2010-2012 were great years for trance.
Definitely not the worst years.
2010-2012 were great years for trance.
True. Some of it is good. But massively overrated.Techno is massively overrated
Lieb was phenomenal up until ~2006ish when he joined the minimal techno bandwagonThis ought to be a good one on here: Matt Darey, Push, Lieb, and Airwave are overrated. And while Ferry Corsten made some cheeseball anthems back in the day and "killed trance" as Ishkur puts it, he was also one of the only big-name DJs who consistently was trying new, different things (within the range of still commercially-viable sounds). That's still somewhat true today as far as more mainstream artists go.
(I still like to love the above artists, but some purists go on about them like they're the 2nd coming of trance jesus)
Says the one who reguarly praises cold blue , atkinson, noble six etc. Good attempt at trying to be "different". And im not a fanboy of any of those names btw.This ought to be a good one on here: Matt Darey, Push, Lieb, and Airwave are overrated. And while Ferry Corsten made some cheeseball anthems back in the day and "killed trance" as Ishkur puts it, he was also one of the only big-name DJs who consistently was trying new, different things (within the range of still commercially-viable sounds). That's still somewhat true today as far as more mainstream artists go.
(I still like to love the above artists, but some purists go on about them like they're the 2nd coming of trance jesus)
Depends on what the major labels decide to do.Trance, as a genre, will die out slowly but surely, over the next 10-15 years.
Trance has been in decline in popularity for 20 years or so. I don't think that is going to change. Electronic music and especially club music is a small market and trance is a niche and aging market even in that perspective.Trance, as a genre, will die out slowly but surely, over the next 10-15 years.
I actually... somewhat agree with you. I am not sure if it is truly interesting but it is surprisingly high quality stuff even though first tracks give a nod to the more commercial side of things. I also think Rush is a fine trance album.Darude - Label This! [2007] is an interesting, high-quality trance album that time forgot and that few people will take seriously due to the meme status of Sandstorm
I mean, you nailed it. This thread is about opinions; you don't need an explanation to justify them. Otherwise this would be the unpopular trance / electronic music facts thread.Opinions, opinions, opinions.... But for someone to write exactly why one is better and the other worse (musically) no one write that.
Not only in terms of song structure.
Try look on 10 hour lecture about music from Christian Berdahl Distraction Dilemma (yes christian i know) but if you only focus on the topic of music, he presented some interesting facts.
Trance has been in decline in popularity for 20 years or so. I don't think that is going to change. Electronic music and especially club music is a small market and trance is a niche and aging market even in that perspective.
My unpopular opinion is continuation of the same thought. There won't be a resurrection of trance and it won't become popular anymore. At least not from the current trance scene. If something, we may get some updated and different version of trance from some retro trend where other genres fuses some ideas from the old trance. Or then "another round" may start from the more melodic side of techno. But whatever it is, the change will spark elsewhere (if it ever does).
I actually... somewhat agree with you. I am not sure if it is truly interesting but it is surprisingly high quality stuff even though first tracks give a nod to the more commercial side of things. I also think Rush is a fine trance album.
Yeah, it's commercial trance but executed so well. Very few producers integrated well guitars/rock in non-psytrance, yet Darude pulled it off.I actually... somewhat agree with you. I am not sure if it is truly interesting but it is surprisingly high quality stuff even though first tracks give a nod to the more commercial side of things. I also think Rush is a fine trance album.
Depends on how you interpret "the death of trance." I think the organized trance scene (ASOT, FSOE, Pure Trance) will eventually die, and the genre will be maintained only by amateur/extremely underground producers (like Enigma State).Trance as a genre is already immortal.
it cannot die. Exact same thing happened with Hardcore after its rise and fall from popularity. The only way for trance to die is by means of say a massive gamma ray burst of meteorite impact kindly wiping out half the planet and the whole internet and every relevant library, ushering in a nuclear winter and century decay of trivial (art) knowledge in favor of basic survival skills.
other then that there will always be some corner or back alley where trance or some form thereof will be found.
^ I don't know if that counts as an unpopular opinion by the way but hey you can suck it up and like it non the less.