# Recommend Trance Music **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 5, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456 "2009-08-05T19:26:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/1 "2009-08-05T19:26:12Z")
I am always looking to expand my musical interest and I was reading on the Wikipedia about [Trance Music](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trance_music). Can someone recommend me a few artists? I’ll admit I’m into more of, what was termed in my day, as mainstream pop. Basically anything before 1990. but basically I am OK with any one who can actually sing and carry a tune. Fortunately I live in Chicago with a huge collection of CDs so I’ll probably find some of your recommends there. So anyone have any ideas that might be worth listening to, for a newbie to experience trance music? ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/2 "2009-08-05T20:03:04Z")
Darude [Sandstorm. This one is perhaps the most well known ““Trance”” pieces.] BT [Next to anything by BT is good but, among the best:: Flaming June, Godspeed, Simply Being Loved] Tiesto [I perfer Leathal Industry here] Paul Oakenfold [His cover of Planet Rock is GREAT.] Ferry Corsten [Brain Box\* in particular] PPK [Ok, Just Resurection, but it’s still a good piece] Jekll & Hyde [Freefall\*] Rah [Pole Position\*] Zombie Nation [Kernkraft 400\* , It’s real fun to listen to this one, and then listen to Brain box again. Brain Box obviously took a page or two from Kernkraft.] - In my Top 25 played list on my Ipod. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/3 "2009-08-05T20:10:30Z")
**Underworld** - _Dubnobasswithmyheadman_ and _Second Toughest In The Infants_ can’t be beat. **Hallucinogen** also rocks. Trances. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/4 "2009-08-05T20:32:07Z")
Not sure if he qualifies as trance or trip-hop or whatever, but **William Orbit’s Strange Cargo** series is wonderful. I play [Water on a Vine Leaf](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEBLy9OM8_M)for friends to dial them in to Orbit and they typically love it. (That’s a link to a YouTube clip of the song - but you really gotta listen to it big and loud and on something surroundy to really get a feel for the music - it starts out very quiet…) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/5 "2009-08-06T02:54:31Z")
Thanks I found a couple of suggestions at the Chicago Library and put them on hold ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/6 "2009-08-06T06:15:53Z")
Mix/compilation CDs: Tiësto - In Search of Sunrise series (3 is one of the best) Armin van Buuren - Boundaries of Imagination or his In Search of Sunrise series Sasah & Digweed - Northern Exposure Paul Oakenfold - Another World Above & Beyond - Anjunabeats series Thrillseekers - Nightmusic series Artist CDs: Ferry Corsten - Twice in a Blue Moon Tiësto - In My Memory Armin van Buuren - Imagination Songs: Tiësto: Suburban Train Forever Today Just Be Silence - Delerium (Tiësto’s remix) Armin van Buuren: Shivers Communication Burned With Desire The Sound of Goodbye Ferry Corsten: Beautiful Made of Love Sublime Rock Your Body, Rock Adagio for Strings - William Orbit (Ferry remix) Solarstone: Seven Cities Like a Waterfall Late Summer Fields (with Alucard) Above & Beyond: Alone Tonight Good For Me No One On Earth Rank 1 - Airwave Ilo - Rapture Gouryella (Tiësto + Ferry Corsten) - Gouryella Motorcycle - As the Rush Comes Andain - Beautiful Things C-Sharp - The Quest Sunlounger - White Sand Departure - Without You Near Dogzilla - Without You Coca & Villa - La Noche - The Doppler Effect - Beauty Hides in the Deep The Thrillseekers - Synaesthesia The Thrillseekers Feat Aruna - Waiting Here For You DJ Shah Featuring Adrina Thorpe - Who Will Find Me ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/7 "2009-08-06T06:46:14Z")
[“Ra Is A Busy God”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mh8WpOgIxU) (there’s also a [vocal version](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X90kDgujVMU)) [“Hex On IV”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb-weDjA9Ds) [“Like Kryptonite To Superman”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8GwGFZTDzw)[“Skimming the Hovergear”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqpGKLCtbbY) [“die Atmosphare in der Stadt”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YSsou5t_q0) [“Myrr (the smoking car)”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upDoV6XAKZM) (all are YouTube links, but they’re audio-only) If you like any of them, mp3s can be [downloaded here](http://wretchawry.com/happy/rarities/). Just scroll down a little. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/8 "2009-08-06T06:58:45Z")
