I've noticed that lately, I don't find myself as "aroused" by trance as I used to. Tracks have become too predictable, lots of choons sound just like the next, and overall originality has gone down.

Sure, the supply has grown as well - which could explain influx of crappy music. But do you find yourself moving away from trance to other styles to fill the void? I noticed that I have become more of a melodic prog fan and most recently even started to notice strange liking of housey/techy/hard(er) trance stuff.

So, what do you think will be the latest "in" thing in 2006 - Marriage of house+trance or prog+trance or even harder/darker/techier trance?

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personally I was never into trance all that much. it was a gateway to EDM for me but I moved away from it pretty fast. I still love to listen to the occasional trancer from time to time and I love the old school stuff but other than progressive I would never consider seriously mixing it.

But it has definetly been on a steady decline since about '02 (if not earlier). either that or the good stuff is just harder to find.

Not at all in my personal opinion, 2004 was an amazing year for trance production-wise and 2005 was pretty good too

I feel positive about it, there's more and more good stuff to add to the quality old stuff each month

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Originally posted by paranoik0 the past 2 years have been the worst ever!

+1

though for house and electro it's been rockin'

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Well, if trance is getting better it is probably because it is being infused by House/Techno. It definitely seems that housey trance is beginning to prevail. Tunes like "tracking treasure down" or "Breathe" are making their way into trance dj's box. When I heard AvB drop "Breathe" - I knew that even self-proclaimed trance DJ was on a new trail.

I feel that if trance is to get better it will have to become more blended with other "nearby" styles - prog/tech/house. Even now, many so-called "trance" tunes are had to classify as trance. Which will ultimately lead to trance being completely dissolved as a separate style.

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i htink its still good. i mean i dont listen to it anymore but if i followed it im shure there would be awsome tracks here and there.

i think one of the problems now a days with music in general, alot of shit tracks are going around, i guess its easier to
1. make a track
2. get it signed and put up for download which as before u had to get it on vinyl.


but i htink things are still looking good in the scene.



my 2cents.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On OOKA-OOKA ME NACHOS ME PRESS KEYS ON COMPUTER GOOD

I'll just cutnpaste what I said before, since these conversations recycle themselves:

It's because the novelty of trance music has worn off on you after listening to so many hundreds of sets, so many DJs, and its all meshing into a "been there, done that" feeling. The rollercoaster is never as exciting the 500th time you go on it than it is the first time you ride on it. In short, it's because the music has no sustenance, it is cheap, shallow, and gimmicky, and you are drifting away from it because each subsequent use is not giving you the same high as before, so to speak. You are burning out.

My advice: go away. Move on, and listen to something else for awhile.

it's definitely not getting better.

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Originally posted by Gordy darker/hearder/techy stuff will rule all in 06

In other words Sander Van Doorn will rule 06