Trance!
 

Anyone on here as obsessed with it as I am?? I've been into it since around 2000. It's kinda hard to talk to anyone about it cause I live in a tiny town so if I ever mention it, someone always responds yeah!! Like Sandstorm and Zombie Nation! and I just put my head in my hands and walk away. I used to just be into uplifting like Andy Blueman, Aly & Fila, and Sean Tyas but eventually I starting liking tech. I also enjoy hardstyle, but only the most aggressive stuff like B-Front and DJ Rob, **** nu style :finger: Just some artists to check out if you are interested in it, but don't have any resources like I did when I first got into it

Uplifting/Epic : Jorn van Deynhoven, Andy Blueman, Aly & Fila, Dash Berlin, Philippe El Sisi, Chicane, ATB, Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Above & Beyond (or Oceanlab which is the same people, just with Justine Suissa on vocals), Airbase, Alex M.O.R.P.H., Allan O' Marshall, John O' Callaghan, Andy Tau, The Blizzard, Fred Baker, Blank & Jones, Cerf Mitiska & Jaren (Matt Cerf and Shawn Mitiska with the amazing vocals of Jaren), Abbott & Chambers, Nitrous Oxide, Robert Nickson, Digital Art, Fast Distance, George Acosta, Graham Gold, Greg Downey, Sean Tyas, Hemstock & Jennings, John Askew, Lange, Stoneface & Terminal, DJ Eco, Martin Roth, Markus Schulz, Onova, Paul Miller, Robert Vadney, Ronski Speed, Rozza, Schiller, Smith & Pledger, Kiholm, Super8 & Tab, Carl B. , DJ Shah (a.k.a. Sunlounger), Tatana, Elevation, Manuel le Saux, Bjorn Akesson, Tom Colontonio, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Yans

Tech/Hard (with a few that have electro influences) [and also, hard trance/dance can be epic, just more aggressive bass] : Ron van Den Beuken, Ben Gold, Ronald van Gelderen, Rank 1, Jochen Miller, Paul Webster, Richard Durand, Marcel Woods, Marcus Schossow, Re-Ward, Dave Schiemann, Space Raven, S.H.O.K.K., A.S.Y.S., Kamui, Claudia Cazacu, CJ Stone, Dark by Design, Cosmic Gate, Denga & Manus, Vengeance, Derb, DJ Shog, Scot Project, DJ Wag, Dr. Willis, Dream Dance Alliance, Duderstadt, Arctic Moon, Kidd Kaos, Joe E, Alex Kidd, Ummet Ozcan, Ferry Corsten (sometimes has some epic), FJ Project, Graeme Harrison, Indecent Noise, Wippenberg, John Marks, Jon O'Bir (sometimes makes epic), Joop, Lee Haslam, Louk, Evol Waves, Mario Lopez, Megara vs. DJ Lee, Michael Tsukerman, Nostrum, P.H.A.T.T., Phynn, Pulsedriver, Shaun Baker, Special D, Thomas Bronzwaer, Three Drives, Derler & Klitzing, Van Der Karsten, Will Atkinson, Mac & Taylor, Deepforces, DJ Choose, DJ Dean, Ernesto vs. Bastian, Fusion 808, Pascal Feliz, Polymental, Mark Sherry, Randy Katana, Sied van Riel, Special D, W & W, Abel Ramos, Bobby V, Yoji Biomehanika, Mike Koglin, Ultraform, Vandall, Walt Jenssen

Progressive/House: Mat Zo, Robert Vadney, Adam Nickey, Undersky, Underwater, Anguilla Project, Mike Foyle, Signalrunners, Ashley Wallbridge, Myon & Shane54, D'Azoo At Night, Benny Benassi, Chris Lake, Deadmau5, Emotional Horizons, Filo & Peri, Interstate, Shawn Mitiska, Tyler Michaud, Junkie XL, Hybrid, Kaveh Azizi, K-System, Jose Amnesia, Leon Bolier, Kyau & Albert, Mark Norman, Michael Hill, Robbie Riviera, Santiago Nino, Simon Patterson, Slyder (the 2 people who produced under Slyder and also Cloud2Ground are now the vocalist and keyboard player of Shiny Toy Guns.. ever hear their song The One? they produced a progressive trance song in 2001 with the same lyrics), Temple One, Yahel, Bobina, Robert Miles, Inpetto, Thomas Sagstad, Joni Ljungqvist

Hardstyle : Zany, B-Front, Donkey Rollers, DJ Rob, Technoboy, Stana, DJ Thera, Gecko, Hardstyle Mafia, Zatox, Alpha Twins, Audio Damage, The Beholder, Brennan Heart (a.k.a. Blademasterz), Br41nh34dz, Brian M vs. McBunn, Builder, Deepack, Dozer, Equal Mindz, Hellraiser, Nasenbluten (gabber), Nightbass DJ Team, Primax, Tatanka, Activator, Nutty T, Showtek, The Machine, Apex Mind

I like Trance but find myself bored by it within half an hour. I personally like Armin Van Buuren and Sander Kleinenberg mixes. Ferry Corsten has done a few mixes that I like.

