Trance is so vastly misunderstood...

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smr said:
Hi all,

Some of you may know the record label 'anjunabeats' (as per sig)...

It's responsible for a huggggge catalog of some of the finest music on the planet (imo)...

They sign up great uplifting and progressive trance artists for example.

What I'd like to say though is that trance isn't what a lot of people think it is. When you say the word "trance" to someone they automatically think of utter garbage like Cascada and Basshunter...

This isn't proper trance music!!!

I think if you're one of those people who don't listen to trance much that you should perhaps listen to a few tunes from artists like Above and Beyond...

I'll get the ball rolling with a few tunes which may make you're perception of trance change somewhat... ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UsuVTRaglY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LNeMUaJEac

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-Iq5sOIKAo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhip6_ynBn0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymPtypbwjLQ

Some sad and some uplifting tunes there, if you like any of these I can recommend some other artists who make similar (there are many) or if not, well oh meh, least I tried to spread the love :)

edit - if you like these tunes and want to listen to some more Above and Beyond are airing their weekly radio show at 7pm - 9pm gmt time : http://www.di.fm/mp3/trance.pls
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To me that isn't trance, not even close. I class it as 1/2 step up from cheesy dance music.

Trance to me is goa/psy, I've been into since the 90's and regularly have some blasting out as I take my 4 year old to school.
 
I have always harbored a love of trance, even when I listened to mostly metal music, I got into it from World of Warcraft boss kill movies actually :D
 
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Indecent Noise - Polonia In The Mix 008
My 60 minutes mix from afterhours' polonia in the mix radio event. Some serious mashy mashy there.

01. Leon Bolier - Shimamoto (Aly & Fila Remix) [Streamlined]
02. Connel & JOC vs. Wilson - Pandora's Bomb (Indecent Noise Lifestream Mashup) [CDR]
03. Ummet Ozcan - Trinity (Original Mix) [Reset]
04. Max Graham feat. Neev Kennedy - Sun In The Winter (Alex M.O.R.P.H. Remix) [Coldharbour]
05. Giuseppe Ottaviani feat. Faith - Angel (Vandit Night Mix) [Vandit]
06. Max Graham Feat. Ana Criado - Nothing Else Matters (Aly & Fila Remix) [Rebrand]
07. Adam Tas feat. Sopheary - Say (Acapella) [Unearthed]
08. Orinoko & Thrillseekers - Island (Indecent Noise 'Aero' Remake) [CDR]
09. Agustin Servente - Esturion (Jonas Hornblad Remix) [Kill The Lights]
10. Glensk - Polish Pierogi (Juventa Remix) [Infrasonic Future]
11. Med & Neil Bamford - Light Up (Indecent Noise Remix) [Perceptive]
12. Anti Matter - Absolute Zero (Activa Rework) [Borderline]
13. Tiesto - Suburban Train (Sean Tyas Dirty Mix) [Magik Muzik]
14. Sly One vs. Jurrane - Everything To Me (Original Mix) [Discover]
15. DJ Ange - Seamless (Original Mix) [Levare]
16. Dave202 - Expose (Gary Maguire Remix) [Phoenix]
17. Jon O'Bir feat. Fisher - Found A Way (Joint Operations Centre Remix) [Liquid]
18. Greg Downey - Global Code (Scot Project Remix) [Vandit]
19. Ellrich & Plaice - ****ing Society (Ummet Ozcan Remix) [Doorn]
20. Indecent Noise - Aerospark (Gary Maguire Remix) [Nu Depth]
21. Indecent Noise - Civitanova [Discover Dark]
22. John Askew - Giving You Acid (Sly One vs. Jurrane Remix) [Discover]
23. JamX & De Leon - Can U Dig It? (Paul Webster Remix)
24. Jonas Stenberg & Dave Schiemann - The Drop (Mark Sherry Remix) [High Contrast Nu Breed]
25. Faruk Sabanci feat. Renee Stakey - Stranger (Heatbeat Dub Remix) [Arisa Audio]
26. Simon Patterson - Taxi [Reset]
27. DFOLT & Paul Trainer - Empathizer (Original Mix) [Infrasonic]
28. ROMi pres. 2Spaces feat. Viktor Ginner - Into The Air (Will Holland & Temple One Remix) [Enhanced]
29. Super8 & Tab feat. Jan Burton - Mercy (Dub Mix) [Anjunabeats]
30. Simon Patterson - Miss You [Reset]
31. Matt Everson - Heist Manoeuvre (Nick Sentience Remix) [Subculture]
32. System F - Out Of The Blue (Giuseppe Ottaviani Remix) [Flashover]
33. Ilya Soloviev - Echo (Bryan Kearney Remix) [Unearthed]
34. Fatheadz - Sunshine (Monday Club ReRub) [CDR]
35. John Askew - Battery Acid (Bryan Kearney's 'For The Neighbours' Remix) [Discover Dark]
36. Greg Downey - Send The Gods [Reset]
37. Olive - You're Not Alone (Paul Webster Remix) [CDR]
38. Dave & Oliver - F1 (Thr3shold Remix) [Dub Tech]
39. Liam Melly - Automator (David Forbes Remix) [****]
40. Storm - Storm (Mark Sherry & Dr Willis Flashback Mix) [Armada]
41. Spencer - Trouble [Discover Dark]
42. Ehren Stowers - Replicator (Original Mix) [Kill The Lights]
43. Aly & Fila vs. Activa - Medelin [FSOE]
44. Vicky Devine - Starfire (Original Mix) [Fraction]
45. Mark Sherry - Fractured 2010 (Ram & Sasha Milde Remix) [Reset]
46. John Askew - Blackout (Simon Patterson Remix) [Discover]
47. Dark Matter - Absolut (BK Remix) [40 Degrees]
48. Cirez D vs. Black Raw - Rock Da Haus On Off (Reaky Mashup) [CDR]
49. Mark Leanings - Never Mind (Indecent Noise Remix) [2Play]
50. Bryan Kearney - The Next Chapter (Original Mix) [Kearnage]
51. Odessa Soundfreaks - Awakening [Toyfriend Music]
52. Millau - My Doping (Goncalo M Remix) [Valvula]
53. Odessa Soundfreaks - Ready Or Not (David Moleon Remix) [Adult Records]
54. David Moleon - Natilas Monster [Basics]
55. Raul Mezcolanza - The Most Beautiful [Adult]
56. Omega Drive - Mature Games (Omega Drive Remix) [Techno Artillery]
57. Paulo Tella - Pandora's Groove (Iago de la Vega Remix) [Sonotech]
58. Nealos - Tsantsa (Aka Carl Remix) [NTR]
59. Paulo Tella & Diego Varea - Floor Pressure [Patterns]
60. Fonzerelli - Moonlight Party (Bryan Kearney's Thank You For The Sunrise Rework) [CDR]
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How about that for a mix!?!? Damn.
 
