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Japanese influence in trance music?
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| saab340 |
I notice that in a number of trance songs, there are Japanese sounding melodies. Two of the tracks that I have in mind are:
Prometheus (original mix) by Benya.
Close your eyes feat. Tiff Lace (Andy Moor mix).
The first one especially has a break-down passage where the notes progress up and down a pentatonic scale, which makes it very Japanese sounding.
Anyone care to comment on this? Is there a Japanese influence in trance music?
John |
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| thoughtlessjex |
There's nothing explicit. Japan seems to have more influences on certain variants of techno than on Trance. That's not to say that individual artists don't seek out a wide range of inspiration. I myself have wanted to try to add a Chinese flavor to my own productions for a long time, but haven't been able to do much. I doubt I'm the only one who has had such thoughts.
That said, pentatonic scales aren't just a Japanese creation. The Greeks used them, too, in the olden days. |
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| RebeL9 |
| quote: | Originally posted by saab340
I notice that in a number of trance songs, there are Japanese sounding melodies. Two of the tracks that I have in mind are:
Prometheus (original mix) by Benya.
Close your eyes feat. Tiff Lace (Andy Moor mix).
The first one especially has a break-down passage where the notes progress up and down a pentatonic scale, which makes it very Japanese sounding.
Anyone care to comment on this? Is there a Japanese influence in trance music?
John |
there is no general japanese influence on trance. sure there are tunes with japanese samples and vocals but then again there are more trance tunes with african samples. |
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| Ian |
| there's kinda one sound-wise in tiesto - lethal industry imo. |
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| AustralianGQ |
| ive always liked ayu hamasaki. shes a japanese vocalist and does vocal trance! |
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| Mr.Mystery |
| quote: | Originally posted by AustralianGQ
ive always liked ayu hamasaki. shes a japanese vocalist and does vocal trance! |
I'm guessing you've never actually heard the original tracks. |
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| AnomalyConcept |
I actually prefer the remixes to the originals, although they fall into different genres.
It's always interesting to see how artists put their own sound and touch to a particular song, since the instrumentation is usually vastly different. |
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| Omega_Blue |
| a LOT of trance's melodies are based on the pentatonic. you could say the same with blues too. the pentatonic just goes well with any piece written in a minor key so it's natural to use it to create melodies. i wouldn't call it "japanese." |
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| Spacey Orange |
Yokota
Illuminatus - Japanique (Empty Spaces ...) |
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| Mr Moss |
haha @ ayu = ferry
some of those mixes fit surprisingly well with her thing, like the attempts from svenson/gielen, a&b, koglin n heath,
even hybrid did one
not that its really a Japanese influence on trance, but reminded me of when BT opened 1 of his Essential Mixes with a godly Riyuchi Sakamoto track |
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| PoisonJam19 |
Do you mean like One Night In Tokyo???!!11!!
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| thoughtlessjex |
| quote: | Originally posted by AustralianGQ
ive always liked ayu hamasaki. shes a japanese vocalist and does vocal trance! |
lol @ ayu = Japanese music |
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