Arnej's confession about his last productions

[mrx.friend]

Arnej, Facebook, 7th June:

I haven't posted anything for two months because I've had nothing to share with you.
The scene became this vomit like substance of what it was before and it made me ill thinking about some of the music that was being put out there being called Trance. Honestly, I had no hope that things would get better for Trance, until I read that Ferry is bringing back Gouryella. I thought to myself, maybe there is a light at the end of the Trance tunnel and that light is Gouryella ... one of the most iconic project names in the history of our music, Gouryella. I'm as much a fan as many of you are and I've hassled the man himself Ferry Corsten on numerous occasions about the comeback of the project... and bothered him about the return as much as any one of you have hoped it would happen. I never did think that there would be such a moment.

I'm so glad that he took the plunge and stepped back in time to take us all back to where we began. This new record captures what I fell in love with with Trance music. It's not about a big bassline, it's not about some crazy buildup and it's not about some big "drop", it's not about the latest production gimmick. It's all about the journey through emotion and melody. This may sound like a fanboy moment and that's probably because it is.

Truth be told, I don't give a shit about this new breed of "EDM Trance" DJs and Producers but I don't blame them for doing it either. I'll be quite frank and admit that I'm guilty of having tried to dabble in it and ultimately failed because that's not what resonated with me, my heart was not in it. My heart will always lie with where the true roots of Trance are, that is taking us all on an emotional roller-coaster joyride filled with happiness and tears of joy.

Reactions of some users:

Paula van der Waerden There are so many good artists out there producing trance that takes you on a journey - I don't agree that Gouryella is bringing that back for the first time after years - just look in the right places, and you'll discover it never went away - it just got pushed in the background because of this shit EDM.

Arnej Honestly Paula, I was so disconnected and turned off from the genre that I just ignored everything that was even labeled as Trance. I'm glad that guys like Rich are doing their thing and giving it a second wind.

Jerry Massey Until artists like yourself start calling out specific artists (i.e. from "The Machine"), nothing's going to change because those said artists will not have to defend themselves.

And I'm totally not buying into the Gouryella gimmick. People are being baited by Ferry because Ferry went trouse with his NWP thing with Markus that he did the Gouryella stuff so trance fans can cheer him again. Same deal with Armin doing the Rising Star deal and promptly "producing" Airport 2.0.

Arnej Calling out people won't really do anything. The every day listener doesn't care if DJ Joe uses a ghost producer or calls himself trance but really plays EDM. You just gotta do you, if you know what I mean?

Menno Meijer Seems like a hypocrite reaction to me. Ferry releasing Anahera (lovely track) has nothing to do with his love for trance but with the immense success of Dimension's Origami (best trance track of recent years). Trying to keep that Flashover success going is a main reaso behind releasing Anahera I assume. Next to that, indeed your releases of late had little to do with proper melodic trance but were gimmicky electro trance defined by the big labels .. .. So indeed please give this status some power and release honest melodic driving trance again (one of the reasons I feel in love with your music to begin with). Cheers, Aerian

Arnej I've known Ferry long enough to tell you that the things he puts focus on are things he feels, if he made some edm ish records it's because he felt it at the time. Don't overthink it too much. He did this because he's feeling it not because he's trying to appease to anyone. Only person he needs to appease is himself.

Anish Mehta "production gimmicks"

"Truth be told, I don't give a shit about this new breed of "EDM Trance" DJs and Producers but I don't blame them for doing it either. I'll be quite frank and admit that I'm guilty of having tried to dabble in it and ultimately failed because that's not what resonated with me, my heart was not in it."

So we're not gonna see any more stupid pitch bend buildups? Or is it a cold harbour pre-requisite?

Arnej I'm not with Coldharbour man, but you're right, not every song needs a riser!

Rob BrummansI'm confused though,I recall quite alot of messages saying that you were following your heart, while posting an anti-climactic track. I've always thought of that as a shame. Maybe it's an idea to search bacck all those tracks and give them the lead melody they deserved, right after the massive build-ups which those tracks did have!

