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Originally posted by TheVrk Not even CLOSE to the aformentioned, C'MON

I honestly can't see why Filo & Peri are so much better than the acts you've mentioned before.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery You cannot seriously claim ATRC actually has somehow more intelligent/inventive lyrics & melody than any of that pop drivel you "hate". They didn't even bother writing proper lyrics to it, ffs! It's just some random bird picked off the street wailing a couple of lines she could think of (and surprise surprise, they're about drugs!) and then they added a 5-note supersaw sweep over it. That's your "FUCK YEAH! FINALLY!" right there!

Haha yeah, +1.

Suggesting that ATRC's lyrics are good is just unbelievable. Maybe I've been listening to Radiohead for too long or something, but if ATRC is an example of "good lyrics" then trance really has nothing going for it. It's a shame.

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Originally posted by Cobalt Children - inadvertantly founded a decade of pop-driven drivel Out Of The Blue - established the Dutch epic trance model Burned With Desire - merged Dutch to vocal eurotrance, "the final betrayal"; pure antithesis of trance as a concept

Hmmmm.... some very valid points there.

Oh my -

I fucked up . I read this whole post wrong. Apligiez , lol. I read this post, on tracks that influenced Electronic. My bad

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Originally posted by Ishkur Children.

i predicted this reply, from this user. down to the last word, including the full stop.

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Originally posted by Cobalt Children - inadvertantly founded a decade of pop-driven drivel Out Of The Blue - established the Dutch epic trance model Burned With Desire - merged Dutch to vocal eurotrance, "the final betrayal"; pure antithesis of trance as a concept

re: burned... i'm pretty sure matt darey was doing the same thing over 4 years prior?

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Originally posted by djHollen i think one thing that is bringing trance down is the over produced sounds coming from the asot trance label just because it seems like theyre all the same thing. i think that people are trying to create the same style and sound in their own productions these days and that trance is losing some of its originality. sure they got some good ones but please. it seems like every song is the same thing rehashed. like every producer shares the same preset sounds. i like being able to tell a producer when i listen to the track.... but gimme some variety at least. sorry about the whinning. the easy answer is to go to a different label and turn the other way. i just got to look harder now.

you can put this down to the rise of software synths. 100%. available for free all over the internet... all the newcomers flock to them and rinse their presets dry. i've lost count of the amount of times i've heard RefX VanGuard leads/basses/acids in trance productions over the past year or so

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Originally posted by eRRaTiK the jump the fkn train song.

i LOVE the slow train mix of this... should never have been remixed into trance!

whiteroom takes it for me. was able to appreciate just about any trance played by the bignames up until this came along... all seemed to go downhill after that

+ anything markus did after the telepopmusik - breathe remix. especially satellite... ugh

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Originally posted by digitul punk He produced for N'Sync when N'Sync approached him a couple of times after being rejected 2 to 3 times. And the track he produced "pop" doesn't exactly sound poppy either. Your telling me that if you had an opportunity to produce for N'Sync you wouldn't??

Perhaps I would, but how much I would "whore up" my work over the dollars would have to be seen. Take William Orbit and Madonna for instance. Ray of Light is considered by many one of the finest productions in her history, and with enough reason. Not so with N*Sync's tune/album. It was never about doing something new, only the same crap with a fancier envelope (therefore making it sound "less poppy")

Like many, instead of evolving, BT chose switching sides from "barely underground" to "completely mainstream", and not with one tune, but his whole "Emotional Technology" abomination. Someday he might be able to make it back but believe me, I'm not waiting.

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Originally posted by isoterra re: burned... i'm pretty sure matt darey was doing the same thing over 4 years prior?

Darey successfully fused vocals (often the diva sound of Marcella Woods) with anthem trance. The focus was on the clubby nature of the production, not emotional pretension. Compare Beautiful to Burned With Desire and it strikes me as a clear difference.

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Originally posted by Metronome Perhaps I would, but how much I would "whore up" my work over the dollars would have to be seen. Take William Orbit and Madonna for instance. Ray of Light is considered by many one of the finest productions in her history, and with enough reason. Not so with N*Sync's tune/album. It was never about doing something new, only the same crap with a fancier envelope (therefore making it sound "less poppy") Like many, instead of evolving, BT chose switching sides from "barely underground" to "completely mainstream", and not with one tune, but his whole "Emotional Technology" abomination. Someday he might be able to make it back but believe me, I'm not waiting.

Yes, I very much agree.

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Originally posted by WirelessEyes Oh my - I fucked up . I read this whole post wrong. Apligiez , lol. I read this post, on tracks that influenced Electronic. My bad

OK, now the tracks you listed make sense

For a minute, I was like "I can't belive Xpander is being put in the same category as Better Off Alone"

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Originally posted by Metronome Perhaps I would, but how much I would "whore up" my work over the dollars would have to be seen. Take William Orbit and Madonna for instance. Ray of Light is considered by many one of the finest productions in her history, and with enough reason. Not so with N*Sync's tune/album. It was never about doing something new, only the same crap with a fancier envelope (therefore making it sound "less poppy") Like many, instead of evolving, BT chose switching sides from "barely underground" to "completely mainstream", and not with one tune, but his whole "Emotional Technology" abomination. Someday he might be able to make it back but believe me, I'm not waiting.

Emotional Technology was an album that was rushed and done in a couple of months..instead of years (like he usually does). I believe you are aware of the fact that all of his work from the "original" emotional technology was destroyed because some assholes broke into his studio and jacked everything he had at the period therefore he lost all of his work. So basically he had to start all over with E.T. Granted it did sound more commercial but I think that could be looked over because of the above fact and the fact that BT always wanted to do vocals. So there you have it. BT is releasing a new album in the end of this year or the starting of next year and its gonna be back to his MISL style and more "dancefloor oriented".

As far as N'Sync goes .. you should know when you are doing commercial music especially pop music there are certain restrictions you should follow. And if you are working with N'Sync on a title track of an album you have to have that catchy pseudo-hip vibe in the track and if you take a look at it from that perspective I'd say it was a pretty good track. Yeah it wasn't good enough or underground but you have to sacrifice things when your doing mainstream music and getting paid assloads of money just because your working behind the scenes for the title track of an album. Hell I'd do it just to say "I have worked with the likes of N'Sync". That phrase alone says a lot on your resume and helps ALOT when approaching different labels (even electronica ones) or different projects.

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