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| quote: | Originally posted by Spirit5
Well that what the argument seems like, to me at least, put forth on here over and over, that melodic progressive and epic trance isn't true "trance" because it doesn't sound identical to the older stuff. See that track might be good, but again it's not what got me, or other people on here, into the sound. And fluffiness, well there's a lot of melodic trance that is emotive without getting into overt fluffiness. Do you consider Micro de Govia fluffy? I've been a big fan of his, and he makes emotive and beautiful music but it's still got a slightly tougher edge to it. But I don't really expect in the music I like to always have this dark, cold or harder-edged sound. I mean maybe it's because my personality, I am not an agressive person and I don't like really "tough" banging music (one of the reasons i'm not into metal or hard trance or darker full on psy), just energetic and uplifting. So naturally I am drawn to the melodic, uplifting stuff that isn't so pop-like with sing songey vocals (maybe some of the older stuff like that as mentioned). You might consider something "fluffy" while I consider it beautiful and emotive.
I think that attitude is more "implied" than someone coming right out and saying that except Ishkur does get into the "your trance sucks and mine is better" or "it's not "true" trance because it has a 1 minute breakdown and a melody". I can understand the argument against fluffiness or about the labels on CDs that I hate as well...saying they are "trance" when they are mostly just euro-dance/pop stuff. I got into the sound based upon CDs and Net Radio (a trance station) around 98...stuff that was melodic that I liked and was looking for. I didn't really get into because I liked the beats and the bass or whatever, but that was important to making a track energetic to me as well. I just didn't, and don't, focus on that aspect so much. I actually thought trance was the type of music that was overtly repetitive, until I listened to this Net Radio station around 98 and heard tracks with melody that weren't so overly repetitive. I even talked to a producer/DJ at a RecordTown store and he introduced me to the more melodic trance stuff like Paul van Dyk and Bt. If they were repetitive (which they largely still were) at least had an interesting melody or a breakdown to make things, IMO at least, nicer to listen to. While dancing though, i've always found it better to dance to more repetitive, less melodic and more rhythmic stuff that wasn't neccessarily the same music that I listened to.
You have to understand, that I am someone whose approached this music (trance) as more of a listener than a club-goer or festival-goer. I was pretty young during the late 90s (too young to go to clubs) when I got into it, and went to a few events that featured some of the music. Since I turned 18 four years go, i've only been to a few clubs and the clubs around here don't play this music. One club used to (Bleu) but they've gone mostly house now. So my only option is to travel to either Europe or some other city in the US...though to find clubs that play trance in the US is difficult. I approach it as "what is better to listen to?" than "what is better to dance to a club or festival", cause I just don't go to them (don't have the time, money or connections).
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for your information there is more trance styles apart from the ones you mentioned. I've never heard anyone say that tech-trance isn't trance (not talking about the cheesy dutch so called "tech trance") or that the progressive trance Sasha, Warren and Digweed spun back in the 90s isn't trance. I can't talk for all people who say that epic trance isn't trance. There is loads of melodic trance I definetly would considor proper trance. But a very small amount of the melodic trance today is "proper" trance in my ears. It's melodic, maybe too melodic, but it's not entrancing.
And talking about Mirco De Govia, I like his production. He is one of the few left melodic producers today which I still have some hope for.
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