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DJ Doran
Doran Chambers is a trance and house disc jockey and electronic music producer from Los Angeles, California, who performs under the name DJ Doran. His DJ mix CDs include ''Planet Rampant Vol. 1'', ''Planet Rampant Vol. 2'', ''Fragrant Sense'', ''Monuments'', ''Electric Daisy Carnival'' and ''Automatic''. Doran has released tracks and remixes on various labels including Rampant, Fragrant, Max Music, and City of Angels record labels. Due to ear-related problems, Doran has recently retired from DJing. He now works full-time running his Flash design/development company, dCent designs. DJ Doran also performed at the Electric Daisy Carnival electronic music festival in Southern California in 2001. The tracks that he chose to play there were released on an album by the same name. Discography * ''Monuments'', 1998 * ''Fragrant Sense'', 1999 * ''Electric Daisy Carnival Electric Daisy Carnival, commonly known as EDC, is an electronic dance music festival organized by promoter and dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Trance
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from the British new-age music scene and the early 1990s German techno and hardcore scenes. Trance music is characterized by a tempo generally lying between 135–150 beats per minute (BPM), repeating melodic phrases and a musical form that distinctly builds tension and elements throughout a track often culminating in 1 to 2 "peaks" or "drops". Although trance is a genre of its own, it liberally incorporates influences from other musical styles such as techno, house, pop, chill-out, classical music, tech house, ambient and film music. A trance is a state of hypnotism and heightened consciousness. This is portrayed in trance music by the mixing of layers with distinctly foreshadowed build-up and release. A common characteristic of trance music is a mid-song climax followed by a soft breakdown disposing of beats and percussion entirely, leaving the melody or atmospherics to stand alone for an extended period before gradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambient Music
Ambient music is a genre of music that emphasizes tone and atmosphere over traditional musical structure or rhythm. It may lack net composition, beat, or structured melody.The Ambient Century by Mark Prendergast, Bloomsbury, London, 2003. It uses textural layers of sound that can reward both passive and active listening and encourage a sense of calm or contemplation. The genre is said to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual",Prendergast, M. ''The Ambient Century''. 2001. Bloomsbury, USA or "unobtrusive" quality. Nature soundscapes may be included, and the sounds of acoustic instruments such as the piano, strings and flute may be emulated through a synthesizer. The genre originated in the 1960s and 1970s, when new musical instruments were being introduced to a wider market, such as the synthesizer. It was presaged by Erik Satie's furniture music and styles such as musique concrète, minimal music, and German electronic music, but was prominently named and popularized by British mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trance Music
Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that emerged from the British new-age music scene and the early 1990s German techno and hardcore scenes. Trance music is characterized by a tempo generally lying between 135–150 beats per minute (BPM), repeating melodic phrases and a musical form that distinctly builds tension and elements throughout a track often culminating in 1 to 2 "peaks" or "drops". Although trance is a genre of its own, it liberally incorporates influences from other musical styles such as techno, house, pop, chill-out, classical music, tech house, ambient and film music. A trance is a state of hypnotism and heightened consciousness. This is portrayed in trance music by the mixing of layers with distinctly foreshadowed build-up and release. A common characteristic of trance music is a mid-song climax followed by a soft breakdown disposing of beats and percussion entirely, leaving the melody or atmospherics to stand alone for an extended period before gradu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disc Jockey
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include Radio personality, radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile DJs (who are hired to work at public and private events such as weddings, parties, or festivals), and turntablism, turntablists (who use record players, usually turntables, to manipulate sounds on phonograph records). Originally, the "disc" in "disc jockey" referred to shellac and later vinyl records, but nowadays DJ is used as an all-encompassing term to also describe persons who DJ mix, mix music from other recording media such as compact cassette, cassettes, CDs or digital audio files on a CDJ, controller, or even a laptop. DJs may adopt the title "DJ" in front of their real names, adopted pseudonyms, or stage names. DJs commonly use audio equipment that can play at least two sources of recorded music simultaneously. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs (short for discographies) is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. While the site was originally created with a goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, the site now includes releases in all genres on all formats. After the database was opened to contributions from the public, rock music began to become the most prevalent genre listed. , Discogs contains over 15.7 million releases, by over 8.3 million artists, across over 1.9 million labels, contributed from over 644,000 contributor user accounts – with these figures constantly growing as users continually add previously unlisted releases to the site over time. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc. and located in Portland, Oregon, United States. History The discogs.com domain name was registered in August 2000, and Discogs itself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fragrant Sense
