What was the last trance record released you consider to be a classic? I mean a classic along the lines of Cafe Del Mar, Greece 2000, Netherworld, etc. I'd say Insigma - Open Your Eyes from 2001. Maybe I'm being too harsh but really can't think of anything with a classic status since. I know Motorcycle/Andain/Southern Sun were popular in 2002 but consider those as too commercial. Requiem For a Dream was pretty awesome but did it ever reach classic status? And I know there was some good trance around from 2002 - 2006, after which the scene really went down the toilet, but again nothing springs to mind.

I would say the last classic of the superclub trance era was Reflekt - Need To Feel Love from 2004. It still had the production values of something from 1999. Everything after that point was getting so polished, twinkled and sidechained it just sounded like a different style.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I would say the last classic of the superclub trance era was Reflekt - Need To Feel Love from 2004. It still had the production values of something from 1999. Everything after that point was getting so polished, twinkled and sidechained it just sounded like a different style.

Interesting. Tbh I wouldn't have dared to take a crack at this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlbFYYDBT4

more recently which is an all time classic imo.

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J I would say the last classic of the superclub trance era was Reflekt - Need To Feel Love from 2004. It still had the production values of something from 1999. Everything after that point was getting so polished, twinkled and sidechained it just sounded like a different style.

Good shout about the production values on Need To Feel Love though I wouldn't consider it a purely trance release. Interestingly, that vinyl is now selling for crazy prices. Bizarre considering it was a mass marketed Positiva release and digital/CD copies are readily available. The digital copies won't have the scratches, pops, etc., either and will sound better. Still people want the vinyl.
Don't quite understand it but must be the allure of owning something that's a throwback to times gone past. Something to play to your mates after they've come round for dinner and you're showing off your vinyl collection.

I digress. Some people say that Arksun - Arisen from 2006 is a classic. Whilst it is half decent, for me it's over produced, over polished and too messy for that accolade.

This is probably one of the last of the eurotrance anthems I can immediately recall off the top of my head. Yeah, it's got most of the cliches of the mid-'00s era (twinkle melody, choppy vocal, sidechained rhythm), but at least it all comes together in a winning, memorable manner. Is it enough to deem it a Proper Classic though? For anyone getting into trance in this time period, I'd assume so.

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Glad I picked this one up a few years ago. Prices are absolutely outrageous for it now.

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Originally posted by Tom Yelland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWlbFYYDBT4 more recently which is an all time classic imo.

what? lol

if this is a personal choice then for me its Monogato - Miami Vibe (Omnia Remix)

sooper powertrack from the noom classic played by Dave Angel! nearly had heart attack on dancefloor when i first heard. had to be taken to hospital after fearing and defecated at end of night.

Shockingly, that is a decent question. I'm going to go with the 2004 hit from Solid Globe, 'Sahara.'

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Originally posted by Lews Shockingly, that is a decent question. I'm going to go with the 2004 hit from Solid Globe, 'Sahara.'

The cat track...