Trance (Electronic dance music)

Electronic dance music that is characterized by a slow buildup leading to a euphoric peak. For music meant to induce a trance or performed by persons said to be in a trance see [Trance music.]

found: Work cat.: Save the last trance for me, p1992:subtitle (don't techno for an answer)

found: Global tribe, 2012:ecip galley (Psytrance is a movement rooted in the live music scene of the 1970s flourishing in the former Portuguese colony of Goa, India, which had been overtaken by a seasonal DJ-led electronic music scene in the 1980s. Goa had attracted international travellers, artists and spiritual seekers since the 1960s, becoming an exotic outland of experimentation for musicians and expatriates in subsequent decades. It was the birthplace and proving grounds of a mutant dance music culture, which, by the mid-1990s, became marketed as "Goa trance". 2 Following aesthetic shifts associated with analog, digital and virtual music technologies along with transitions in taste and demand, Goa trance later developed as "psychedelic trance" or "psytrance", which splintered into numerous subgenres by the early 2000s)

found: Wikipedia, July 11, 2022(Trance music; a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from the British new-age music scene and the early 1990s German techno and hardcore scenes; a trance is a state of hypnotism and heightened consciousness. This is portrayed in trance music by the mixing of layers with distinctly foreshadowed build-up and release)

found: Grove music online, viewed July 11, 2022(Trance (psytrance); American genre of electronic dance music that gained popularity in the early 1990s; shares some rhythmic similarities with techno; trance places a stronger emphasis on melody and song structure; vocal samples are often used; tracks are characterized by a slow buildup leading to a euphoric, uplifting peak; several varieties have emerged, including progressive trance, Goa trance, and psychedelic trance; fundamental to all genres and subgenres of trance is the practice of experiencing altered states of consciousness)

Electronic dance music that is characterized by a slow buildup leading to a euphoric peak. For music meant to induce a trance or performed by persons said to be in a trance see [Trance music.]