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Here are John '00' Flemings thoughts on this subject,courtesy of trance.nu:
"So what’s going on in the Trance scene? Are people getting bored with Trance? What do people actually class as Trance music today??? These are topics that have been cropping up on many message boards across the World. Lets go back to the question ‘What do people actually class as Trance music’? It’s scares me when I hear my mates, who have not go a clue about dance music, say that they’re going to listen to some Trance music at the local disco!!! We even see chart music with ‘Trance remixes’ and commercial radio stations referring to chart music as Trance music?? What’s going on, the good name of Trance is being ruined? I’ve been proud to say that I’ve been playing Trance music for over the past twelve years, but what am I actually saying when I say I play Trance music nowadays???
I first remember hearing the lush sound of some dreamy strings and electronic melodies back in 1990 and wondered what that amazing new sound was. Back then, in the world of Break beat and Happy Hardcore, this new sound was classed as Techno! I listen back today and it’s most defiantly Trance. Funny I look back at flyers from those days and see my name playing in the Techno room!!! My love for Trance music continued from that day on. I saw myself playing at Psy and Goa Trance parties across the World. I had to make a difficult decision around 1996 to chose between the free parties, where you didn’t get paid, or move into mainstream clubland where offers where coming in thick and fast...It was an obvious choice, I had bills to pay!!!
Between 1996 & 1998 was a good year for Trance music (Sounds like I’m describing a good wine!). I think this is where most people discovered Trance. I remember doing my Euro mix for Danny Rampling on Radio 1 and people where freaking over this new sound that they where hearing! This new sound had actually been around for a while in the underground dance clubs for many years, but was just starting to get the exposure that it deserved. Funny, back in 1998, I had been playing Bonzai record for over 5 years…. most people today have only discovered them over the past couple of years, shows how long Trance has been around!! We also saw the birth of a young DJ Tiesto, , MIKE (Push), Jon the Dentist and Baby Doc to name a few.
It was scary how quickly the Trance scene exploded from that day on. I think Trance music can appeal to everyone, as it’s so diverse. It can be hard, methodic, have vocals or be deep, it can appeal to almost everyone, and I think that’s why it will never die and why it is still so popular today. The media gave Trance music a tuff time in the year 2000; in fact they tried to kill it off, which I thought was a bit harsh??? But at the end of the day people vote with their feet and Trance survived, the media had to come back with their tails between their legs otherwise they’d be without their money making adverts and record and club reviews that people wanted to see and read. Ha!!
Lets go back to the question ‘Are people getting board with Trance?’ I think it’s time to move on from that old formulated sound, it been around since 1998. Gated strings, powerful brassy synth sounds, and galloping baselines. The world of technology has moved on in studio land and there is a more intelligent sound being born. Unfortunately this sound isn’t being given the chance to breathe due to the lack of underground clubs in clubland, a vital source of exposure for new music. (I spoke about this in a previous column where I talked about the state of clubland). So in answer to the question, yes I think a lot of people are getting bored with that old sound, I see them chatting about it on the internet and on my website.
If you haven’t realised already, Trance music has moved away from that old formulated sound, there is lots of intelligent music out there you just have to find it or find the DJ’s that play it and support them. I’ve always prided myself on moving with the times and innovating the way forward for Trance music. It’s been very difficult for me lately playing to people in a world where they expect drum rolls and euphoric moments every five minutes!! It’s starting to pay off for me now as people are realising that I am giving them something new and exposing them to tomorrows Trance music. My last CD compilation ‘Euphoria White label’ had nothing but underground Trance tracks on it, no big hits, just new Trance music and it has sold over 90,000 copies to date, that proves that people are wanting something new.
There’s nothing wrong with having more genres of Trance, we all have our different tastes in music, some like more uplifting some like hard, and perhaps I’m looking for the more intelligent stuff. There are many new artists out there, many new DJ’s with fresh sounds, we should all step back and give them a chance. It’s time for a new breed of Trance people to be born. Trance music will live on…"
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