Really interesting subject :D
My story is really crazy too
When I was 8 or 9 years old, my father was really fan of Jean Michel Jarre... I loved it and listened his compilations so it's a beginning of my trance influence (with the synth ;) ).
After that,
when I was 12 or 13 years old (was in 2000), I listened to everything (rock, hip hop, trance) but trance was the only kind of music I bought some CDs like Darude, Tiesto or an old TOP 100 Trance. I was really fan of Darude ^^
14 years old, black period, I listen to trance (ATB, Tiesto...) but I became really fan of nu metal with some bands like Rammstein, P.O.D, Papa Roach, and then, few years later, some Emocore or Screamo (I already liked emotion music :D). I listened 90% of that and 10% trance maybe.
So 4 years later, I get definately fan of EDM, but which EDM ? Jumpstyle because I began to go in the clubs and It was the kind of music I prefer... But, happily, I rapidly got into trance again, and especially, dance like Lasgo, Milk Inc, Sylver ^^ That was in
May or June 2006.
I finished secondary school and so went to high school where I met 2 friends (that I already know a bit before but I didn't really speak a lot with them), fan of trance. I told them I really like this kind of music and they gave me a set of Armin Van Buuren at Trance Energy 2006. And, that was the moment I really fell in love with TRANCE music. Arctic Quest - Renaissance, Simon Patterson - Us, that's 2 tracks I remember a lot \o/
19th September 2006, first trance event for me with Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz... Trance definately enter in my life !!!
Since that moment, I did a lot of trance events, it's a necessity for me, a reason to live \o/ ! A moment to feel an unity
So, I did Trance Energy 2007 and 2008, some Armin Only, some Tiesto's gigs, Luminosity at The Beach, Full On Ferry, some Tomorrowland... I have maybe 14, 15 trance events in 2 years.
I started to listen Afterhours in march or april 2007 ;) The best webradio for me
And now ? now, I'm becoming a DJ/Producer and I really want to get into the scene one day ;)
I'm part of a belgian community too where I make some interviews and a lot of different things.
Why I listen to trance so ?
Because this kind of music is unique !! The audience still poor but that's because trance has to be understood, has to be lived, has to be feeled... Nowadays, It really helps me to have a smile on my face every moment, I love my life more now than before and It's because I become fan of trance
I feel these breakdowns, basslines, acids, that's a great sensation :D
To answer some people here, I really feel the energy in a trance event, especially at Trance Energy where there are only fans and you can feel the unity... I'm OK to say that there are some tourists at trance parties but there still a lot of people, dancing and living the trance music until 7 AM (Full On Ferry is an example). And, I can see a lot of young people now, enjoying, jumping hands in air and staying until the end where the mood is the best...
With Be-Dance, we were 30 to Armin Only in Belgium, we are all living for trance and we feel that music so sometimes, I don't appreciate when it said that the contact has been lost with the dancefloor. I listened 9 or 10 hours trance a day but I do 9, 10 trance events a year so i can't considered me as a home listener. That's just I want to listen my fav music, the one I live for now...
Lastly, I'm not really agree with More83... Breakdowns are great in a club. I don't go in a trance club just to listen and dance, meet girls, id est. I go in a trance club to live that music with some friends and get an amazing moment with the DJs... Breakdowns are really important and, no you don't dance on it, you just feel it and imagine. An then, the kicks and the bassline come back and it's an energy & emotion downpour at same time. A sensation I'll nearly kill to live
(3rd degrees) ^^
That is my opinion ;)
And you ?
), but i finally sticked to trance because...
all for helping the community grow!
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