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i agree with most of the stuff said here about how classic trance was much more original, organic and meaningful. apart from all that stuff that is already established  , there are two more things i wanna point out as factors that had an effect on the huge appreciation for classic trance:
1) Saturation and availability.
This applies to music in general imo. When I started with trance back around 97, i had no internet to download stuff from, so every CD I got a hold of was much more precious than anything i downloaded recently. I had a bunch of CDs and had listened to all of them so many times that I not only liked the songs like before, but really grew into them and started glorifying the music. Cause I had no more of the stuff, and that was the best for me. I still do the glorifying with a lot of stuff from back then (Chicane - Far from the maddening crowds, favorite still). But the point is, back then you had a limited supply, you had to pay relatively big bucks for it so there is a reason for you to appreciate it even more, apart from the actual, objective quality.
Today I can download anything I want for free - it is not as cool as an original CD/vinyl that you can touch and feel and get attached to, and you can have a ton of music on a HD, thus making it inevitably a little less valuable in your eyes. It all sounds samey too, same buildup-breakdown formula, same rhythm.
So not only was it better stuff, more original, but it was RARE. That fact also gave it additional value.
2. Motives
No one can persuade me that I am wrong when I say that it is all for the money these days when it comes to bigger producers/DJs/whoever. Everyone is just spamming my email accounts, facebook and what not, to vote for them or some crap like that.
It is widely known that formulaic and standard widely available stuff makes money - therefore producers don't want to be as original, but also a big part of it comes from the average label who wants that certain hype sound of the moment. Make something out of the ordinary today, and you wont sell really.
Back in the 90's, the story was different. Yes, the producers also wanted to sell back then, but it wasn't the only goal. The scene was small at the start, they knew there wasn't as much money. And whoever started making the music at the moment, didn't start making it for fun on a laptop - those people were probably already big music lovers and artists since they were around all the expensive equipment, synths, samplers and such in the first place. So they made what they loved, not what everyone else loved. And that new & interesting stuff they made was what sold a lot too actually, and they earned much more money on record sales than today.
I conclude this post thanks for reading
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