Techno trance music is one of the many forms of dance music produced by electronic instruments and computers. If you're interested in music that will enable you to go into a kind of relaxing but rejuvenating trance while you're losing yourself on the dance floor, you'll enjoy this variety of techno.
Techno Trance Defined
The power of music to soothe has been acknowledged for centuries. Spiritual leaders have used chanting, steady drumbeats, singing and ethereal music to produce trance-like states for centuries. A form of trance-inducing music hit the club scene in the 1990s, gaining the name techno trance music because of its relaxing, rejuvenating and releasing power. This music is a combination of different types of electronic music, played at a tempo somewhere around 130 to 155 beats per minute, designed to induce this trance-like dance experience.
Where Did Techno Trance Music Come From?
While trances have been induced by music for years, the music genre credited for spawning the techno trance trend is the acid house movement. This movement was an offshoot of popular modern techno music, which was often too hard and jarring to be considered trance-inducing at all. Much of the techno music was exploratory as musicians practiced mixing and remixing as they combined all the many new electronic sounds possible. Heavy beats and highly excitable sounds were celebrated. However, not all techno music producers were out to get you dancing and rocking; some wanted to evoke that ethereal, airy, floating feeling, and musical groups like Future Sound of London started a new trend: a gentle side of techno music.
Unlike dance techno, trance is all about subtlety. You won't find the same hard-pounding bass lines and aggressive, jarring audio inserts in trance music. Trance typically builds off a subtle and repeated melody, weaving in other elements so gently that you may not be aware of them at first. Trance songs also tend to be much longer than dance techno, averaging more than 7 minutes in length and regularly eclipsing the 10-minute mark. Trance albums often flow one track directly into the next, creating a flow of music that can last for an hour.
What Are Some Popular Trance Albums?
Underworld's Born Slippy CD
This CD was released in 1995, but it gets remixed all the time and is played in techno trance dance clubs all over the world. The songs loop and lead from one to another with an entrancing stream-of-consciousness that will pull you in.
Nalin & Kane's Beachball CD
This CD builds on tribal beats, electronic sounds that mimic nature and subtle vocals that never disrupt the flow of the music.
Dance 2 Trance's We Came in Peace
This CD is often heralded as one of the first techno trance CDs to gain popularity. The music is flowing, seemingly never-ending and therapeutic in nature.
The Age of Love by Age of Love
This is another "first" techno trance CD; one of the forerunners in this genre. The tracks loop and flow with grace and effortlessness.
Humate's Love Simulation
This CD will make you picture the most serene setting possible and will help you dance your anxiety away. It's a perfect way to dance yourself into a trance.
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