Trance case-study

Trance - tells us Wikipedia - is a style of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s. Trance music is generally characterized by a tempo of between 130 and 160 bpm, featuring repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and down throughout a track, often crescendoing or featuring a breakdown. Sometimes vocals are also utilised. The style is arguably derived from a combination of largely techno and house. 'Trance' received its name from the repetitious morphing beats, and the throbbing melodies which would presumably put the listener into a trance-like state.

This is what the Brixton Academy might have looked like last night hosting one of the most important trance DJs in the world, Tiësto (arguably the most important one, but not everyone would agree on this point):


And this is what 2 clubbers might have looked like after spending a considerable amount of time bouncing up and down to the above-mentioned melodic synthesizer phrases:


Finally, this is a picture of what a clubber might have seen on his way back home at 4 am from the cab window, as he tried to hold conversation with a random taxi driver about the importance of sound in understanding the nuances of life:


Any reference to real people or events is purely coincidental.