those were truly the days of amazing trance Epicness . I miss it so. today's trance is ok but, nothing like the old days when real trance was sounds and Melodies . most youth just dont get it.
there are some good trance out there yes. not like it was before. however there is still a few good artist. and I only mean 10% of good trance is out there. 90% of it is just trash
I completely agree with y'all. Trance of yesteryear of more "techno with emotion". The trance live sets were fluid & seamless & had proper transitions. Most of the what is call trance today is formulaic, pop/progressive "EDM" sounding noise
This is trance. You can feel energy from every second of this music. The creativity of PVD in this music is amazing, atmposphere is possible cut with knife.... PvD was god of trance music during year 2000 - 2004. I would like be there, realy thanks for this video! MAYDAY rulezzzzz
The time when Darude's Sandstorm was actually music that people enjoyed,not a meme like now.All in all,the whole of this video encapsulates a time when trance was actually trance.Thoroughly enjoyed it.
I was watching this live on viva tv back in 2000. This is the sound of my young days. Pure bliss. With all the modern technology available nowadays he will never top what he did in 1998-2002 period.
I agree, his live sets back in those days might not have been technically perfect, but made much more sense and the musical selection was so much better. His sets were unique, as soon as you heard 5-10 minutes of a set, you knew right away if it was a PvD set or not.
I would posit that the technology affected every facet of dance music - both the production and the DJing of it. Back then the shiz was still organic, hard to describe with words.. I'd also point out that I used to see him play in Germany and stateside and he was already playing MUCH more watered down for US audiences vs his home country sets.. either way, so glad we have these videos and recordings.
1. BT - Fibonacci Sequence 2. En-Motion - Truth (Pulser Mix) 3. DJ Remy - Pumped Up 4. John Rees vs Helios - Beta Blocker (JR Trance Mix) 5. Darude - Sandstorm 6. Des Mitchell - Welcome To The Dance (Part 2) 7. Paul van Dyk - For An Angel (E-Werk Club Mix) 8. Vincent De Moor - No Hesitation 9. Bill Hamel - Perspectives Part 2 (Expansion Mix) 10. The Infernal Machine - Realistic 11. PvD - Columbia (Original Mix) 12. PvD - Tell Me Why [The Riddle] (Vandit Mix Re-Edit) 13. PvD - We're Alive
You can hear Bill Hamel - Perspectives Part 2 (Expansion Mix) for 20 seconds or so then it just cuts into Infernal Machine. If we are being totally accurate you can hear him mix Pro-Lectric - One over the top of Beta Blocker (for example 10:42 and 11:35 onwards you can hear it). So I bet he has mixed out of Beta Blocker into Pro-Lectric but this video has cut the Pro-Lectric track out. YOU can hear that anyway as it is badly cut from Beta Blocker into the middle of Sandstorm.
Actually PvD didn't play Pro-Lectric track on main channel - it was overlayed for effect. I had full audio mix, but I like that overlays from 3rd turntable that he do.
Pretty confident PvD was the very first to innovate with this progression. 2. En-Motion - Truth (Pulser Mix) 3. DJ Remy - Pumped Up 4. John Rees vs Helios - Beta Blocker (JR Trance Mix) 5. Darude - Sandstorm These tracks mixed in that order are effing timeless IMO; Dj Remy's Pumped Up sounds like it was just meant to be mixed into John Rees vs Helios' Beta Blocker.
+Xikovski-Music_PT tiesto? really? i hope u're kidding... his mixing suck, and hes changing rhytm, sound and emotions from song to song... he is not abe to make crowd flow (fly) through all set. i think that sometimes he's lost in his own set...
@@CeazAmaze Gen X kids are Old men and women now. I think you are referring to Gen Z kids that listen to Trap, rap and crap. I'm not proud of my generation
@@Triadii Lol I see you in every classic & prog trance/house comment section here on RU-vid. Good to know people in my age group with taste still exist. Keep on listenin' to the good stuff mate!
@@ioriyagamiorochi. Muy de acuerdo contigo, antes en cada CD o disco de Vinyl que comprabas venían canciones muy buenas que hacia que no te arrepintieras de haber comprado el CD o el Vinyl,y hoy pocas canciones son rescatables, lamento decir que ya pocas canciones son rescatables 😞
24 años y sigue siendo unos de los mejores set con un perfecto intro y tremenda mezclas, sin duda en ése tiempo le daban más énfasis a la música y no a los celulares y visuales...
