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Trance, which originated in the 1990’s, is a style of electronic music. It combines several forms of electronic music like house, techno and industrial. The name could have been coined from Dance 2 Trance an early trance music act. Its early origins where from early 1900’s in Berlin, Germany, where the song by the group Age of Love was said to be the first trance single. The typical instruments used in trance mix are synthesizer, drum machine, keyboard, sequencer, personal computer and sampler. The mainstream popularity of this form of music is in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Americas, Oceania and Middle East. The sub genres of trance DJs
, which have evolved, are Uplifting, Acid, Euro, Classic, Psychedelic, Dark, Goa, Hard, Tech and Progressive. The word ‘trance’ evolved from the fact that this type of music was said to put the listener into a trance. The effect of this kind of trance is also likened to the ancient shamanists whose long periods of drumming induced a trance video in listeners. Some of the well-known trance musicians are Paul Van Dyk, Robert Miles, Armin van Buuren, Third Element, and Paul Oakfield etc. Go to the trance website ‘trance.com’ for all the latest on this genre of music.