Ahh if you like Armin van Buuren and Sander Kleinenberg then you are more into progressive house which is Trance's closest relative. I'm picky with it because it can get boring, I try to find the more beautiful and melodic tracks. Ferry Corsten is trance but lately has been delving into electro-ish stuff. His song Brainbox sounds almost like something Mr.Oizo would make.

Prefer psytrance. 1200 Micrograms type music. Now that takes talent.

all music takes talent, it's just a matter of whether you like it or not. I looked them up on Discogs and I guess they're really into drugs aren't they.

Regardless of being heavily drug oriented there very respectable within there genre.

i've got to be in the right mood for trance, but sometimes it is just what i need

yeah that's how I used to be too. Rock and metal were my main things, and trance was my calm down music. Then it switched and now trance is my main music and rock/metal is just for when i'm in the mood for it. Although I pretty much always am, I'm quite selective.

Eat Static is psytrance, right?

I'm not really into Trance at all except some of the early 90s stuff (released on labels like Eye-Q, Harthouse, etc.), but I don't really mind Progressive House every now and then. I'm a big fan of Digweed's Transitions series, and I saw a James Zabiela set last year that I enjoyed (although it was a bit cheesy for my tastes).

I also like most of the stuff Kompakt Records releases, in recent years it seems to be getting pretty close to straight up Progressive House with guys like Boratto, etc.

I'm only into trance when I'm totally out of my mind stoned.
Otherwise, I'm like what the fuck is this?

Trance is an example of a genre that needs to change its name. People just associate badd things with the name.

Can anyone suggest trance like

DJ tiesto snow patrol - chasing cars remix
Flanders - Behind
Ercola - Every word

Is it trance, or techno, which is limited to sexual themed lyric's?

I don't understand. I thought Progressive House was a sub-genre of Trance. So where do you draw the line between what is Trance and not? Honest question--just want to understand...

oh I'd be glad to explain :) house is it's own genre. and is quite popular here in the US along with dance. theres all kinds of it. progressive house, electro house, italo house, tribal house, etc. it is much slower and calmer than trance, well, except for progressive trance. progressive trance and progressive house are very closely related and are really hard to tell apart. house is much more simple and less energetic. it is more club oriented and smooth. it's good for like a party in New York City, it's good background music. it's not loud or brash or anything. trance tends to have more energy and producers are more apt to be emotionally expressive. for example, Andy Blueman made an "Emotional" mix for his song called Everlasting and Daniel Kandi makes so called "Emotional" remixes for tracks like Kiholm's Fragile and Ralpha's Pandora.

YouTube - Aly & Fila - Lost Language (Armin Only 2008) : this would be an example of a song really uplifting and you can tell by the crowd reaction when the break comes, everyones arms are in the air and it's very euphoric

YouTube - Kirsty Hawkshaw meets Tenishia - Outsiders (Jose Amnesia remix) HQ : this is a song that's kind of in the middle between progressive house and progressive trance. it has the tempo and smoothness of house, but the atmosphere of a trance song

YouTube - Bad Boy Bill - Behind The Decks LIVE Trailer : this is the epitome of house, it's more dance oriented. kinda like funky, grinding, sex music

YouTube - [Full] Andy Blueman - Sea Tides (Original Mix) : Andy Blueman makes quite energetic AND emotional tracks. especially the breaks (the gentle parts in the middle)

hope I helped!

that's more house. as I mentioned, house is very heavy on the whole sexual theme, which is fine! sex is great stuff. here's an example :

YouTube - Melleefresh & Deadmau5 - Hey Baby (Original Mix) : Deadmau5 is very big in both the house, and trance genres. he delves into house more, but some songs could be considered neo trance, which is a new kind of trance. check out his song Brazil to see what I mean. Kyau & Albert along with Inpetto and Myon & Shane54 are considered to be producers in this new genre. even though Kyau & Albert have been around way before this term was thought up

Thanks for explanation, and especially the tracks. I suppose what has confused me in the past is that some artists have delved into both house and trance, as you explain; so I've tended to lump all music into trance with more or less "danceability." But, I get the distinction that you are making. Thanks again.

ahh yeah those are really good! coincidentally the first trance CD I ever owned was called Trance Classics, and now they kinda have a special place for me cause they were the first songs I'd ever heard. I loved every song on that CD

Trance has some awesome beats. I like Deadmau5.

