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Originally posted by nchs09 Dj that plays so so music. Not that great of a producer. He can pretty much mix anything into anything though.

The Man With The Red Face

Love that track, I played Sax for 8 years though so that's probably why.

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Originally posted by spainj125 See it has become just not 'hip' or 'cool' to like trance in Atlanta.

It's been happening like that across America for quite some time. Trance became decidedly uncool almost 10 years ago in the midwest after it exploded in 1998. I started DJ'ing trance in 2001 right at the absolute lowest point of trance popularity in Madison, WI, but it didn't deter me. I just don't play as much of it as I used to, playing a good balance of house, prog, electro, and trance in a night.

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Originally posted by MillHouSE who the hell is Laurent Garnier...

a legend and pioneer.

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In my case, I couldn't differentiate between trance and house when I first started listening to electronic music, and when I could, I realized I'd always liked house more... however, I admit I still love trance as well.

It is ridiculous, though, kids acting like they're somehow better or cooler based on music preference. That's like claiming to be more "hip" for liking Honda's over Acura's... once you leave the forum for said preference, it doesn't mean a damn thing, so who cares? And like I told Dylan once, most of you cease to exist once I walk away from my computer, so I really don't take most of what is said here seriously at all.

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Originally posted by Caution_BiPolar I think he's the dude that's so fantastic he didn't even show up for one of his gigs, but I could be confusing him with someone else

Did Laurent really not show up for one of his shows here?

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Originally posted by DJMaytag It's been happening like that across America for quite some time. Trance became decidedly uncool almost 10 years ago in the midwest after it exploded in 1998.

That's funny, because it was right around 1998 that the majority of trance music being produced and played became stale and trite. Could it just be that there's hardly been anything interesting coming out of that genre for the last 10 odd years?

Okay, I'll stop fanning the flames now.

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Originally posted by nrjizer That's funny, because it was right around 1998 that the majority of trance music being produced and played became stale and trite. Could it just be that there's hardly been anything interesting coming out of that genre for the last 10 odd years? Okay, I'll stop fanning the flames now.

Should we dig up the thread where you were asking about Ralphie B - Massive back in 2001

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Originally posted by PVDfan07 Did Laurent really not show up for one of his shows here?

About 6 years ago he had to cancel due to some visa issues post 911. Completely out of his control.

He was just here about 4 months ago for me and he played an amazing 5.5 hour set!

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Originally posted by Ted Promo Should we dig up the thread where you were asking about Ralphie B - Massive back in 2001

Sure, it's not exactly any secret that I had questionable musical tastes when I was 14/15 (a lot of us did). But within a year or two I grew tired of it, and never regained the interest. And yet, stuff like this still sounds as awesome today as it did in 1992:



Does anyone still spin these kinds of records? I'd totally go see them play.

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Tom, you really shouldn't be making such audacious comments about "stale and trite" material. The shit you send me saying OMG EPIC TRACK bores me just as much as what the trancecrackers you're talking back to suggest. At the end of the day it's taste, which really is pointless to talk about so tensely.

And that Laurent Garnier set in November won.

I'm not arguing against subjectivity, Sam. I was simply pointing out that explosion of trance coincided with a general downfall in its quality. It's no new phenomenon--whenever something new and legitimately interesting gaines a larger mainstream popularity, there will inevitably be a flock of bandwagon jumpers who water the entire genre down with their copycat releases. It happened just the same with the electro house and minimal trends of recent memory. My point was that people don't tend to bash on trance because it's somehow "uncool," but because quality releases today are a lot more scarce than they used to be. It wasn't made out of spite towards anyone's particular tastes... more out of a personal frustration that the good stuff has been few and far between in this century (which, again, is a subjective statement, I know--I'll just let it go).

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lol