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trance
1. a hypnotic state resembling sleep
2. Spiritualism a state in which a medium, having temporarily lost consciousness, can supposedly be controlled by an intelligence from without as a means of communication with the dead
3. a type of electronic dance music with repetitive rhythms, aiming at a hypnotic effect


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Drawing on traditional Bazombo trance music, it centers on the sounds of multiple likembes (thumb pianos) distorted by a jerryrigged amplification system and combined with percussive instruments and lyrics chanted through megaphones.
Besides being able to catch the Martini Kings around town, a wide menu of free concerts is on tap this summer, covering every point on the musical map from soul, hip-hop, Chicago blues and rock to Latin boogaloo, African disco, jazz, cabaret, classical, reggae, merengue, electronic, Algerian rhythms and even trance music.
Trance: Trance music is often softer on the ears and body than most techno, but it still keeps ravers dancing.
 
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