Arnej I don't agree that every trance song needs a "full on climax", sometimes less is more and sometimes more is more ...

I-Zak TovarWhat you think about psy trance ?

Arnej This new "psy trance" is just a gimmick, has nothing to do with the real thing, it's like EDM Psy

Greg HansfordThen take this inspiration into the studio and get busy!

Arnej I'm 4 steps ahead of yoU!

Arnej, Facebook, 9th June:

I'm extremely overwhelmed and humbled by your reactions. It is now clear that we are ALL equally frustrated by what's been happening with our beloved genre.
Where do we go from here? Do we keep bitching and moaning about it or do we do something about it? I can't speak for my peers, but I plan on doing something about it.
A movement is only as big as the voices that carry it.
Let's stop talking about the need for change and let's BE THE CHANGE.
Stay tuned ...

Well, I hope Arnej will return to his orchestral trance tracks again ('Tomorrow Never Comes', 'Fading Memories', 'The Strings That Bind Us' etc.) and he will not wasting his talent on EDM craps ('Fusion', 'The Burrow' etc.) anymore.

[badass]

I'm glad SOMEONE finally spoke out about this thing publicly...

And the Ferry thing...LOL...some people just want to assume he's doing it for this or that reason...As if they know what his motive is? Like they're his fucking buddies and they talk to him all the time lol...STFU...They wanna cry trance is dead, trance is this, we want those nostalgic trance sounds blah blah blah blah blah yadda yadda yadda...And then when some artists like Ferry make a trance track finally, they start assuming it's for this or that reason LOL...

I think it's a great step in the right direction for the scene...All those cry babies will never be happy with anything, they should just stop listening to music period and posting those dumb comments...Really happy that Arnej spoke out about this!

[HugoHak]

I don't agree that the new Gouryella is new hope for trance or something, trance has been going well for the past few years (ignoring trouse).

[vastvision]

More and more ex-trance producers that tried to jump the EDM bandwagon and failed are now backtracking to trance again. Being a music producer doesn't mean you can make every genre in a succesful way. They experience the hard way. This is Arnej's way of packaging that message.

Words that in the end create buzz, but don't mean shit until artists actually put out a couple of trance belters again.

[mrx.friend]

I don't agree that the new Gouryella is new hope for trance or something, trance has been going well for the past few years (ignoring trouse).

I also don't think 'Anahera' should change everything but if this track is about to open some producers' eyes, then go ahead!
and btw, https://www.facebook.com/ArnejOffici...2961541089639/

[Qwertz]

All i see in that post is "Ferry" and "Gouryella"... can't get the hype about it at all. Suddenly he's the "saviour of trance" because he made one generic supersaw uplifter...? Once again trance people @ their best.
Im wondering anyways why everyone talks about early 00s overblown supersaw-uplifting as "the real trance" rather than 90s deep and hypnotic style ?
I don't need "the trance comeback" (it's BS anyways), but if trance ever want's to play a role in real / serious electronic music again it should get away from that constant idolization of Superstar DJ who are playing entirely commercial crap for years already.
Just my opinion.

[tep]

Im wondering anyways why everyone talks about early 00s overblown supersaw-uplifting as "the real trance" rather than 90s deep and hypnotic style ?

Because 00s overblown supersaw-uplifting brought trance to masses.

[Daysleeper]

Qwertz. Always comes in and being mr obvious in a thread where he sees his chance to do so. Not for any particular reason, but only to show he knows the fact. ;-)

[Tievb21]

IMO, the last 2 years are fucking awesome and when I see beyond, I see trance will have excellent releases the next 1-2 years.

And we DON'T need comebacks! Fuck them! ( or hug them *_*). Nothing will change. Trance has an excellent evolution with great underground names or supported by DJ who are not on TOP DJ magazines..... No jokes, who , someone who listen trance years and decades, WHO listen to ASOT nowdays. Nobody. Or corsten countown?
As @ badass and so many other (and Artist like Leon) mention, Why trance listeners have to cry so much, why they want to show themselves from crying so much? WHy they don't search more that ASOT and crapArmada?