****, killer list, alot of artist I have not heard of I will definetly be checkin out, cheers!

yeah he's really good. if you like electro house you can check out BSOD which is Deadmau5 and Steve Duda. also check out D'Azoo at Night, Wolfgang Gartner, Christopher Francis, Housebrothers, Dirty South, Michael Mind, Jon Pegnato, Ben Shmuel, and Sandy Vee


haha thanks :D I've liked it for quite awhile so I know quite a few

i've found myself lately listening to a lot of late 90s/early 2000s trance music, especially the Dutch stuff. its rather enjoyable after a hiatus from it all. it got a bit out of hand there for a second. genre cleaned up nice though.

ahh yeah those were the golden days as its called, when it was at its height of popularity. but yeah the dutch are the absolute controllers of it. Tiesto, Ferry Corsten, Rank 1, Sander Kleinenberg, Randy Katana, Joop, Armin van Buuren, Junkie XL, Marco V, Ron van Den Beuken, Sander van Doorn, 4 Strings aka Carlo Resoort, Sied van Riel, Johan Gielen, Woody van Eyden, Dash Berlin, Phynn, Mark Norman, Cliff Coenraad, Matthew Dekay, Galen Behr, Ernesto vs. Bastian, Cor Fijneman, Jorn van Deynhoven, ...ALL dutch

Generally speaking, I hate trance. In my clubbing days, I would get in a very bad mood if trance came on. Not like an angry mood, just depressed or something. When I was out, I wanted to hear something upbeat.

I still think Tiesto is one of the best trance DJs to date.

haha yeah trance has a lot of emotional expression, much more than other electronic genres. not saying other ones aren't emotionally expressive but for awhile there was this string of songs with kinda depressing lyrics by all the big producers. Nic Chagall - What You Need : "Empty silence, you were never there, in your own space, now i can see, you didn't ever care". Ben Gold - Say the Words : "Dial the number that I've left you, don't let the baby in the room, she's too young she'll scar for life, it's not her fault, it's not her time. I guess this is really it now. well I've never been so scared
But I think I can see the clouds now" ..the full version by Senadee is completely obvious that it's about suicide. ATB - Wrong Medication : "I’m barely breathing. don’t you look at me this way, don’t count on me count on me. I’m barely breathing, I’m so out of sleep, so don’t you count on me, count on me". Paul van Dyk - Let Go : "You say that you haunt me. but you don't really know. You're clinging to fingers, but you got to let go. If you wanna try and save me, then take my heart and hate me. If you feel you can't let go, let go" .

and yeah Tiesto is very very good but some of the tracks he plays are a bit too house-y for me

Hi all.I started to listen to trance bout 10 years ago give or take,first buying Paul Oakenfolds-Traneport cd which will always be in my favs collection.I later found out about the Global underground series of compilations which imho cant be matched by any other compilation series of Trance music although i do think in the later series the of discs some are pretty poor.I highly recommend G.U. San francisco by Sasha.

Kidd Kaos just released a pack of 26 songs straight off his website that up to this point are unreleased. :yeah: His stuff is the epitome of hard tech.

Enjoy

any recommendations for someone looking to get into trance? i already listen to techno, minimal house, and some psychedelic stuff like Shpongle and Hallucinogen

I've always been partial to Above and Beyond, as well as Foggy

Infected Mushroom reigns supreme in regards to psytrance...

It all depends on type :D Once you pick a style you really enjoy (epic, hard, tech, hardstyle, techstyle) I can give you suggestions. You can check out some of the artists I listed on the first page :)

Techstyle is a new genre btw, it's a combination of hard tech and hardstyle

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

Check out Infected Mushroom man...killer psytrance. im addicted. man i quoted the wrong guy...

These days I listen to other electronica sub-genres a bit more then I listen to trance, but im still a fan for sure.

Above and Beyond
ATB
Paul Van Dyk
Sasha
Markus Schultz

^^Just to name a few

Yeah Above & Beyond have always been realllly good. ATB is good too and is part of why I like trance now. Lately he seems to be combining a lot of different styles. His most recent album has an entire CD dedicated to ambient, but he's been into that for awhile. Paul van Dyk has gotten a bit house-y but nonetheless enjoyable. Sasha has gone realllly progressive, a bit too much for my liking. He was amazing back in the commercial trance era, and Markus Schulz is still amazing. My only issue is that his stuff can be a bit underwhelming sometimes. I don't mean to reply to every artist haha.. just very very bored and trying to waste time.

It's all about the remixes of regular songs done by Kaskade, Ferry Corsten or some other better DJ. Nothing better than an old tune w/ a new beat.

Bump! :D Just wanted to update everyone and tell you there's a label called Fools Forest who releases ALL their music for free. They range from experimental to hard tech and everything in between. Check it out:

Fools Forest

aaaa, your my new best friend :D
lovelovelove trance :|(L)
seen tiesto not that long ago!
he was amazin live.

how very kind of you. :)
i just found this, now im praying it works :laughing:

So would Carbon Based Lifeforms, Shpongle, Infected Mushroom, and Hallucinogen all be considered Psytrance? Reading through this thread it looks like the best way to tell the difference is the feel of the music, like how fast, heavy, and upbeat/mellow/just trippy or whatever. And to me, Shpongle and Infected Mushroom are a lot faster and have a much more upbeat feel to them, whereas CBL is much simpler, more repetitive, and slower, good background music. I really like all four of these bands, but that's about my extent of knowledge in electronica excluding electro type bands and stuff like The Postal Service.