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Trance is like a vintage 80s Member's Only jacket. There is an era to which it will undoubtedly renowned for. There was a single time and place, in all of human history for both the Member's Only jacket, and for trance, to have proliferated.
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Both rest heavily upon the psychology of a time-specific generation. The Member's Only jacket came at a time of recession in the United States and a growth in technology - technology for which many of the average Americans could not afford. Thousands of dollars for a portable phone, peaking a grand for a "compact disc reader." The gap between classes was apparent by material objects, and this is where the Member's Only Jacket comes in. A sleek, stylish and very affordable jacket that can be seen for miles with a slogan that screams "i belong here, i belong anywhere."
20 years later, Members Only was resurrected, and it was sold in Abercrombie and Fitch (that means it's for douches).
The same goes for Trance. It, too, came at the most perfect time, a time of "climax" in the all of the world. Nearing the end of a millenium, and perhaps the end of civilization was best represented by the climaxes interpreted to us through the likes of ferry corsten, dj tiesto and Nalin & Kane. The heavy reliance on the digital revolution which in turn could have been our demise turned many alike to the ear of the synthesizer.
Hello machine, do you want to kill us? Let me hear what you have to say. Oliver Leib grew up with this machine, Armin Van Buuren grew up with this machine, we all did. We were all curious and, like the first transmission in a game of "he said she said", we heard it loud and clear. Great music, great sounds, a great vibe and a GREAT MESSAGE.
Years down the road, this game of "he said, she said" has transformed the message of trance, distorted it, into a very ugly statement. A commercial monument of absolute rubbish.
One should not be embarrassed to have listened to trance. Don't deny where you came from, we all existed on the eve of December 31, 1999. But do be mad at the brutal rape and sodomy that occured on that night that made trance a cold, lonely and forever traumatized victim.
Perhaps we are all, in a very tiny bit, to blame. We saw this and sat back and let trance forever accrue this stigma. It's like that disease on court TV where you watch someone screaming for help and you just go about your business.
I feel for trance. I really do.
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Everything is beautiful. Let the music carry you. Baby I will follow you forever. Nowhere else I'd rather be when you're lying next to me. Let the music carry us together.
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SuspicionVandit: Are you God?
Paul Van Dyk 09-24-2009: No, but I can sign your sleeve under that name if you let me!
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