Cascada I lump in with Ultrabeat, Basshunter etc as your standard noughties Eurodance pop - the beats are a little harder but the melodies are more simplistic than the multi-note anthems of trance. In a way they bridge the gap between the trance-dominated early noughties and the beginnings of EDM urban dance-pop (Guetta/Harris etc) in the late noughties.

 

I always found the Eurodance "revival" of late 2007-mid 2008 fascinating, Basshunter getting a huge #1 (ahead of some woman called Adele) and Cascada, Ultrabeat and most spectacularly Scooter selling tons of albums. It seems forgotten now but looking back it signalled the end of rock/indie's noughties chart domination and a major shift towards the club bangers of the 2010s. And it meant I got to see them all live on stage thanks to Clubland and Hard2Beat's arena tours, which provide brilliant memories of my late teens!

Oh guys, while reading this topic I came to conclusion that something went wrong on one of steps. When these hard times have come: David Guetta or Kygo came trance DJs? Nonsence, sorry. Of course I agree with AvB's sound commercialization, so TIWIFL and his latest attempts can never pretend to be counted as trance music (by the way, his shadow new track with Dutch band Kensington *that I hope will get a release date and a name soon* previewed at Dutch TV show is pure trance and needs to smash everything around).

As for real trance, I don't know about UK but our radiostations were in love with This Light Between Us by Armin featuring Christian Burns 5 yrs ago. This track seems to be the last thing to remember about radio-friendly trance music on my mind.

Anthem ^_^ Cicada Radio Mix was also pure bliss

And I do believe in the revival in 3-5 years.

p.s. Scooter band released their 18th album in February 2016 with 3 singles followed, the last one, Mary Got No Lamb, had got a video last week (for those who are glad to see old heroes back)

Edited June 2, 20169 yr by djgrafdemon

Cascada I lump in with Ultrabeat, Basshunter etc as your standard noughties Eurodance pop - the beats are a little harder but the melodies are more simplistic than the multi-note anthems of trance. In a way they bridge the gap between the trance-dominated early noughties and the beginnings of EDM urban dance-pop (Guetta/Harris etc) in the late noughties.

 

But there was the funky house of mid 2004 to mid 2006 and the electro house of mid 2006 to the end of 2007 between and they kind of dominated the dance scene between trance and urban dance pop.

 

I also find it fascinating how in 2013, eurodance kind of returned too in the form of big room house, the likes of David Guetta, Showtek and Vassy's Bad does sound very 2003- early 2004 eurodance. As does the likes of Martin Garrix and Dmitri Vegas' Tremor and Showtek's Earthquake in having simple very hard melodies in the chorus, like Special D's Come With Me or even earlier stuff like Cosmic Gate's Fire Wire, which maybe was the first big room house song.

 

 

The main noughties dance trends I think of - at least in terms of major top 10 chart success - are UK garage (until 2001), trance (until 2003), looped/funky house (2004-06), electro (2006-07), bassline garage (2007-08) and the modern definition of EDM (from 2009), though all sorts of styles came and went throughout the decade if not quite as hectic as the 90s. Others came close - 2002 looked at one point to be the big year drum & bass was gonna explode into the pop mainstream, after two huge top tens from Puretone and Shy FX early in the year, but it stalled a little after that and only really got going, in chart terms, a few years later. Obviously the genre itself was almost a decade old by that point and had produced big albums from Goldie and Roni Size, but I'm talking in commercial pop terms in the way DJ Fresh, Sigma, Rudimental etc can score #1 singles in a way that would be unthinkable a decade ago. I remember when Pendulum only just got top 40 with 'Slam' and in 2005 that was a massive achievement!

 

"Clubland" style Eurodance-pop was kinda always there from 2002-08 but faded in and out of major popularity, with a big run of mainstream success in 2007-08. I think of Scooter's 'The Logical Song' as an early example, and then Come With Me, Everytime We Touch etc right up to the last few Basshunter hits - I think he just lasted into 2009 although obvs '08 was his big year.

Was this trance?

 

Was this trance?

 

hm I don't think so, Wikipedia lists it as progressive house also.

Wasn't I'm Not Alone by Calvin Harris trance? Sure the production had electro elements to it too but those synths were pure Mauro Picotto.

I still listen to a lot of trance myself, and most of my favourite ever dance songs are from the trance genre (I even favour the 2001 Rob Searle remix of Set You Free over the original).

 

Not much of the stuff around now is standout enough to catch the ear of Spotify users but I'm sure it will come back into favour at some point in the next decade, Faded is as close as we've got in a while as mentioned above.

The main noughties dance trends I think of - at least in terms of major top 10 chart success - are UK garage (until 2001), trance (until 2003), looped/funky house (2004-06), electro (2006-07), bassline garage (2007-08) and the modern definition of EDM (from 2009), though all sorts of styles came and went throughout the decade if not quite as hectic as the 90s. Others came close - 2002 looked at one point to be the big year drum & bass was gonna explode into the pop mainstream, after two huge top tens from Puretone and Shy FX early in the year, but it stalled a little after that and only really got going, in chart terms, a few years later. Obviously the genre itself was almost a decade old by that point and had produced big albums from Goldie and Roni Size, but I'm talking in commercial pop terms in the way DJ Fresh, Sigma, Rudimental etc can score #1 singles in a way that would be unthinkable a decade ago. I remember when Pendulum only just got top 40 with 'Slam' and in 2005 that was a massive achievement!

