The Surprising Origins of Trance Music

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In the late 1980s, deep in the underground clubs of Europe, a sound emerged that would change music forever. It wasn’t born from instruments but from machines—synths, drum machines, and computers, creating rhythms and melodies that pulsed like a heartbeat. DJs, tired of the predictable, wanted something that would make people lose themselves on the dancefloor. They experimented with longer builds, hypnotic loops, and soaring melodies, crafting a journey that could lift minds into a trance-like state.

In Frankfurt, a producer named Klaus Schulze began blending these elements with ambient and techno, and suddenly, a new genre was born—Trance. It wasn’t just music; it was a shared experience, a collective high where time stopped, and the crowd moved as one. From there, trance spread like wildfire, from Ibiza’s sun-soaked beaches to the world’s biggest festivals. It wasn’t just music you listened to—it was music you felt.

And that’s how trance, the heartbeat of the rave scene, started beating.