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Repetitive techno and etc actually more "trancy" than trance
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| blacknoizybox |
i often think about it. what does the word "trance" originally mean? as far as i remember, it is about tribesmen eating different substances (mushrooms etc) and dancing to long repetitive drumbeats until they have reached a state of trance which could be felt on a physical level.
for me, the kind of music that is the most close to being truly a music for inducing a state of trance (not ASOT lol1!!) is old repetitive techy stuff like Christian Smith & John Selway - Inworld and the old James Holden stuff like Solstice. It's all about REPETITIVENESS and slight changes in sound throughout the track. the track itself has to be not less that 11 minutes and should not contain anything like Spanish guitar samples (like they love to do know) or complex vocals with a content (except for small obscured samples of vocals which are used in the pattern as an instrument rather than a song with a meaning)..
you get me?:)
its the music that makes you want to close your eyes and visualize the sound like WinAMP rather than throw your hands in the air and scream "tiesto!! tiestoo!!! hurrayyy!!!":rolleyes: |
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| Darkarbiter |
| Trance hasn't been trancey since classic trance. Some techno is actually made in the classic trance mood nowdays too. |
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| noikeee |
This thread has been done more than "trance is dead".
But you're right. |
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| wolftickets |
| Trance is dead. Ferry Corsten killed it. Long live techno? |
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| Project-K |
| Long story short - somewhere in the mid-90s, marketing trends have messed up genre names and what became known as trance was not trance. :conf: |
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| Guest |
| quote: | Originally posted by Darkarbiter
Trance hasn't been trancey since classic trance. Some techno is actually made in the classic trance mood nowdays too. |
any examples? Preferably in the 125 bpm realm? |
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| Yoshi |
Actually todays trance (especialy artists like Kandi, Aly & Fila, Above & Beyond) are much more dance then trance.
And you are right, techno is more trance then trance today. |
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| PETRAN |
This thread has been done 1000 times before and its wrong because it is based on wrong assumptions.
1) A tautology between the "Classic Germanic Trance" sound and the Shamanic tribal music (based on subjective imrpessions of similarity rather than actual musical elements).
2) The assumption that trance-music must sound like "trance" whereas this is not (and never was) the case. "Techno" music today doesn't sound futuristic to the slightest (and to some maybe never was). "Rock" music has nothing to do with "rocks" and house has nothing to do with my house or your house.
Trance is just a name given to a specific electronic sound from Germany which incorporated some specifc musical elements. "Trance" was just the name given to that specific sound and nothing more.
People just like to carry their "once favorite music" categories to their "current favorite music" categories by finding even the smallest similarities and by discovering false analogies. |
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| blacknoizybox |
ing nerd:rolleyes:
jk:p |
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| chesco |
| quote: | Originally posted by Guest
any examples? Preferably in the 125 bpm realm? |
I was having a dig thru my records today.
try limacon - catch (sten remix)
its pretty minimal, but the melody going on is great. |
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