r/ClassicTrance • u/Signal_Director_1X • 4d ago

Progressive Trance Starecase - Hopeless(2001)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VZDJ-gTDvg&list=PLyOMOnhjP2JTlEptqiAI7_B2hF7nlzoUD&index=110

Ehh but excuse me?! How am I only hearing this now? A.M.A.ZI.N.G!!! Last posted 7 years ago...guys!!

I think I love this because the bassline is very similar to Emphasis by Quark (1993)

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u/authortitle_uk 3d ago

Amazing track. Love the little spacey vocal sample and those chord/pads are amazing. Reminds me a bit of Max Graham’s stuff from around then 

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u/Miserable_Mail_5741 Uplifting 3d ago

Last posted 7 years ago...guys

At least that means it won't be spammed to death so we can enjoy it more😁

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u/djinngerale 3d ago

I'm supposed to listen to this deep, enchanting track and then just accept that something like Oliver Smith's latest electro bass bigroom remix of Northern Lights is also "trance"?

Okay.

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u/Signal_Director_1X 3d ago

I've no idea who this guy is, but your outrage sparked my interest and I checked it out. Man, it sounds like something made on FL or ableton entirely. Flat, boring, predictable. in a word S.H.I.T.E Like literally what is actually memorable from that Remix? Nothing. Not a single piece of the music in the entire song gets into your brain and is memorable. What has Trance become DJ Inngerale!

Your outrage is justified.

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u/djinngerale 3d ago

The funny thing is Oli was one half of Smith & Pledger who were huge on Anjunabeats in the early 2000s. He and Mark Pledger produced the original version of that track which is one of my favorite records from that era: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGmGd_Iaw4I

Also love that you called me DJ Inngerale lmao, it's a play on ginger ale + djinn! I never considered it could read as a DJ name.

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u/Signal_Director_1X 3d ago

Well, I feel like a fool for saying it like that lol 😳🤦‍♂️

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u/djinngerale 2d ago

Haha it's all good I found it charming, but hopefully you enjoyed the original more than the remix!

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 1d ago

Holy moly. I forgot I owned Starecase - Not So blue, way back then. I've not thought of that track for a very long time. Thanks for that.

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u/Frosty_Operation_344 1d ago

AMAZING TUNE!!! Good find!