Well, I can't disagree with both of them being amazing tracks. Carte Blanche is one that I've played many many times and I never got bored of it. The part starting after the breakdown is simply wonderful.

I must say, I've read some books about producing trance and read a lot of forums as well as spoke to some producers.
The trance build-up is  Every trance song you'll listen to, you'll always hear the same build-up even in the newer songs. It is actually there for a reason and there are even specific rules on it (for example how many bars the intro should take). There are always some cowboys who come up with something new, but those tracks rarely work out well.
What is new in the sound of uplifting trance (which is more a subdivision of trance like classic trance is one) is the use of the rolling bassline and the orchestral breakdown instead of the (in my opinion still) overused hypersawpads. These make the song feel "lighter", warmer, more emotional and well yeah, more up lifting (= making happy).

But it's all opinions. I like the majority of the trance tracks, except for goa/psytrance, which is a bit too monotone for me. I'm a classical educated music player and (if I may be so free as to say) composer, so that's why I define myself more with the uplifting trance, because of the beautiful orchestral breakdowns. Again, it's all opinions. I like the tracks you post and listen to them more than once, so I won't mind if you keep doing so!

Haha Gull, I didn't notice that track was twice in the playlist! Thanks for letting me know!
Aly&Fila, ofcourse! They are amazing producers aswell, though their tracks are usually not as melodic as I would like them to be. But Rising Sun is indeed a great one!
Had not heard of Ernesto vs Bastian & Kay Wilder yet and indeed, it's not the trance I'm used to listen to, but the middle part is actually quite great!
I added the following one to my playlist, perhaps you like it as much as I do!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekSz3llE0co

Beautiful Thomas, really. And Jakob, thanks a lot for introducing me to Selu Vibra - Divine (Original mix), I keep checking the forums daily because of that song.

Aaah, there's the difference with my interpretation of music. For me, melody is what comes in the first place, rhythm in the second place and the message will only come last. That's the reason why I for instance do not enjoy rap music all that much. The song is there built around a text and the melody is secondary to the text and rhythm. I like vocals, if they are complentary with the melody. The real goa or psytrance is therefor also a no-no for me, as the song is based on the hypnotic rhythm rather than a melody.
It is good that others think the opposite. Makes the world a more diverse and interesting place.

This one struck me with pleasure:
Allegri - Miserere mei, Deus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Y_ztEW1NE&feature=related
During the Summer holidays, we went to France where in a church this type of music was playing. Yes! Church music! Beautiful Renaissance's polyphony to be more specific! So soft, so much emotions! Made me think of its use as a breakdown in an uplifting trance project! How divine would that be! The notation of these works are however hard to decipher and thus, hard to study how exactly such polyphonic melodies should be written to produce their "effect".

Didn't see it yet, interesting list. It's in my favourites now, gotta check EVERY song! The top 10 seems quite obvious, though I didn't expect Gaia - Tuvan (original mix) to be so high, which is definitely a good thing though as it's one of my favourites aswell!


I don't know about this one. When the intro started to get going, I thought: AA YEAA! BRING IT!, but the breakdown was quite weak in my opinion, expected more than just some detuned saws pad.


I actually liked it!  Brilliant guitar melody to be honest and oh I looove the double kick drum pedals! Don't know why the screaming though, still don't get the genre. I mean, if I would like to hear screaming, I'd open a daycare center. Although it's not misplaced here, but some variation with normal singing would have been nice. Just my opinion! Remembered me of my good old punk rock days, which is, I know, much different.
Anyway, a great melody, be it one of Bach's Brandenburg concertos, Dido's White Flag,  an uplifting trance melody, whatever, can make me enjoy a beautiful sundowning, a great panoramic view, or I just close my eyes and dream of flying over gorgeous landscapes. That's what I miss about this genre. The message seems always so negative and giving a good feeling doesn't really seem to be what the composers of hard rock, metal etc. mean to spread.
First thing that would pop in my mind when I listen to your example of good music, though figuratively speaking as I actually liked it, would be: "I MUST SEED DEATH AND DESTRUCTION!!". Not really something to drink a cup of tea and calm my mind with. That's why I'm curious why you identify yourself with this genre or why you atleast prefer this music to something brighter.

To continue with Trance (Not that that's the only thing that should be posted here!)
Hoyaa pres. Lunar System - On the Edge (original mix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXsqesWBwfo&feature=related

Kumbaya my friends, kum-ba-ya!

Hehehe, I knew 1 to 3. 
4 was a splendid discovery. Such a warm tune and what a breakdown! Looooove it! 

Keep em coming! 

My favourite at the moment:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S73-JFJbwgQ

Ha! The second one is great! 
But the instruments used in the example aren't really hard to play. If an unexperienced guy presses a piano key, the same sound will be produced as when an experienced guy does so. Same goes with the drums. Both are not difficult to play. The difficulty lies in the coördination of your extremities to make more complex melodies/rhythms. Other instruments like the strings, the oboe etc can generate duoharmonic melodies at most, but their difficulty lies in that their tone's based on how the instrument is made vibrate.

On the first one: techno for one isn't really my thing. It is not really hard to make. The instruments used in techno compositions are mainly: kickdrum, hats, snare/clap, subbass/midbass and lead and if we're lucky, we get a pad consisting of only 2 detuned saw waves. A good remix in my opinion will honour the complexity of the remixed song. One could for example remix canon's pachelbel an extremely simple melody, but the canon itself will never be well translated in the techno genre, so it's ridiculous to remix it. Same goes for Grieg's Hall of the mountain king. Just taking the first notes, speeding it up and putting it on repeat isn't what I understand under making a decent remix.
Here's another example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzrgYddeoLE

Love the moonlight sonata and love this producer, but this remix is just ridiculous. They should leave the classical pieces alone. I'm not saying the combination with classical music is not possible, but atleast the producer should be original with it or create something of his own.

Oooh, how I love this topic. I remember well listening to Jakob's 4 strings - sunrise, discovering its simple, but beautiful melody combined with powerful driving bass and drums. Turned me on completely. After listening to that track multiple times, I started wondering how this music could give me such a feeling. It's weird, whenever I listened to uplifting trance tracks, I suddenly get a feeling of becoming really emotional, seeing the beauty in the nature around us. It made me realise in what a gorgeous world we live and nowadays I can intensively enjoy panoramic views, something I didn't have an eye for before starting to listen to trance.
Sometimes when the sun is downing, I even walk outside with my iPhone playing these tracks to just gaze at the colorful skies. Amazing what a powerful and emotional feeling this music can give you!

Playing the piano is great and the last year I haven't done anything but improvising, but I got bored of always making the same tone. So I thought, hey, what not starting to make Trance myself and combine orchestra (since I love classical music) and electronical music, just like incredible producers like Andy Blueman, Illitheas, Ronny K and so many more do. Here's the result of a first attempt I made (You might have heard it at LXA, where I also posted it):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mL1RqoL5sY&feature=channel_video_title

Anyway, if you want to discover the tracks I like, here's my channel with an uplifting trance playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/user/drPokkuri#p/c/49CDD8C11B57B1A2

Funny, about 5 years ago, I was almost completely against electronic music, because it just seemed to be so easy to make. In fact, one year after starting making it myself, I now know that 1) It's more difficult than improvising a good song on the piano. 2) these producers are like the conductors of orchestras: it's not 1 instrument they play, but up to 80 at the same time. 3) Many producers even make their sound starting from a single sine wave themself, so even the physics of sound play a role in the production! Amazing! With my love for this music, my respect for its producers has grown a lot and I've learnt to keep an open mind for almost every genre in music.

If you're not convinced, just take your time to listen to these two tracks and make sure to really watch the videos:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxXv8BnosOs&feature=channel_video_title&noredirect=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gVuu1mth1I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z54Z7UC1Ox4

Sweet, now... Who actually still plays except me?

4 years later...

<--- almost died of laughter 


Right?

Whoops, sorry, I'm late. Happy Birthday and Easter though!

True, I changed the picture. Didn't change my profile's gender though!

Sorry Thomas, I'm not like that.

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