have you actually been outside bradford recently? :lol:
if you don't know, hard dance events actually pull in a hell of ALOT of ppl throughout the uk. much, much more than techno. it's incredibly popular. however, i would not call hard trance hard dance entirely. it's a slightly different scene imo.
back to the topic (which was made a while ago now), i think it's got even worse for hard trance. hard dance has taken over and within that scene, and so many others, hardstyle is king as regards 138 bpm off bass music goes.
i speak regualrly to alot of artists who were major influences in hard trance and they're all gutted it's happened the way it has but have finally come to the realisation that they have to make hardstyle or do something else (get a proper job in most cases)
BUT i think all is not lost - and this is the beauty of music. everything comes round in cycles, and you're noticing alot of older artists really trying to push the hardstyle sound out of the box. i think this will create a new hard trance that will really have that edge, like it used to.
well, here's hoping anyway!!!