The real godfather of the drug, though, is a man named Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin, a quirky psychopharmacologist from Harvard who began synthesizing and self-testing MDMA in the backyard of his California home. He gave MDMA a ringing scientific endorsement, and a few years later, it started showing up in Dallas’s gay clubs—people were calling it “Adam.” This was the early '80s, and disk jockeys were beginning to understand the capacity of the synthesizer to electrify its audience.
The music and the powder traveled quickly and in tandem,_going mainstreamthrough the same channel that brought the first cases of HIV in heterosexuals: Seemingly straight men who would sneak out to gay clubs and then export certain elements back into their “regular” lives. Every notable place to dance soon became a place to roll. The Chicago nightclub Warehouse, a centerpiece of the city’s MDMA scene, birthed the term “house music.”
By the summer of 1985, when the government classified MDMA as a Schedule 1 Controlled Substance—those with high abuse potential, no accepted medical function, and a possible 15 years for possession—Adam was now Ecstasy, and both the music and club experience had grown extravagantly fast. In the chicken-or-egg question of causality, most point to the high.
I love shredding nerds with evidence. Suck on my NUTS!
Omnisphere
drugs and alcohol. They are the cancer that ruined this great music. Who needs drugs when you have beautiful Trance music.
wotyzoid
Shut the up. Trance sucks.
Trance-M
In 1995 the sound was my drugs :)
Omnisphere
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Originally posted by wotyzoid
Shut the up. Trance sucks.
For you maybe, but those that have been part of history, it feels great that I got to shape a little bit of history of a very famous and very gifted and talented producers. I did it for free and without profit and prejudice. I did it out of love which is what the world is lacking. Trance music is made with love and unlike these selfish s that turned music into a meaningless job with those selfies, and pose shots oh look at me I am a celebrity with their collar up and looking like an idiot or a buffoon or wannabe gangster or they mean serious business, I did it for spreading my love for this music which is what music is all about. At least I can look back in my life and say that I did something that I loved. I can find comfort knowing that I did that.
Only those that I have spoken to know how much this music means to me. It's so precious but it's hard to express it over the internet.
I miss Robert Miles and Philippe van Mullem. The very people that were there with the beginning of possibly the greatest dance music ever written but sadly both passed away.
I just wonder why these producers abandon this gorgeous style. It's art and it hurts to see that they stop producing it. This goes for AVB/A&B/BT and all these guys that shaped the 00s. Without their earlier productions, they are a nobody.
rattymouse
Is Eric Prydz's music considered Trance? Is he highly regarded?
Omnisphere
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Originally posted by rattymouse
Is Eric Prydz's music considered Trance? Is he highly regarded?
No, he is not really a trance producer and I wouldn't highly regard him. If you want trance, depends on what type of Trance you want. Do you like yours hard/hypnotic/melodic?
rattymouse
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Originally posted by Omnisphere
No, he is not really a trance producer and I wouldn't highly regard him. If you want trance, depends on what type of Trance you want. Do you like yours hard/hypnotic/melodic?
What is he then? Techno?
Omnisphere
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Originally posted by rattymouse
What is he then? Techno?
He used to make house but then went on to produce commercial cheesy dance music. He is also famous for the snare drum that Trance in the 00s used to a lot.
rattymouse
quote:
Originally posted by Omnisphere
He used to make house but then went on to produce commercial cheesy dance music. He is also famous for the snare drum that Trance in the 00s used to a lot.
I am going to be REAL ignorant here. Can you state what is the difference between House and Trance. At least Eric Prydz's House music. To me is sounds awfully similar to Trance, but then again, I'm not too smart about this.
Thank you.
Omnisphere
quote:
Originally posted by rattymouse
I am going to be REAL ignorant here. Can you state what is the difference between House and Trance. At least Eric Prydz's House music. To me is sounds awfully similar to Trance, but then again, I'm not too smart about this.
Thank you.
It's fine. At the end of the day it doesn't matter what it's called but to me the music is precious. Trance can be a little light hearted but it's generally little crazy]. Both House and Trance are great styles but Trance goes that extra bit deeper. Trance to me at least helps with the struggles in life.. Trance sometimes can be extremely deep and very serious at times. Trance just develops a nicer atmosphere and has more ambiance, more use of powerful software and hardware synthesizers to create a gorgeous atmosphere and a place to escape to paradise.
House which has more grove to it.
Trance a bit more hypnotic.
rattymouse
Thank you very much for posting the Frankie Knuckles tune. Very very beautiful. I lived in Chicago 42 years and never knew about House music during that time. Imagine my regret.
But Eric Prydz's music sounds nothing like this. That is why I dont see it as House music.
