My 2 Cents

Ian · **Posted:** Fri Mar 08, 2002 3:00 pm

I'm bored with nowt to do, so I'm going to write a bit on Trance and my thoughts on 1999 and the Big 'Boom' in Popularity.... if this makes no sense ignore me Laughing

1999 is the year everyone talks about in Trance, when it became popular to the mainstream market and every man and his pet dog were 'Trance fans' A Lot of tunes were out that year, and as much as there were good ones like Blank & Jones 'Cream' System F - Out of the blue and Gouryella - Gouryella, people seem to forget that there were also tunes that were utter garbage and don't deserve much mention, tunes that DJ's like Dave Pearce & Judge Jules caned week in, week out until they were so boring you turned the radio off, for example DJ Jean - The Launch, Everyone loved it when it came out, but then it was on every single compilation, every radio station and people assumed that every song was like that.

If you look at most of the crowd that was into trance in 1999, they aren't now into it, I know this from experience, my brother and all his mates worshipped compilations like Trance Nation & the Cream ones. well now they go around slagging it off and listening to music like blink 182, linkin park, once again going around and following trends, leaving behind the true fans of trance, who know that trance is for life and not just for 1999 Very Happy

What a lot of people don't understand is that there was life before 1999 in the trance scene. Personally I remember tunes from before then, the first 'Trance' tune I heard was BBE - Seven days & 1 week and at the same time were Vincent De Moor - Flowtation, Humate - Love Stimulation and Armin - Blue Fear, Most of these predate 1999 by 2 or 3 years, yet when someone is asked for a trance anthem, they say PPK or Ian Van Dahl. Personally that pisses me off, Artists like Bedrock, Sunbeam and too many others to mention have been doing plenty of quality productions since the early 90s onwards.

Perfect Examples of that came in Radio 1s Dance Anthems when one vegetable called in and said 'my all time favourite Dance anthem ever of the year is ppk' I couldn't stop laughing, this woman is either drugged upto the eyeballs or a complete vegeatable. My money is on both

It'd be cool if we could have a section on the classics, where we could compile a list of the old tunes from Bedrocks - From what you dream of through to the stuff from 98, to help educate the newer listeners who got into this from 99 onwards. There are a lot of newbies to trance so it could be cool and help them understand where it came from.

Above&Beyond · **Posted:** Wed Mar 13, 2002 1:04 pm

DjMasterMaN · **Posted:** Wed Mar 13, 2002 10:48 pm

Should I say something scary...... I even listened to Milk Inc before and during 1999! Songs like Promise Me and In My Eyes were great in my opinion. Nobody gave a damn bout that songs, but after 1999 suddenly Milk Inc gets popular and Walk on water became a huge hit and then there were suddenly Milk Inc Rip-offs like Sylver, Ian van Dahl and Lasgo. I know the most of the real Trance lovers of 1999 now listen more to progressive Trance, but there are (including me) also Trance lovers of 1999 who now like it more roughly.

((-&E-)) · **Posted:** Wed Mar 13, 2002 10:54 pm

in 1999 trance finally came in to the mainstream and got alot of attention and made a name for its self....

then after 99 its gone back down underground and taken alot of fans with it...

hopefully if trance can do the same this year and become mainstream threw the summer.. the genre will get more awareness and become stronger and stronger... Laughing

this is particuly true in england.. im not so sure about else where esp in europe cos its alot more popular over there... but in england we have far too many of the annoying muppits that go by the name 'moshers' Twisted Evil

pinkturkey · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2002 4:56 am

PPK's resurrection is a wonderful tune in its own right. There's no need to slag it

VelourFog · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2002 7:05 am

the only reason why i dont like that tune is coz its been overplayed to death on radio[/img]

Above&Beyond · **Posted:** Thu Mar 14, 2002 10:58 am

yeah, same here, the radio killed that tune here in the uk! im not useually one to say that but with this tune it more than true! Evil or Very Mad

davehart · **Posted:** Sun Mar 17, 2002 3:31 am

PPK's resurrection is a good tune but i would'nt even put it anywhere near my top 30 favourite trance anthems thats for sure.

Have to say, late 1998 and 1999 was when i started getting into music and Trance, ironically the first compilation i bought was Trance Nation and its follow up Trance Nation 2, still regard those as very fine albums.

Still love trance to this day and I have to admit its my favourite style of music, no disrespect but i just can't stand the bollox by Linkin Park and the like.

Just a wonder tho, Nu-NRG - Dreamland, one of my favourite trakcs around at the moment and I've not herd it played anywhere (radio, local clubs etc), I dont think even Radio 1 have given it a play. Only folk who I've herd pushing it out is PvD. Just a shame he dont do a UK radio show.

Interesting to see where Trance goes this year and what new material can come out that gathers peoples intrests.

Above&Beyond · **Posted:** Mon Mar 18, 2002 12:44 pm

davehart · **Posted:** Mon Mar 18, 2002 11:56 pm

yeah, spotted that one a while ago, not to sure wheather to grab it or not. Is it on the same par as just the original Dreamland mix?

Dj SpanK · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2002 12:31 am

ppk was a massive tune, but wot most ppl don't realise is that it got released in 2001 coz paul oakenfold was scouring the internet for new talent...went to mp3.com and found PPK - ReSurection. but the song had actually bin made in 1998! tho it was 2bpm slower than the version released...so in theory that was a good trance tune that was made before 1999...i probably make no sense but u mite get the jist of it! Surprised

VelourFog · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2002 2:26 am

yeh i know what ur talking about

alot of tunes get re-released so u never when they originally came out
like u think its new then u see it on a dj's playlist from 2 years ago or something

pinkturkey · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2002 4:15 am

wow, thats incredible. i can't believe it was made in 1998 first

still there's heaps of good shit on mp3.com. QUite often i go there to find my other trance stuff which dont have the big names to 'em just to see what they're like and so of them are reall standouts :D :D :D

pinkturkey · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2002 4:16 am

bugger, forgot to turn on smilies Razz

M.A.R.K · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2002 5:38 am

there are good tracks and garbage being released every year. so i really don't see how that statement about the launch makes any significance. also, i don't agree with that bandwagon jumping comment either. i first got a taste of trance in the summer of 99 and since then i have not gone back. i haven't jumped ship and said trance sucks now and this and that. however, i do think trance has evolved and changed since that time and there will be people who can accept these changes and some cannot.

98-99 was the "big boom" for a reason. for me, it was the aura within the music that attracted me to it. every single track made me feel special when i listen to it. nowadays, especially in 2001, that feeling is non-existent. perhaps its a degrade of quality in the music? or the effects just wore off over time? i'm not listening to the right tunes? i don't know.

people have their specific reasons and every one of them could be different. i don't think its fair to just throw them all into a bunch and label them as bandwagon jumpers.

thats just my 2 cents Smile

Above&Beyond · **Posted:** Tue Mar 19, 2002 10:05 am