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Trance music" is not a new phenomenon. The ability for music to drive dancers into ecstatic frenzies has been known at least since
Euripides.
The Shakers got their name from the ecstatic behavior they exhibited when dancing to their
simple, repetitive hymns.
Voodoo rituals are built around
complex, trance-inducing rhythms. It was well known that trance-dancing can produce ecstastic states, but until the later part of the 20th century, and the invention of the 'extended dance remix', it was rare for commercial music to reach for it.
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posted by empath
on Feb 1, 2010 -
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In the waning days of the Disco era,
Larry Levan crafted a new style of dance music, which, like House music in Chicago, came to be named after the nightclub where it was most played, the
Paradise Garage. Garage music may have started with disco, but over the decades, it's evolved in some surprising ways:
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posted by empath
on Oct 27, 2009 -
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The bastard offspring of
New Age,
Techno,
Industrial and
Acid House,
trance is one of the most
popular and most
maligned musical genres of the 21st century.
Trance can be
bombastic or
delicate,
psychedelic or
rock and roll,
spacey or
deep,
euphoric or
dark,
commercial or
underground,
lush or
funky,
melodic or
monotone,
hard or
laid back.
You can try making some yourself with this
toy, or go in depth with this
tutorial. You can find it
online, but if you want to really experience it, you need to
hear it at a club.
posted by empath
on Jan 16, 2008 -
184 comments
Berliner Trance. A 1993 documentary tracing the origins of modern trance music in East Berlin. Featuring interviews with many of the biggest names in trance, including a very young
Paul Van Dyk, now currently
ranked as the #1 DJ in the world.
posted by empath
on Apr 7, 2007 -
49 comments