Club Trance - Sasha (Airdrawndagger is one of the best albums) Psy-Trance - Hallucinogen, Infected Mushroom, Sun Project Goa Trance - Astral Projection, Jaia Industrial-Metalish Trance - Dark Soho, Xenomorph For the darkest most evil war of the machines Skynet wants your soul music ever created you want Psytekk Necton, Spirallianz, Midi Milliz Of course Hallucinogen and Shpongle are the Mack Daddy of Trance, the best shit you’ll find. Younger Brother is another side project of Simon Posford who is the engine behind all these acts. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/9 "2009-08-06T07:02:16Z")
Cool [Sun Project](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGQ8fxgu_EM) track. Nice use of Guitar. For the mainstream pop meets trance, definitely Delerium - Silence and my favorite Infected Mushroom - Cities of the Future. ---
**Author:** ![JoseArcadio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc348/32.png) [@JoseArcadio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseArcadio)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/10 "2009-08-06T11:33:12Z")
Paul Van Dyk - For An Angel and We Are Alive ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/11 "2009-08-06T12:10:00Z")
Are VNV Nation considered trance? I’m a fan of theirs, and I normally shy away from the genre overall. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/12 "2009-08-06T18:17:17Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > Darude [Sandstorm. This one is perhaps the most well known ““Trance”” pieces.] And if you mix it with another well known song, “[Children](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHy098Oqer4)” by Robert Miles, you get “[Children of The Sandstorm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbBajQ3KWsY)” by Darude vs Robert Miles. I think I like the mix better than “Sandstorm” or “Children.” I find myself not really grasping the nuances between Trance, House, and Eurodance. And I’m not alone because if you look a lot of the songs and artists in this thread up on Wiki, they’re listed under more than one of the subgenres too. [Sandstorm](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandstorm_(song)), for example, is listed as both Trance and Eurodance. Paul Oakenfold’s “[Faster Kill Pussycat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faster_Kill_Pussycat)” isn’t even listed as trance… ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/13 "2009-08-06T18:32:59Z")
> [@Electric\_Warrior](#): > > Are VNV Nation considered trance? I’m a fan of theirs, and I normally shy away from the genre overall. No, VNV Nation is considered to be EBM which is sort of like trance infused electro-industrial. It’s closer to techno than to Trance though. Trance has a steady 4/4 beat. Trance is BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM at around 140-155 BPM. House has a 4/4 beat but every off beat is softer giving it the BOOMboomBOOMboom sound. House has a wider BPM range. Eurodance is usually poppy and more closely related to House than Trance. It often has lyrics. Think ‘Mr. Vain’. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/14 "2009-08-06T18:35:31Z")
Here’s a great track for a trance Neophyte: [Astral Projection - Aurora Borealis](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6GRhco-Q5U&feature=related) While that one is certainly good, here is the one I was looking for that I think is a really good intro. [Astral Projection - Another World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uALibFd-JDw&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/15 "2009-08-06T20:34:30Z")
**mswas** - Ah sorry about the EBM confusion. I’d been told that EBM is an interchangeable term with ‘electronic music’ but after a quick google I stand corrected. Yes most house is slower than trance, and since house originated with disco and funk there is usually a clear influence from that area – heavy bass for instance, whereas in my experience trance focuses more on synth lines and has an ‘expansive sound’. House is usually also more sample based. Eurodance is somewhere in between, yes. I don’t really think I can give a more in depth description of it than you have done. It’s pop music with a dance beat, really, and can include synthesizers and so on. