A Special Sound Selection

These are a selection of tracks which I’m surprised aren’t popular enough =(

Enjoy

Armin Van Buuren ft Sophie – Virtual Friend (original mix) Absolutely adore this track from Armin’s new Mirage album

Markus Schulz feat. Justine Suissa – Perception (Vocal Mix) Forward to 3 minutes and 30 seconds =)

Cerf, Mitiska & Jaren – Beggin’ You (Armin Van Buuren Remix) A wonderful track from Armin’s ASOT 2010 album

Markus Schulz

and a some old tracks I listen to all the time

Yoshimoto

Du What U Du (Trentemoller Remix) – Yoshimoto Very… energetic song =P

Trentemøller – Moan feat. Ane Trolle (Trentemøller Remix) I love Trentemoller

Röyksopp – What Else Is There (Trentemøller Remix) You guys should know this, or at least it’s original

Trentemoller

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YouSoundTube – A Mirage Sneak-Peak

The picture above is of a living deity. His name is Armin van Buuren, and even if you don’t know it, you love him too and his songs were (or still are) your mobile ringtones or alarm songs.

This man has the most successful Radio show on Earth: A State of Trance, which is well on the way to clocking in 500 episodes in early 2011. He has been the world’s number one for 3 years in a row (four hopefully, I already voted on djmag.com, vote if you still haven’t). He releases A State of Trance, Universal Religion, Armind, and his personal albums such as Imagine, and the latest: Mirage. Mirage will be out September 10th.

This man is HUGE, and unlike Tiesto and Paul van Dyk, still has respect among underground electronic music fans, for never compromising the music in order to sell more (which PvD and Tiesto failed in, but Guetta took advantage of to the max – see earlier post on Guetta)

Because I love Armin too much, the sneak-peak will be YouTubes only, not zippyshare links. Maybe later on, after you’ve had a chance to BUY the album, I’ll post the zippy links.

A Trance Masterpiece: Full Focus

This scared me at first, but, the Owl City vocals have been touched by the hand of Armin (I believe the Mirage version will be slightly different)

Like Sophie Ellis Bextor?

Electronic Music For Dummies – Trance Edition

Trance Music

Trance music’s origins can be fairly estimated to be European in essence, more specifically German. As for when it started emerging in clubs and raves, the 1990s are a safe bet. The obscure information about origin in place and time of electronic music might seem annoying to some, and questions the integrity of it as a ‘new’ genre for others. However, to me, that makes it all the better because several countries and people can claim it as their own, or at least no one an really attribute it to a specific nation, movement or time, making it a truly universal pleaser.

Anyway, on to what makes Trance music different from other EDM music. Trance’s defining feature is its dynamic musical form, which builds up and down throughout a track. The ‘entrancing’ effect it has on ravers is supposed to derive from the fact the music gradually builds up to a point where the music climaxes, and the revelers burst into an energetic dance spree after subdued moves in tune with the ‘build up’ phase. That is why Trance fanatics often conserve their energy specifically for those climaxes, making the sea of revelers seems calmer than House or Techno revelers.

Trance music also incorporates vocals most of the time, with short phrases that can be often dubbed as ‘uplifting’ and are always easy to follow. Others though provide a more intense poetic aspect, while my favorite type focuses purely on the musical aspect.

Clubs rarely showcase Trance music, for it does not ensure steady and paced dancing throughout the night, but instead offers a relatively fast tempo, and as mentioned earlier, a build up and build down of the track. Stadium events and raves are Trance’s playground where revelers with the intent of attaining that altered state of consciousness are the majority of the crowd.

Beats Per Minute: 130 to 155 BPM (faster than House music)
Famous DJs: Armin van Buuren, Tiesto, Paul van Dyk, Ferry Corsten, Above & Beyond, Cosmic Gate
Famous Classics: Adagio for Strings – Tiesto, Burned with Desire, Communication Part 3- Armin van Buuren, For An Angel, Crush – Paul van Dyk, Till I Come (9pm) – ATB, Children – Robert Miles, Can’t Sleep – Above and Beyond, As the Rush Comes – Motorcycle
Famous Recent Hits: In and Out of Love, Never Say Never, Unforgivable, Fine Without You, Imagine, Broken Tonight -Armin van Buuren, Gaia – Tuvan
Famous Events:
Armin Only – Netherlands, Creamfields and the Global Gathering – UK, Together As One -Los Angeles
Famous Hotspots: Goa (India) and the Netherlands
Samples I Recommend:
Rush Hour (Original Mix) – Armin van Buuren – A good example of trance without vocals, others like it by Armin include: Communication Part 3, Imagination, Intricacy.
Satellite (Above and Beyond Remix) – Oceanlab – Inspirational Vocals
Find Yourself (Cosmic Gate Remix) – John O’Callaghan – Amazing Vocals, not too old
Some DJs in Lebanon Who Spin Trance: Amadeus

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