 

"Clubland" style Eurodance-pop was kinda always there from 2002-08 but faded in and out of major popularity, with a big run of mainstream success in 2007-08. I think of Scooter's 'The Logical Song' as an early example, and then Come With Me, Everytime We Touch etc right up to the last few Basshunter hits - I think he just lasted into 2009 although obvs '08 was his big year.

 

There was also some tracks in the early 2000s which were house but had trancey stuff in the background

 

 

 

 

 

Was Guru Josh Project - Infinity 2008 a trance song. It sounds quite trancey.

 

Also what about One Republic (Alesso remix) - If I Lose Myself?

 

And about today, Kygo and Kodaline's Raging is quite trancey too like the Alan Walker track.

Edited July 20, 20168 yr by Mountain Marquis

The main noughties dance trends I think of - at least in terms of major top 10 chart success - are UK garage (until 2001), trance (until 2003), looped/funky house (2004-06), electro (2006-07), bassline garage (2007-08) and the modern definition of EDM (from 2009), though all sorts of styles came and went throughout the decade if not quite as hectic as the 90s. Others came close - 2002 looked at one point to be the big year drum & bass was gonna explode into the pop mainstream, after two huge top tens from Puretone and Shy FX early in the year, but it stalled a little after that and only really got going, in chart terms, a few years later. Obviously the genre itself was almost a decade old by that point and had produced big albums from Goldie and Roni Size, but I'm talking in commercial pop terms in the way DJ Fresh, Sigma, Rudimental etc can score #1 singles in a way that would be unthinkable a decade ago. I remember when Pendulum only just got top 40 with 'Slam' and in 2005 that was a massive achievement!

 

"Clubland" style Eurodance-pop was kinda always there from 2002-08 but faded in and out of major popularity, with a big run of mainstream success in 2007-08. I think of Scooter's 'The Logical Song' as an early example, and then Come With Me, Everytime We Touch etc right up to the last few Basshunter hits - I think he just lasted into 2009 although obvs '08 was his big year.

- Dubstep (2009-2011)

- Drum and Base (2011-2012)

- Future garage (2012-2013)

- Big Room (2013-2014)

- Tropical house (2014-)

- PC music lol

 

Does that help xo

 

The 10s have trends too, they're just not so visible when we're living through them. As far as I've heard, mainstream dance music is so much better than it was ~5 years ago. Give me Kygo over Steve Aoki anyday.

Edited July 21, 20168 yr by Harve

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Edited July 26, 20168 yr by Mountain Marquis

"Clubland" style Eurodance-pop was kinda always there from 2002-08 but faded in and out of major popularity, with a big run of mainstream success in 2007-08. I think of Scooter's 'The Logical Song' as an early example, and then Come With Me, Everytime We Touch etc right up to the last few Basshunter hits - I think he just lasted into 2009 although obvs '08 was his big year.

 

There was also 'retro' Eurodance like Uniting Nations (all three of their hits), Cahill (Tripping On You) and Star Pilots (In The Heat Of The Night) too.

Synths doesn't equal trance. Progressive house has them and it ain't trance.

 

The progressive sound can be distinguished from the later dream trance and vocal trance. It tends to lack anthemic choruses, crescendos and drum rolling.[12]Intensity is added by the regular addition and subtraction of layers of sound.[13] Phrases are typically a power of two number of bars and often begin with a new or different melody or rhythm.[14]

 

Later progressive house tunes often featured a build-up section which can last up to four minutes. This is followed by a breakdown and then a climax.[14] Elements drawn from the progressive rock genre include the use of extended or linked-movement tracks, more complexity and reflection but almost always within the four on the floor rhythm pattern.[15] The more experimental parts of house music are described as progressive.[16] Detractors of the genre have described it as elitist and over-produced.[10]

 

Trance has been dead for a while now, even the classic trance dj's ditched the genre unfortunately. You'll still find it underground, but I doubt its ever returning to the mainstream

 

 

Edited July 22, 20168 yr by Euphorique

Progressive house:

 

 

Different types of sounds trance can have:

 

 

Dash Berlin and Above & Beyond have done trance up ti the late 00s/early 10s but even they have distanced themselves from the sound.

 

 

Edited July 22, 20168 yr by Euphorique

Wasn't I'm Not Alone by Calvin Harris trance? Sure the production had electro elements to it too but those synths were pure Mauro Picotto.

 

 

I believe it was Madagascar that he ripped off for that track.

 

Edited July 22, 20168 yr by Colm

The last great trance song was In and Out of Love - Armin van Buuren but it didn't chart. Also, I like Adam Nickey's Voices,

Was this trance? . It has that orchestral influence in it and build ups of trance.

No.

I'm actually being serious, was All Fired Up By The Saturdays trance? It has sort of trancey synths, the elody is quite complex, there is a buildup at the middle and I think the bpm is right for that one...

 

Edited July 26, 20168 yr by Mountain Marquis