What was that Chain Reaction record that was a balls-out trance extravaganza? I remember the controversy when that one came out, but I never bothered listening to it.
Like it or hate it, you have to take your hat off to trance. If the mass popularisation of electronic music could be summed up in one sound, it'd be a looping Juno 106 arpeggio over a gradually building snare roll and soaring major-chord strings while tens of thousands of holidaymakers, none of whom really like music very much, scream themselves hoarse... just as the electric guitar had rock'n'roll, the synthesiser now has trance. I'll always be slightly nostalgic about the period before trance and techno properly diverged, though - it was nice to be able to play UR to, and get a positive reaction from, those early/mid-1990s crowds who had yet to realise that they were "trance" fans and therefore didn't like Detroit techno. The converse to that, though, was that you used to hear much more trancey records in techno clubs... Brendan | -----Original Message----- | From: Langsman, Marc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: 10 December 2002 14:54 | To: 'Stephen Kelly'; [email protected] | Subject: RE: (313) Re: new vinyl recommendations | | | | > >>the new los hermanos quetzal was a little disapointing, it | > sounds a >> | > >>little cheesy like trance, i don't see what all the hype is about. | | cant say Im too impressed either to be honest - dunno if Id | go quite as far | as trance tho ;) | | saying that I liked the first hermanos but it still sounded very | jaguar-esque to me ! | | -------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | This message is intended only for the personal and | confidential use of the designated recipient(s) named above. | If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are | hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution | or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. This | communication is for information purposes only and should not | be regarded as an offer to sell or as a solicitation of an | offer to buy any financial product, an official confirmation | of any transaction, or as an official statement of Lehman | Brothers. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be | secure or error-free. Therefore, we do not represent that | this information is complete or accurate and it should not be | relied upon as such. All information is subject to change | without notice. | | |
