POLL: Does TRANCE Music Suck?

[Siddhartha]

Why do people insist on believing that their preferences in music, art, food, etc are universal?

 

[nan0bug]

Heres some good mixes I found... Two totally different flavors of D&B but I think they represent the sound well. If I can dig up some old school i'll link to that too, since Old School is a totally different sound, but theres a good 2 hrs of music here if you want to listen to it.

Positive Climb by Datcyde. This is a good mix if you're into lighter sounding music, a lot of my friends who are into trance love this mix. Great tracks on here, Social Skills & Naughty Ride are the real stars of this mix... This is all original. Pay attention when you hear the radio communication, its really fvcking eerie.. The tracklist is out of order from the CD I have so I don't know if it shows his mixing skills, but its all good either way.

This one's by UFO!, he's from San Fransisco... This is the DARK SIDE. UFO! is one of the best D&B producers/DJ's in my opinion, got a style all his own... He draws a lot of influence from sci-fi and horror movies. These are all also original tracks that he produced. If you can't or wont listen to the whole mix, at least do yourself a favor and fast forward to 17:15 and listen to Enemy Infiltration... it's my favorite D&B tune and probbably one of the best D&B tunes ever made.. its about 8 mins long so be patient with the intro, you won't regret it

 

[Eli]

Not my thing, but I don't bash certain styles of music just because I don't like them.

Well, Except Rap.

 

[nan0bug]

Originally posted by: Dr Smooth
Why do people insist on believing that their preferences in music, art, food, etc are universal?

I dont insist on anything of the sort. I like all kinds of music, and listen to a lot more than D&B... however I never pass up an opportunity to introduce people to it. D&B = my life.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Eli
Not my thing, but I don't bash certain styles of music just because I don't like them.

Well, Except Rap.

Yeah, but that's expected.

 

[Palek]

Originally posted by: nan0bug
Dude, BT isn't just a trance DJ. Thats why he's so good. If he were spinning just trance he'd be about as crappy as everyone else.

You are absolutely right, his music is the mixture of several different genres. People just like classifying everything, and if I had to choose a genre for BT, I would say he was closest to trance. But, like you said, he does not make trance exclusively. I don't think it matters what label you stick on him, though. The important thing is that good and fresh trance-ish music still exists.

 

[nan0bug]

Originally posted by: Palek

Originally posted by: nan0bug
Dude, BT isn't just a trance DJ. Thats why he's so good. If he were spinning just trance he'd be about as crappy as everyone else.

You are absolutely right, his music is the mixture of several different genres. People just like classifying everything, and if I had to choose a genre for BT, I would say he was closest to trance. But, like you said, he does not make trance exclusively. I don't think it matters what label you stick on him, though. The important thing is that good and fresh trance-ish music still exists.

Yeah, I agree. I still listen to trance every now and then just for a change, and I like a lot of it. BT is one of my favorite artists simply because hes one of the people who push electronic music forward, beyond labels... I just find a lot more of the people who are breaking through the genre barriers in 'drum and bass' music than I find them in 'trance' That and Im a total sucker for complex drum beats.

 

[NuclearFusi0n]

Originally posted by: dparker

Originally posted by: NuclearFusi0n

Originally posted by: dparker

Originally posted by: nan0bug

Originally posted by: dparker
Ok, I just download some Paul Oakenfold and Ayumi Hamasaki stuff and I'm not impressed. I must say the songs all sound very, very similar. If I was in a club, maybe, but just listening to? Not for me.

Ok, now go and download some jungle or d&b before you write off electronic music. Go to Drum and Bass Arena and Bassdrive and come to the dark side

If its nothing but a beat I'm not interested.

Try listening to Sasha and Digweed - Northern Exposure (Disc One)
:Q

or if you are too lazy to listen to a 80 minute mix, try this song:
Sarah McLachlan - Remixed - 05 - Silence (DJ Tiësto's in Search of Sunrise Remix)

Listened to the Sarah McLachlan and I still don't like it. Now you try:
Mogwai - Happy Songs for Happy People - 06 - Ratts of the Capital
That's some good stuff,

if you like more melodic stuff then, northern exposure all the way

try this track for a different style:
John Digweed - Bedrock (Disc 1) - 03 - BPT feat. Danny Morales - Moody
or
John Digweed - Bedrock (Disc 1) - 04 - C12 feat. Jole - Judy

 

[Palek]

Here's a great website for finding some good trance artists: TranceAddict
Some great songs are available for download, here.
My favourites are:

Solar Stone feat. Liz Fields - Speak In Sympathy
Sun Decade - I'm Alone
Thrillseekers - Dreaming Of You
Solid Sessions - Janeiro

Some of the best trance I have ever heard.

