What is Trance music?
{{Infobox Music genre |name=Trance |color=black |bgcolor=Yellow |stylistic_origins= |instruments=[[Synthesizer]], [[drum machine]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]], [[Turntable]], [[Computer]] |popularity= |derivatives= |regional_scenes= |other_topics=[[Dance music]], [[electronic music]] }} '''Trance music''' is a kind of [[electronic music]]. It centers around a [[synthesizer]] and [[drum|bass drum]] on each [[beat]] and [[Melody|melodies]] with themes. Most trance music usually have 140 beats per minute. Trance music is commonly played in [[night club|clubs]]. The [[genre]] takes insipiration from [[techno]], [[house music]], and other kinds of electronic music. [[Trance]] refers to an [[altered state of consciousness]] as, for example, achieved by [[hypnosis]]. Trance music is characterised by unusually long tracks of highly repetitious music. Group dancing makes the effect stronger, as it does with some types of traditional African music. The general idea has been many times used in religious ceremonies. Nobody knows who introduced the term to electronic music. == Important sub-genres == * [[Acid trance]] * [[Psychedelic trance]] - ''see [[Psychedelic music]]'' * [[Uplifting trance]] == Famous Trance DJs (selection) == * [[ATB]] * [[Armin van Buuren]] * [[DJ JamX]] * [[DJ Tiesto]] * [[George Acosta]] * [[Oliver Lieb]] * [[Pascal F.E.O.S.]] * [[Paul Van Dyk]] * [[Piet Blank]] * [[Spacekid]] * [[Ferry Corsten]] *Push *Cosmic Gate *[[wikipedia:Andrew_Rayel|Andrew Rayel]] == Famous Trance performers (selection) == *B.B.E. * Blank & Jones * Dance Nation * Dumonde * Genlog * Gouryella * Hybrid * Kai Tracid * Lost Witness * Matt Darey * Nalin Inc. * M.I.K.E. * Sequential One * Timo Maas * Yves Deruyter *Hailiene *Susana *That Girl {{music-stub}} [[Category:Trance music| ]]