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Originally posted by DJ RANN Every trance artist old or new has or is currently doing this as well, and with even lamer people - at least Oakenfold did it first. And Sasha's Ray of Light (Madonna) is considered a trance classic so that argument holds no water.

Not many know this one and many less ever heard it an club. I heard it in a Belgium club and it was fucking aaaaaammmmaaaaziinngg. I bought the soundtrack CD of Pret-A-Porter just for this track.

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Originally posted by trancedanne worst serious list so far

agree 10000000%

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Fuck me. I thought this thread would end badly but not this badly. So many names listed that 10 years ago weren't even producing - I thought this thread was "trance artist of all time", not "since you turned 16 in 2003 and started listening to Tiesto". I mean the amount of people listing PVD? He didn't even break through until 98, by which point the likes of Oakenfold and Sasha were beginning to move on to other things after having been there and done that. and JOOF? Much as he's a very nice bloke, again he didn't even come to prominance until the 2000's and even then he's hardly in the top 10 trance artists of all time. Christ I remember him Skol and Roosta trying to break through the london circuit in the very late 90 and after several years he was the only one that managed it. Vincent De Moor - undoubtedly in the top 10. One of the best percussion programmers out there, never flip flopped on style and has been a major player as long as I can remember. Anyone not putting Oakenfold in the top is a fucking idiot. Not that I hold some torch for him particularly, but speaking objectively he is without doubt the single person who pioneered trance the most both as an artist and a dj - he did it ALL before anyone else, has the most influence as a label in trance, and still packs out clubs, nearly 25 years after he started playing. in terms of acheivements, he makes Tiesto, van Burren, Corsten and Van Dyk(e) look like amateurs.

have to disagree there mate, John OO fleming for me is the trance Artist of all time! He has been playing for about 20 years i think. His production is class too.

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Originally posted by Timber have to disagree there mate, John OO fleming for me is the trance Artist of all time! He has been playing for about 20 years i think. His production is class too.

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Originally posted by Timber have to disagree there mate, John OO fleming for me is the trance Artist of all time! He has been playing for about 20 years i think. His production is class too.

Well i saw him back on the local scene in london when he couldn't get a big gig, and that was about 13 years ago so I think I know what i'm talking about in this respect.

Don't get wrong, I own a fair few of his tracks and i think he's done very well for himself, but you're completely deluded if you think that he's the biggest trance artists of all time.

It's like saying coldplay are the biggest band of all time. They've done well, sold a lot of records but in relative terms they've only just come up and don't have a shade on the likes of the beatles or the stones.

I the same way JOOF hadn't even cut his teeth before Oakey had done a world tour and payed to stadiums of 100,000 people, not to mention had several top 10 chart hits. (Grace - not over yet being one of them, which is one of the quintessential trance tracks of all time).

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J Levels is...decent...damn better than a lot of the shite dominating the charts at the moment. It sounds absolutely nothing like...a billion and one similar tracks in this big-room style. I always had a soft spot.

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Well i saw him back on the local scene in london when he couldn't get a big gig, and that was about 13 years ago so I think I know what i'm talking about in this respect. Don't get wrong, I own a fair few of his tracks and i think he's done very well for himself, but you're completely deluded if you think that he's the biggest trance artists of all time. It's like saying coldplay are the biggest band of all time. They've done well, sold a lot of records but in relative terms they've only just come up and don't have a shade on the likes of the beatles or the stones. I the same way JOOF hadn't even cut his teeth before Oakey had done a world tour and payed to stadiums of 100,000 people, not to mention had several top 10 chart hits. (Grace - not over yet being one of them, which is one of the quintessential trance tracks of all time).

I appreciate you like Paul Oakenfold, and yeh he had done some wicked things, but where is he now? Also each to their own mate but you can't criticise people on here for having their own opinion, no matter who they admire or like.

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Originally posted by Adam420 Art of Trance Surprised nobody mentioned them...

This!

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Every trance artist old or new has or is currently doing this as well, and with even lamer people - at least Oakenfold did it first. And Sasha's Ray of Light (Madonna) is considered a trance classic so that argument holds no water.

OK look at a part of his latest track list:

09.Mike Danis – We Were Once Beloved (Deluna Remix)
10.Jillian Ann – Confess (Robert Vadney Dub Vocal)
11.Usher Ft Pitbull – Dj Got Us Fallin In Love Again
12.Nat Monday – Break And Fall (Adam White Remix 2010)
13.Philip D – Airport

Do you seriously think this is already serious?

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Originally posted by DJ RANN Well i saw him back on the local scene in london when he couldn't get a big gig, and that was about 13 years ago so I think I know what i'm talking about in this respect. Don't get wrong, I own a fair few of his tracks and i think he's done very well for himself, but you're completely deluded if you think that he's the biggest trance artists of all time. It's like saying coldplay are the biggest band of all time. They've done well, sold a lot of records but in relative terms they've only just come up and don't have a shade on the likes of the beatles or the stones. I the same way JOOF hadn't even cut his teeth before Oakey had done a world tour and payed to stadiums of 100,000 people, not to mention had several top 10 chart hits. (Grace - not over yet being one of them, which is one of the quintessential trance tracks of all time).

If someone's good who gives a shit how long he/she has been producing? It's all a matter of opinion anyway, so why bother with the attitude?

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Originally posted by Timber I appreciate you like Paul Oakenfold, and yeh he had done some wicked things, but where is he now? Also each to their own mate but you can't criticise people on here for having their own opinion, no matter who they admire or like.

I don't have an over appreciation for Oakenfold or anything like that - I haven't heard him play in over a year and even then it was decent, nothing to write home about. But this thread is about the greatest trance artists of all time. That means you have to be consider the history of trance not just the last 10 years or who your favorite DJ (I'd be listing someone else if that were the case).

Whether you like him or not you simply cannot ignore the fact he pioneered it, more so than anyone else and did more for it than anyone else. Just look at his discogs or DJ mix releases or his list of essential mixes or the sales of his GU mixes or completed world tours or club residencies or the label he owns or DJ's he brought up through the ranks or (I can keep going but I think you get the point).

Honestly I really don't care for the argument and I've not got attitude about it, everyone's entitled to their opinion but IMO I doubt JOOF even registers in the top 3 for people who aren't either an avid fan or have been around for more than a few years. He's a good DJ and Artist but still got quite a way to go.....