Vocal Trance - Vocal Trance After The Summer of 2004

Vocal Trance After The Summer of 2004

Around 2004, vocal trance became less common on European music TV channels. This coincided with Viacom UK (MTV / VH1) taking control of both the TMF Nederland / Belgium and Viva Germany music channels. The channels changed their play lists, emphasizing other music styles such as United States urban contemporary and contemporary R&B, especially those with an overt rap music presence as well as British electro and local rap and hip hop scenes.

Since 2004, vocal trance has only been aired on non-Viacom music channels, including "Jim" from Belgium, "ZTV" from Viasat, and the show "I'm was mashed in..." from the British MTV Dance that airs the older videos. The former British channel Flaunt aired vocal trance hits, as does the German music station "iMusic1 TV" and the French channel M6Music Pop. There is a digital terrestrial channel in Netherlands, called "TMF Party", that airs some new vocal trance hits. In Poland, there is a music channel called "4fun TV" that broadcasts recent vocal trance hits from Belgium. Czechs can hear vocal trance music on the "Party Ride" program on the "Ocko" music channel. The Spanish fans of vocal trance, can watch older vocal trance hits, as a part of the show "Disco 2000" on MTV Spain. The "Sol Espana" music station also airs vocal trance hits on the show "Techno Archives". Clubland TV, a British Free-to-air channel that broadcasts on Astra, plays vocal trance hits of the last decade.

Since mid 2006, the Internet has become a major source of vocal trance music videos. Artists friendly to vocal trance (like DJ Tiësto, Ian Van Dahl and Paul Van Dyk) were forced to alter their music style during 2006–7, so as to remain viewable to the European music channels. As of 2010, mainly Belgium, Scandinavian and French artists produce vocal trance music. In the U.K., elements of vocal trance can be traced in the Scouse house music style.