thanks - that is the point i was trying to make dustin On Sun, 11 Jun 2000 00:25:35 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > In a message dated 11/06/00 8:16:36 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > It's interesting as 'trance' has changed in its definition over > time so that > > a diversity of artists and music from different subcultures and > generations > > now goes under that title. I remember someone saying that > Waveform > > Transmission Vol 1 was 'trancey' - I still don't hear that. But > now when > > people say 'techno trance' I think of someone like Timo Maas - > commercial > > trance with elements of commercial techno, very derivative. Even > Seb > > Fontaine is going down that route. It may be a personal thing, > but I ain't > > feeling it. And, as for Oliver Lieb, I put him, rightly and > wrongly, in the > > same bracket as Moby. I just don't get him at all. The most > soul-less > > 'underground' DJ and producer I have ever heard. > > > > My understanding of trance music has always been in the core of > reptitive > rhythm-ic sounds which are capable of inducing that 'state of mind' > which is > trancendent of normal conciousness. Alright I might be sounding a > bit > spiritual here, but isn't this music also intertwined with > spirituality > anyway? So using this as a basis, I always thought of trance music > as mostly > techno related rhythms of the minimal repetition field - Maurizio/ > Basic > Channel/ Chain Reaction and anything in vein of tribal drumming/ > rhythms and > shamanistic or religious rituals. Dub music has also always had a > heavy > trance element in its intent. And I hear a lot of native American > Indian > trance-like percussions in 313 music especially in UR (Mad Mike's > one-half > native indian), Rolando, Octave One, Dark Energy... > > Most of techno is trance-based music, but not the "TRANCE" music > that is > heavily genre-rised and marketed by the media (speed-garage, jungle > and other > inane marketing categories). So before anyone else gets caught up in > any > semantic or genre misunderstandings, lets dispose of the Trance > marketed > genre and hopefully talk about the music without its media > underpinnings > > > A_Zed > _________________________________________ > Program Co-ordinator, Ambient Zone RTRFM 92.1 > Sunday Electronic Listening [http://rtrfm.ii.net] > Perth, W.Aust (WST) 23.00-01.00 Detroit (EST) 10.00-12.00 > Frankfurt (CET)/ London(GMT)16.00-18.00 > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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