Lemmiwinks Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Well I've always been amazed by some really nice tunes in so-called "retro-house parties" here in Belgium. The DJs would play some crap and then all of a sudden a BEAUTIFUL trance track would play I'd be like "where the hell did that come from???". Searching for these tracks is pretty difficult cause most of them aren't specifically released as being trance, they're just put as "belgian techno" (as if that were a genre lol) Anyway, I've managed to track down some of my favorites, if anyone else can give me their inputs it would be cool DJ Philip - Too Deep CM - Dream Universe Phi Phi and Greg D - Jesus Trip The McKenzie - Without You Hitch Hiker and Dumont - Raindrops DJ Gert - Magic Symphony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphythecat Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 i used to be a big fan of trance your first song push, as been on dj sets for almost a decade as well as dream universe, lol, it reminds me my old time oh my god The house of house, lol, but its not that artist i think that v done that If you wants so good trance, go see the oldest tiesto compilation, armin van buuren state of trance, paul van dyk yep i used to love those trance dj's one of my favorite tracks, well from that time: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UM00MRtd7c4 http://www.djmag.com/index.php?op=top100dj...00dj_op=results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murphythecat Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIPH_-727nU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTP Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Try to hunt down old Dream Dance (yes, that commercial trance compilation) CDs. Mostly that kind of music can be found on them and they're mostly available for cheap in used record stores and such where trance kiddies sold their old CDs ... or maybe through ebay... You might want to give old Future Trance a go aswell ... my release of Push - Universal Nation is on Future Trance volume 6. Used to like that track a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniël Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 blue alphabet - cybertrance franky jones - overwhelming rain Belgium trance = bonzai records. The trio Axel Stephenson, Frederico Santini, frank sels(franky jones) are responisble for most of the projects. They ruled the belgian electronic scene from 92 till 2000. Belgium trance (= also rave, hardtrance, hardcore) in the early days, is mostly inspired by the frankfurt rave sound, although the belgian sound is much harder and more experimental, focusing more on harcore, probably an influence from the hardcore coming from holland. I'd say it's a mix of the hardcore from holland and frankfurt rave, with some "bad sound quality" herbs. Most of the belgian tracks are garbage when listened sober, but oooh sooooo much fun on that good E we can make here. That's all that was needed back then. Later on (98-2002) it changed to more poppy crowdpleasers, like push - universal, but it never came to a unique belgian sound, like bonzai. They were influenced by the upcoming epic trance sound from holland (Tiesto, ferry corsten). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniël Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIPH_-727nU Tiesto is NOT belgian, he's from holland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Tiesto is NOT belgian, he's from holland.keep that in mind the next time you post the belgian crew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmiwinks Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 blue alphabet - cybertrance franky jones - overwhelming rain Belgium trance = bonzai records. The trio Axel Stephenson, Frederico Santini, frank sels(franky jones) are responisble for most of the projects. They ruled the belgian electronic scene from 92 till 2000. Belgium trance (= also rave, hardtrance, hardcore) in the early days, is mostly inspired by the frankfurt rave sound, although the belgian sound is much harder and more experimental, focusing more on harcore, probably an influence from the hardcore coming from holland. I'd say it's a mix of the hardcore from holland and frankfurt rave, with some "bad sound quality" herbs. Most of the belgian tracks are garbage when listened sober, but oooh sooooo much fun on that good E we can make here. That's all that was needed back then. Later on (98-2002) it changed to more poppy crowdpleasers, like push - universal, but it never came to a unique belgian sound, like bonzai. They were influenced by the upcoming epic trance sound from holland (Tiesto, ferry corsten). ah thanks mate! Indeed most of those came from Bonzai, although they put out a lot of crap as well IMO... it's funny looking back on the scene how many different styles coexisted in the same clubs, it's unthinkable to have that today IMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 booooonnnnnZaa ta ta ta TA! Jesus Trip The McKenzie= :lol: Jessy ft... Kelly ft... haha man that was the shit! 2Fabiola and all that crap and todays offspring Lasgo DA BOY TOMMY & DA RICK Jan Vervloet, Chicane, Johan Gielen, Sven Maes, Daniel Moerenhout fiocco - afflitto Chicane - Saltwater oh man this used to make me cry!! BALEARIC BILL - DESTINATION SUNSHINE<---!!!1!!!1!1!!!1!