who says trance is cheesy: a fan shot from tiesto's myspace page-In my Groundswell column in this week's LA CityBeat, I take my previous argument against trance to wider audience. Also in CityBeat: Ron Garmon reviews The Crystal Method's Giant-night performance at Vanguard in Hollywood; and Tom Stephan stars in my weekly dance club recommendations for the Los Angeles area.
-Is ecstasy "far safer than aspirin?"
-Did celeb DJ AM -- who recently played a big-room house set at Avalon -- once pull the trigger on himself?
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I simply don't see how Daft Punk and their poppy trance sounds (and following, especially the live shows) elude and evade your (well written) commentary and criticisms of trance music. Costumes, helmets, flashing lights, pyramid, laser shows and DJ worship is taken to the extreme at their shows, meanwhile their music seems stuck in 1995 with very little innovation or advancement whatsoever evident in their sounds in the 10 years since.
Although the act indeed surrounds itself with the lasers, light displays and video imagery well-used in just about every genre of EDM, Daft Punk does not produce or perform trance. Its sound is loopy and sometimes synthetic, but trance it isn't. It's actually based on good old American house, more specifically that of the likes of Chicagoans DJ Sneak and Derrick Carter. I would agree, however, that Daft Punk today sounds like Daft Punk yesterday (and, in fact, some of their most cool-kid-wowing performances are based mainly on their music of yesteryear). I find it strange, but from my perspective, I've been waiting for the rest of the world to catch up to electronic dance music for sometime. So fine, it finally has. Now it's time for the scene to keep ahead with fresh sounds that don't involve trance.
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