This was PVD! Perfect tracks selection, perfect and harmonic mixing. Todays PVD is such a 2 hour ableton live monotionic boring medley. Please come back old PVD
+Pete Tong If you go to one of his extended nights (5+ hours) he still plays similar sets. Obviously, the tracks are not from the late 90's but it has the same vibe
+Pete Tong Exactly. It breaks my heart. I grew up listening and raving to PvD in late 90's up until 2009 when his music devolved into EDM/cheesy vocal pop "trance"
Was in Westfalenhalle that night, and what I remember most from Mayday/Datapop was PVDs amazing tranceset. I did it at the age of 31, and later that year also @Cream/Amnesia in Ibiza. Was in Ibiza 91 also, and the plan is to go there one last time next year, to make a palondrom 910019. Yeah, turns 50 this month. Why the hell not.. Follow
spójrzcie jacy szczesliwi sa ci ludzie...jedyna taka noc w roku na ktora czeka sie dwanaście miesięcy, tylko po to by celebrowac miłość, pokoj i rownosc,...a wszystko to przy dzwiekach przy ktorych moglbym umrzec
old? this is from 2000, thats what I consider a new skool. I was at parties since 96 and I dont feel old. Maybe its because I was just 13 at my 1st illegal rave. Still, I took my acid and it was the day/night I will never remember. Much better than 1st sex :P
id heard odds n sods of paul van dyk before hand but this set is what truly got me into him..way before his time..now it sounds normal but 14 yrs ago it was immense...one of my true trance hero's
If i had a time machine, this is the party I would visit! Oh I miss those years so much but thanks for these videos that we can memorise all those happy times!!
Todos pensamos igual que vos amigo 😂,pero bueno nos gusta la música trance de la vieja escuela también, yo tengo 32 años lo escucho desde que era adolescente van dyk tenía su propio estilo de trance más armonioso y melódico hoy son más del ritmo y punchi en general en el uplifting
Transitions from: 1.) DJ Remy - Pumped Up => John Rees vs Helios - Beta Blocker (JR Trance Mix) and 2.) Darude - Sandtorm => Des Mitchell - Welcome to the Dance are simply PERFECT!!! Anyway this set from Paul is unbeatable and stays best trance set ever!
Best part: 20:17 Welcome to the Dance. This is one of the best sets ever made, not only from PVD but overall, along with Tiesto's Trance Energy 2000. These two sets have no slow parts, pure energy, pure trance with no mercy to those who cannot move anymore. Too sad, that trance as it was suppose to be is no longer here. Hopefully, while away from mainstream, it will be revived in couple of years.
Mind the difference, kids, although it's very subtle. • DJ (e.g. Paul van Dyk) - Can flawlessly mix and match tracks and maintain a constant level of musical presence over several hours. • Not a DJ (e.g. every DJ at every party in every club I have ever been to) - Is unable to put two songs together without an awkward pause or conflicting beats. Does not know faders. - Turns off volume completely every few seconds to allow audience to stop dancing.
Not strictly true. In these particular scenarios, yes, flawless mixing is essential. But some of the best DJ's can be fairly poor at beatmatching and still maintain a level of musical presence. It is far more important to understand what the preferences of the crowd are, their reactions to the music, the musical key your switching from and to. Anyone can create a perfect mix in their bedroom, but if they just copied it to a crowd, that crowd is far more likely to leave the floor. In fact, PvD doesn't even beatmatch into Sandstorm. Point proven.
@Hansy Nope, I never was trance only. Im more acid/techno guy but love all electronic genres from ambient to darkcore. I started love trance back then in 1994, and trance golden years was end of 90's. In 1999 trance was so strong that it was normal to see trance tracks on commercial top lists. But like some genres before and after we know what happens when money come in music.That exactly happened to trance in 1999/2000.
@@machetemedina5185 Depends how U look on golden era. In early 90s trance was part of undeground, and U have numerous great trance track from that period. At the end of 90s trance become more and more part of mainstream. I heard Paul in 2004 alive and that was totally different, cheesy trance, like Tiesto&co. Not my cup of tea.
Just a 20 years ago today..VIVA TV,recorded on my VHS. Probably i couldn't stop to listen it 30 days in a row. What a set, what a tracks! Eternal! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
My first and only Mayday-rave was at Datapop in 2000. That´s something I´ll never forget. Travelled all day from Copenhagen with 50 others I didn´t knew at all, and we had a 36 hour-trip that was a blast (y) Paul Van Dyk probably the best. Allthough it was fun to experience a couple f****** on the chairs during Dj Dero at 5 og 6 in the morning :-)
I am russian fan of Paul. That set is the greatest of all time. What a time. I was on Mayday 2006 in Saint P. great night, biggest emotions. This man not DJ, this man like a God of music
