two of the main reference points for early trance were italo and new beat - both of which also had a big influence on nu disco, so it's not surprising that they sound similar.
plus a few italo producers, most notably stefano cundari, went on to produce early trance like this
stuff like 'balearic incantation', 'rej' and 'marionette' are all new school trance records to me. they come from different scenes - disco / balearic, minimal, house / techno - but they are still trance imo.
The original mix was basically a rip-off of "Computer Incantations For World Peace" by Jean-Luc Ponty. The mix on the other side sounded like 90s prog house. Not bad, but not my thing.
And yes, lots of so-called "nu disco" or "cosmic" stuff is just slow prog house dressed up in trendier clothes and sporting beards. Get a grip, people!
these were pretty bangin' and played to death by every prog-trance DJ in town country & western - reincarnation, jens - loops & tings, legend b - lost in love, marmion - schoenberg etc
- level of cheesiness depended on the mix - before you knew it, you were into nu-nrg/hoover/tony de vit territory...
and that was when it was pretty much all over for me. Had friends who sneered at the commercialism of ^^^ and instead headed to the outer fringes of it all, the liberators, jon the dentist etc - but I left 'em to it
these were pretty bangin' and played to death by every prog-trance DJ in town country & western - reincarnation, jens - loops & tings, legend b - lost in love, marmion - schoenberg etc
- level of cheesiness depended on the mix - before you knew it, you were into nu-nrg/hoover/tony de vit territory...
and that was when it was pretty much all over for me. Had friends who sneered at the commercialism of ^^^ and instead headed to the outer fringes of it all, the liberators, jon the dentist etc - but I left 'em to it
i would class all that tony de vit type stuff as hardhouse - nothing to do with trance to my mind.
there's no denying that trance has suffered at the hands of commerciality more than most strands of electronic music. gatecrasher, oakenfold, tiesto - all looks pretty bad if that's the only side of it you're exposed to.
but i think the point of this thread is to highlight the good parts of it's history. of which there have been a few - late 80's / early 90's and again over the last few years via a comeback in house, techno and nu disco.
From what I can remember as a teenager, when the term "trance" first emerged it was mainly stuff based around a 303 or similar, and it's hard to do something *too* bad with a 303 as it's an inherently cool sound.
The rubbish that's been termed "trance" for the last 12 - 14 years seems to be based more around a big cheesey lead synth sound.
Play the same sequence on a 303 and cheesey lead sound and the effect is vastly different.
From what I can remember as a teenager, when the term "trance" first emerged it was mainly stuff based around a 303 or similar, and it's hard to do something *too* bad with a 303 as it's an inherently cool sound.
The rubbish that's been termed "trance" for the last 12 - 14 years seems to be based more around a big cheesey lead synth sound.
Play the same sequence on a 303 and cheesey lead sound and the effect is vastly different.
that's quite a good point.
what we have now is simply derivative, lowest common denominator shite that plays well with people who don't see it as music - merely an energy release. That said, extreme trance parties can be very entertaining. I went to one at the fridge where there was a live show featuring gyrating robots on stage. I felt very out of place, because people really put effort in to the clothing, graphic equalisers adorning their t-shirts, the hair, the largest boots in existence - it's a parallel universe.
i used to play a fair bit of trance back in the 90's and recently gave just about all of it away. kept a few faves though i can't see playing them out.
hysterix - talk to me (sasha!)
sultana - te amo
pob - the essence (clanger mix)
clanger - sea dog
saint etienne - cool kids of death
opus 3 - when you made the mountain (well hung parliament mix)
south street player - who keeps changing your mind?
i used to play a fair bit of trance back in the 90's and recently gave just about all of it away. kept a few faves though i can't see playing them out.
hysterix - talk to me (sasha!)
sultana - te amo
pob - the essence (clanger mix)
clanger - sea dog
saint etienne - cool kids of death
opus 3 - when you made the mountain (well hung parliament mix)
south street player - who keeps changing your mind?
etc...
Always enjoyed POB - The Essence, I might have to back and check Sultana... Cool Kids Of Death... trance? really? great track though
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I said just now I thought the whole thing was fantastic, I'll go further than that, it's absolute rubbish
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I recall a few of us being utterly blitzed and building a 'den' by turning a sofa upside down, shoving the speakers inside, blundering in and listening to this on full whack.
My only real run-in with 'trance' but quite a run-in at the time.
got me racking my brains now - there were a few decent records
reminds me - MArk 7 played a trance record at the wrong speed at LateNIghtAudio - i never found out what it was , sounded great tho ! care to enlighten Mark ?
this sounds good now if you pitch it right down ( dodgy vocal sample tho )
Hmm, maybe prog house is a closer cousin. But definitely having just flicked through some Juno trance I think my point stands with at some nu-dsico releases.
That Badelli 12" from a couple of years WELL sounds like prog house.
Trance before it went overground was a forerunner to alot of deejays getting back into techno which around that time was quite heavy with your Damon Wilds etc 'In the ole days' (said in the style of Terry Wogan) you ' d hear Trance alongside heavy techno..the two styles were releatively close in those days give or take the odd souless germanic monster, from DJ Dag.
Sabresonic with the good Lord Sabre was immersed in many a track on Eye Q, Harthouse etc There' ll be many an old fogey whose been going out the best party of 20-25 years to clubs in town who had a penchant for the more electronic sound with many a trance record[s] or labels tucked away behind all there nu-disco, re-edits and old disco records they bought long after they were buying trance.
Yeah that's what I presumed, just wouldn't have considered it Tr*nce
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yeah, i'm trying to avoid trance vs. progressive trance vs. progressive house vs. techno debates or else i could name about 20 more tracks...
i guess for me, trance kinda flowed from the deconstruction/guerilla type stuff into the more produced seismic/platipus sound before going off into perfecto/hooj land. lots more to than that of course but those were the big signposts for me.
here's more from the keep pile:
give myself to you - the daou
nush - nush
love stimulation - paul van dyk
can we live? - jestofunk
god save the queer - klatsch
your touch - r2001
feel it - coco steel and lovebomb
young american primitive
she holds the key - secret life
psych out - sure is pure
shake it - jark prongo
cheeba - khaled
before the fuzz arrives - sensible
got me racking my brains now - there were a few decent records
reminds me - MArk 7 played a trance record at the wrong speed at LateNIghtAudio - i never found out what it was , sounded great tho ! care to enlighten Mark ?
this sounds good now if you pitch it right down ( dodgy vocal sample tho )
plus a few italo producers, most notably stefano cundari, went on to produce early trance like this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkafv5mmg-A
stuff like 'balearic incantation', 'rej' and 'marionette' are all new school trance records to me. they come from different scenes - disco / balearic, minimal, house / techno - but they are still trance imo.
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Someone played me a 12" by Dolle Jolle.
The original mix was basically a rip-off of "Computer Incantations For World Peace" by Jean-Luc Ponty. The mix on the other side sounded like 90s prog house. Not bad, but not my thing.
And yes, lots of so-called "nu disco" or "cosmic" stuff is just slow prog house dressed up in trendier clothes and sporting beards. Get a grip, people!
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- level of cheesiness depended on the mix - before you knew it, you were into nu-nrg/hoover/tony de vit territory...
and that was when it was pretty much all over for me. Had friends who sneered at the commercialism of ^^^ and instead headed to the outer fringes of it all, the liberators, jon the dentist etc - but I left 'em to it
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i would class all that tony de vit type stuff as hardhouse - nothing to do with trance to my mind.
there's no denying that trance has suffered at the hands of commerciality more than most strands of electronic music. gatecrasher, oakenfold, tiesto - all looks pretty bad if that's the only side of it you're exposed to.
but i think the point of this thread is to highlight the good parts of it's history. of which there have been a few - late 80's / early 90's and again over the last few years via a comeback in house, techno and nu disco.
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The rubbish that's been termed "trance" for the last 12 - 14 years seems to be based more around a big cheesey lead synth sound.
Play the same sequence on a 303 and cheesey lead sound and the effect is vastly different.
that's quite a good point.
what we have now is simply derivative, lowest common denominator shite that plays well with people who don't see it as music - merely an energy release. That said, extreme trance parties can be very entertaining. I went to one at the fridge where there was a live show featuring gyrating robots on stage. I felt very out of place, because people really put effort in to the clothing, graphic equalisers adorning their t-shirts, the hair, the largest boots in existence - it's a parallel universe.
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hysterix - talk to me (sasha!)
sultana - te amo
pob - the essence (clanger mix)
clanger - sea dog
saint etienne - cool kids of death
opus 3 - when you made the mountain (well hung parliament mix)
south street player - who keeps changing your mind?
etc...
Always enjoyed POB - The Essence, I might have to back and check Sultana... Cool Kids Of Death... trance? really? great track though
I said just now I thought the whole thing was fantastic, I'll go further than that, it's absolute rubbish
I recall a few of us being utterly blitzed and building a 'den' by turning a sofa upside down, shoving the speakers inside, blundering in and listening to this on full whack.
My only real run-in with 'trance' but quite a run-in at the time.
underworld mix :oops:
Yeah that's what I presumed, just wouldn't have considered it Tr*nce
Dangerous things pigeonholes
I said just now I thought the whole thing was fantastic, I'll go further than that, it's absolute rubbish
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i hada fondness for a lot of the dutch early stuff - like patrick prins -
like this - defintly early trance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkGLFjC87Vc&feature=PlayList&p=C723C4C473478CFF&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=64
got me racking my brains now - there were a few decent records
reminds me - MArk 7 played a trance record at the wrong speed at LateNIghtAudio - i never found out what it was , sounded great tho ! care to enlighten Mark ?
this sounds good now if you pitch it right down ( dodgy vocal sample tho )
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That Badelli 12" from a couple of years WELL sounds like prog house.
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some of that early Harthouse stuff, esp on the UK label are amazingly good still, if you like that sort of thing.
Looks like a hardcore Benny Hill
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Sabresonic with the good Lord Sabre was immersed in many a track on Eye Q, Harthouse etc There' ll be many an old fogey whose been going out the best party of 20-25 years to clubs in town who had a penchant for the more electronic sound with many a trance record[s] or labels tucked away behind all there nu-disco, re-edits and old disco records they bought long after they were buying trance.
Looks like a hardcore Benny Hill
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I' ll give you one out of two Blackshore, Lee Insync never made a trance record intentionally.
Looks like a hardcore Benny Hill
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yeah, i'm trying to avoid trance vs. progressive trance vs. progressive house vs. techno debates or else i could name about 20 more tracks...
i guess for me, trance kinda flowed from the deconstruction/guerilla type stuff into the more produced seismic/platipus sound before going off into perfecto/hooj land. lots more to than that of course but those were the big signposts for me.
here's more from the keep pile:
give myself to you - the daou
nush - nush
love stimulation - paul van dyk
can we live? - jestofunk
god save the queer - klatsch
your touch - r2001
feel it - coco steel and lovebomb
young american primitive
she holds the key - secret life
psych out - sure is pure
shake it - jark prongo
cheeba - khaled
before the fuzz arrives - sensible
fave patrick prins:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODdMhQ6gcGM
alright, this still gives me chills...:oops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0e7dk3HjQQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_ypM3k4aXM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSryCfbvBg8