How do you listen to trance music?

[RRR]

What's the most suitable option for you to listen to trance?

- Live set
- Radio show
- CD
- Unmixed/full release

[Tomonaro]

where is option "naked"?

[AustralianGQ]

i use my ears.............crazy i know. lol.

[Jav]

Up-side down

[DJ Sabbour]

if trance parties were more available here in egypt it sure would be awesome to attend one :)

most of the radioshows are crappy but there are some good ones like FSOE and tytanium sessions (depends on your taste)

i'm not a big fan of compilations cuz i like listening to tracks from the very 1st bassdrum (but again depends on you)

[deamon]

lol @ thread title :D

[Willem de Roo]

Most of the times I listen to the full tunes, just because it's nice to hear the full progression of a track :)

[Vasaris]

Most of the times I listen to the full tunes, just because it's nice to hear the full progression of a track :)

Me too! I'm not Djing that often because I prefer to play live, but I always buy the full versions of trance tracks. Somehow I do not like compilations that much because they do not contain the whole piece of art :yes_new:
PS: I also listen to compilations, don't get me wrong, but I'll buy the tracks featured on it that I like the most to get the full one.

[thijsje]

Liveset for sure as I want to have the feeling of being the crowd. Doesn't make lots difference of being there or at home. Crowdnoise during a liveset is welcome always :)
I listen to lots of mixed artist compilations aswell, especially the classic compilations from Tiësto/Black Hole, Armin van Buuren and Ferry Corsten.

Not preferring radioshows because they are usually just a gathering of the tunes that get released the week after the show. Missing the atmosphere in there.

[RossB94]

This isn't multiple choice.... hmm

Either from Beatport new releases, ASOT or my friends linking me stuff!

[Soraj Flame]

Sometimes I don't like full tracks because tracks used in radio shows sounds better. Apart from that, I always listen only 3-4 minutes of all tracks, so I often listen tracks ripped from radio shows.

[Roomboter]

I actually only listen to full tunes.
But sometimes there is this new amazing track featured on for example ASOT and then I can listen to that one via YouTube.
The best example is Kim Svärd - Manne's Song.
The release of that one took so freaking long that I had to listen to it on Youtube to stay alive.

[RRR]

thank you all for your answers!
it surprises me that many of you mainly listen to full tracks. I thought mixes and radio shows would be the popular answers, because of the long intro's and outro's that are made into a track especially to mix two tracks.
Personally the best part endures 4 minutes in a regular track, the first two minutes are often only just a slow build up and the last 2 minutes the instruments of the track fade away one by one. I think that's very boring..

[thijsje]

the first two minutes are often only just a slow build up and the last 2 minutes the instruments of the track fade away one by one. I think that's very boring..

1) You can skip 'em if necessary
2) That's something you need to learn to listen to
3) A Good tune is interesting to listen from the very first beat to the very last (mediocre tunes aren't)
4) Without a buildup, the climax is less powerfull. If you only listen to the climax and the very part before it then trance indeed becomes boring.

[PegaSus]

- Unmixed/full releases for me! And ofcourse when something isn't released yet i'm stuck with a liveset or youtube sample.

[Euforix]

Full releases. :)

[Mathias van Ness]

Voted for radioshows, because in the past there were a lot of great radioshows with amazing fresh tunes. Nowadays.. Ekhm, little bit worse

[AaronBrock]

Full tunes. But as Soraj said, there are some tracks that sound better from a radio show probably because of the compression (I'm not quite sure what Armin/Above & Beyond/Aly & Fila etc. do to the final mix).

[thijsje]

Full tunes. But as Soraj said, there are some tracks that sound better from a radio show probably because of the compression (I'm not quite sure what Armin/Above & Beyond/Aly & Fila etc. do to the final mix).

Most likely some subtle bus compression which enhances the sound slightly.

[ABElia]

Full releases. I like to hear the track from start to finish. Just like the Artist intended. Radio shows are good for hearing upcoming releases or tracks that may have slipped by.

[Brighton]

Full tunes for sure! First i listen to a radio rip or preview clip and if i like it i get the full release, i love listening every track in it's entirety on my player so i can really feel it.

[DJ_Sagar_Ahire]

Full releases ONLY.