 

[OS]

dj sammy - heaven (candlelight remix)

Who says there's no talent in electronic music?

 

[HiTek21]

Trance music is so so, My taste in music changes with my mood.

 

[FuZoR]

This is the reason I don't hitup clubs often... headache inducing electronic music!
well that and i can't dance worth crap

Though I use to listen to it when i played Rocket Arena 3. By itself = HEADACHE.

 

[SWScorch]

Well, I wouldn't go so far as to say it sucks, thereby grouping it with such "bands" as Limp Bizkit and Eminem, but its not my cup of tea. I don't like electronic music; I prefer music that requires physical talent as well as imagination. I respect great guitarists and drummers for their physical abilities as well as their songwiting capabilities, but electronic music has none of that.

Also, it always seems "fake" to me. Computer-generated music. It's not the true manifestation of human imagination because men simply create the melody and electronics actually perform the music. I like the "sloppiness" inherent in music; a drummer hits a wrong beat, a guitarist slides his hand down the strings, etc. I like hearing that stuff and knowing that its real people making the music, someone just like me, no better, no worse.

 

[Encryptic]

I don't know why everyone bags on trance, unless it's the whole "e-tard raver" stigma associated with it. I like trance, and while it CAN be repetitive, there is a lot of good stuff out there that doesn't all sound the same. Yes, it's generated on computers and synthesizers, but that doesn't make it any less valid than something played on guitar or whatnot. You can still come up with a good beat and layer it with other beats, change the rhythm and tempo, etc. to come up with a good trance mix or song. Not to mention, the DJ spinning it can make or break the music.

Be a little more open-minded, people.

 

[Electric Amish]

If I wanted to listen to electronic interference, I'll set my cell phone on my speakers...

amish

 

[acidvoodoo]

i'm not one to say any music sucks [except top 40s pop]

trance is alrite, not the dancy dancy stuff, it's boring, i like the ambiant goa variety though

 

[notfred]

Ok, after lsitening to the stream on that website, I'm definitely saying it sucks. The entire song was some beat about 6 notes long being repeated indefinitely. I listened for about 5 minutes and the song never ended or changed.... same 6 notes repeated over some horn sound in the background.

The music is boring and repetetive as hell.

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: notfred
Ok, after lsitening to the stream on that website, I'm definitely saying it sucks. The entire song was some beat about 6 notes long being repeated indefinitely. I listened for about 5 minutes and the song never ended or changed.... same 6 notes repeated over some horn sound in the background.

The music is boring and repetetive as hell.

Good call. I agree.

(and at first, I was just going to post that I hate it and it sucks, without listening, but I actualy clicked on that link, and listened...but I was right, I hate it and it sucks)

 

[Encryptic]

Originally posted by: murphy55d

Originally posted by: notfred
Ok, after lsitening to the stream on that website, I'm definitely saying it sucks. The entire song was some beat about 6 notes long being repeated indefinitely. I listened for about 5 minutes and the song never ended or changed.... same 6 notes repeated over some horn sound in the background.

The music is boring and repetetive as hell.

Good call. I agree.

(and at first, I was just going to post that I hate it and it sucks, without listening, but I actualy clicked on that link, and listened...but I was right, I hate it and it sucks)

WOW. You listened to 5 minutes of it and decided it sucks. How informed of you. Sheesh. Try listening to some different styles of trance for more than 5 minutes before automatically saying it sucks.

 

[Electric Amish]

Originally posted by: notfred
Ok, after lsitening to the stream on that website, I'm definitely saying it sucks. The entire song was some beat about 6 notes long being repeated indefinitely. I listened for about 5 minutes and the song never ended or changed.... same 6 notes repeated over some horn sound in the background.

The music is boring and repetetive as hell.

Good call!

 

[chr6]

its ok sometimes, but i get sick of music that i can make myself with a touch tone phone

 

[murphy55d]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: murphy55d

Originally posted by: notfred
Ok, after lsitening to the stream on that website, I'm definitely saying it sucks. The entire song was some beat about 6 notes long being repeated indefinitely. I listened for about 5 minutes and the song never ended or changed.... same 6 notes repeated over some horn sound in the background.

The music is boring and repetetive as hell.

Good call. I agree.