''Fragrant Sense'' is a 1999 progressive trance album by Los Angeles-based DJ Doran. Track listing # Joshua Ryan - "Pistolwhip" - 8:35 # Jimmy Johnson - "Fear Of Flying" - 6:05 # Deepsky - "Cosmic Dancer (Heads Of State Mix)" - 5:53 # Auratone - "Falling (System 22's Dizzy Mix)" - 4:42 # Sandra Collins Sandra Collins is an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. Biography Collins got her start on the West Coast of the U.S. in Phoenix, Arizona and then moved into residencies in Los Angeles, and eventually moved towards trance. She used Ame ... - "Ode To Our" - 6:50 # Pure Nova - "Awakening ( Christopher Lawrence Mix)" - 6:37 # Joshua Ryan - "Distance" - 7:04 # Trinity Sight - "Three Mile Highland" - 6:35 # Gyrate - "Escape" - 7:46 # Sandra Collins - "Red" - 6:35 # Deepsky - "Stargazer" - 7:08 References External linksDoran's official website 1999 albums Trance albums {{1990s-electronic-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monuments (DJ Doran Album)
''Monuments'' is a 1998 progressive trance album by Los Angeles–based DJ Doran. Track listing # Random J – "Tahitian Thunder" (Doran's Power Tech Mix) – 6:16 # Moonman – "First Light" (Extended Mix) – 5:05 # Loveclub – "Dub Feel" (Yum Yum Remix) – 5:03 # Tom Wax & Jan Jacarta – "Wormhole" – 5:46 # Paul & Doran – "Manhattan Beach Project" – 5:49 # Doran – "If" – 5:35 # Marc Et Claude – "La" (Moonman's Flashover Mix) – 5:11 # Komakino – "Man On Mars" (Talla 2XLC Mix) – 5:46 # Madagascar – "So Good" – 5:31 # Tomski – "14 Hours To Save The Earth" (Rocket Ajax Mix) – 4:34 # X-Cabs – "Infectious" (Paul & Doran's US Mix) – 6:14 # Pob – "The Awakening" (Quietman Remix) – 5:29 # Moonman – "Don't Be Afraid" (Tall Paul "Tall Paul" is a song recorded by Annette Funicello and written by the Sherman Brothers, along with Bob Roberts. Background It marked the first time that a female singer reached a top te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Daisy Carnival
Electric Daisy Carnival, commonly known as EDC, is an electronic dance music festival organized by promoter and distributor Insomniac. The annual flagship event, EDC Las Vegas, is held in May at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway, and is currently the largest electronic dance music festival in North America. The event features electronic dance producers and DJs, and incorporates a variety of electronic music, including house, techno, drum and bass, and dubstep. In addition to the music, event goers experience three-dimensional superstructures, colorful glow-in-the-dark environments, and LED lit flora and fauna. There are also interactive art installations throughout EDC, free roaming carnival performers, and carnival rides. Since its inception, other EDC events have been held in other states and abroad, including Mexico, Puerto Rico, the UK, Brazil, Japan and India. Currently, EDC is held annually in Orlando, China, and Mexico, along with the main Las Vegas event. Sponsors of the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
All About Jazz
''All About Jazz'' is a website established by Michael Ricci in 1995. A volunteer staff publishes news, album reviews, articles, videos, and listings of concerts and other events having to do with jazz. Ricci maintains a related site, ''Jazz Near You'', about local concerts and events. The Jazz Journalists Association voted ''All About Jazz'' Best Website Covering Jazz for thirteen consecutive years between 2003 and 2015, when the category was retired. In 2015, Ricci said the site received a peak of 1.3 million readers per month in 2007. Another source said that the site has over 500,000 readers around the world. Ricci was born in Philadelphia. He heard classical and jazz from his father's music collection. He played trumpet and went to his first jazz concert when he was eight. With a background in computer programming, he combined his interest in jazz and the internet by creating the ''All About Jazz'' website in 1995. The website publishes reviews, interviews, and articles pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Electric Daisy Carnival (album)
''Electric Daisy Carnival'' is a 2000 trance album by Los Angeles-based DJ Doran. The album shares the same name of an electronic music festival held yearly in Las Vegas, though formally in Southern California. Track listing # Doran - "Tulare (E.D.C Remix)" # D & A - "Crystal" # Slipstream - "Krakatao" # Manhattan - "Your Spirit (Magic Alex Mix)" # Monteverde - "Interface" # Task Force - "Touch Me ( Thrillseekers Mix)" # Nylon - "If You Love Me" # Doran vs. Joshua Ryan - "Redivider (Doran's Euroflex Mix)" # Sleepwalker - "Face To Face" # I-Ching - "The Forgotten Dream" # Cygnus X - "Superstring (Rank 1 Mix)" History The CD cover gives a short history of the music gathering and Doran Chamber's contributions. There have been several Electric Daisy Carnivals produced by Insomniac. Year 2000 was headlined by DJ Doran Chambers. "Saturday June 24th 2000, 25,0000 ravers headed out to California's Central Valley...for the ninth annual.... The Electric Daisy Carnival CD captures the bes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Trance Musicians
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