Like anything good, good music is corrupted by money and the love of it. Some trance is good even these days, but you have to search through piles of trash, made by ppl who're only in it to make a quick buck, to find it.
Nick (Dj Pacific:) Ps. Pigeonholing sucks... --- christos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Okay, before I go on with my question, keep in mind > that I am by no means > a trance fan AT ALL (at least trance fans by the > convnetional definition). > Like every good 313 technohead, phrases like "Paul > Okenfold sucks," "Epic > trance is cheese," and "Hey Pete Tong, I got your > 'Essnetial Selection' > right here!" have become an integrated part of my > discorse when talking > about all things electronic. > > However, while looking through the Submerge site > (which is someing I > honestly do everyday....I am going nuts waiting for > version 2.0) I noticed > that Red Planet 1 - 3 are labeled as "trance." I > own all three of those > records, and musically, yes they do sound like > trance (or at least what > trance would sound like if it had soul and if it was > good). Furthermore, > I have heard a few old releases on Generator that if > released today, would > probably be considered "trance" (again, GOOD trance > with SOUL). > > I do not mean to insult red planet or generator, as > they are some of my > favroite labels (and T-1000 one of my favroite djs), > however, I wounder, > how much influence did we have on the development of > trance? I understand > that the aforementioned releases could easily also > be considered techno, > as UR defines techno as... "a music-based > experimentation: it is sacred to > no one race; it has no definitive sound. It is > music for the future of > the human race" however, I am just curious to see if > we DID in fact > influence trance. It would be a bit ironic if we > did, though nothing to > be ashamed of. Red Planet and Generator are/were 2 > EXCELLENT labels. > > -christos > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
