Is trance/hounce/techno dead?

[TwiceOver]

To be dead, you really need to be alive at some point.

 

[GTaudiophile]

Have you listened to every track in this thread?

 

[eakers]

I usually just go on the tribe board and download random mixes by random djs. Occasionally I'll stoop as low as toronto raves but typically tribe has quality stuff.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: eakers
I usually just go on the tribe board and download random mixes by random djs. Occasionally I'll stoop as low as toronto raves but typically tribe has quality stuff.

the DJs on tranceaddict.com make great mixes too.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

www.beatport.com

 

[eakers]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon

Originally posted by: eakers
I usually just go on the tribe board and download random mixes by random djs. Occasionally I'll stoop as low as toronto raves but typically tribe has quality stuff.

the DJs on tranceaddict.com make great mixes too.

I don't do trance anymore. Mostly breaks, house, hiphop and hardcore.

edit: sometimes SOMETIMES I'll listen to new NRG (is it even called that anymore?)

 

[herkulease]

I have never heard of "hounce" music so i think it would be dead.

 

[Canai]

*cough* Infected Mushroom ???

They're on the up and up, and ROCK my socks and pants and such.

I miss Hennes & Cold

And no, it's not dead. internet++ = techno++.

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

Originally posted by: eakers

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon

Originally posted by: eakers
I usually just go on the tribe board and download random mixes by random djs. Occasionally I'll stoop as low as toronto raves but typically tribe has quality stuff.

the DJs on tranceaddict.com make great mixes too.

I don't do trance anymore. Mostly breaks, house, hiphop and hardcore.

edit: sometimes SOMETIMES I'll listen to new NRG (is it even called that anymore?)

You should check out their mixes. Very few mixes by the good DJs over there are trance, these days it's mostly chillout or electro.

 

[LukFilm]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
Armin and Above & Beyond are still cranking out great trance tunes on their weekly shows, so I'd say it's not dead. It's not nearly as popular as it used to be, but there is still a trance scene.

Word. My favorite two producers of the moment. Above & Beyond being the top dog.

 

[MrsBugi]

I saw PVD live at an event over President's Day weekend. He spun some ill mixes I've never heard before, but then again they don't play trance/house/techno on any of the major stations in Los Angeles so it's been awhile since I've heard any fresh material, period.

 

[Aimster]

You can always become my buddy and we can exchange gigs and gigs of trance

 

[cmdrmoocow]

Check out ctgmusic.com - fresh stuff every day.

 

[doze]

Originally posted by: Fmr12B
DI.FM Streaming Radio

Give them a shot. Very fond of their vocal-trance channel.

Gotta wonder if the heyday of '99-'02 will ever repeat itself.

Sometimes I'm amazed I made it out alive and graduated from college during that time period. Most of the "new" stuff I've heard in the past few years is simply remixes of remixes of songs that became popular in the clubs then. Seems like the nightclub techno scene is still alive on a small scale in larger cities. Raves seem to have faded out in most places partly due to law enforcement.

 

[Ricemarine]

Originally posted by: GTaudiophile
Have you listened to every track in this thread?

Or here ...

 

[MmmSkyscraper]

ROFL at lack of clues in some of these replies.

To the OP - no, entire genres of music haven't died.

 

[LordMaul]

Dead? No. Faded and fading? Yes, as it has been for the past several years. But there's still a lot of activity in the scene.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

When you take a category of music such as techno/trance and then break it up into 50 billion sub/alternate categories/genres, you effectively kill off the original which never really went away in the first place.

I think the problem is that people want to be unique, especially artists. How dare my own creation isn't defined by its own genre - let's create a new one just for me! Superhyperuberbeats NRG Megahouse. Give me a break. It's all electronica.