I just turned 21 this year but I've been listening to EDM since I was the tender age of 9-10 years old... from going to neighborhood parties, I would hear the gabber/hardcore that managed to make its way across the Atlantic and over here. In those times, its also important to note that what seemed to be the mainstream (to me at least) was gabber and was going through a change (1995/1996) into the "trance" that influenced the 'golden era' of the 1998 bigroom/uplifting bombs that have brought so many into the scene. I was hooked when I listened to those records and found that the genre (at the time) had no rules whatsoever. What really brought me into the genre was the Forbidden Paradise compilation CDs (given to me by a friend) who would eventually be mixed by the founders of Black Hole Recordings, in DJ Tiesto and Arny Bink. The first 2 CDs of that series were gabber and the 3rd, a mixture of "trance" and gabber got me hooked into those new sounds.

It was until the 8th and 10th CDs of that series where I had an affinity to "trance" in 1998 and 2000 respectively. Since then, I've made my rounds over places and have seen the progression (today at least) from trance into progressive house, electro, minimal, and many other influences. Its obvious that the genre barrier has been broken but alot of the stuff today is CRAP compared to what once was from the earliest foundation of the "trance" genre. I feel bad for those fans when the 'digital era' took over circa 2003-2004 and A&B, AvB brought in many fans through the internet. They fail to see the quality in trance releases as after 2005, I have been highly disappointed with the releases. The quality standards have been set soooo low that people really need to look to the past and see what true "quality" is.

I used to listen to pirate radio here in LA and of course the famous and now defunct MARS 103.1 radio that used to exist here and play the only sliver of EDM at the time. There was also the internet in those days when Napster was at its prime (used to take me sometimes MONTHS to download full, compliation CDs) and also when there was no "continuation-download" that was invented... if I didn't finish a DL on the first run, I would lose what I had downloaded from the start) and of course the shitty 28.8 and 56k connections as well! Power Tools on 105.9 KPWR exists today and one of the DJs Swedish Egil used to be part of the MARS FM team... that guy is a legend and shame that not many people from here know about him. Hes been DJing at Nikita apparently and you can catch him live on Power Tools Saturday Nights/Sunday mornings 2-4 if I'm not mistaken with Richard Humpty Vission.

Since then, I've made so many friends in the EDM world but FEW were there around the early 90s when the EDM genre was peaking and divulged into all the great styles we know today (house, electro, trance, minimal, progressive) Its amazing to think what will happen in another 10 years as the situation is all too familiar to me now but I've been to my share of events so far (going across the world to get to events with no age restriction or 18+) but I got my fizzake idizzle and was able to see alot of the DJs when they were in their prime and not the "shit sets and performance for dump trucks of money" that exists today with some of the people in the scene (sadly others set their bar of "quality" at this level). I've also been able to play alongside some of the biggest names in the genre (thanks to friends I have met) and would love to meet the others in the scene from my timeframe and also those who can tell me more about what it was like in the past! If you're from the IE/LA/OC area, send me a PM! Its always fun to meet new people!

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i havent post in TA forever now it feels...
but... as far as edm transformation,

DJ Dean, Darude, Voodoo Serano, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Tiesto, Armin, Ferry, Christopher Lawrence, John 00 Fleming, Astrix, Protoculture, Xerox Illumination, GMS, Astral Projection, U-recken, Growling Machines, Wrecked Machines

been a long way since i started listening to DJ Dean...

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Originally posted by DizkokidD haha tommy, remember ILR, i remember you taking us to the bus stop jamming it, down the hill in the yellow truck.. ahh good times! i also remember when PLUR meant something.. lol miss julia, i feel the same as you.. but listening to music in the car, or house work is not the same. You lack the Bass and the loudness that the music should be played at... Its just something you can't duplicate at home unless you have some huge huge subs, 15" mids and horn tweets and blasting that music in your house without having you neighbors call the cops on you for disturbing the piece. Even though, they themselves disturb the piece by listening to them yell at each other while they are fighting just because the husband didnt put the toilet seat down...

You had to go there huh Dizko! I will always have a great place of love for ILR.. I STILL have my lanyard and a few lighters... lol

Are you talking about going down the hill at Santa Cruz? Good ol UCSC Fry-day parties?!

And as for the bass... certain cars can duplicate...but the energy you get of a bunch of enthusiasts definitely makes a difference.

I too remember when PLUR meant something...

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I'm 28, got into things heavily in '99 (what a year for EDM!).

Wasn't interested in raving (at least state-side) and went to a handful of events when I turned 21. However in 2002, I was stoked to go to Europe to experience club life (especially in Munich and Berlin) and also went to Sensation (first year for white/black) and Loveparade in Berlin. The experiences were life changing. For years I was disappointed with clubs and events state-side, due to this, but it has gotten a lot better over the last couple of years.

I'm 23, and my first ever event was back in 2000 when I was still 14 for Metropolis @ the Santa Clara Fairgrounds.
Then went to Funky Tekno Tribe's Tribal Massive at Bill Graham later that year to celebrate my 15th birthday...

I used to be more of a House Head and listened to DJ Dan, Farina, Jeno & Garth... (but listened to Trance like Mars & Mystre & uhhh... DJ Mystik haha)


And what moved me over to trance for good was Metropolis 2002 (the one in the 3Com Park parking lot) when I saw Deepsky annihilate the main room/tent.
And also going to the Trance room/tent and hearing I think Mars & Mystre drop PPK - Resurrection for the first time at a massive. Mind f-in blown..... Hahaha

I still have the first Trance CD I ever bought: Paul Oakenfold's Tranceport ....

