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Trance which I (DJKC) play deals mainly with textures -- sound textures,
timbre, or tone color. A listener should not have to wait for a hook to
play over and over in order to be put into a trance; rather, the sound
itself should be trancey enough to transcend the listener to another plane
of existence. The rhythm should be very danceable, and average in B.P.M.
from 130 to 150 (almost always above 120). The rhythm is mostly four-on-
the-floor beats, usually using that Roland TR-909 drum machine sound or
similar sound, but never overly housey sounding; the rhythm, too, must
have a trancey texture (effects are added to the percussive sounds).
I call the kind of trance I play CROSS-SECTIONAL, or INSTANTANEOUS trance,
since one segment of the song has a texture -- instruments, sounds and
noises -- that are trancey. I call the other kind of trance LONGITUDINAL
trance, since one must wait over a period of time for the hook of a track
to become so repitious, that the listener is entranced. This longitudinal
trance is exemplified by Progressive house, including the house found
dominantly in the gay community. I only consider a LONGITUDINAL trance
track to be worthwhile if it contains that INSTANTANEOUS trance texture.
With the world of electronic music these days, there are infinite sound
textures, and infinite possibilities of what one can do with them.
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-djkc