Trance music

Trance music is a kind of electronic music. It centers around a synthesizer and bass drum on each beat and melodies with themes. Most trance music usually have 140 beats per minute. Trance music is commonly played in clubs. The genre takes insipiration from techno, house music, and other kinds of electronic music.

Trance refers to an altered state of consciousness as, for example, achieved by hypnosis. Trance music is characterised by unusually long tracks of highly repetitious music. Group dancing makes the effect stronger, as it does with some types of traditional African music. The general idea has been many times used in religious ceremonies. Nobody knows who introduced the term to electronic music.

 Important sub-genres 
 Acid trance
 Psychedelic trance
 Uplifting trance
 Tech trance

 Famous Trance DJs (selection) 
 ATB
 Armin van Buuren
 DJ JamX
 DJ Tiesto
 George Acosta
 Oliver Lieb
 Pascal F.E.O.S.
 Paul van Dyk
 Piet Blank
 Spacekid
 Ferry Corsten
Push
Cosmic Gate
Andrew Rayel
Paul Oakenfold

 Famous Trance performers (selection) 
B.B.E.
 Blank & Jones
 Dance Nation
 Dumonde
 Genlog
 Gouryella
 Hybrid
 Kai Tracid
 Lost Witness
 Matt Darey
 Nalin Inc.
 M.I.K.E.
 Sequential One
 Timo Maas
 Yves Deruyter
Hailiene
Susana
That Girl