tons of trash, but you find that one tune that rekindles your love of trance, and it's all worthwhile. Hence why I'm on a bit of trance binge, when a lot of my friends have moved away from trance.

so let me get this straight: anjuna is trash, but you love jaytech and arty?

cool.

btw, why does everyone label tracks and labels so much? are we shopping at bloomingdales? no matter who made it, if the track sounds great, it is great. if it sucks, it sucks.

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Originally posted by cl0wnz0r so let me get this straight: anjuna is trash, but you love jaytech and arty? cool.

eh. anjunadeep is cool. and pretty different sound than typical anjuna
i should clarify that not all Armada or Anjuna is crap. but about 99% of them are

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Originally posted by Yohan eh. anjunadeep is cool. and pretty different sound than typical anjuna i should clarify that not all Armada or Anjuna is crap. but about 99% of them are

so then your 99% makes bart claessen, mat zo, and sunny lax all crap? look, every label has some not so good tracks, but anjuna is one the most consistent for the amount they release a year. don't get me wrong, the super8 and tab album sucked for the most part and the nitrous oxide album wasn't too inspiring either, but even the worst anjuna releases are hard to compare to how bad armada has become.

Guys, i myself am a lover of trance. once in a while a hot new trance toon comes out and i dig it. but to tell you the truth i found myself evolving to more of the matt darey / eric prydz / adam beyer sound. The trance scene has obviously disappeared. Call me crazy but the new trance is something like the eric prydz sound!


Sound of the moment...
Genevieve - vector lovers ( andreas henneberg mix)

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Originally posted by Yohan Why are some of you looking like the state of trance today (lol) is some sort of shock? We knew this was coming moment EDM became more popular with mainstream crowd. More pop trance. More ASOT/Anjuna. Less innovative stuff, because that stuff rarely sells.

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Originally posted by yankeeBaby My opinion: Not only do I agree that most trance has become repetitive and boring (see the posts in this thread, and I agree with most of it), but going to 2-3 parties a weekend doesn't help either.

and that!

I moved over to techno in 2004-2005 just because the era of great trance was already on it's way out the door then. I really do love to go back though and listen to the classics and reminisce about the great times and great friends and all those amazing times we had all going out together

Seven Cities is always one of those good reminiscing tracks!!

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