Heofz said:
I have uploaded a 2 hour set of Armin's ASOT 221, which in my opinion is the best show he ever did (though I haven't been keeping up lately). All my trance brothers & sisters...
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384 is my all time favourite, you should give it a listen :)
 
Trance can be alsorts, I like all different styles of it from hard, tech, melodic, chillout, minimal... Love all trance tbh

Some oldies and a couple of newish ones
 
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Really did appreciate trance in my "older" youth but 2 things are facts:

They should never be allowed to make videos to accompany the songs
You have to be on some chemicals to really, really appreciate it.
 
Theres 1 or 2 tracks out there I don't mind, but just not feeling Trance at all. :(

Gimme early 90s Hardcore any day, much better beats :)
 
Efour2 said:
You have to be on some chemicals to really, really appreciate it.
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LIES!!

Anyone who finds it that way was never really in it for the music imo. Don't get me wrong, they can indeed add to it, but I listen to trance pretty much every day, and have done so for the past 12 years, and I still get tingles.
 
krooton said:
LIES!!

Anyone who finds it that way was never really in it for the music imo. Don't get me wrong, they can indeed add to it, but I listen to trance pretty much every day, and have done so for the past 12 years, and I still get tingles.
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Same, out walking with the ipod in, trance can really make me feel im in a different country on a hot day, sometimes in a totally different place to where I actually am. Best is when your actually in a different country, laid by the pool listening to it with your eyes closed imagening paradice, dreaming in a way.. I can do all this sober and still feel trance putting me in one. On chemicals its so much better, Although I used to prefer to listen to trance on a comedown because it felt so much more chillout. I havnt taken any chems for years now and still listen to trance, now more than ever really.

krooton said:
He can be good, but he is no way a god. Sure, it's all subjective, but he goes overboard on the vocals most times.

His mixing and track selection is vastly superior to Tiesto at least, but out of the big name trance djs, when on form, no one can touch PvD. WHEN ON FORM, sometimes he plays some terrible tunes, lol.
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I've seen armin, tiesto and pvd all live and out of the 3 id say armin topcs the list. tiesto actually plays a good set live, just his producing side of things lets him down. pvd is a stuck up knob, he wouldnt even play a last song for everyone and i seen him just brush off and walk past people wanting to shake his hand at the doors, id say his set wasnt overely great compared to others ive seen although ive only seen pvd once.

always wanted to go to armin only but never had anyone to go with :(

Heofz said:
You are all my new best friends :)

I'm hearing "John O'Callahan", hell yes (though I'm not keen on his newer stuff, cheesy vocals ruin trance). Mauro Picotto... old school Chicane, Ferry Corsten, Markus Schulz, Blank & Jones, there are too many to list...

Armin van Buuren is a god IMO, phenomenal choices of tracks and his transitions are perfect.
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Johns new guise is Joint Operations Center, hes knocked out quite a few good remix's, including some of his own material.
If you like Mauro Picotto and John then check out this track

I like all the older dj's like.. Bart Claessen (Barthez) has quite a few I like

Nic Chagall (Cosmic Gate) When this dropped in a nightclub my legs turned to jelly and I amost fell to my knees

A softer mix of it

 
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Jonnybmac said:
I've seen armin, tiesto and pvd all live and out of the 3 id say armin topcs the list. tiesto actually plays a good set live, just his producing side of things lets him down. pvd is a stuck up knob, he wouldnt even play a last song for everyone and i seen him just brush off and walk past people wanting to shake his hand at the doors, id say his set wasnt overely great compared to others ive seen although ive only seen pvd once.
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Tiesto = 3 times
Armin = 6 times
PvD = 6 times
Ferry = 5 times

PvD has been the most consistent, and you only have to look at Tiesto's commercial filled tracklists to see he play utter dross (and can't even produce).

This was one of the best 2 hours of my life:
http://www.kr00t0n.com/PvDDanceValley2005.wmv
 
Some pretty amazing songs listed on page 1 of this thread. It takes me back to the days when this is the only type of music I listened to.

Love Trance music it's so uplifting.

Ace Modder said:
Wow this thread is god-damn ace. Brings back so many memories from when I was between 17-24

I really do miss the good old trance days, between 1996-2002 was the pinnacle of modern trance. I really do miss those days.

Life was about the weekend. You would work all week, then Friday night the Real week would start.
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110% this!
 
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