The below post is IMHO.No offence meant.Please dont take it seriously guys..
So you wanna say something about the "God" himself??eh??
As is the case always, the one who always fights for the cause and is the torchbearer of a cause gets overshadowed by the new heroes and slowly but surely everyone forgets the old, but I have NOT.
PVD was there when AVB was still learning the trade.
PVD was producing hits like "We're Alive","Nothing but you","For an angel","Time of our lives","Reflections","Wir Sind Wir" and countless other hits.
PVD was the one who was fighting to keep trance alive at a time when Sasha and Digweed with their Electro music (With the courtesy of Ableton Live) were making people forget trance. Pre-2001, PVD was the ONLY Trance DJ, with the exception of Mauro Picotto I could say (Oakenfold was purely into trash/commercial stuff producing OST music and $hit like "Starry eyed surprise" with shifty.....never a trance DJ IMHO).
It is only after 2001 that Tiesto(With the help of the magnificent "Muzik" and "In Search of Sunrise" Series) and AVB (With the help of "A State of Trance" series) have been able to get the attention of trance lovers with their Progressive/Uplifting trance.It is worth mentioning that the "Muzik","In Search of Sunrise" and "A State of Trance" series are compilations from other artists and the guys have just mixed/produced it well.
In terms of original work PVD leads them by a long way.MixMag has featured PVD as "God of trance" from 1997 and releases an annual mix by the name "MixMag:Return of God" featuring PVD every year since 1997.PVD's music is the way trance is meant to be played hard and loud, rather than the uplifting/progressive trance we've become accustomed to nowadays...
Tiesto and AVB still have a long way to go before they can reach where PVD is now (And I seriously doubt they will ever reach there).
PVD+Scot Project+Matt Darey+Mauro Picotto+M.I.K.E =Pioneers of Trance Music.
I Bow to thee..My Gawd...
Regards,
DC.
PS: Armin's "ControlFreak" (Featured in ASOT 223) is a good example of how trance is meant to be played..hard and loud..
