Trance

Originating Location: Europe

Originating Era: early 1990s

Key Artists

 * The KLF
 * Hardfloor
 * Eternal Basement
 * Solar Quest
 * Vincent de Moor
 * Ronski Speed
 * Tiësto
 * System F
 * Super8
 * Ayla
 * Paul van Dyk
 * ATB
 * Blank & Jones
 * Airbase
 * M.I.K.E
 * Nu NRG
 * Matt Darey
 * Resistance D
 * Progressive Attack
 * Arpeggiators
 * LSG
 * Union Jack
 * Dance 2 Trance
 * Jam & Spoon
 * Terra Ferma
 * Moogwai
 * Nostrum
 * DJ Trancemaster
 * Groove Coverage
 * Jan Wayne
 * Starsplash
 * Rob Mayth
 * Special D
 * DJ Volume
 * Rocco
 * Psygone
 * mfg
 * S.U.N. Project
 * Man With No Name
 * Astral Projection
 * Juno Reactor
 * DJ Scot Project
 * Darude
 * JS16
 * Dallas Superstars
 * Bostik
 * Mighty 44
 * DJ Wag
 * Yoji Biomehanika
 * Cosmic Gate
 * Hennes & Cold
 * DuMonde
 * Uberdruck
 * Alphazone
 * Marcos
 * JK Walker
 * Blutonium Boy
 * Lady Dana
 * DJ Pavo
 * DJ Neo
 * DJ Virus
 * BT
 * Cosmic Baby
 * Art Of Trance
 * Sasha
 * John Digweed
 * ATB
 * Marc O'Tool
 * Lemon8
 * Shiva Chandra
 * Etnica
 * Infected Mushroom
 * Astrix
 * Phacelift
 * Total Eclipse
 * Buzzmonx
 * Magnetrixx
 * Ticon
 * Beat Bizarre
 * Phony Orphants
 * Antix
 * Freq
 * Lish
 * Parks & Wilson
 * Etnoscope
 * Tarentella
 * 4 Strings
 * Lange
 * Ian Van Dahl
 * Above & Beyond
 * Fragma
 * Paradise
 * Lost Witness
 * Armin Van Buuren
 * Chicane
 * Milk, Inc.
 * Lasgo

Key Albums

 * The KLF - The White Room
 * Dance 2 Trance - We Came In Peace
 * System F - Out Of The Blue

Genre Description
Trance music is a form of Dance music that is often repetative and hypnotic in its repetition. It is often at about 130-160 BPM and features a morphing, evolving set of patterns betweens the drum tracks and the synth lines. It was particularly popular in the 1990s. The KLF are thought of as starting Trance, or at least bringing it to the forfront with their "What Time Is Love?".

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