Well done, now go back and think about it.

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> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I haven't heard a genuinely fresh track from er... anyone for over a year, and certainly not a rising artist. Now that may be bull to you, but it's experience to me. Name me some tracks that have actually brought something new to the table.

What exactly would you define as "fresh"?

I'd like to refer you to Ricky Fobis - No Regular.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Well done, now go back and think about it.

I'd like to see you tweaking an Access Virus C or a Novation Supernova and then we'll talk about who's producing refreshing trance.

So you're saying that these tracks are doing something totally new, something that breaks new ground and has genuinely never been done before. The last really groundbreaking artist was Public Domain, mixing togethor breakbeats, rapping, 4/4 beats, hard house elements, trance... When a Public Domain tune comes on you can tell its by them, cos it's hard hop or whatever they call it, it hasn't been done before. You're talking about music that sounds new and different, but is still made from the same ingrediants and can be placed in pre-made boundries.

A few years ago they were still writing the trance book, and hard house was being created from scratch. Until very recently there were tracks that didn't follow any rules, didn't use breakdowns as we know them, did stuff that was experimental, like Mauro Picotto's Lizard. There's nothing like that now.

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Mixes:
> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

blah blah blah blah

who cares...there's been so many great tracks this year and i'm loving it

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i cant wait till uplifting cheesey trance with those 303 nu-nrg esque strings dies. fuckin yuck

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Originally posted by YaleTrance Nyana, fresh, unique, innovative, all anti-formulaic.

Subtle by Design - sirius



I somewhat like some of the others you mentioned (street spirit remix is very cool), but for the most part melodic/uplifting these days feels to me like the artists are recycling the same stuff over and over again.

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Originally posted by Mr.Mystery I think this is the second time this year it's died, actually.

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Originally posted by Maaz Goa is trance, progressive trance is trance, nrg is trance, hardstyle is trance, psy-trance is trance, trance breaks is trance, hard trance is trance.... ... just because epic trance is losing its glamour among some people, it doesn't mean the whole genre is dying. The sound may be changing, but art's not static

Well said. Epic/melodic is pretty dead, but you can't forget about other subgenres. Listen to stuff by james talk or yunus, and you'll see what I mean.

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Originally posted by dj_moonshine i mostly listen to trance that was made in 2000-2001. not alot of good new stuff coming out these days, but im sure it will grow.

Nope.

See how that's living in the past though? Not that there's anything wrong with listening to old stuff, but if you're a DJ or producer you want to stay on the cutting edge.

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