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryll Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 BBE, arent those dudes from Belgium ? http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=OR6PitynLd0 http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku-9RCS1AYE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryll Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Chicane - Saltwater oh man this used to make me cry!! isnt he from UK ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmiwinks Posted August 22, 2008 Author Share Posted August 22, 2008 BBE, arent those dudes from Belgium ? http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=OR6PitynLd0 http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku-9RCS1AYE yep it's Bruno Snchioni, he also made one of the first trance tracks ever with Age Of Love. He was also the dude behind Dr. Phibes (in case anyone remembers that one ) It's crazy the amount of talent that came out of Mouscron out of all places lol isnt he from UK ? yes... Still, a pretty cool track though but because of that mistake Sideffect... will come burn his house now :ph34r: :ph34r: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen dream Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 had no idea, i remember an interview with chicane in dutch so... maybe he can talk dutch... ->looking for an anthem stuck in my head for two days, so far no luck... ok, don't blame me for not knowing it, it's just been too long, i know it's supar famous but just can't get it right now... ...so i've sung it and uploaded it http://www.zshare.net/audio/17442238db6715e8/ maybe some ATB or alicedeejay... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mono Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 yep it's Bruno Snchioni, he also made one of the first trance tracks ever with Age Of Love. He was also the dude behind Dr. Phibes (in case anyone remembers that one ) It's crazy the amount of talent that came out of Mouscron out of all places lol yes... Still, a pretty cool track though but because of that mistake Sideffect... will come burn his house now :ph34r: :ph34r: I always thought BBE was French. Emmanuel top is in it and he is definately french. But cool, i live only 10 minutes from mouscron, that must be where I get all my talents from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mystical dragon Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 I gave listen to Jesus trip and wow... its nice track , bt for old trance i love armin van buuren's 76 an awesome album especially Blue fear very nice melody.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniël Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 ah thanks mate! Indeed most of those came from Bonzai, although they put out a lot of crap as well IMO... it's funny looking back on the scene how many different styles coexisted in the same clubs, it's unthinkable to have that today IMO Well, IMO the diversity on parties survived until 2005, not in clubs but underground rave parties, labeled as acid parties, mostly they were in Brussels & Leuven. 1 party, several styles, they played techno, acid, goa, rave, jungle, breakbeat etc on 1 party. In 2005breakcore & acidcore took over this scene and killed everything melodic & ravy that was left. The new acid scene is a spin off scene of breakcore. I think the last decent underground rave i did was in 2006. I heard the muses rapt - spiritual healing, Intrance- mosquito & hardfloor in 1 set, then i just KNOW i'm in the right place. This was for me the true pearl of the belgian electronic scene, my precious. If you ever heard a set by DJ black francis ( the guy is WHITE!!! WHITE I TELL YA!!!) you know what i'm talking about. And i have seen it all, from hardcore overdrive in sportpaleis, illusion, kozzmozz, starwarz, it's like a jungle, mysteryland till warehouse parties with Acid, rave or goa. I loved everything. I missed bonzai as partymusic cause i was too young, first party-experiences were It's like a jungle & Kozzmozz 2 years. IMO, the perfect time to start, 80's was crap, early 90's was ok, mid 90 was WHAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sideffect... Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 kozzmozz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kryll Posted August 22, 2008 Share Posted August 22, 2008 The new acid scene is a spin off scene of breakcore. acid scene ? acid parties these days are more acid-tekno / hardtek / core oriented but they're rare enough these days breakcore spinoff.. i'm guessing your vision is troubled with the massive amount of breakcore-scene related parties =) but ofcourse it depends on what u consider to be an acid party Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visine Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 blue alphabet - cybertrance franky jones - overwhelming rain Belgium trance = bonzai records. The trio Axel Stephenson, Frederico Santini, frank sels(franky jones) are responisble