There definetly is a trance scene over there. I'm not sure wither it's your direction or canada's (pretty sure it's canada actually) but wherever it is, has an awesome scene. I'm pretty sure Deadmau5 is from there. Ever noticed how dj's are almost always from the Netherlands?

I always thought Trance was a little more underground across the pond. I imagine there to be a fairly strong following as there are a fair few decent American producers knocking around. I think a lot of the big names on the European scene also gig over in the states occasionally too!

i have no idea why Dutch DJs dominate. Probably to do with culture :s I'm not complaining though as long as they keep being awesome!

Ohhhh yes. Ferry Corsten, Rank 1, Joop, Rotterdam Terror Corps, Marcel Woods, Armin van Buuren, Misja Helsloot, Zany, Randy Katana, Junkie XL, DJ B-Front, Noisecontrollers, Marco V, Ron van Den Beuken, Walt Jenssen, John Marks, Neophyte, Jan Oostdyk, Sander van Dien, DJ Rob, Ummet Ozcan, Sander Kleinenberg, A-Lusion, Bas & Ram, Carlo Resoort a.k.a. 4 Strings, Jorn van Deynhoven, Joost van der Vleuten, Mark Norman (Mark de Jong and Norman Lenden), Maarten de Jong, Dash Berlin, DJ Thera, First State, Geck-O.. oh and Tiesto :p: ALL Dutch. We don't have a trance scene her really. Deadmau5 is indeed from Canada but since he's like.. minimal electro/house or something weird like that he's popular here. House and minimal is usually what gets played if there's any electronic music at all. Then again that's what's popular right now so we probably just listen to whatever is "in". Back in the day I remember going into Abercrombie and hearing trance, definitely not anymore. Strictly house and maybe some dance

Yeah we do indeed! Breakfast, Avenger, George Acosta, DJ Eco, Filo & Peri, Gabriel & Dresden, Redstar, and Sean Tyas.. but he moved to Sweden. I agree about the Dutchness stuff.. as long as there's good stuff coming then I'm happy!

Haha, yeah. I always knew there was a ****load of Dutch dj's. They dominate the full scene.

Deadmau5 is indeed House music. But as all individual movements influence each other, I thought there would be a underlying Trance scene. I'm not from the place, so I wouldn't know :o:

I've been following these guys around for a little (another act to add to the U.S. list) bit and I came across this...



Definitely on my radar and now hoping Tritonal come to the UK this year...

Yeah they're fantastic :bowdown: I can't believe they're from Texas of all places! I guess it's wrong to make assumptions but still

Ive always had a soft spot for trance, it can be some of the most energetic/emotional music out there. Kinda wanted to expand my tastes in it though, right now I listen to Infected Mushroom(fav group), Hallucinogen and Ferry Corsten...and of course Deadmau5 =P

Also...the track: My head feels like a frisbee - Shpongle
is sick

Just something to check out.

I'm sure there are bands for everyone as even though I hate trance for being so repetitive and dull I still like a few bands like Faithless.

^ strongly disagree.

Trance is not repetitive and dull. I know trance songs that make me feel like i can do ANYTHING. Its sad you think that.

Only some artists ended up becoming ceeshy.. and what do you mean amateurish? Aly & Fila haven't changed, Ferry Corsten hasn't changed, and artists like Bjorn Akesson and Daniel Kandi came out who are both incredible. Not all Trance songs were amazing before 03. There was just as much ****ty commercial stuff coming out then. Trance was at its peak back around that time so if anything, it's not as commercial now.

Huge artists like Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, and especially Tiesto have definitely changed their styles but they were all commercial since the mid 90s anyway.