The term Euro-trance describes all "trance

Trance music

Trance is a genre of electronic dance music that developed in the 1990s.:251 It is generally characterized by a tempo of between 125 and 150 bpm,:252 repeating melodic synthesizer phrases, and a musical form that builds up and breaks down throughout a track...

"-like European imports into the American dance music market, especially those recorded in Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium.

Dream house

Dream house is a form of house music that peaked prominently on the international dance scene between 1995 and 1997. It is not the best music for physical dancing, rather it was more of a "dance with your mind" music style. Dream house is also sometimes called dream trance.

Progressive trance

Progressive trance (130 bpm+) & Euro progressive house (129 bpm or less). It's almost the same music style since about 2000, that's why many Europeans simply call it "Progressive". Well-known artists are: ATB, Blank & Jones

Blank & Jones

Blank & Jones is a Cologne, Germany based Trance duo, consisting of the members Jan Pieter Blank , known as Piet Blank; René Runge , better known as DJ Jaspa Jones; and the producer Andy Kaufhold...

, Alice DeeJay

Alice DeeJay

Alice DeeJay was an electronic music group, who achieved success from 1999 to 2002.-Members:The group consisted of record producers Pronti , Kalmani and DJ Jurgen with Marc Lee-Smith remixing and the DJ's From Mars lead singer Judith Anna Pronk...

, Sash!

Sash!

SASH! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen , who works in the recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke. They have sold over 18 million albums worldwide and earned more than 65 Gold and Platinum awards.-History:Sascha Lappessen, Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke,...

, Tiësto

Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

, Armin Van Buuren, Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...

, Push

Mike Dierickx

Mike Dierickx , formerly known as Dirk Dierickx, and most commonly recognized under the aliases M.I.K.E., Push or Plastic Boy, is a Belgian DJ. Best known for the song "Universal Nation", he has also released other singles including "The Legacy" and "Strange World"...

, Paul Van Dyk

Paul van Dyk

Matthias Paul, better known by his stage name Paul van Dyk is a German Grammy Award-winning Electronic Dance Music DJ, musician and record producer...

, Above & Beyond, EX-PLOSION, Markus Schulz

Markus Schulz

Markus Schulz, born , is a German trance music DJ and producer who resides in Miami, Florida, USA. He is best-known for his weekly radio show titled Global DJ Broadcast that airs on Digitally Imported radio, After Hours FM and other online stations...

, Cressida, Deepsky

Deepsky

Deepsky is an electronic music act based in Los Angeles. Originally from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Deepsky formed in 1992 when its two founding members, J. Scott Giaquinta and Jason Blum, met at the University of New Mexico...

, Manny Ward, and Lost Tribe

Lost Tribe

Lost Tribe is an electronic music duo formed by Matt Darey and Red Jerry. The two Englishmen had both been producing and remixing trance music individually since the early 1990s....

. Progressive trance also combines many other mid / late 90s music styles, with more notable Epic Trance and Aquasonic Trance. Underground artists are: Above & Beyond

Above & Beyond (band)

Above & Beyond are a British trance music group formed in 2000 and consists of the members Jono Grant, Tony McGuinness, and Finnish Paavo Siljamäki. They have their own record label Anjunabeats, which releases trance and progressive music, and they also host their own weekly radio show Trance...

, Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...

, Tiesto

Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

 and Armin Van Buuren.

Vocal trance

Vocal trance

Vocal trance

Vocal trance is a subgenre of trance music that focuses on vocals and melodies. The sub-genre came into existence in the early 1990s, when trance was still developing...

: From 1997-2003, this music style was simply progressive trance with vocals. It dominated by German-based productions, spread all over Europe because of Viva, Onyx

Onyx

Onyx is a banded variety of chalcedony. The colors of its bands range from white to almost every color . Commonly, specimens of onyx contain bands of black and/or white.-Etymology:...

 and MTV2 Pop

MTV2 Pop

MTV2 Pop was a German music channel. It launched on 1 May 2001, taking over the transponder left by the analogue service of MTV UK and Ireland when it closed down. It replaced VH1 Germany...

 satellite music channels. TMF

The Music Factory

The Music Factory is a pop music television channel that operates in Belgium .TMF previously operated channels in the Netherlands , the UK with TMF UK and Australia with . The brand is owned by MTV Networks International...

 Belgium/Holland (and JIM Belgium during the 00s) followed the "hype", by promoting their own vocal trance productions, that became more commercially successful in the UK and Spain. UK also has a share of the vocal trance scene, but more at an underground level. Vocal Trance artists include: 4 Strings

4 Strings

4 Strings is a Dutch Trance music group. The group was founded by Carlo Resoort and Jan De Vos....

, ATB, Mic-Chek, Ian Van Dahl, Lasgo

Lasgo

Lasgo is a Belgian trio of dance music musicians. The group formed in 2000 and is composed of Jelle Van Dael as the vocalist, and Peter Luts and Jeff Martens as record producers. Peter Luts confirmed in 2008 that Evi Goffin was not returning to the band, after choosing to become a full-time...

, Sylver

Sylver

Sylver is a Belgian vocal Trance group best known for the song "Turn the Tide". The group's vocalist is Silvy De Bie and keyboardist/songwriter is Wout Van Dessel . Regi Penxten is the producer and co-songwriter...

