I've had a strange change of heart about ASOT this year. I started listening back in late '07 and early '08 when it was REALLY quality :wub: Over the past two years, I had felt like it was getting really cheesy and uninspired, but I started listening right at the end of summer, and it actually sounded really great, just like when I first got into trance. Sure, theres the occasional crappy pop trance tune, but theres also some really classy stuff on there too
Another strange twist: at the same time, I've stopped listening to Trance Around the World, which until recently I was a huge fan of. It really got to be too much of the modern, un-genreable, melody-less trance that so many producers are putting out nowadays. I mean, its great to have a few tracks around that break the mold, but I listen to trance for, well, TRANCE, and when too many people throw away their old sound and try to be something they're not, it just gets a little tiresome. I guess it will eventually evolve into a separate genre, which is cool, but I still like classic, "trancey" trance any day :smile:
Bissen's TranceAtlantic was always one of my faves too
Georg is certainly the most underrated producer working today!