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CanwllCorfe · 09-07-2009, 08:15 AM

The Beginner's Guide to.. Epic Trance

Trance all started in the early 90s when artists such as Paul van Dyk, Cosmic Baby, and Dance 2 Trance all began making hypnotic synth driven music. By today's standards most of it would be considered "Goa" but at the time there weren't any types.. there was just Trance. As it became more and more popular the sound got more refined and the songs became more energetic and more accessible. The original hypnotic, or "trance-inducing" sound was more or less out the window. In this commercial era pretty much all trance was either Epic, Progressive, or Hard. This dominated the trance sound from pretty much 1998 to 2004. In 2004 many artists stopped being afraid to experiment and started creating their own sound. Armin van Buuren started producing much more Progressive stuff, Ferry Corsten practically made a new genre called Electro trance, Tiesto combined a lot of House influence to his songs and made a tune called Traffic.. one of the first tech trance songs ever, and Paul Oakenfold left trance to produce music that was more in demand : House. Nowadays Epic Trance is much less common because it is no longer the commercial electronic genre of choice. Although it is still being produced.

The Beginning:
Age of Love - Age of Love (Jam & Spoon's Watch Out for Stella Club Remix) [1992]
Dance 2 Trance - We Came in Peace [1990]
The Visions of Shiva - How Much Can You Take [1993]

The Early Commercial:
Nalin & Kane - Beachball [1997]
Libra presents Taylor - Anomaly (Granny's Epicure Remix) [1997]
Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Three N' One Remix) [1997]

Commercial:
Armin - Communication [1999]
Slyder - Neo (The One) [2001]
Lange - Follow Me (Lange's Club Mix) [2000]
The Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia (Fly Away) [Paul van Dyk Dub] [2000]

The Late Commercial:
Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden's Sweeping Strings Mix) [2003]
DJ Tiesto - Just Be [2004]
Roland & Wright - Hybrid (Ian Betts Remix) [2006]
Above & Beyond vs. Andy Moor - Air for Life [2005]

Nowadays:
DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe - Back to You (Aly & Fila Remix) [2008]
Oceanlab - On a Good Day (Daniel Kandi Remix) [2009]
Robert Nickson - Never Again (Nitrous Oxide Remix) [2008]

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09-07-2009, 08:15 AM	#252 (permalink)
CanwllCorfe Quiet Man in the Corner Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Pocono Mountains Posts: 2,480	The Beginner's Guide to.. Epic Trance Trance all started in the early 90s when artists such as Paul van Dyk, Cosmic Baby, and Dance 2 Trance all began making hypnotic synth driven music. By today's standards most of it would be considered "Goa" but at the time there weren't any types.. there was just Trance. As it became more and more popular the sound got more refined and the songs became more energetic and more accessible. The original hypnotic, or "trance-inducing" sound was more or less out the window. In this commercial era pretty much all trance was either Epic, Progressive, or Hard. This dominated the trance sound from pretty much 1998 to 2004. In 2004 many artists stopped being afraid to experiment and started creating their own sound. Armin van Buuren started producing much more Progressive stuff, Ferry Corsten practically made a new genre called Electro trance, Tiesto combined a lot of House influence to his songs and made a tune called Traffic.. one of the first tech trance songs ever, and Paul Oakenfold left trance to produce music that was more in demand : House. Nowadays Epic Trance is much less common because it is no longer the commercial electronic genre of choice. Although it is still being produced. The Beginning: Age of Love - Age of Love (Jam & Spoon's Watch Out for Stella Club Remix) [1992] Dance 2 Trance - We Came in Peace [1990] The Visions of Shiva - How Much Can You Take [1993] The Early Commercial: Nalin & Kane - Beachball [1997] Libra presents Taylor - Anomaly (Granny's Epicure Remix) [1997] Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar (Three N' One Remix) [1997] Commercial: Armin - Communication [1999] Slyder - Neo (The One) [2001] Lange - Follow Me (Lange's Club Mix) [2000] The Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia (Fly Away) [Paul van Dyk Dub] [2000] The Late Commercial: Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes (Gabriel & Dresden's Sweeping Strings Mix) [2003] DJ Tiesto - Just Be [2004] Roland & Wright - Hybrid (Ian Betts Remix) [2006] Above & Beyond vs. Andy Moor - Air for Life [2005] Nowadays: DJ Shah feat. Adrina Thorpe - Back to You (Aly & Fila Remix) [2008] Oceanlab - On a Good Day (Daniel Kandi Remix) [2009] Robert Nickson - Never Again (Nitrous Oxide Remix) [2008] Download: MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service __________________ Your eyes were never yet let in to see the majesty and riches of the mind, but dwell in darkness; for your God is blind. Last edited by CanwllCorfe; 09-07-2009 at 09:48 AM. Reason: I forgot the word "it"