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/16 "2009-08-06T21:44:22Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > I find myself not really grasping the nuances between Trance, House, and Eurodance. And I’m not alone because if you look a lot of the songs and artists in this thread up on Wiki, they’re listed under more than one of the subgenres too. Sandstorm, for example, is listed as both Trance and Eurodance. Paul Oakenfold’s “Faster Kill Pussycat” isn’t even listed as trance… I find a lot of it blends together so there are few hard lines between genres. And there are all kinds of other genres not mentioned like Ambient, Big Beat, Drum & Base, Electro House, and so on. Since the OP is interested in artists who can “carry a tune”, I might suggest Vocal Trance / EuroDance (characterized by a steady dance beat, trance-like keyboard effects and etheral female vocals) artists like: 4 Strings - Take Me Away Andain - Beautiful Things ATB - 9pm (Till I Come) Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky, Reason, Try, Will I? Lasgo - Alone, Something Fragma - Toca’s Miracle Milk Inc - Forever Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun DJ Sammy - Sunlight Dee Dee - Forever Kate Ryan - Scream for More Some other specific non-vocal songs I like: Deadmau5 - Arguru Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar Maor Leri - Reflect Strange World - Push william orbit - Barber’s Adigio for Strings ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/17 "2009-08-07T09:59:50Z")
> [@mswas](#): > > Of course Hallucinogen and Shpongle are the Mack Daddy of Trance, the best shit you’ll find. Younger Brother is another side project of Simon Posford who is the engine behind all these acts. Pretty much anything by Simon Posford is gold. > [@msmith537](#): > > I find a lot of it blends together so there are few hard lines between genres. Yeah. Don’t get too hung up on the labels. Vocal Trance: Oceanlab - Satellite Oceanlab - Sirens of the Sea Sunlounger Feat. Zara - Lost Ridgewalkers Feat. El - Find Ferry Corsten Feat. Simon LeBon - Fire Imogen Heap - Hide & Seek (Tiësto’s In Search Of Sunrise Remix) Allure Feat. Julie Thompson- Somewhere Inside Kyau & Albert - Always A Fool Matt Darey Featuring Marcella Woods - Temptation Ernesto vs Bastian - Dark Side of the Moon Whiteroom - Someday Niyaz - Dilruba (Junkie XL Remix) Cass - Little Bird Lange - Sincere For You (The Thrillseekers Remix) Sarah McLachlan - Fear (Hybrid’s Super Collider Mix) Interstate - I Found U Rui Da Silva - Touch Me Junkiie XL - Youthful ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/18 "2009-08-11T14:32:14Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Since the OP is interested in artists who can “carry a tune”, I might suggest Vocal Trance / EuroDance (characterized by a steady dance beat, trance-like keyboard effects and etheral female vocals) artists like: > 4 Strings - Take Me Away > Andain - Beautiful Things > ATB - 9pm (Till I Come) > Ian Van Dahl - Castles in the Sky, Reason, Try, Will I? > Lasgo - Alone, Something > Fragma - Toca’s Miracle > Milk Inc - Forever > Paul Oakenfold - Southern Sun > DJ Sammy - Sunlight > Dee Dee - Forever > Kate Ryan - Scream for More > > Some other specific non-vocal songs I like: > > Deadmau5 - Arguru > Energy 52 - Cafe Del Mar > Maor Leri - Reflect > Strange World - Push > william orbit - Barber’s Adigio for Strings I can’t believe that I forgot Toca’s Miracle. But yes, this list is good, and I recognize a lot of the tracks. I got started in Trance with a few compilation discs, and many of those you list are in the collection. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/19 "2009-08-11T14:54:51Z")
> [@Yookeroo](#): > > Pretty much anything by Simon Posford is gold. Yeah, I’ll throw in an honorable mention for Celtic Cross and Binah also for Simon Posford. There is only one track released under the name Binah, and it’s one of my favorite downtempo trance tracks ever. ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2009, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456/20 "2009-08-12T10:18:22Z")
Look for the A State of Trance Classics compilations (full versions, unmixed): [Volume 1](http://www.amazon.com/State-Trance-Classics-Various-Artists/dp/B000J3OIOC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1250071198&sr=8-1) [Volume 2](http://www.amazon.com/State-Trance-Classics-Vol/dp/B000VVE432/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1250071198&sr=8-4) [Volume 3](http://www.amazon.com/State-Trance-Classics-Vol-3/dp/B001D7NU56/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1250071198&sr=8-3) 12 discs of classic tracks. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-trance-music/505456.md?page=2)