Whats your thoughts on this?
I just came by this Pure Trance release, Artur - Wonderland from this year, and I took a listen. Not too bad I thought, but soon enough I realised it sounded so simple.
So simple it in fact sounded more like a demo or an unfinished track rather than a fully developed and produced trance track. It was so repetitiv and stripped down and the basic rhythm of the track kept going without basically zero developement or change throughout the structure of the track,and it became clear to me. Its not simple, its boring. Theres really no better word for it.
You can read the descriptive text and listen for yourself Here
Has this word simple been taken to an extreme in modern times when producers/trance artists speak about how classic trance were way simpler and less complicated ? To me they seem to confuse the word simple with subtle or less compressed/complicated.
I remember this interview Armin did a couple of years ago with I think Brian Karney, and mention this less is more approach, but in actuality the way they look at it today has little to do with how it actually was back then.
Please take a listen to the track above and compare it to Another Way which is a fair comparasion as they specifically mention PVD's earlier works.
Another way is quite simple Id say, but I still like to listen and engage in the track, because around the known riff there's certainly lots of subtle elements fading in and out, and the structure isnt only the same A part throughout the whole track.
I just came by this Pure Trance release, Artur - Wonderland from this year, and I took a listen. Not too bad I thought, but soon enough I realised it sounded so simple.
So simple it in fact sounded more like a demo or an unfinished track rather than a fully developed and produced trance track. It was so repetitiv and stripped down and the basic rhythm of the track kept going without basically zero developement or change throughout the structure of the track,and it became clear to me. Its not simple, its boring. Theres really no better word for it.
You can read the descriptive text and listen for yourself Here
Has this word simple been taken to an extreme in modern times when producers/trance artists speak about how classic trance were way simpler and less complicated ? To me they seem to confuse the word simple with subtle or less compressed/complicated.
I remember this interview Armin did a couple of years ago with I think Brian Karney, and mention this less is more approach, but in actuality the way they look at it today has little to do with how it actually was back then.
when tracks were way simpler and more transparent. Think Paul van Dyk’s early productions if you want a reference.
Please take a listen to the track above and compare it to Another Way which is a fair comparasion as they specifically mention PVD's earlier works.
Another way is quite simple Id say, but I still like to listen and engage in the track, because around the known riff there's certainly lots of subtle elements fading in and out, and the structure isnt only the same A part throughout the whole track.