The state of trance

[BenRW]

liquideyes said:

Very much agreed with James and Liam.

 

Benrostwood, why does trance have to revolve around "classics"? Obviously in any genre, it gets harder and harder to write a new classic as time goes on and that genre matures. A lot of the supposed classics are not much cop in my opinion, I mean "Out of the Blue" for example was a very energetic, memorable tune, but a bit too blatant and lacking in depth for me.

 

I actually think trance has really picked up again. I reckon the worst period was around 2000 onwards, where loads of artists jumped on the "big riff" / super-duper-epic trance bandwagon, and it got a bit stale.

 

I think it's got a lot better since then, with trance crossing over with techno and electro a lot more, and much cleverer / subtler tunes, better-produced percussion, cooler basslines etc, instead of big unsubtle riffs and samey basslines.

 

Ben, maybe you're just buying the wrong compilations, or going to the wrong nights. Serious and Passion have been the benchmark trance nights for me. And admittedly, good, non-cash-in trance compilations are hard to find. I must say I enjoyed the recent Godskitchen compilation.

 

I also enjoyed the godskitchen album but not many tracks on it were that memorable and stuck in my mind as being amazing. At no point have i said i dislike trance as i dont, if nething i probably still enjoy it more than harder music but i find more inventiveness and originality appearing in the harder stuff at the mo than in trance.

 

As for the classics issue, im not saying everything has to be a classic im just pointing out that the scope for future classics, that we're all going to remember a few years down the line as being one of the tunes from a byegone era like we all think of tracks from '99, is very low.

 

 

[Ian Cashman]

benrostwood said:

As for the classics issue, im not saying everything has to be a classic im just pointing out that the scope for future classics, that we're all going to remember a few years down the line as being one of the tunes from a byegone era like we all think of tracks from '99, is very low.

 

 

yeah...really low

 

offhand, i did this list for my best of 2003 list

 

ronski speed 'iris'

andain 'beautiful things'

motorcycle 'as the rush comes'

holden and thompson 'nothing'

mind one 'star for me'

tomcraft 'brainwashed(that mucho mix)

pulser 'my religion'

rah 'wave'

afterburn 'summer sun'

mesh 'purple haze'

pos 'remember (summer sun)'

ferry corsten 'indigo'

dj ton tb 'electronic malfunction'

push 'jouney of life'

kid vicious 'proceed'

massive lust 'never'

plastic boy 'live another life'

rapid eye 'stealing beauty'

mr sam and fred baker 'foreverwaiting'

rank1 'breathing'

igor s 'boomerang'

dk 'murder was the bass'

 

you may argue about what genre the last two tracks fall into, but i heard them played by Tiesto around April time (it seemed to take a while for the hard dance DJ's to catch on...lol)

 

always easy to be a bit early without the test of time and all that, but this is a list of classic [censored] tunes if you ask me!

 

if it was a best of 2003 compilation, i think id buy it and remember it well!

 

 

 

 

 

[Wonky]

i agree with Ian, about this and to be honest about everything ever.

 

I thought Trance was Cheesy crap, but Ians CD's really made me like Trance, new stuff though. Old trance (99,00) is too whiny sounding.