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| Trance
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| Stylistic origins:
| Techno, Industrial, Synth pop
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| Cultural origins:
| Early 1990s, Europe, particularly Belgium
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| Typical instruments:
| Synthesizer - Drum machine - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler
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| Mainstream popularity:
| Wide, largely in mid-late 1990s in nightclubs worldwide
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| Subgenres
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| Goa - MinimalistAn emerging style of electronic trance music developed in the early 2000s, minimalist trance is an amalgamation of psychedelic trance and progressive music, pioneered by Daniel Vernunft with his acclaimed Shiva Chandra identity. Darker and edgier than mai - ProgressiveProgressive music is an approach to music that can be applied to several different musical genres. The dictionary meanings of the word "progressive" summarize the approach often taken by musicians working in a "progressive style": (1) moving forward; adva - PsychedelicPsychedelic trance (often referred to as psy trance is a form of trance music (a style of electronic music), developed in the early 1990s. Trance has a fast beat, in the range 125 to 150 beats per minute (bpm), compared to ambient trance music and other f
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Perhaps the most ambiguous genre in the realm of electronic dance music (EDM), trance could be described as a melodic, more-or-less freeform style of music derived from a combination of techno and house. Regardless of its precise origins, to many club-goers, party-throwers, and EDM adherents, trance is held as a significant development within the greater sphere of (post-)modern dance music.
While there is no strict definition for "trance", songs of this genre are usually characterized as being accessible and having " anthemic" qualities. Using that as a starting point, a basic trance track could then be described as being comprised of a particular melodic and/or vocal hook which is given presence over an uncomplicated bassline, a simple drum pattern (which often includes snare and/or kick drum rolls to mark "big moments"), and perhaps one or two other semi-quantified aural elements to provide texture and enhance the rhythm. Trance also usually features more complicated chord progressions and melodies than were found in the music at the time, including 4 chord progressions symptomatic of 80's new wave music. Trance also heavily uses sawtooth waved synthesizers more so then other genres. However, not all trance fits that profile, and often times a song's classification as "trance" has just as much to do with who is playing it as what it sounds like.