, Milk Inc, DJ Sammy

DJ Sammy

Samuel Bouriah , professionally known as DJ Sammy Is a DJ and producer. He has released five albums and has had five Top 10 hits with "Heaven" reaching number one in the UK in 2002. His career started with former spouse Marie José in the making of his first singles, under the stage name of DJ Sammy...

, Santamaria

Santamaria (band)

Santamaria is a Portuguese Eurodance project.Santamaria have sold more than 700,000 albums in Portugal during a career spanning roughly a decade.- Early years :...

, Alice Deejay

Alice DeeJay

Alice DeeJay was an electronic music group, who achieved success from 1999 to 2002.-Members:The group consisted of record producers Pronti , Kalmani and DJ Jurgen with Marc Lee-Smith remixing and the DJ's From Mars lead singer Judith Anna Pronk...

, Fragma

Fragma

Fragma, also known as the Fragma Project, are a German dance project, originally comprising three producers. Their most successful collaboration to date is "Toca's Miracle", which has sold over 500,000 copies and debuted #1 in the UK....

, Sash!

Sash!

SASH! is a German DJ / producer team, fronted by Sascha Lappessen , who works in the recording studio with Ralf Kappmeier and Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke. They have sold over 18 million albums worldwide and earned more than 65 Gold and Platinum awards.-History:Sascha Lappessen, Thomas "Alisson" Lüdke,...

, Orion Too, Do

Dominique van Hulst

Dominique Rijpma van Hulst is a Dutch singer known by her stage name Do . She is best known for singing the vocals of DJ Sammy's worldwide top 10 hit in 2002-2003, "Heaven", a cover of the 1980s hit by Bryan Adams....

, Dee Dee

Dee Dee

Dee Dee is a dance music project from A&S Productions in Belgium, which includes Christophe Chantzis, Erik Vanspauwen, Tommie Kidjemet and their vocalist, Diana Trippaers ....

, Astroline

Astroline

Astroline was a Belgian Eurodance project by DJ/producer Bart Smolders, Christophe Chantzis and Stefan Wuyts , who were together from the mid 90's to the mid 2000's. They are best known for their hit single "Feel The Fire". Vocals were done by Kathleen Goossens...

, Kate Ryan

Kate Ryan

Kate Ryan is a Belgian World Music Award winner. She began her singing career in 2001 and later found fame with a string of dance hits. These included covers, mostly of Mylène Farmer and France Gall, such as "Désenchantée", "Libertine" and "Ella, elle l'a" as well as new material...

, Kelly Llorenna

Kelly Llorenna

Kelly Llorenna is an English female dance music and Euro-trance singer, who was raised in Oldham, Greater Manchester.-1992: Debut with N-Trance:...

, Flip & Fill

Flip & Fill

Flip & Fill are a Manchester, England based electronic dance music duo, consisting of the producers/remixers, DJs Graham Turner and Mark Hall. They are signed to the All Around The World record label.-Career:...

, and Jessy De Smet

Jessy De Smet

Jessy De Smet, whose stage name is just Jessy , is a Belgian dance music singer who had several gold records in the late 1990s and 2000s.- With The Mackenzie :*"I Am Free"*"Arpegia "*"Love" / "You Got To Get Up"...

.

Uplifting trance

Uplifting trance

Uplifting trance

Uplifting trance, often synonymous with epic trance, anthem trance, emotional trance, or euphoric trance is a term used to describe a large sub-genre of trance music. The name, which emerged in the wake of progressive trance in 1997, is derived from the feeling which listeners claim to get...

, often synonymous with epic trance, anthem trance, emotional trance, or euphoric trance is a term used to describe a large sub-genre of trance. The name, which emerged in the wake of progressive trance in 1997, is derived from the feeling which listeners claim to get (often described as a "rush"). The genre, which originated in Germany, is massively popular in the trance scene, and is one of the dominant forms of dance music worldwide. Historically it is related to the emergence of psytrance and the two styles influenced each other. Typical examples of artists of this music style are: Andy Blueman

Andy Blueman

Andrej Komatovic, widely known as Andy Blueman is a Slovenian Trance producer. His release Time to Rest was included in Armin van Buuren's trance compilation A State Of Trance 2008, and 'Everlasting ' was included in A State Of Trance Yearmix 2009...

, Aly & Fila

Aly & Fila

Aly & Fila is an Egyptian trance music duo made up of Aly Amr Fathalah and Fadi Wassef Naguib . They host an internet radio show every Monday on Digitally Imported radio, called Future Sound of Egypt.-History:...

, Sean Tyas

Sean Tyas

Sean Tyas is an American DJ and electronic music producer. The genre of his productions and DJ sets can be broadly categorized as trance.Sean's music receives regular airtime on radio shows such as Armin van Buuren's "A State of Trance," Above & Beyond's "Trance Around the World," and his own show,...

, Soundlift, Arctic Moon, and Ronny K, who focus particularly on Uplifting Trance, and Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten

Ferry Corsten, also known under the alias System F, is a Dutch producer of trance music, in addition to being a DJ and remixer. He also hosts his own weekly radio show, Corsten's Countdown. He routinely plays at events all over the world with crowds in excess of tens of thousands. In 2009 Ferry...

, Tiesto

Tiësto

Tijs Michiel Verwest, , known as Tiësto , is a Dutch musician, DJ and record producer of electronic dance music. Although he has used many aliases in the past, he is best known for his work as DJ Tiësto...

, Armin Van Buuren and Above & Beyond who include Uplifting in their broader repertoire.