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.
Sep-25-2022 08:28
SYSTEM-J
IDKFA.
Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Manchester
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.
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.
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.
Sep-25-2022 19:21
Sykonee
Supreme EMCritic
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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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Sep-26-2022 00:21
OrangestO
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Registered: Feb 2010
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^Jumping on the AB train.
Glad I picked this one up a few years ago. Prices are absolutely outrageous for it now.
if this is a personal choice then for me its Monogato - Miami Vibe (Omnia Remix)
Sep-28-2022 13:45
junglist
tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2019
Location: riyadh
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.
Sep-28-2022 18:02
Lews
Platipus And Prog Addict
Registered: Feb 2007
Location: Hugging Whales And Saving Trees
Shockingly, that is a decent question. I'm going to go with the 2004 hit from Solid Globe, 'Sahara.'
