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| batemanscott |
After a conversation i had with someone on the weekend regarding the number of young kids in clubs and here on TA as well, i thought I'd start a thread to see where you all think the trance scene will be 5 years from now.
Will Australia be a major playor on a global level and establish itself like Holland did from 2000 onwards?
Will we have acclaimed producers or Dj's that have the luxury of touring full time?
Will Australia produce an international club brand?
Are we going to see trance return to the status it achieved pre-2000?
Will it continue to go in the musical direction of prog/tech or will it go back to being more melodic?
Will it become a mainstream genre like house of recent years?
Or sadly..........
will it all be over? :(
Discuss.... |
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| jizza |
young kids i feel have always been apart of the scene, not only exclusive to trance. i've come to accept and acknowledge that. my main observation is that there seems to be a large influx of mature-aged (35+) patrons now frequenting clubs/raves/boys toilets. also i think the scene isnt as exclusive as it used to be, now everyone is doing it. of course im lookin through my eyes which are nearing the end of their clubbing tenure but i honestly dont think things will ever be the same again. and not just for me.
edit: i just realised my comments can be applied to the clubbing scene as a whole, not just trance. |
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| DaveBegic |
Agreed with Jizza. I don't see the genre to be 'over' as you put it Scott. Many people talk about how they're bringing back trance because it's a dying breed. That's not true.. electronic music in general is so new, compared to rock and roll which has been around for ions and is still going strong.
What would be nice is if the stigma between drugs and the scene wasnt there.. so that every noob who joins the scene doesn't get all high as a kite and doesnt realise what it is theyre doing in such a special atmosphere in the first place. But that will never change =P. The mainstream of it all is really sinking in and as Jizza said there's no exclusivety and that's only going to worsen over time.
My 2c. |
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| Teflon_Teapot |
Hmmmm I think that trance is definitely not dead, just in hibernation. I honestly think that Australian trance will become a major player in the trance scene in the next five to ten years. But I dont think this will happen automatically, work needs to be done to achieve this. I feel that Australia needs to develop its own unique brand of trance, like Dutch trance which brought Holland to the forefront of the scene and not just follow the European styles. There are alot of up and coming Australian producers and DJ's that are looking to expand Australian trance, and hopefully it will work only time will tell.
In my honest opinion I think house is something that is more a flavour of the month thing than something that will stay around and become a stable part of EDM. I see house as more mainstream and lets face it mainstream music changes in the blink of an eye. I could be wrong and have a biast opinion because I am not a fan of house music but that is just the way I see it.
One of the problems I see with Australian trance at the moment, is that to really get recognised a producer/dj must travel to Europe to make the big time internationally. I may be wrong with this one, but that is just the way I see the situation.
Also trance in Australia is now playing second fiddle to house, hard trance, hard style amd commercial rnb and dance in the majority of clubs. This is not the case everywhere but it is definitely there. What baffles me with this is the following; the big events like two tribes and gods kitchen have the main stage devoted to trance, which clearly suggests to me that trance still has a pulse in Australia. Now generally the main stage is taken up by international acts, Steve Strangis has been getting main stage action and hopefully in time we will see big events in Australia that are predominately headlined by locals, with maybe a couple of international acts.
To be continued.... |
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