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When did Trance music begin? The answer to this question is very well disputable, and can take more than musicians, historians, and paleontologists working together to find the correct answer – if any. Some say the first true Trance singles came from Germany in the 90s with Age of Love – “Age of Love” and Dag Lerner and Rolf Ellmer’s Dance 2 Trance – “We Came in Peace”. Others say that Trance originated earlier, in the form of Klaus Schulz’s mixes with names such as En-Trance (1987) and Transfer (1981), while the rest go way back to India in the late 1960′s, and declare that Trance originated as a pre-form of Goa-Trance with its repetitive loops and ambient sounds. Whichever the exact origins of Trance music may be, most agree that the popularity of Trance in dance and night clubs evolutionized in European dance clubs in the early 1990s, and spread like a virus.

House music and Techno had already become popular in Europe by this time. Most of the Dance music being produced at the start of the decade was sampler-based, since sampling technology was relatively new at the time, and had become affordable enough to become main stream. By the middle of the decade Dance pioneers were looking to take their sounds in a new direction, which led to the reappearance of the synthesizer – the very same one that had been overlooked since the dance music revolution of the late 1980s. (Check out more info our: “What every House fan should know”)

As the sound grew, it moved away from its early influences of House and Techno to become a fully fledged genre of its own. Trance style synthesizer riffs appeared, and artists like BT (Brian Transeau), Moonman (a.k.a. Ferry Corsten), Armin Van Buuren and John “00″ Fleming pushed the limits of the genre even harder, edgier, and further melodic. Tracks such as “1998″ by Binary Finary, “Ayla” by Ayla, “Carte Blanche” by Veracocha, “Cafe Del Mar” by Energy 52 and others defined the synth-rich melodic Trance sound of the millennium, altogether giving life to the dancefloor and leeway for Trance hits reach the top of the charts.

As trance artists graced the charts, it was almost guaranteed that before long, others would jump on the bandwagon – and by 2000, this indeed was already happening. From here on the snowball kept-on rolling, and the sound of Trance revolutionized, giving birth to the sub-categorization of the genres: Commercial Trance, Hard Trance, Progressive Trance, Epic Trance, Psy Trance, Tech Trance & many more.

Listen today to how it all started with our hand-picked recommendations:

10 All-Time Trance Classics:

1. Humate – Love Stimlation (Paul Van Dyk Love Mix)
2. Age of Love – Age of Love (Jam & Spoon Remix Edit)
3. Energy 52 – Cafe Del Mar
4. Nalin & Kane – Beachball
5. Hardfloor – Acperience 1
6. Robert Miles – Children (Dream Version)
7. Binary Finary – 1998 (Paul Van Dyk Remix)
8. Marmion – Schöneberg (Marmion Remix)
9. Jones & Stephen – The First Rebirth
10. Jens – Loops & Tings (Fruit Loops Remix)

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