trance

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Trance is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) that emerged in the 1990s. It is characterized by hypnotic rhythms and melodic, often uplifting, synthesizer melodies. The music is designed to create a euphoric and immersive experience for listeners, often inducing a state of deep absorption or a "trance-like" feeling.123

Trance music typically features a tempo between 125 and 150 beats per minute and often includes a build-up and breakdown structure, with a prominent melodic theme. It is a subgenre of EDM, which itself is an umbrella term for various styles of music created for dancing, often played by DJs in clubs.1

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…Frankfurt, was the origin of trance. Trance began as hard, minimalist, and hypnotic—as on “The Age of Love (Watch Out for Stella Club Mix)” (1992), a remix by the German duo Jam & Spoon of a track by Italian producers Age of Love—but by the mid-1990s it had become the…
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…Frankfurt, was the origin of trance. Trance began as hard, minimalist, and hypnotic—as on “The Age of Love (Watch Out for Stella Club Mix)” (1992), a remix by the German duo Jam & Spoon of a track by Italian producers Age of Love—but by the mid-1990s it had become the…
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