>> Classic Trance came from High Energy and Italo Disco.. > That's a real stretch too. I'm going to row back a bit on this absolutist comment. The origins of

>> Classic Trance came from High Energy and Italo Disco.. > That's a real stretch too. I'm going to row back a bit on this absolutist comment. The origins of trance were definitely Goa in the mid-80s and had chopped up Italo Disco, Disco, and Hi-NRG (chopped up to remove the vocals, extend them, and make them more 'trancedental'). So, I will admit that it's where trance came from. And in some ways it always stayed 'parallel' to the other scenes, and always had a certain hippy-vibe to it (well, until Ferry Corsten got hold of it). But, the actual production style moved pretty far away from the Italo/Disco/Hi-NRG sound - and I would consider trance from the 90s onwards to be fundamentally 'techno with pads' as they share so much in common. And, so that's why I think it's debatable what the origins of the production are, if not necessarily the origin of the scene.