Ok.. time to start a shit flinging match
(yes I started this thread on another site, but thought might as well do it here too )

What are your thoughts on ASOT?

Is it good or bad for trance?

Personally I've been finding alot of tracks coming out aren't pushing any boundries and seem to be aimed at the ASOT sound (Absolutely Stale and unOriginal Trance) which has a pretty big following?

Now please note I said "alot" not "All" tracks, so don't start on me about me generalising entirely I do know there are a couple of tracks coming up for release on ASOT that are wicked.. but then the others are just ..

it's hit and miss, like you would expect it to be, i mean come on.. there's how many days in between shows, 7? how many decent tunes come out EVERY week? not many.

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oh yes, I thought I best clarify, i'm talkin about the label AND the radio show

personally, i think ASOT (the show & the label really as a subsidary of the radio show) are good for the scene..

it really is the slightly more 'commercial' side of trance, which has meant its reached more corners of the globe and really its not a bad thing.. its a professionally done show, which gives great exposure to alot of great producers and guest dj's...

obviously not everyone is going to like the tracks that come out on the show all the time, but well who does...

I like both the radio show and the label, generally. Sure there are tracks that i dont like, but those can be skipped over. I think asot is good for trance in that it isnt pushing that horrible techy direction like other labels are (ala black hole).

i think you guys are getting worked up over nothing. When ASOT starts playing Lasgo, DJ Sammy and Alice Deejay then you should be worried.

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only bad thing about it i think is now all the chinstrokers call u an armin wannabe if u play some tunes that he has played on there (which happens to be the majority of trance tunes coming out).

but otherwise i like it... listen to it every week always a good place to hear new tunes

oh and the label.... theres been some quality tunes come out on it.. and like neil mentioned above its aimed out that specific sound which i just happen to like (most of the time)

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Last edited by Lanithium on Sep-07-2004 at 09:31

As long as people don’t take it as gospel and as the only music worth playing / listening to, then it can only be good for trance. It's a show/label of one type of music of one type of genre, it isn't everything but if people take it as the only option then it causes problems with lots of armin van clones.

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I download 1 or 2 ASOT shows once every couple of months or so. I don't have a major problem with it although I think a lot of the music played gets a bit stale.

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Label: ASOT releases so many tracks that i think the novelty of a tune being signed to it is becoming less and less significant. Having said that, the releases are consistently quality and so long as they keep supporting Outback i'm happy.

Show: I think the show's a perfect way to keep listeners updated. The only people who wouldnt like this show are the jaded types who get angry coz they want to have more knowledge of new releases than other people, but Armin makes it easy for people who live lives outside the trance scene to follow it. I can sorta understand their bitterness as it, in a way, commercialises trance, but in my opinion if you like it, it shouldnt matter if it makes the top 40 and 13 year old girls love it.

Thus, I am all for ASOT, and may it live on until i too become jaded and am forced to slag Armin.

doubling up on threads heubor?

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Originally posted by Lanithium only bad thing about it i think is now all the chinstrokers call u an armin wannabe if u play some tunes that he has played on there (which happens to be the majority of trance tunes coming out). but otherwise i like it... listen to it every week always a good place to hear new tunes oh and the label.... theres been some quality tunes come out on it.. and like neil mentioned above its aimed out that specific sound which i just happen to like (most of the time)

omg stfu armin wanna be prog 4 eva!!