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quoted 7 lines All the U.S. Rising High is released on Instinct. I also have a couple

>All the U.S. Rising High is released on Instinct. I also have a couple >of Rising High imports. That's the problem, boy. You have to spend >mucho dollars on imports because other than about 2 releases a year, >Instinct has all but given up on trance. Just look at the difference >between Plug In and Turn on 1 and 2. Get my drift? Good trance is very >difficult to get these days. I'll let you know when I wake up, whether >anything changes. PS-I'm still looking for GOOD advice.

i've never quite understood why people balk at imports. if you shop in the right places, imports cost...what?...maybe $5 more or so. and if the music is good, why should the import price turn you off? instinct is crap. they just seem to be more about selling what will make them $ than working towards releasing any serious sort of sound. their compilations consist of almost always previously released material, some of which has been kicked around for years and been on every other compilation already! an example is 'space is the place' by IF. how many comps have they put that track on already? they were still putting it on comps made last year! instinct's gone from early rave sounds to ambient and acid jazz and are now trying to milk the jungle bandwagon and trip hop too. i can't respect them and the only instinct releases i buy are the albums they license. i don't think you should look to instinct to release anything good except what is exceedingly hot at the moment. and that seems to be ambient. i will exclude thaemlitz from my instinct bashing though. he's excellent.

quoted 3 lines Anyway, I'm just

>Anyway, I'm just >frustrated with the lack of good trance available these days. Is it me, >or do I sense a dry spell in terms of good trance?

uh. i've always seen trance as being really overabundant. i don't find it difficult to find either. check out the visible label, they do some nice trance stuff (imo), air liquide, anything from rising high, spicelab, harthouse (new 2 disc compilation is really good), etc. although i bet you might already have most of this stuff. the latest spicelab album is really great too, imo. -- o _/,_ . /o...\__// fk453@cleveland.freenet.edu \_'__/``\` \`