Atmospheric trance

A personal definition of atmospheric trance.

Atmospheric trance is, as the name suggests, atmospheric. Some people ignorantly group it together with uplifting "kiksutrance" (which is the "reach for the lasers and let those ecstasy pills peak" stuff). Atmospheric trance, in my opinion, is the true trance music due to its hypnotic nature (for a perfect example of what I mean, listen to Max Graham - Falling Together or, Moogwai - Labyrinth part 2).

Some characteristic elements include but are not limited to:

• (very) wide soundscape with echo, reverb and flanger effects
• soft, spacey (string)synth sounds
• soft bassdrum (sometimes almost like a continuous sinewave)
• lots of small spacey sounds: clicks and clinks, whooshes and swirls and choir-like sounds
• lyrics (if any) are often very cosmic

Examples of artists and tracks that I define as atmospheric trance:

• Slusnik Luna - Sun
• Quench - Dreams
• Cass and Slide - Perception (new vocal mix)
• Sonorous - Garden Glass
• Moonman - Galaxia 2001 (Solar Stone remix)
• Dj Jeffrey and De Leit - Moody Groove
• Blu Peter - Blue Air (X-Cabs remix two)
• Moogwai - Labyrinth Part 2
• Max Graham - Falling Together