[la_mode]

Anyone else a huge fan?

Not the cheesy EDM you hear nowadays.

Real trance. High value music in my opinion. Just sounds cool, not from the "underground" hipster angle either.

A few trance cd's in my rotation (no Tiesto/AVB stuff)

John Digweed - Global Underground Los Angeles
Christopher Lawrence - United States of Trance
Nick Warren - Global Underground Reykjavik

[liberman]

Love trance/techno/electronic music.
These are some songs I play when I go out mountain biking or rock climbing.
REALLY pumps you up.

[travolta]

I'm a huge trance fan. I like John 00' Flemming and pretty much any artist on his label. His label is more underground, but it's some of the best stuff you'll ever hear.

Some good artists you should check out (not all from JooF's label):
-Timewave
-Vibrasphere
-Astral Projection
-John 00 Flemming (J00F)
-Cosmithex
-Andy Moor
-Solarstone
-Aly & Fila
-Protoculture
-John O'Callaghan

Damn, I can really go on about this and give a massive list of recommendations. Here are a few tracks you should listen to, which will really put you in the zone... (but only listen with high quality headphones).

[ryanf]

Huge Paul Van Dyk fan. Been listening to trance and electronic since way before it hit mainstream, and I hope to still be listening long after the trend dies out.

[Parlay44]

I'd like to get a "best of" torrent for Trance. If you have a good one please PM me a link.

[Icepasian]

And the classic...

I remember back in high school, our soccer team would blast this on the bus to away games to get us all pumped up.

[la_mode]

Talla2xlc had the best remix of sandstorm, bar none.

[teh_skeeze]

Am I the only one that gets disappointed that there is no drop after the intros? I must have been infected with the dubstep virus.

[travolta]

(11-07-2013 11:40 PM)teh_skeeze Wrote:  

Am I the only one that gets disappointed that there is no drop after the intros? I must have been infected with the dubstep virus.

Yes, you're probably the only one. A lot times you need patience to listen to listen to an entire trance track. It builds up, and the payoff is worth it.

[FourToTheFloor]

I consider myself to be an expert!


Trance is an interesting genre, because many hit tracks from 10+ years ago are still relevant, and many sound extremely dated. Most fans don't consider Sandstorm or Zombie Nation to be interesting tracks.

The sound has evolved and many of the old trance artists have left for greener musical pastures. *Tiesto cough cough*

I'll post some older stuff in chronological order. If you want to hear more like any of these, let me know!

1997 (He's still kicking all kinds of ass btw)

From 2001 (I've met these guys before, they've been in the scene for close to 25 years. Great gents.)

From 2004 (Probably one of the most recognizable tracks)

From 2006 (seriously one of my favorite tracks of ALL TIME)

2007 (another favorite track of mine)

[FourToTheFloor]

From 2008 (which was probably the end of Trance's heyday)

2009 (you will start noticing how trance begins to slow down, this track just has attitude to it. Love the growling bass sound)

You'll also notice the quantum leap in sound quality that happened in these years.

I'll make another post about more recent trance tomorrow. Things become more complicated because the sheer amount of interesting stuff.

There's SO much I'm leaving out too... Its frustrating trying to boil it down.

[Ingocnito]

Great Thread! I spent many hours attending raves and shows from about 7-14 years ago. These were some of the best times of my life.

What great emotional music.. sort of puts everything into perspective.

[Lothario]

Great Songs FTTF, looking forward to your posts ........

[FourToTheFloor]

Thanks Lothario! I'll keep em comin.

2009

Personally, I really vocal tracks. I love the sound of a beautiful female voice. It relaxes me like nothing else. A lot of the ones I post are going to be vocal trance. These singers are multitudes better than popstars.

2010

2011 (this is a faster, techier track which doesn't reflect what was going on in the mainstream trance arena. Its one of my all time favorites though )

Catch the drop that hits after the build starting at 4:45... EPIC

2011 (One of the biggest mainstream trance tracks of the surrounding years)

2011 (Here we begin to see trance morph into the melting pot EDM sound that we have today. I still love this track though.)

More to come!

[kazushu]

Showing my age here but used to love this stuff at outdoor raves:

[la_mode]

10/10

Unmitigated perfection.

Dimepiece.

Whatever you wanna call it.

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[Brez]

Lot of love for Aly & Fila in this thread, this is their best in my opinion:

[Que enspastic]

Cosmic Tone are incredible.

[Basil Ransom]

I didn't like Trance until I started listening to Slacker Radio's Progressive/Trance station, and now it's one of my favorite genres.

Most trance or techno songs have this cold apocalyptic feeling - like the world was nuked a hundred times and this is the only kind of music left. I prefer vocal trance, which is more human, interesting and captivating. Unsurprisingly, it's much more mainstream. I listen to trance without vocals and think, hmm... this is all? I'm with Four to the floor - a female vocal paired with an energetic track is just exhilirating. Also the vocal tracks have a cadence that I prefer, even without the vocal track there.

The only downside is these songs are like strongly flavored food - they taste amazing the first time, but if you consume them regularly you tire of them quickly. Because they're so distinctive and energetic, they have less replay value, as compared to say a smooth jazz song. So you're always on the hunt for more.