(and at first, I was just going to post that I hate it and it sucks, without listening, but I actualy clicked on that link, and listened...but I was right, I hate it and it sucks)

WOW. You listened to 5 minutes of it and decided it sucks. How informed of you. Sheesh. Try listening to some different styles of trance for more than 5 minutes before automatically saying it sucks.

I'd rather not, to be honest. It isn't even remotely close to anything I'd ever consider listening to by choice.

 

[UglyCasanova]

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: murphy55d

Originally posted by: notfred
Ok, after lsitening to the stream on that website, I'm definitely saying it sucks. The entire song was some beat about 6 notes long being repeated indefinitely. I listened for about 5 minutes and the song never ended or changed.... same 6 notes repeated over some horn sound in the background.

The music is boring and repetetive as hell.

Good call. I agree.

(and at first, I was just going to post that I hate it and it sucks, without listening, but I actualy clicked on that link, and listened...but I was right, I hate it and it sucks)

WOW. You listened to 5 minutes of it and decided it sucks. How informed of you. Sheesh. Try listening to some different styles of trance for more than 5 minutes before automatically saying it sucks.

Between the songs that I downloaded and that site that I listened to I can say that I do have the general gist of dance trance (see my sig). If you could point me to some more ambient trance or some with an actual melody or song structure I'll check that out (I haven't downloaded the stuff NuclearFusion suggested, but I'll give that a shot later). It seems to be rap music without the vocals and made with computers.

 

[Lichee]

Originally posted by: dparker

Originally posted by: Encryptic

Originally posted by: murphy55d

Originally posted by: notfred Ok, after lsitening to the stream on that website, I'm definitely saying it sucks. The entire song was some beat about 6 notes long being repeated indefinitely. I listened for about 5 minutes and the song never ended or changed.... same 6 notes repeated over some horn sound in the background. The music is boring and repetetive as hell.

Good call. I agree. (and at first, I was just going to post that I hate it and it sucks, without listening, but I actualy clicked on that link, and listened...but I was right, I hate it and it sucks)

WOW. You listened to 5 minutes of it and decided it sucks. How informed of you. Sheesh. Try listening to some different styles of trance for more than 5 minutes before automatically saying it sucks.

Between the songs that I downloaded and that site that I listened to I can say that I do have the general gist of dance trance (see my sig). If you could point me to some more ambient trance or some with an actual melody or song structure I'll check that out (I haven't downloaded the stuff NuclearFusion suggested, but I'll give that a shot later). It seems to be rap music without the vocals and made with computers.

ok, lemme see if i can give some insight to all you non-trance listeners.

first off, you cant listen to trance single by single. that isnt how it was "meant" to be heard. trance is fluid and should be heard in a set (colllaboration of songs chosen by the dj in order to create a mood or atmosphere).

second, the reason why most songs go (and to quote your sig):

"thump thump thump thump thump buzz thump thump thump thump buzz ticaticaticatica thump thump thump thump buzz ticaticaticatica BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM psssssss (misc electronic effects) t...h...u...m..p THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP BUZZ"

is that it is a single. it wasnt meant to be heard by itself. in truth, most songs start out with that famliar "bump bump" because it is easier for a DJ to mix 2 songs together (hence the fluidness i was speaking of).

so with this tid bit of info, one thing that separates a good DJ from a bad one is how seamless the transition from one song is to the next. DigitallyImported doesnt play one big set 24/7/365. they are literally like a radio station and play singles.

what you should do is pick a DJ and download one of his "sets" (typically about 74min+).

btw, to add to the list of songs to listen to:
- Southern Sun <----everyone who hasnt heard this song always asks, "who does the vocals". gets em everytime
- oceanlab - sky falls down <----Justine Suissa on vocals (another big name in vocals)
- Janeiro (Armin Van Buuren Remix)
- Love Will Come (6AM Mix) <----Jan Johnston does vocals, and practically every trance addict loves her voice

I would have to say, these are the songs i would choose if i was trying to convert a non-trance believer. I was pretty general on some of those songs...but specific on a couple.

at any rate, i should mention that i do listen to other stuff besides trance. I just bought Evanescence's Fallen as well as some New Age:Q stuff and classical (well Bond is neo classical or something like that right?)

trance is what i use to get me hyped up and feeling good.

one last note: no trance doesnt suck. no classical doesnt suck. no heavy metal, D&B, jungle, pop, R&B, and jazz do not suck. I just dont listen to them all. now can we cut with the genre bashing?

 

[Shantanu]

Pimple faced European geek making ambient noises from a Casio = not music.