I've always thought that some tracks from the early 2000s aged really well, but pretty much everything from the '90s shows its age. If you showed a young person a track that didn't age well, they would immediately know that's old. In fact, I had that happen with a friend when I showed him Freefall - Skydive.
What do you think are characteristics that are dead giveaways for tracks that didn't age well? In my opinion, the two-step trance rhythm common in old trance is one of them, best shown here. The spacey atmosphere and the original TB-303 sound would also be strong candidates, since music hasn't really sounded like that for a long time.
As a bonus, what happened at the turn of the millennium that made trance from before sound different? Was it the transition from analog to digital?
I hope we can get some good discussion going on with this!
What do you think are characteristics that are dead giveaways for tracks that didn't age well? In my opinion, the two-step trance rhythm common in old trance is one of them, best shown here. The spacey atmosphere and the original TB-303 sound would also be strong candidates, since music hasn't really sounded like that for a long time.
As a bonus, what happened at the turn of the millennium that made trance from before sound different? Was it the transition from analog to digital?
I hope we can get some good discussion going on with this!