I recommend MP3 Skull for 'sampling' music. Mp3skull.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqLy-hqFaXI Benny Benassi Remix of Florence + Machine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgcjjdSOjf0 Andain Promises Remix

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Imixg3jrJS8 Ellie Goulding Lights Bassnectar Remix

If anyone has a good list of these tracks, post it up. I've only got about 50 or 60 songs, always looking for more. Most of the songs that come up on Slacker I already have or I don't like. Here's my current playlist. Some may not be trance.

02_Ferry_Corsten_feat_Ben_Hague_-_Ain_t_No_Stoppin(fans_ge)_mp3.e8ue9z0.partial
03.Inna - Hot.mp3
05 Clarity (feat. Foxes).mp3
201211_musk.mp3
Adrian Lux - Fire.mp3
Adrian Lux - Teenage Crime (Radio Edit).mp3
Adrian_Lux_feat._The_Good_Natured_-_Alive__Radio_Edit_.mp3
Andain - Promises.mp3
Andain - Turn Up The Sound.mp3
Arty - Kate.mp3
Arty - Must Be The Love.mp3
ATB - 9 PM (Till I Come).mp3
Avicii - Levels.mp3
Bailey - Higher State.mp3
Benny Benassi - Feel Alive.mp3
Breathe Carolina - Blackout.mp3
Calvin Harris - Feel So Close (Radio Edit).mp3
Cascada - Evacuate The Dancefloor [2156].mp3
Chicane - Saltwater (Original Radio Edit).mp3
Childish Gambino - Heartbeat (Them Jeans Remix).mp3
Chris Lake - Sundown.mp3
Clarity
Cosmic Gate - Flatline.mp3
David Puentez - Melodrama.mp3
Deadmau5 - I Remember.mp3
Deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon Feat. Greta Svabo Bech.mp3
deadmau5 - strobe.mp3
Deadmau5 - The Longest Road.mp3
Dim Chris - You Found Me feat. Amanda Wilson.mp3
DJ Antoine - This Time (Klaas Remix).mp3
DJ Antoine - Welcome to St. Tropez.mp3
DJ Encore - I See Right Through To You.mp3
edward maya and vika jigulina - stereo love.mp3
Ellie Goulding - Lights.mp3
Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream (Kaskade remix).mp3
Eric Prydz - Niton.mp3
filenames.txt
Florence + Machine - Shake It Out (Benny Benassi Remix).mp3
Freemasons - Believer.mp3
Gareth Emery - Sanctuary.mp3
Gareth Emery feat Christina Novelli - Concrete Angel (Inspiron).mp3
Goodwill & Hook N Sling - Take You Higher (Radio Edit)..mp3
Hardwell - Cobra.mp3
I Remember (Ft. Kaskade).mp3
Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky.mp3
Inna - Sun Is Up-Limper.mp3
Kaskade - Room For Happiness.mp3
Lifelike And Kris Menace - Discopolis (original extended mix).mp3
Manufactured Superstars - Take Me Over.mp3
Medina - Addiction.mp3
Morgan Page - Fight For You.mp3
Morgan Page & Ned Sheppard Sultan Bt feat. Angie Mccluskey - In The Air.mp3
Nadia Ali, Starkillers & Alex Kenji - Pressure.mp3
Rank 1 - L.E.D. There Be Light.mp3
Robyn - Call Your Girlfriend.mp3
Ron Reeser & Dan Saenz ft. Myah - Everything.mp3
Ronski Speed - A Sign.mp3
Sander van Doorn & Sidney Samson & Nadia Ali - Rolling The Dice.mp3
Schiller - Breathe.mp3
September - Cry For You.mp3
Sultan & Ned Shepard feat. Nadia Ali - Call My Name (Spencer & Hill Remix).mp3
Supermode - Tell Me Why.mp3
Swedish House Mafia - One.mp3
The Wanted - Glad you came (Alex Gaudino radio edit).mp3
Tom Fall - Untouchable.mp3
Veronicas - Lolita.mp3
Wynter Gordon - Dirty Talk (Radio Edit).mp3
Xxxchange - F-k Yeah Ace Of Hearts.mp3
Zombie Nation - Kernkraft 400.mp3

[sinnerman]

Paul Oakenfold - Full Moon Party (Thomas Datt Remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-qFocMHVxw

Love the buildup, the haunting vocals. Takes my mind to a a very different mood.

[travolta]

This entire set is absolutely brilliant... some good psytrance:

https://soundcloud.com/astral-projection...odcast-may

[Evolute]

I love trance. Sadly, it is not what it used to be. Tiesto's In Search of Sunrise & Magik, Sasha & Digweed, Paul van Dyk's Politics of Dancing, AVB's UCR, Oakenfold's Tranceport, Holden's 005 Balance ..I can keep going. What do we have today though?...

[la_mode]

Good point.

Even Tiesto & AVB were both good back in the day before trance-turned-pop.

Oakenfold's best work still would be Perfecto Presents Another World disc 2.

[pavel_eskimoso]

One of my favorites from the 90s era is Robert Miles.

[Sanblz33]

I love trance (been listening to it since 94-95). It gets me pumped up to go to the gym, do work, or conquer life in general. here is what I have on repeat: