Which was the best year for Trance music? Coz for me it would have to be 1998/beginning of 1999 when I first got into it, with tunes like Energy 52, Gouryella, Veracocha, Greece 2000 etc. I know that all these tunes arent exact for when there were around, but its when I remember them!
No offence but...DARUDE???? That's not trance! I think tunes like Rank 1 - Airwave and 4 strings into the night have been so overplayed and remixed to death. 99 was a good year for epic, a lot of awesome tracks came out. But I would say this year is shaping up to be mint. "Marc Dawn - Expander (Flutlicht mix)" and "Future Force - Euphoria" are catchy tunes that I'm loving at the moment. Then you've got some excellent use of synths, like "Das Licht - Take Off" and "Cosmic Gate - The Truth". I think things are shaping up to be class this year! Can't wait for summer!
has to be pre 96 Commander Tom - Are Am Eye <-- Think this is one of the first ever hard tarnce record and in my eyes is soooo much better than most the shti today Cosmic Baby - Spacetrack fuck your airwaves and shit, by far one of the greatest trance tunes ever Astral Projection - People Can Fly <-- ditto Transformation - Transform <-- ditto Cafe del Mar - Energy 52 (dj kid paul mix) <-- still doesn't sound outdated Future sound of London - Papa New guinea <-- ditto Orbital - Halcyon + On + On <-- touches you like modern parpy trance can't Orb - Blue Room LSG - Fragile Opus III - Its A Fine Day <-- cheesey trance at tis best Meltdown - My Life is in Your Hands <-- ditto Hallucinogen - LSD <-- talk about fucking goosebumps and tingles Doof - lets Turn On Doof - Youth of the Galaxy although 2000 was the year of trance, the greatest trance tunes were made years ago so ner
well seen as 1999 was the year i started going out proper clubbing and was titled the "year of trance" im predictably gonna say the year 1999 but me dont really have much of an idea of what was really goin on in terms of trance before about 98 so mebbes im wrong but thats just in my opinion anyway xxx...actually looking back at the options on the post n seein what tunes were out each year me finks that 98 was also i v. v. good year 4 trance. xxx
Has to be 1998, thats when I first got into clubbing, even though I was still a baby! I LURRRRVVV 1998 trance, and I tres enjoyed the trance classics nite last week. I was in my element! Gizmo x
there are just as much good trance now as there was 3-4 years ago if not better the stuff is just getting harder and so much more uplifting its just that 98-99 are classics and they have a place in peoples hearts but i agree the trance classics are awsome but so are the tunes that are getting produced now.
'96-'98 were great years, with the likes of Body Shine etc, but I think that from '99 until late last year everything got way too samey - formula trance. Can't stand the likes of Gouryella etc personally. Things are getting better again as it is hardening up and getting away from all the really floaty stuff.
I think much of the harder (and better) tuneage is coming out this year and last. I don't think the old anthemy tunes can compete with more recent tunes. Take for example some of the harder tunes: Chris Leibing - CLR 01 Gaetano Parisio mix) X900 - Viva la Revolution (club mix) Russenmafia - Alarm Raptor - Brain Damage I'll grant you, epic has had it's day, and great melodic tracks are becoming hard to find (check out "Future Force - Euphoria" as a recent exception). But hard trance is better than ever IMO.
