Trance! What happened to you?

[Sykonee]

Ten years ago, when you thought of trance music, you thought of this:

Now, when you think of trance music, you think of this:

What I want to know is how did it go from ecstacy-fueled BDSM themes to go-go dancers in aerobics outfits themes?

[Séguin]

it got commercial. look at the named of the second CD... everyone jumps for joy when they see those on flyers it seems... I don't personaly. But alot of people do

[Special-K]

to bad all thos new trance cd's are shit.

Ultra rave trance hype mix 2004 vol. 5

[rawb]

because trance went from being for e'd up losers to drunk and coked up losers.

[miss.myra]

Originally Posted by rawb

because trance went from being for e'd up losers to drunk and coked up losers.

and sometimes, I can't tell the difference between the two.

[rawb]

i can, it's about 3 years.

[Séguin]

Haaahahaha!!1

[Sykonee]

The thing that cracks me up the most on that second compilation is, apparently, Kelis ranks higher than Tiesto in importance.

[Sykonee]

Incidently, the artists that appear on the first album are:

Komakino
Tranceformer
Norman
Final Fantasy
Sweep
Morpheus 7
Shorty Bone
Vector

How do I know? Er... I own that album... :soak: (Hey. It was '94, after all. Trance was good back then.)

[Asteroid]

go ahead and send him a letter with a title "What happened to you trance?" I am sure he will respond...

by the way you took the wrong example of today's trance, I dunno who da fuck "DJ" Johnny Vicious is who mixes Kelis with Tiesto obviously he is a wanker, not a DJ. PvD and Tiesto still release quality shit though...and there are some good trance compilations out you just don't know of...

[Sykonee]

^
True enough. I own plenty of discs myself that are quality that you probably don't know of either. That really isn't the point.

But in fairness, here's a few more examples of current trance releases:






The second cover is quite good, really. The others, though... :soak: