Re: question for techno/trance listeners

Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:47:28 -0500
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"vu huong" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> hello,
>
> could I get some recommendations for good techno or trance artists and
> albums? is there any good instrumental stuff? and any good songs
> that feature actual synth soloing? the so-called techno I hear on pop
> radio lately just sounds like constant cheezy arps and one-finger
> accents and hits.
Trance has de-volved into what you describe. Recent incarnations, it seems,
are very formulaic and pop-oriented. The edgy stuff is not getting airplay
in the US (that I know of).
> the last "dance" music I listened to was from the early/mid 80s. we
> called it hi-nrg. I still have all my old 12-inchers, mainly Patrick
> Cowley, Modern Rocketry, David Diebold, etc.
Trance really took off in the early-to-mid '90's; and hit its peak in Europe
in the late '90's. There are hundreds of great tracks.
My all-time favorite trance compilation is "Trance Europe Express - Volume
2" released in 1994. Here's a track list:
http://www.discogs.com/release/17823
The Trance Europe Express series was very high quality, in general,
featuring a broad spectrum of artists and styles within the genre. Some
might argue that these compilations weren't strictly trance, and I would
agree with that.
Here's a complete listing of the TEEX (and related) trance compilations:
http://www.discogs.com/label/Trance_Europe_Express
> and can someone please explain the differences between techno and
> trance (and any other genre of danceable electronica)
I wish I knew the differences between all of the myriad sub-genres of techno
music. Here's a rough definition of "techno":
techno - Music that sounds like technology.
Trance involves repetitive patterns that "induce a trance" in the listener.
The term "trance" has also become associated with a high-energy type of
anthemic dance music that used to fall under the category "rave music".
Within "trance" I'm sure there are a dozen sub-genres. I can't keep track
of them all, nor do I care to.
HTH,
Barry