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trance

Lifeless electronic music of the 4/4 variety. Wishes it were techno. Signified by aggravatingly long drum rolls, low-frequency synth stabs opposite every downbeat and positively mindless melodies that evoke no feeling in serious-minded electronic music enthusiasts. Trance music is often favoured by unsocialized "emo" teens and grown men with ambiguous sexual identities.

Synonyms: garbage, junk, soulless.
Antonyms: Techno.
Doof-bwomp-doof-bwomp-mary-had-a-little-lamb-doof-bwomp..! "Trance, yeah!"
by Proton1 August 11, 2009
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trance

Techno with a march layered over the standard 4-on-the-floor drums. Beatless portions are interspersed throughout; these "ambient" sections then get an accompanying snare roll that doubles several times until the bass drums resume. Typically 130-160 BPM.

Characteristic tracks include:

Robert Miles - "The Dream"
Astral Projection - "Mahadeva"
Commander Tom - "Are Am Eye?"
"When she played that trance record with the pianos and chanting in it, I suddenly started crying and dancing really hard. I couldn't stop crying or dancing."

"Trance'll do that to you."
by heikediguoren May 2, 2006
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trance music

A style of music defined by the following: beats are faster than 125 BPM.
Second, Melodic elements are added between usually long sets of electronic drum-beats about 64 beats long. Third, these songs have no real lyrics to them and they last for at least 4 minutes on up.
The club DJ is gonna be playing a TRANCE set tonight.
by dj scrizzle July 7, 2003
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trancecracker

n. Disparaging term for an ardent fan of trance music. Reported to have been coined by Ishkur of Ishkur.com fame, poss. back formation from fishcracker.
These fucking trancecrackers think Tiesto is some kind of god.
by Adrian Mander July 26, 2008
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trancecore

A word used to describe the genre of the band 'Enter Shikari'
Steve:Omg i love this new metal/trance/whatever band!
Bob: They're Trancecore noob!
by Johnny Sniper November 8, 2007
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trance

Slow lyric, fast beat.

Although trance may have links to all types of music, this is the simplest way it can be explained.

The general public's exposure to this music is limited to "club anthems" and other saturday night remixes on radio stations.
DARUDE -male trance artist
by CHRISTIAN LARDY February 26, 2005
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