Trance Essentials

Advice for those who've ever wondered what trance music is: Cue up this list and turn it up LOUD. Eighteen tracks later you'll have your answer. If you also wind up having a transcendental experience, that's no accident: more than anything, trance makes you feel. Techno and house were the dominant forces in the early '90s European club scene; trance is their direct descendant, developing dance music beyond sampling and beatmaking towards a classical sense of structure. Led by giants such as Armin Van Buuren and Tiesto, trance took over by the early '00s, and continues to shake floors worldwide.