(With underground mean No Ferries, no Armins, ghsotSchulzs, or tiestos)

If Anrej will come back, I will not hug him, until his music hug my heart again. But some artist, I will never hug again.

Now, let me enjoy: Naden - When Idols Become Rivals, and then the new Orkidea Album.

[Nangle]

Man, I hate to piss on the parade but i think this new Gouryella track has been blown way our of proportion and subject to a few over reactions. I'd partly be inclined to agree with Qwertz. People are painting this track like its the messiah of trance. Sure, Ferry and Gouryella are two of the biggest names to evolve from the genre but its only a track at the end of the day. It then begs the question: Why has it taken Ferry Corsten to revive Gouryella and start producing semi-respectable trance again for other artist to wake up and smell the coffee? I find it all to be rather amusing.

[Hensmon]

People are painting this track like its the messiah of trance. Sure, Ferry and Gouryella are two of the biggest names to evolve from the genre but its only a track at the end of the day.

It's true the track itself is not a world-beater, but I think the act of a big name making a Trance track again is just another signifigant - albiet small - contribution to Trance stepping back towards the right direction.

[badass]

All i see in that post is "Ferry" and "Gouryella"... can't get the hype about it at all. Suddenly he's the "saviour of trance" because he made one generic supersaw uplifter...? Once again trance people @ their best.
Im wondering anyways why everyone talks about early 00s overblown supersaw-uplifting as "the real trance" rather than 90s deep and hypnotic style ?
I don't need "the trance comeback" (it's BS anyways), but if trance ever want's to play a role in real / serious electronic music again it should get away from that constant idolization of Superstar DJ who are playing entirely commercial crap for years already.
Just my opinion.

Man, I hate to piss on the parade but i think this new Gouryella track has been blown way our of proportion and subject to a few over reactions. I'd partly be inclined to agree with Qwertz. People are painting this track like its the messiah of trance. Sure, Ferry and Gouryella are two of the biggest names to evolve from the genre but its only a track at the end of the day. It then begs the question: Why has it taken Ferry Corsten to revive Gouryella and start producing semi-respectable trance again for other artist to wake up and smell the coffee? I find it all to be rather amusing.

Ferry is a legend and he can influence the scene and other producers to produce again...While there are other AMAZING producers out there making good trance still, they don't have that level of influence that someone like Ferry can have on the scene...Look at it, everyone is talking about it on this site and on social media...If a lesser known/ unknown producer who is of Ferry's caliber made did something similar, it would not have that great of an effect...All of a sudden, people are open to 'reviving' trance once again...

For example, First State's coming back to trance hasn't had much of an effect on the scene...People were like "YAY" and then it was forgotten about an hour later...But everyone is talking about Ferry returning and this and that...There's a reason why...also we'll never know why ferry decided to bring it back... Unless he tells us... Maybe he did it because he feels it in his heart and not to inspire other producers? Maybe he just missed making a trance track? Maybe he is trying to bring that sound back? Who knows...

PS... LOL @ the 'generic' and 'supersaw' thing...over-use of those terms has become generic in and of itself...Hipster logic right there...Go listen to tracks that don't use this waveform then...Enjoy those sines, squares, triangles and pulses...Those aren't generic at all since they are hardly ever used

[Black Hitler]

Who is Arnej? His music sucks. The new overcompressed supersaw cheese journey from gouryella sucks as well. Trance will always be dead, Airwave, timewave, joof and a few others are the only ones who produce proper trance or progressive

[Altair]

Who is Arnej? His music sucks. The new overcompressed supersaw cheese journey from gouryella sucks as well. Trance will always be dead, Airwave, timewave, joof and a few others are the only ones who produce proper trance or progressive

[badass]

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Haha this guy's posts smell of traces of matrixmorpheus and all his other usernames he created lol... His posts are a dead giveaway welcome back matrixmorpheus aka peter dickmans ( ) aka negerfriken...