Originally posted by Chimney
Watch this, if you really want to know about trance.
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IndigoT
Well, I did not expect this many replies, thanks to all! I didn't reply straight away as I've been rather busy, but I really appreciate the help you've given so far! The songs, and links, are all really great and I'll be listening to/watching them ASAP. Taken everything on board that people have said so far.
So naive, but I didn't know Trance went back so far, nor did I know that a good era was 1997-2002! Let alone 1990-1996. I've already listened to some of the links to the olders tracks, and I do genuinely like them a lot. Didn't realise, but I loved this song when I was a kid and I didn't realise it was trance (lol if it isn't)..it's Push - The Legacy.
However, where can I find the songs to listen to though - as in, the tracks themselves? Shall I just rummage around the net for the best trance for each year, or on like forums etc? What about old ASOT episode's tracks? Sorry for the questions!
By the way, trance needs to come back - just when I was getting into trance, I asked my friend to ask her brother if he knew any trance artists (as he likes his electronic music) and he said to check out Deadmau5. Well, says he's Neo-Trance on Wikipedia, but he doesn't sound like trance to me. Sounds nothing like Rank 1's - Opus 17, which I'm listening to at the moment.
Adam420
No Deadmau5 is not trance at all. It's just .
Anyway to answer your question, if you are really serious about it I would buy a turn table. You have the benefit of living in the UK where I'm sure there are many used record shops and older trance abounds. That and old vinyl / CD compilations though Discogs (though again, being in England I'm sure you can find them locally more often that not). With regards to specific labels / compilations to look for, I'll let others chime in.
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Dinoz2013
Discovering Trance in 2009 is 10 years too late to really appreciate and understand Trance and its evolution. Its nice to listen to Tracks, or even RadioShows, but Trance/EDM shines with the Compilations and Live DJ sets.
The great thing about House/Trance/DnB/insertsubgenre/ is that they sound great when mixed and transitioning to each other. The thing I like about Mixes/Compilations is that you never have to change the track, you never have to skip tracks, everything just flows into one another.
Check out "A Trip in Trance" compilations, ASOTs, old PVD/Ferry/Oakenfeild/Digweed stuff. Their sets are amazing.
And also, the more you listen to Trance, the more you will want to branch out and hear other music. Because as good as Trance is, it has its Limits has Club/Dance-able music, and this is where House, Progressive, DnB, come into play. Variety is the Spice of Life.
SYSTEM-J
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Originally posted by IndigoT
However, where can I find the songs to listen to though - as in, the tracks themselves? Shall I just rummage around the net for the best trance for each year, or on like forums etc? What about old ASOT episode's tracks? Sorry for the questions!
There are a huge number of trance classics compilations released every year by the likes of Gatecrasher, Euphoria and the Ministry Of Sound. The tracklists for all of them are very similar, so if you pick up two or three of those you'll probably have a good overview of all the biggest trance tracks of the 1999-2002 era. If you head over to the DJ Promotion section of this site, you'll quickly come across many "Trance Classics" mixes that you can download for free.
I'm sure people will start recommending you Harthouse and Platipus compilations straight away, but since you're clearly new to the music you may as well start off with the enjoyable melodic classics and move into the deeper stuff from there.
