Excerpts from mail: 3-May-99 (idm) Intelligent trance??? by Darren
Keast@skinny.com
quoted 4 lines other people respond with great examples of innovative artists in the given> other people respond with great examples of innovative artists in the given
> genre. The one category I've never heard defended on this list is trance...is
> there any trance that people out there like? The only trance I hear is really
> obnoxious and pop-ish...is that all there is?
I have a bit of a sore spot for some of the older Rising High/Fax trance
stuff, including Casper Pound's chubby trance and Oliver Lieb's lengthy
Spicelab workouts. But I suspect proper trance has really come and gone
(see Eye-Q's bankruptcy, etc.) There's some neato stuff on Platipus
records that borders on cheese, but it still pretty good. Hard driving
beats and lush synth, miles away from even remotely sounding like
goa/progressive trance.
Pete Namlook was making awesome cheesy trance before he "chilled" out
completely.... 1-Year-Dance (on Fax) is an awesome collection of mostly
Namlook-related trance projects from the first year of Fax. Witness the
work of Namlook and Atom Heart working chubby 4/4 booms and typewriter
clicks with a sample of a woman saying "I'm a secretary and I work all
day!"
Tee hee.....
Aaron
onnow: Chopin