UPDATE: FROM JOHN 00 FLEMMING
(from Facebook)
New main Trance Genre.
I’m ending the year with a Christmas gift to the Trance community, I want to reassure you that things are still running full steam ahead regarding our project with Beatport to make a new main Trance genre focusing on the specialist/underground side of the Trance genre thats been neglected for a long time. If you missed my original post, the link is in the comments below so you can see what we’re up to.
We’ve been reading your valuable input, comments and support so I’ll keep giving you regular updates here of whats happening so that you can keep contributing and we can all work together as a team to ensure we create something special, so please keep your feedback coming. We’re not 100% set on the final genre tag (always the hardest part!), we’ll be announcing soon ideas and again your feedback will be welcome (as things stand code named Deep Trance). For your peace of mind and to ensure this works we’ve already found a curator that will ensure the right vibe music stays in each genre, its important for it not to get diluted with the wrong music something that can often happen when something new arrives.
We also spoke internally regarding the vibe/BPM etc, though we all agree the ‘feeling’ is most important over everything else, but also felt a Bpm range of 125-135 Bpm (+) fills a void thats really missing in the Trance world inc Psy, so this seems to be a sweet spot to create something new, fresh and original + its organically happening at this tempo too. It also takes a step away from the Trancy feeling Progressive House/Melodic Techno releases that sit around 120-125 Bpm, its a really challenging area as there will always be a crossover between genres.
I’ve already spoken to many of my close DJ/producers colleagues from across a range of genres and they are super excited with the news of the new specialist/underground Trance genre, although many have established careers in Techno, Progressive House, Psy, mainstream Trance etc, their roots and introduction to the electronic scene was in the original underground Trance world, and are itching to expressive this side of their musical roots knowing there’s a genre that compliments their work. We also need your help to spread the word to as many producers as possible (tag them into your replies) letting them know that they too have an outlet to express their Trance side and play their part in investing into the future of this new chapter of Trance. We’d also love to see more females leading the way as the Trance world has always seemed to be heavily dominated by males, this is the perfect timing to not only make change with music but culture too.
These things take time to set up and will take a few more months until launch, this gives plenty of time for producers to get to work making new music in preparation (also moving Deep Trance thats currently sitting in other genres), hence why I’m giving you plenty of notice and frequent updates. From my previous post I saw producers and labels asking how to deliver their music, once we announce the official genre tag next year, your distribution companies will add this to their portals. For now lets focus on making the music in preparation for this movement, its one of the main reasons I’ve delayed my artist album and 00.db album revisiting many tracks so they fit perfectly into the new genre.
Also feel free to send me your new tracks so I can road test them, many producers have done this already and its awesome seeing the reactions on the dance floor being blown away as they’ve been transported into the musical future. You’ll also see me playing on a few more Trance events this year playing peak time sets showcasing this new powerful sound.
I’ve never felt so excited and motivated, this truly is a beautiful movement thats organically been happening over the past few years and proud to be playing my part in its growth. Please keep those comments and input coming.
Have a wonderful Christmas and holidays.
PS. Producers that know me well…get busy and make me some music and send it over!
Me:
Im glad the name is up for debate. Deep Trance is not quite clear enough and I agree with you guys that i feel its already been a genre for ever.
Hard to know what to call it but hasn’t Solarstone’s Pure Trance already started a kind of thing like this years ago? Can’t wait to see how this movement begins. ie first genre defining release.
If enough people contribute and pull together for John’s movement its more likely to get the right music.
Some are not hopeful but lets stay positive guys. Proof is in the pudding, so lets…. make some pudding. Lets in whatever way we can, steer it in a good direction. For Music’s sake. For Trance’s sake.
Probably a silly suggestion but maybe it should be calked. “Actual Trance” if it follows the idea of being proper trance and not an abomination like much so called and actually hard to type for fear of thinking about it a lot - EDM!!!
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Merry Christmas