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1999 (pg. 2)
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| hadi burpee |
| quote: | Originally posted by aloep
No, I miss 95-98, the days of Qattara, Big C, X-Avia, Grace, Space Brothers, Andy Ling, Amethyst etc. and labels like Stress, Hooj, PLatipus, Skinnymalinky, Steel Fish. 1999 was good for the rise in "anthem" trance, but the commercialisation of it was the start of it's downfall IMO. |
thats true as well. i guess maybe the time i miss most is 98 when i started listening.
| quote: | Originally posted by sandstorm03
dam |
shut up with that bull why dont you. |
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| Sand Leaper |
| I'd much rather have back the early 90s and the Frankfurt/Harthouse trance days. |
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| moondog |
| i've only just started going clubbing in the last year or so, and i do feel that i missed out on something as far as trance in the late nineties is concerned:sadgreen: |
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| thomas |
| quote: | Originally posted by [N]ûk|êû[Z]
off you piss face! :whip: :p
seriously tho 99 was the , and todays trance isnt really anywhere near as good, but then again you can say that about any style really, hip hop heads will say that NWA etc rap was loads better than current stuff. just sumthing you gotta live with unfortunatly |
you are so right ! that's the trance i've been looking for |
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| SYSTEM-J |
1999 was the beginning of the three year peak of trance- 1999, 2000 and 2001. Since then the scene has started to wash out a lot. A lot of classic tunes from the time, because it was quite new and fresh and trance wasn't big enough before then for people to have got tired of it. Now the experimentation has stopped a lot, and trance has nowhere to go.
Hopefully we'll get a new genre of dance music taking over before trance washes out totally and leaves a void. |
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| Buddhistics |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
1999 was the beginning of the three year peak of trance- 1999, 2000 and 2001. Since then the scene has started to wash out a lot. A lot of classic tunes from the time, because it was quite new and fresh and trance wasn't big enough before then for people to have got tired of it. Now the experimentation has stopped a lot, and trance has nowhere to go.
Hopefully we'll get a new genre of dance music taking over before trance washes out totally and leaves a void. |
Yeah....a lotta people say, and I kinda feel this way too, that 1999 was the 'coming out' year for trance - so many great tunes....ahhhhhh :tongue3 |
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| ShadoWolf |
| quote: | Originally posted by sandstorm03
'99...all in all trance is rather "ty" atm since ever retard on the planet dl's cubase and produces , gets on asot, gets like $300 for the release, makes armin Million, and does it again and again. Then Every once complains that they aren't makeing enough money for thewir productions. Then they blame it on mp3.
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| Dmatrox |
| yes i love 99/2000 those were great trance years for me. All the dance department, TE and innercity sets were great. I miss that type of uplifting style |
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| trancebrat |
Whomever bashes on the earlier years of trance...were all of you old enough to go clubbin back in the 90's to truly experience the music and the scene for what it was? Get a clue and educate yourself before you post BS to people.
1998 and 1999 were awesome years for DJ's, shows, and for music. Music back then was in awesome. No one can sit and tell me that songs like Carte Blanche, Escape, Gouryella, Xpander, 1998, Saltwater, Cream, Cafe del Mar, Greece 2000, Madagascar, Gamemaster, El Nino, Out of the Blue, Universal Nation, For An Angel, Love Parade, Flash, Waters, Rendezvous, Godspeed, Flaming June, Synaesthasia were all . So many more that I didn't mention, but I think I made my point.
The music today is awesome, but it sure as hell doesn't make it superior to the music that proceeded it. Without the music from yesterday who knows where music would be today. No way in hell can anyone argue that. When Ferry Corsten threw down Carte Blanche back on May 1, 2004 that place went insane. That song is 5 years old and it can still blow a room up. I love songs from today, but when I get "owned" at a show it's when a DJ throws down some old school track that I haven't heard out in years. |
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| bunnybunn |
nah...the music nowadays is pretty good, much more professional if u ask me...
i think everyone was just major drugged out in 99 |
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| chem-x |
A post like this is bound to get flamed and also summon some positive responses.
Personally I started listening to techno/psy in 97, went on to minimal techno in 98 and was surprisingly enough totally blown away by the 99 trance era. The year I also started clubbing for real. I mean, I could easily tell the music was nothing like the quality of the typical Jeff Mills industrial techno I'd been into for while. But still, the music had such extreme effect on people and especially the bigger masses.
Now I listen to/spin alot of both, but trance is what I have the greatest affection for.
Though I always recognized techno as a higher standard genre I never saw it summon a whole generation of partypeople. Tho it might be a cliché I never saw it attract 6000+ people and keep their hands in the air for hours, in a tiny country such as Norway. And though it's the music that matters the most, it's the club enviroment i live for.
Alot may have sounded basic in 99, but that was part of the charm.
Alot can be said about the ways commercial trance influenced electronic music, but hey, what do you enjoy the most? The partying and the club atmosphere or the highlevel intellectual techtalk of diehard electronica fanatics. Most people out there don't even have the brains or skill to separate quality from bunk. And will never get it.
I've spent alot of time bashing artists I didn't like, dis'ing DJs i thought were sh*t etc etc. All in all, I've come to realize that you should just be happy people are gathering on the floors dancing. That our vast musical expression still inspires enthusiasm.
Something has got to attract the masses, it's the very key stone for our movement to survive. DJs and artists should of course set the standards high to maintain a certain level of quality. Which might have lacked quite a bit back in 1999. Still...
If you don't appreciate our music reaching millions of people and attracting them to our scene, I suppose you're free to dislike 1999.
And regarding the drugs.. Sure as hell it was a huge problem back in 1999. And so fu*kin what? The dancefloors were cooking and people had the time of their lives. Try to promote trance with health care, see how far it takes ya.
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This culture builds on controversy.. Dark club enviroments, smokefilled dancefloors, nude dancers, extreme partying, exaggerated sound-systems, events with lightshows out of this world.. The whole message it sends out, is not the kind of stuff you want to feed your 16 yearold daughter.
And that is exactly why she goes there.
You probably get annoyed by her lightsticks stabbing ya in the chest or her fluffy legwarmers or the neon colored top, but the sl*t has got to become an educated clubber and needs to start out somewhere. (and end up in my bedroom a few times.. nah j/k.)
Though 1999 may have inflated the quality of the scene/music in some aspects, I will always admire it wholeheartedly, for the fu*kin takeoff bonanza and the neverending stomping on the dancefloor. We did grow up didn't we? With a nice bag of memories.
And for all of those who burnt their heads out, giving 110% in the darkness on the dancefloors, shouting unstoppably for hours, good fu*kin job, you helped create a mindblowing time as long as it might have lasted.
What was bad though, was the retaliatory actions from the government. Adding tons of undercover cops, restrictions and permits needed to throw raves/parties.
Guess with the fun of 1999 we kinda asked for it.
Feel that I've written enough about this now, let the flaming begin :P |
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| jcosgrove |
| 1999 was all about Gatecrasher, the summer of that year was the best of my life... |
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