trance will be more complex.. listen to trance tunes from 1995 they are really simple.. and if you listen some professional tracks they are so complex (a lot of fx-samples, many background melodies, ....) i think that's the future..

Think Hans Zimmer meets Ferry Corsten meets BT. This is the future of Trance--IMHO. It will be called, not epic, nor melodic nor uplifting, but Cinematic Trance.

Cinematic trance is the future.

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Possibly, but there will always be a dancefloor equivalent that will be around too. You hear a lot of tracks these days that borrow a lot from techno, like Igor S - Boomerang and Ricky Fobis - No Regular. I think you can expect to see a lot more tracks like this in the future; ones designed solely with a dancefloor and packed club in mind.

I think trance will go in many directions, cinematic being one of them. And by saying cinematic that isn't implying it will be in movies, it's just an evocative word that means something different than epic. Epic could still be played in a club, cinematic, probably not. Too many breakdowns.

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It's like thecYrus said, trance is becoming more complex. Listen to hits like "Sash - Encore une Fois" and "Energy 52 - Cafe del Mar". Both of these songs are great favorites of mine, and were very complex compared to other trance from that time (around '97). Today trance is more athmospheric and there is more fill. The beats are getting tighter and better every year.
Also what has changed maybe the most are the bass sounds. It was very uncommon to hear bass patterns other than the regular "kick-Bass+hihat-Kick-Bass+hihat" loops back in '97. Bass sounds are becoming of much grater importance, and they will continue to grow and expand in the next few years.

In maybe 5-6 years I see trance becoming like soundscapes with hard drum loops and extremely complex melodies with an infinite number of FX's and sweeps.

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Originally posted by thecYrus trance will be more complex..

I think people will produce this style, but maybe also a new sub-genre of stripped-down, minimal (yet still melodic / uplifting) trance will re-emerge. Fashion seems to go in a circle after all

Prio Alea is the future!!

j/k

I think there will be a lot of different styles like today, but not that obvious melodic...radio trance will always be melodic tho... really, it's impossible to say..

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my theory is that trance will inevitably evolve and not be called "trance" anymore... for example, trance came from techno.... hip hop came from breakbeats...

I think this is an interesting question, but I do think trance will change to be either more complex or minimalistic... Either way, it won't stay the same

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Originally posted by kewlness my theory is that trance will inevitably evolve and not be called "trance" anymore... for example, trance came from techno.... hip hop came from breakbeats...

progressive is probably not a genre yet, but its coming from trance

i think that we can already hear the differences (totally agree with tunes being more complex and even more professional than some years ago), and one of them is the upcoming death of traditional epic/uplifting. that doesn't mean uplifting is gonna end, it's just changing into something else. compare a few 1999 anthems with some 2003 anthems and you'll hear what i mean.

i also think that in some time the division between formulatic crap and the futuristic tunes will be more evident.

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A lot of people have made points that I agree with. (A division in directions between minimal and complex, trends repeating in a circular fashion, etc.)

One thing I think is important to acknowledge, and in all probability unfortunate: the fact of the matter is that the club scene in general is becoming bigger and bigger business. With more and more people going to clubs, buying CD's and records, more and more DJ's and producers emerging, I forsee much more commercialization of the genre.

Look at how far into the mainstream trance has already come. Where I live in Japan, there is often trance as the background music to commercials, and even news clips. The club Velfarre in Tokyo hosts their weekly saturday 'Cyber Trance' event, that has spawned a whole record line, a magazine including fashion, and even high-tech battery operated strobing 'Cyber sticks' to replace glow-sticks!! Now Japan is all about slick marketing, and the Japanese love to buy the newest, hottest what-ever-it-is, whereas in North America, we're more inclined to sit back, and wait to see if the new stuff catches on before we pick one up. (Just look at Mini Discs. People have been using them like crazy in Japan for years, but only a handful of my friends in Toronto even own one.)

I think that in a few years, trance may find itself in a similar state to hip-hop right now: the most talented creative artists are rarely able to get widespread recognition, while the most formulaic, marketable artists get played and played and played. This is a sad state of affairs, and we have to maintain our creative vigilance, as DJ's, producers, and especially as consumers. Let's be careful what kind of message we send to the labels... we don't want to encourage the proliferation of mediocrity.

No Trancey Spears, or Back Trance Boys!!!

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HAHA, Well said, I agree.
I Live near New Orleans La, USA
The people out here have taken a strong liken to the slower funkier sounding progressive trance. The stuff with lots of fx and no melodies. I still love the stuff from artist such as PVD and Push and Armin and Ferry.
There are so many different styles out there.
But it’s defiantly getting more complex that’s for sure.

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