Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Upper West Side NYC
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Originally posted by Endlesswave
I don't think he's making that assumption necessarily. I think he just wants to know b/c it has an affect on how you feel now trance music wise.
its no big deal I guess I just read it that way
well digi, there is your answer:
lotso clubbing in Toronto years (2000-2003), (every weekend)
lotso clubbing in NYC 2004, (every weekend)
and slowly decreasing a little tiny bit over time (until this year where I am entirely sick of the music and have decresed parties, except for techno and super-excitable trance events: (2005-2007: once a month) 2008-2009: only for really good parties
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Aug-14-2009 01:59
Spin Laden
Nick Vachon approved
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: 1211 Ambien City Blvd, Canada, K1A 0A9
drugs
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quote:
Originally posted by Ravemontreal
Once I took a piss in front of everybody at Stereo. Put the garbage under the mixer, and did it right there while people were dancing and screaming. people thought I was playing with the mixer but I was playing with my zizi.
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Originally posted by Enjoy
a classic from the aria days:
me: are you on TA?
girl: uhhhh... im on speed
Aug-14-2009 02:18
yankeeBaby
Keepin it real....
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Upper West Side NYC
quote:
Originally posted by Spin Laden
drugs
what about them?
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Aug-14-2009 03:15
TheVrk
Mediterranean Canadian
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: Windsor, Canada
quote:
Originally posted by Endlesswave
Remember this:
Fuckin eh classic...PvD remix ftw, i agree.
Ahhhh if this sound was still around....
Aug-14-2009 11:27
pete242
Trancesnob
Registered: Jan 2006
Location: Toronto
quote:
Originally posted by FunkyCrew
I think it's all about being selective and going out there and downloading sets from Dj's you never listened to before or someone you never heard of and discovering amazing tracks like that
for me - Schulz is getting better and better month after month with his shows, his sets are exactly what I love about trance these days
I'm also excited to be checking out more house dj's and actually going out and hearing them as well!
I agree with the first part. Markus used to be really good at having prog and trance meet, very dreamy and well versed. Now he is not even trance anymore, he is pure prog.
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Aug-14-2009 14:59
FunkyCrew
Ukranian Import
Registered: Feb 2006
Location: Soul Shakin'
quote:
Originally posted by pete242
I agree with the first part. Markus used to be really good at having prog and trance meet, very dreamy and well versed. Now he is not even trance anymore, he is pure prog.
prog trance is good
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Aug-14-2009 15:46
ChemEnhanced
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Registered: Mar 2005
Location: Milton, ON Canada
I still believe Shaya is at fault for the state of trance...him and his gabber
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Scott has been introduced to the rave scene, and Ecstasy, by Craig. The two of them go out on the weekends, with some of Craigs friends, and stay up all night, dancing in a drug-fueled trance.
Last edited by Moral Hazard on Apr-26-2011 at 07:48
Originally posted by *****
endless: are you saying that you hate djs making half assed attempts & butchering stuff or ou hate them using elements from other genres period
The half assed attempts and butchering stuff. A lot of the time it's when they combine elements of other genres but isn't limited to this, there are shitty attempts with music from single genres all the time...
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Aug-14-2009 19:20
NickT
Higha Level
Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Scarborough
quote:
Originally posted by Endlesswave
The half assed attempts and butchering stuff.
So basically you like the stuff that sounds good to you. is that fair to say?
quote:
Originally posted by Endlesswave
A lot of the time it's when they combine elements of other genres but isn't limited to this, there are shitty attempts with music from single genres all the time...
Originally posted by *****
So basically you like the stuff that sounds good to you. is that fair to say?
I dont understand what you mean by this sorry
Sure what sounds good to me sounds good to me but like all art there is SOME objectivity yes? There are standards somewhat.
As for what I was trying to say w the second statement, my feeling is that it's all about 2 things, production value + dj capabiltity in terms of creating FLOW in a set.
What irks me about production value with trance in the past few years is that it's become so cookie cutter a monkey on a midi keyboard and some synths can create better BS. The recent big name djs (shall remain nameless) have become slack and give NO effort to produce quality like they have in the past in the same quantity that they have previously. They create generic crap that is just so bad...they use melodies that don't have the same meaning to me as they have had in the past, they're not catchy at all, I don't get the same feeling as I had previously.
What's even worse is when the use elements in other genres in the worst way...using those same cookie cutter non emotional elements (Taking parts of a song that have elements of another genre and combine with trance for example and expect it to be amazing...it DOESN'T work like that...)
As for set flow, dj capability etc, if there is good production and a dj knows how to combine this in what they are doing, it makes me love the music. Danny Howells comes to mind first...there are melodies in his sets...the set also flows amazing from start to finish. As for trance djs, there USED to be that kind of flow and production value combined in the sets/nights out but have since been lost in favour of the cookie cutter BS I mentioned earier...
If I'm somehow unclear let me know...it's 4:30am and I'm half passed out/have a few beers in me...
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Aug-15-2009 08:36
yankeeBaby
Keepin it real....
Registered: Feb 2005
Location: Upper West Side NYC
^^^actually, thats the best thing written in this whole thread and I agree with you completely!!
Here is something positive: ROXY NYC might be re-opening!!!
I know a lot of Torontonians loved the ROXY as a venue, and so do ALL of the NY'ers that I know of!! It might not change "trance" but it has a possibility of bringing back some sort of vibe to the NYC scene, that has been terribly lacking since the closing of Twilo/Arc/Crobar/ROXY.
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Aug-15-2009 17:05
NickT
Higha Level
Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Scarborough
quote:
Originally posted by Endlesswave
You made it much clearer now.
I do agree that djs think that they can just mix different genres of music & something amazing will happen but they lack the knowledge of 1 or all the genres they try to use. You cant just take a trance song & put it in a different format & expect it to be good (it happens sometimes but not always) like you said there needs to be some feeling emotion to it.