Electronic Dance Music Discussion Thread - Page 51

On November 14 2011 04:11 Lebesgue wrote:



I agree that this sounds more electronic but nothing wrong with it. I personally don't think it sounds that much like dubstep. It sounds electronic but at one point there were quite a few tracks like that. Another example is Marksun and Brian - Neno Itome.

And actually, Another You Another Me was so huge when it was released... It is one of my favorite tracks of all time. The drop and then the beat is so damn powerful...

Another track by Gareth Emery that sounds electronic especially the drop is: Gareth Emery - This Is That (Five AM). Another huge hit from the past.

I think at the beginning of his career he used to experiment with electronic sounds with huge success. These tracks were spinned by all the major DJs. Only later he became more mainstream.

I personally really like when producers experiment with sounds. Otherwise, after a couple of years of listening to trance everything mainstream starts to sound boring and generic. I have been listening to trance for 7 years now and I have to say that I don't enjoy it as much as before 2007 when its audience was smaller. To be honest, the most famous DJs nowadays sound quite commercial to me...

On November 14 2011 19:12 Skamtet wrote:
Electro House, House, Dubstep. Not very obscure, lol.

On November 14 2011 14:02 DukE_ss wrote:


I absolutely love This Is That and most of the Northern Lights album to begin with. A lot of the songs on that album have similar starts/lead ins. I actually like most of what Gareth has produced probably up until 2010ish and I do agree that experimenting is a good thing, as most trance now a days is pretty generic and boring. Take for example beatports trance top 100, but producers can take experimenting a bit too far, although it's all subjective, as most music is.

I myself have been listening to EDM for the most part since 2000-2001. Although I seriously got into the scene around 2007ish. I do agree that trance productions have declined in the last 3-4 years. Although the trance scene has seen that happen before. I'm seriously hoping this whole electro and dubstep phase that's going on, makes trance more underground, which will help improve the quaility of tracks imo.

On November 16 2011 10:31 Lebesgue wrote:



I also hope that this whole dubstep mania will make trance more underground. What I don't like about the current trance scene that most of the producers/DJs forgot about their roots and produce/play only what they think is most popular.

And there is an additional stardom effect. The best example is GDJB where for some time people can vote for they favorite track of the show which is then played next week. I can't remember a time when the track that won wasn't either: (1) produced by Markus Schulz, (2) remixed by Markus Schulz, (3) during the show Markus said that he loves that track. I mean really?? Markus Schulz is one of my favorite DJs and I've been following him since I started listening to trance but a lot of his productions recently are subpar. And how come people always like the tracks that he likes?

Similar thing happened with Armin van Buuren...

Before trance I've been listening to drum and bass. I was then in London, an excellent place if you're into that music. But then I got bored with it and discovered Rank1 and Markus Schulz and I switched completely to trance (and house).

On November 14 2011 04:56 Shinshin wrote:
Anjunabeats Vol. 9 is out. How do you guys like it? Found Mat Zo's Bipolar to be interesting.

On November 17 2011 12:54 DukE_ss wrote:


I don't listen/catch GDJB very much anymore, since it comes on at 9 am my time and that's exactly when I'm getting into the swing of my job and the times I do manage to remember and catch the show, I don't pay much attention to the songs unfortunately. Wish I could find the time though and pay attention more often, as Markus Schulz is still my favorite DJ. I would say in general though that most radio shows aren't that great anymore and most track of the weeks are something the DJ produced or has endorsed, which is just the way it is now with how the listeners vote.

I wouldn't say most of his productions are subpar, as I like most of the Dakota album and the Do You Dream album wasn't too bad, although was full of vocals. I would say though Markus is a much better DJ then producer, as I've seen him live at least 7 times, 2 of which were 6 1/2 hour sets this year, and haven't been disappointed once.