TRANCE wrote:A whole load of us used to be very heavily into this scene, raves, parties, clubs.....whatever you want to call it, they are nowhere near as good as when the occurred with proper trance music in the early 90's, but the music has all gone so generic now in clubs I find, plus E was better back then.
Ecstasy
rushing through my blood
all my senses start to flood
my hearing improving
my body starts moving
my head explodes
and the world is grooving
(carved into a table in London's Leisure Lounge club, mid 90's)
So Trance is dying? I am not into that music too much.....but I do see what you mean about the commercialization of trance, it seems really bubblegum these days.
I think one key (non-musical) difference between house and trance, is that fans of the type of house we went to see (deep house? authentic house lol) do tend remain in the scene as they get older (look at Ohm and myself as an example). But I see trance as more of a young person's game only.
Of course, house in the US was never as much about E as it was in Europe. Its much more underground and ethnic in the US, which is why the scene is quite strong there. And here I am happy to report
