| Big Room Trance | |
| Stylistic origins |
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|---|---|
| Cultural origins | Late-2000s in Europe |
| Typical instruments | |
| Level of recognition | Niche Genre |
| Derivatives | |
| Big Room Psytrance | |
Big Room Trance is a subgenre of Electro Trance that emerged in the late 2000s, in Europe.
Characteristics[]
As its name suggest, Big Room Trance draws the 'Big Room production' such as sidechained, reverbed sounds, big and energetic drops and pryda snares. It features dirty and distoted synths and leads influenced by Dutch House and Hardstyle, hi-hats and rolling bass trance's patterns, and a tempo that oscillates between 128 and 136 BPM, like in Big Room House, as well as progressive and dynamic build-ups.
This genre will play an important role in the conception of Big Room Psytrance, blending Psytrance's triplet basses and drops with reverbed sounds and synths from Big Room House and Big Room Trance.
Notable artists[]
Notable artists include W&W/NWYR, the pionners of the genre, following by Ummet Ozcan, Armin Van Buuren, or again Mark Sixma.
Examples[]
- NWYR - Voltage
- W&W - Invasion
- Orjan Nilsen - Viking