And also Star Guitar galvanized my love for edm in general

Can't believe how fast time flies...

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@americanwildchild - we need to talk dude. When I got in to it, it was all just house and even later, dance music. "Trance" was this wierd thing played on beaches in southern india, that now I hear called psytrance lol

The labels of Prog and electro didn't exist, nor did tech house and I too had that change from hardcore to "house" in those years leading up to 98 and beyond.

BTW, Sedish egil is on Sirius radio channel 38 at least once a week (repaeated several times throughout) so if you need your fix, get it going at least in your car!

@skizzel - it's funny that you say that: I too lost my will for the clubs, but a part still kept with the music and in the last year especially, something positive has changed with the music and scenes (both here and in Europe).

It would be great to hear the tapes or sets that got people in to EDM ......post those links.......

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Originally posted by sstranger1 I'm 30 years old now. I grew up listening all types of electronic music in the 80s from synthpop (Depeche Mode (my fave band of all time), Cetu Javu, Erasure, Red Flag, Pet Shop Boys etc.) to Italo Disco or Asian New Wave (Den Harrow, Savage, Gazebo, Modern Talking, Bad Boys Blue) to New Beat (Robotiko Rejekto, Public Relations, Moskwa TV) and in the 90s I got into freestlye (Stevie B, Johnny O, Noel, Information Society) and Eurodance (Fun Factory, 2Unlimited, Captain Hollywood Project) and also industrial dance/EBM (Front 242, A Split Second, Apoptygma Berzerk, VNV Nation). So it wasn't a hard transition to get into trance and other edm styles in early 2000. First clubbing experience was Gabriel & Dresden at 1015 in I believe 2003 or 2004.

some good stuff modern talking's you're my heart you're my sole and Johnny o's highway of love were THE BEST

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Originally posted by Mecca82 i havent post in TA forever now it feels... but... as far as edm transformation, DJ Dean, Darude, Voodoo Serano, Daft Punk, Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, Tiesto, Armin, Ferry, Christopher Lawrence, John 00 Fleming, Astrix, Protoculture, Xerox Illumination, GMS, Astral Projection, U-recken, Growling Machines, Wrecked Machines been a long way since i started listening to DJ Dean...

I like your method, mine went something like

DJ Tron, Rob G, Ron D Core, Theeo, Paul-E, RAW, Ak1200, Dieselboy, Christopher Lawrence, Nicholas Bennison, DJ Dan, Donald Glaude, George Acosta, Marco V, Judge Jules, JOOF, Astrix, Astral Projection, Martin, Duca, Dnox & Beckers, Ace Ventura, Liquid Soul.

Been moving all weekend so I missed out on this thread. Gotta get in on it.
I'm 28. Got into the music in 92. Use to go to the swap meet and get mixtapes from this a stand in there. Anyone remember "James Brown Is Dead?" Old school hard house. Also use to pick up the Beatstreet magzine mixes. Techo-retro-disco tapes and cds. Can't remember the name of the first ever cd I bought but it had tracks like "Baloonyloon(sp)" and "Nitrous Oxide." In 96 my cousin came from NY to stay with us for a while. He was well infused in the scene there and came with a shitload of underground techno tapes and cds. Stuff his friends had done which inluded Franky Bones & Adam X. Had some crazy shit done with 4 turntables and filtered through a PA system. Kinda Made it sound like it was underwater.
Started going to raves in Jan of 99. Loved all the local trance djs of course. Thee-0, Doran, CL, Eyol, Taylor, Ganesh, and although he wasn't local...Kimbal Collins. Started promoting a few raves. Worked with ROAM (Ravers On A Mission) if you remember them. Anyone remember the Reseda Roller Rink? That was pre Masterdome.
But what really changed my life was the Global Underground cd series. 2 Mixes imparticular: John Digweed - Sydney and Sasha - San Fransisco. That's what made me want DJ. Got my turntables right before NYE 2000 and bought my first mixer from Nicholas Bennison. A Vestax PMC 17a.
So 2002 I got into club and event promo. Started with Earthdance and Monday Social. Then got involved with Giant and the rest is history. Since then I've been out about 4 nights a week and have scene every DJ I could ever dream to see and played some pretty great gigs. Now I just have to see them in other parts of the world. Oh...and hopefully play some other parts of the world too

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Originally posted by V Man27 I'm 23, and my first ever event was back in 2000 when I was still 14 for Metropolis @ the Santa Clara Fairgrounds. Then went to Funky Tekno Tribe's Tribal Massive at Bill Graham later that year to celebrate my 15th birthday... I used to be more of a House Head and listened to DJ Dan, Farina, Jeno & Garth... (but listened to Trance like Mars & Mystre & uhhh... DJ Mystik haha) And what moved me over to trance for good was Metropolis 2002 (the one in the 3Com Park parking lot) when I saw Deepsky annihilate the main room/tent. And also going to the Trance room/tent and hearing I think Mars & Mystre drop PPK - Resurrection for the first time at a massive. Mind f-in blown..... Hahaha I still have the first Trance CD I ever bought: Paul Oakenfold's Tranceport .... And also Star Guitar galvanized my love for edm in general Can't believe how fast time flies...

i remember going to metropolis also.... vman, is your name hung by any chance??

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