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Originally posted by d_bag Pretty sure these are relatively recent?? Mike Emery - Vapour Trails (Stoneface And Terminal Remix) Suncatcher - Epic (7 Skies Remix) Duderstadt vs Store n Forward - Broken (Store n Forward Uplifting Mix) DT8 Project - Destination (Akesson Remix) Someone's Promo Mix that got me hooked on these

Thanks for the plug on the track. The amazing remixes turned in, imo, are what put that package over the top. Seriously... Solartiy closed to book on it, stunning remix from them. Its a subtle builder, but once it gets to where its going, WOW. Robins & Kontes turned in the dance floor bomb, so much play on that one.

But yea, heres my thought on the state of "good" trance music. The issue is the incredible amount of "average" trance that comes out. Its a sea of white noise. We (Paul & I) get 500 promo emails a week and it is SOOO hard to weed through the above average stuff. For awhile there I would burn the "decent" tracks only to find I give them on radio show play and maybe one live play before moving on to something slightly newer... Seriously, i dont want to be playing that kinda of music... Just "ok" tracks that are good for one or two plays just for the sake of it being new and just decent. I have now moved on to only burn the real standout records. I want to put a track in my box that will last a few solid months, not a just a few shows.

So with all that said, my point is, there is just as much great trance/progressive coming out, you just really need to work hard digging through the sea of the solid but soon forgettable tracks that are coming out left and right.

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btw... going through promos right now (my daily hour dedicated to it...) and WOW: Tempo Giusto- London, this is a classic slice of prog-trance forthcoming on Black Hole.

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Originally posted by KennethThomas So with all that said, my point is, there is just as much great trance/progressive coming out, you just really need to work hard digging through the sea of the solid but soon forgettable tracks that are coming out left and right.

+1 back in the 90's I think I listened uncountable (maxi)cd's in recordstores like German Mediamarkt's which had a huge collection of dance/trance. And I know for sure they didn't have all which was released by far.
IMO it never has been really different, there always has been a lot of crap. But I guess from a technical point of view we have reached a certain limit. More layers, sounds or instruments aren't needed which makes it feel like there is no progression any more. In a way I guess that's true.

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Now a days is so hard to find true decent trance. Like Kenneth Thomas said, you got to scheme through a bunch of ok, often mediocre tunes, that makes it difficult to actually select the good stuff. Also, a lot of the "trance" tunes are so into the progressive range that they could easily be mixed in house sets so in my opinion Trance is not dying, it's just in an evolution stage along with House, and people need to be putting out so much doo-doo.

I've caught some decent ones on Juno recently:

Memoplay - Raum EP
Nicholas Bennison - Zero Balance
Liam Shachar - Dust (Instrumental)
Atlantis Concept - Sonic Bomb / Hypnotic Machine
JSC Project - Minor Pulse
Zen Paradox - Liquid Spheres EP

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Originally posted by Sand Leaper I've caught some decent ones on Juno recently: JSC Project - Minor Pulse

Had this in my Beatport hold bin, the Cold mix that is.

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Originally posted by Light The Fuse So many here lament on how its all fucked. Trance died years ago and there is never anything new thats anygood. or its called psy lol.

what

real trance died in 1999 fact

sorry i dont get this topic and what he means

some standout tracks from the last little while in my opinion

Ashley Wallbridge - Masquerade
Jochen Miller - Face Value
Jonas Steur - Cold Winds
Cressida - Onyric
Alex M.O.R.P.H., Roberta Harrison - Photograph Jonas Hornblad Remix
Matt Cerf - Let Me Breathe - Ronski Speed Remix

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Boom Jinx, Oliver Smith - Sunrise (Jaytech Remix)
Oliver Smith - Cirrus

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Originally posted by the_voice real trance died in 1999 fact

Then I now know for sure ghosts really exist

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I also haven't heard very much worth saving from the straight-laced side of trance music. In fact, scratch that--I've saved absolutely nothing that I've checked out in years. It always boggles me how I can sample tune after tune and never hear anything that moves me. That isn't the case with psytrance (where I always find something to like), progressive (which, if you include techno, also keeps me interested year after year), and downtempo (lots going on there too). Not sure what the problem is, really...

Now, if you don't mind a shameless plug, I suggest giving the Disco Hooligans a try... download their debut album right here:
http://www.ektoplazm.com/free-music...ns-clear-skies/

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Originally posted by the_voice what real trance died in 1999 fact

Try more like 1995.