for most of the projects. They ruled the belgian electronic scene from 92 till 2000. Belgium trance (= also rave, hardtrance, hardcore) in the early days, is mostly inspired by the frankfurt rave sound, although the belgian sound is much harder and more experimental, focusing more on harcore, probably an influence from the hardcore coming from holland. I'd say it's a mix of the hardcore from holland and frankfurt rave, with some "bad sound quality" herbs. Most of the belgian tracks are garbage when listened sober, but oooh sooooo much fun on that good E we can make here. That's all that was needed back then. Later on (98-2002) it changed to more poppy crowdpleasers, like push - universal, but it never came to a unique belgian sound, like bonzai. They were influenced by the upcoming epic trance sound from holland (Tiesto, ferry corsten). Yep Bonzai was great back in a day.. I would add another name to the trio you are mentioning...Yves Deruyter... He's the man behind Cherry Moon Trax, from the first "House of House" to "In My Electric House"...then "Calling Earth" Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46Av-7D8vM Jones and Stephenson - Second Rebirth was great too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb-eJWlzh1s Then soon after, newer Bonzai releases turned into cheese Some other names worh mentioning are Channel X and Cubic 22. I'm pretty sure Channel X is from Belgium and I'm not 100% certain Cubic 22 is but they deserve their place in the history of early rave music. I'm pretty sure this classic Channel X tune was featured in Basic Instinct movie with Sharon Stone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHZCtQ37sCc Then the monster Cubic 22 - "Night in motion" tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkIx23G1Lq0 Fantastic for the time it was released back in like 1991. Ahhh the memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmiwinks Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 I always thought BBE was French. Emmanuel top is in it and he is definately french. But cool, i live only 10 minutes from mouscron, that must be where I get all my talents from. Well I think Emmanuel Top lives in Lille (or close) and Mouscron is pretty close but on the other side of the border, so I guess that explains it Yep Bonzai was great back in a day.. I would add another name to the trio you are mentioning...Yves Deruyter... He's the man behind Cherry Moon Trax, from the first "House of House" to "In My Electric House"...then "Calling Earth" Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l46Av-7D8vM Jones and Stephenson - Second Rebirth was great too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eb-eJWlzh1s Then soon after, newer Bonzai releases turned into cheese Some other names worh mentioning are Channel X and Cubic 22. I'm pretty sure Channel X is from Belgium and I'm not 100% certain Cubic 22 is but they deserve their place in the history of early rave music. I'm pretty sure this classic Channel X tune was featured in Basic Instinct movie with Sharon Stone: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHZCtQ37sCc Then the monster Cubic 22 - "Night in motion" tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkIx23G1Lq0 Fantastic for the time it was released back in like 1991. Ahhh the memories ah thanks for those... yep Channel X is a project by Maurice Engelen, another musical genious from Belgium (Lords of Acid, 101, Praga Khan, Rythm Kings...) Too bad his stuff went to shit after his comeback in Belgium, I used to be a big fan of his early work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmiwinks Posted August 25, 2008 Author Share Posted August 25, 2008 had no idea, i remember an interview with chicane in dutch so... maybe he can talk dutch... ->looking for an anthem stuck in my head for two days, so far no luck... ok, don't blame me for not knowing it, it's just been too long, i know it's supar famous but just can't get it right now... ...so i've sung it and uploaded it http://www.zshare.net/audio/17442238db6715e8/ maybe some ATB or alicedeejay... ah fuck I know this one but can't put my finger on it... Isn't it Ian Van Dahl? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmiwinks Posted August 26, 2008 Author Share Posted August 26, 2008 [update] I HAVE IT!!! Funny how memory comes back after a good night's sleep. It's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoebis Posted August 26, 2008 Share Posted August 26, 2008 Channel X It used to be a radio Station, I still remember listening to it... 107.8, all day and night only trance and rave and techno... It was runned by Maurice Engelen and Max from Zazou, and I think it died around 2000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ma05683 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 the list of Belgian historical trance tracks is ENDLESS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time_Trap Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 the list of Belgian historical trance tracks is ENDLESS here comes the nationalist =P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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