How come trance isn't like it was in 1999-2000

[Narmer]

Just listening to music from The Cynic Project and 303infinity (with Too Many Secrets my favorite music ever. But I could not find it online) and I don't hear anything like that anymore. Nothing is an insta-classic. Was 1999/2000 truly a golden age of trance music? Why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8b0z8NRm0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE65juTuCws&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXf2DhjnI0w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj5xAn7fYJM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv6qrMdXmTw&feature=related

 

[Crono]

It might be because of how relatively easy it is to produce electronic music now.

Same reason why 99% of Auto-Tuned music is crap. Give everyone a tool and you can expect most of the produced work to be poor.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

Was good through about 2002 - huge dropoff since then IMO.

Trance started taking off and the high nrg BPM stuff started tanking fast........

Horrible production quality killed it with little innovation.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Two low-tier electronic bands over a two year period = a golden age? lol. I'm not as familiar with electronic music as I'd like to be, but based on what I do know I can say that Orbital, Venetian Snares, and more important .MOD producers of the mid/late 90's (Alexander Brandon, Andrew Sega, Michael van den Bos, etc) beat the crap out of these bands.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Just listening to music from The Cynic Project and 303infinity (with Too Many Secrets my favorite music ever. But I could not find it online) and I don't hear anything like that anymore. Nothing is an insta-classic. Was 1999/2000 truly a golden age of electronic music? Why?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb8b0z8NRm0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE65juTuCws&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXf2DhjnI0w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj5xAn7fYJM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lv6qrMdXmTw&feature=related

Different strokes I guess. Personally I think Cynic Project and 303infinity is pure dreck. Try Tangerine Dream and even Rick Wakeman for some real electronic music.

 

[Narmer]

Was good through about 2002 - huge dropoff since then IMO.

Trance started taking off and the high nrg BPM stuff started tanking fast........

Horrible production quality killed it with little innovation.

I agree. A lot of stuff today is just loud and repetitive. I wished people did like The Cynic Project and used more soft instruments like the piano.

 

[Kirby]

trance != electronic music

 

[Narmer]

Two low-tier electronic bands over a two year period = a golden age? lol. I'm not as familiar with electronic music as I'd like to be, but based on what I do know I can say that Orbital, Venetian Snares, and more important .MOD producers of the mid/late 90's (Alexander Brandon, Andrew Sega, Michael van den Bos, etc) beat the crap out of these bands.

Well, with these two groups, I REALLY liked a lot of their music so I just stayed with them. But I'm all ears for good music.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

I'm sorry but the tracks you linked are terrible cheesy pop trance. Electronic music is much, much more than shiny shirt club dance music, and its golden age was not circa 2000.

 

[Narmer]

trance != electronic music

I changed the title just for you.

 

[Narmer]

I'm sorry but the tracks you linked are terrible cheesy pop trance. Electronic music is much, much more than shiny shirt club dance music, and its golden age was not circa 2000.

What I linked are definitely not dance music... More like relaxation music.

 

[Kirby]

I changed the title just for you.

<3

 

[blamb425]

Some of the best trance songs I've ever heard are from 2008-2009...

 

[Iron Woode]

I still listen to trance from KLF.

 

[Printer Bandit]

best trace song :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FAuJod1XmY

 

[Eli]

Because music is dynamic, it evolves.

 

[effowe]

What do you mean? It's always sucked.

 

[Kroze]

Vocal Trance is where it's at.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Because music is dynamic, it evolves.

Yup. Every generation always complains about the new generation of something.

Cars were so much more innovative back in the day.
In my day kids were much better, blah blah blah.

 

[Riceninja]

wow, and here i thought i was the only one who listened to cynic project.

 

[dwell]

Posting in an old dude thread.

 

[hiromizu]

Those songs didn't put me in a trance, but rather a temporary coma. I actually like some of the newer stuff better because the synth sounds are a bit more complex.

 

[meltdown75]

bears > tiesto

 

[Rage187]

1999? Best take that back to 95 for the good stuff.

 

[purbeast0]

trance does kinda suck now as far as new stuff goes. i listen to older trance when i listen to it. i like house more now than trance.