Originally posted by acetate212
I'd recommend you check out music from some labels like Silk & Mistique though I'm sure you already have. and I'd also recommend the drum & bass genre. last year I listened to a greg benz set 'if I played drum & bass' & I fell big into d&b, started digging up a lot of artists etc. I could give you some artist/track names if you like. blu mar ten-all or nothing is a good example of a 'trancey' d&b track. if you like the anjunadeep sound, you'll like blood groove & kikis, possibly maison & dragen. if you like some trancey breaks schodt & aeron aether are good. schodt-heatwave is an awesome track. and also dinka and soundprank-2 of my fav producers who should be genres of their own!
there are some decent trance trax out there, it all depends on perspective. for example, I don't care for artists like norin & rad, aly & fila, ronski speed etc. while there are others out there who are big fans of them.
with all the trouse takeover going on out there I still find more than enough awesome music to listen to on a weekly basis..lots of good music for the finding.
I have :) and I like some of their releases but the ones I like are breaks or prog house. I also listen to melodic drum & bass. Schodt is one of my faves actually. Aeron Aether has more of a laidback sound but I do like some of his tracks. A lot of Dinka's tracks sound too similar to one another for me to be able to appreciate many of them. When I commented about not being able to find good tracks, I meant specifically in the trance genre. I have no issues finding tracks in most other genres that I like, in fact I rarely ever find a track that I don't like in the prog breaks genre. While releases in the genre are extremely less frequent they are much more quality.
Would def like to hear more of your dnb recommendations tho ;)
acetate212
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Originally posted by AY STAR
i dunno man, to me aly and fila still play trance and support underground and up & coming artists,just peep their tracklist for their radio show, theres def a few gems on there every week
as for finding music, it is def harder to find good trance music these days
I guess I've always leaned more towards the progressive side of trance. I don't have much insight on the pure trance side of things but I do know that I enjoy the crap out of thomas datt's music for example, and I had a blast at the last trance show I went to(tritonal). pickings seem to have been slim indeed on the pure trance side though-I can only think of a few favs I liked lately such as ost & meyer-safari, audien-keep this memory (johan malmgren remix). will take a peek at some aly & fila tracklists.
acetate212
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Originally posted by euphoria
I have :) and I like some of their releases but the ones I like are breaks or prog house. I also listen to melodic drum & bass. Schodt is one of my faves actually. Aeron Aether has more of a laidback sound but I do like some of his tracks. A lot of Dinka's tracks sound too similar to one another for me to be able to appreciate many of them. When I commented about not being able to find good tracks, I meant specifically in the trance genre. I have no issues finding tracks in most other genres that I like, in fact I rarely ever find a track that I don't like in the prog breaks genre. While releases in the genre are extremely less frequent they are much more quality.
Would def like to hear more of your dnb recommendations tho ;)
got it z. not a big help on the pure trance side of things here :)
some d&b recommendations:
trancey d&b: sunchaser-hold on & only a thought away. june miller-in my eyes, pro luxe-sun goes down.
not much of this type of d&b to be found, I know mat zo also does some as MRZA. if you know any other similar tunes feel free to let me know!
vocal & other d&b: schematic-my friend, technicolour & komatic-deepest blue. anything by breakshift & technicolour/komatic basically.
you probably know some or all of those if you're into d&b. if you like any of them I'll def recommend some more :toocool:
Speaking of dnb, there seems to be an assualt on dnb running concurrently with the troubles in the trance genre: an increase in dubstep, while a decline in the poupularity of other dnb subgenres (ie jump-up, ragga). As an example, just yesterday I backed out of attending a party because I suspected that at lesst half was going to be dubstep. In fact, one of the dj's that was going to play once liked to play jump-up, up until 2 or 3 years ago; now he does mostly dubstep. A couple of months ago even, I went to a party where Deiselboy began pretty strongly with proper dnb but then devolved into dubstep and some other nonsense.
Still, I think thre might still be more of a balance between dnb and dubstep in the scsne than there is currently with trance vs trouse. I just hope that, yes, these are the bad phases of a cycle
that will eventually give way to something better sounding than most of the music popular now, whether in dnb or (especially)in trance.
Sedna
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Originally posted by AY STAR
i dunno man, to me aly and fila still play trance and support underground and up & coming artists,just peep their tracklist for their radio show, theres def a few gems on there every week
as for finding music, it is def harder to find good trance music these days
here is the new airwave song...
song is a lil on the progressive side but still real trance music
love the overall sound...thru out the years airwave still keeps it REAL!!!
iam curious to see how many dj's will support it on their radio shows
:rolleyes:
#1- I agree completely about Aly & Fila. They shouldn't be lumped in with Norin & Rad or Ronski Speed, that's for sure. They play some pretty good ing trance, and they definitely support underground tunes.
#2- YEAH AIRWAVE. The dude is just on fire all the time. Love everything he releases. A true trance hero.
I highly recommend everyone in this thread checks out Cosmithex. He's also a name to watch out for, he just keeps putting out track after amazing track.
a.l.d.i.
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Originally posted by BradMiller
This A.R.D.I fella sure is creative in his name :tongue3 :tongue3 :toocool:
Armitage350
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Originally posted by TrancEdifice I went to a party where Deiselboy began pretty strongly with proper dnb but then devolved into dubstep and some other nonsense
This is sad to hear, he was badass for DnB.
DeRangedMind
Yes because "The Kids Want Techno" lol
SebG
As a person that started listening to Trance (and electronic music in general) in the mid 90's....yeah. I don't remember the last time I've listened to a Trance set (besides Eco's at Ultra).
I started noticing years back how repetitive and boring Trance started to sound. I actually stopped even before the Trouse shenanigans.
I think I just grew out of it too, finding myself listening to techno/tech house/prog house all the time.
pyro264jb
II think its dead but that's OK BC it just makes the old times forever special.
listening to an old victor dinaire classic dunken sheik on a high g and d remix. he used to drop this bomb at his loft near atlantic ave in brooklyn 8 years ago around 6 am when we were all cracked out and the sun was shinning on his rooftop. GREAT TIMES :)
a.l.d.i.
it just needs to survive this electroish, poor pruduction, and ty mastering era. I'll give it 2-3 yrs before it comes back in Psycadelic roots. That is if it does survive this morphing of elecro element and bad saw waves sounds that every immature production as supplying now.
and we used to laugh at "castle in the sky"...:nervous: :nervous: :nervous:
Excess
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Originally posted by a.l.d.i.
it just needs to survive this electroish, poor pruduction, and ty mastering era. I'll give it 2-3 yrs before it comes back in Psycadelic roots. That is if it does survive this morphing of elecro element and bad saw waves sounds that every immature production as supplying now.
and we used to laugh at "castle in the sky"...:nervous: :nervous: :nervous:
well, electro-trance may not be your thing but i have to disagree with you on the production quality aspect. i would say production is light years ahead of where it was in sound quality, almost every track that makes it onto the major shows is produced to an extremely high standard even by the lesser known guys.
mastering i do have to agree with you on, everything is suuuper loud because of the whole supply/demand with listenership moving to mostly ipod earbuds :o
