[Panda]

Hey anyone know what happened to ian van dahl - don't much content coming out these days - wondering if they are breaking up like lasgo? any news on the new album?

best wishes,

Panda.

[Jose]

Ian Van Dahl is alive In the official website you can see that Annemie will be touring worldwide! There's no any new info about the single and album

[woussie]

Yeah i'm wondering too, still not any sign of a new single/album ...

I guess Peter Luts is just really busy these days since the massive succes of "What A Feeling", it's been a while since he released something ...

[Panda]

i remember a time when ian van dahl and lasgo used to be the main focus of peter luts seems he sold out to house? shame cos he had something with lasgo and ian van dahl. Look what happened to dee dee.

[Snaggy]

its really sad what has happened to the vocal trance scene all together...house seems to be the main focus in the dance scene right now...well in the US atleast...and I really don't understand why...its overly repetitive, and there isn't really much of a point...and the lyrics are plainly horrible in most of the songs...who knows, maybe I'm stuck in 2002.....I just know what I like...I really wish there was still hype around vocal trance releases.

as for the third Ian Van Dahl album, I really hope to see it release one of these days...

but as for Lasgo on the other hand, it seems like Peter Luts isn't even interested anymore...is that just me?

[Astral]

can't wait for the new ivd album...it's been too long

OT - as i previously mentioned somewhere here, if you like trance+vocals, check this out and perhaps you'll find something you like
http://www.andyg.me.uk/vs/VocalSessions01.mp3
http://www.andyg.me.uk/vs/VocalSessions03.mp3

for more of those, you can go to http://www.andyg.me.uk/ and find the vocal sessions

[nojazzplease]

I agree Snaggy. As for Peter Luts I think his main interest is money
these days. About Ian van Dahl, Eric and Christoph are gone.
Someone with big influence wants to sell house music under the name
of Ian van Dahl. It would have been more honest to start a new project.

It isnt so easy to sell House music, ists boring, its repetitive, it has no soul
and it doesnt have an attractive sound. You need to use drugs to really like
it. Those who want House music they download it - they dont want to pay for
it. Ian van Dahl today seems to be nothing but a tool for House music
moneymakers.

Is Lasgo really dead? Or did they only take a break. Evie:s voice was just
like a dream.

[Snaggy]

its hard to keep up with Lasgo's situation, I've heard everything from "they're taking a break"...to "they officially broke up"...to 'there will be a new album in 2007..." I don't know...I kind of would like to see Evy just go solo and start back up with someone who is interested in doing vocal trance..I miss her voice with the euphoric music backing it up...I'm sure everyone else feels the same.

[woussie]

Lasgo is officially on a break but i wouldn't be suprised if they actually never came back

I agree, the 2001-04 commercial vocal trance age was incredibly sweet, with lots of great artists and releases; but these times just will not come back... Don't you think it's better to move on and enjoying the new style of music instead of complaining about it ?

[nojazzplease]

Don't you think it's better to move on and enjoying the new style of music
instead of complaining about it ?

Well the idea is right if there really was anything like
"the new style of music". There is nothing today that can replace vocal trance.
The root of the whole problem is that the big companies didnt earn a
penny on Vocal Trance. Now those companies are back again with a new
strategy for making much money, claiming House as "the new style of music".
Of course then they first must kill Vocal Trance.

Buying Peter Luts was a very important step for them.
"Educating the masses" in the right way of thinking is another step.
Listen to Ian van Dahl - Movin on, That isnt what the Ian van Dahl fans
really want to hear. It wasnt that kind of sounds that made them fans
of Ian van Dahl. Those fans have to be told over and over again that
they must adapt to "the new style of music".

Study the history of music. the same thing happens all the time.
New music is always revolutionary and have to be killed and replaced
with a more planned "style of music" to make good profit for those
companies.

[dave]

Well I really hope Ian Van Dahl comes out with a new album. With Milk Inc and Sylver just releasing albums last year I NEED something to fill the gap.

I really hope Lasgo isn't done...

[Panda]

hey folks you aren't stuck in 2002 - basically they dropped the vocal trance style - i used to admire peter luts but i see now he doesn't produce as much as he did in those days but also most of it is house which is repetitive stuff with souless meaningless lyrics that mean nothing - i think the point about money is really what happens - hold onto your lasgo cds cos they won't be back which is a shame they were really great.

Sure you can say lets move on - i get the hint - but you can't just change the style just like that - it is one thing to see a style progress but this is really like a new artist. And Ian Van Dahl is just a name these days, i remember the time of reason and try and i can't let you

[woussie]

Sure... it's normal to be in love with your dance oldies... hey, if it were up to me, i would go even back to the late 90's with Absolom, Pat Krimson, etc... that was an even greater time in commercial trance music for me

I'm just sick of blaming artists like Peter Luts for this trend, people act like they were the greatest producers ever, back in the days, and like they are the most crappy producers now. It's not only the producers "fault", it's the music industry's fault in general. If record companies really wanted to release vocal trance, believe me, they would. But they don't...

Well the idea is right if there really was anything like
"the new style of music". There is nothing today that can replace vocal trance.

That's an opinion, not a fact...

Now those companies are back again with a new
strategy for making much money, claiming House as "the new style of music".
Of course then they first must kill Vocal Trance.

Sure... record companies have a massive part in this process. And yeah, they wanna make money, but who doesn't ? The years 02-04 were a massive boom for commercial vocal trance, but what's after the rise? Yes... the fall. Remember the tek-house hype a few years ago (Benassi Bros, Royal Gigolos, Global Deejays); same thing - you don't hear any of that anymore now either, while it was pretty big in 2004. Maybe vocal trance killed itself by releasing too much too, who knows? Especially in Belgium... since almost everything came from that small country...

But well... after all, groups like Sylver and Milk Inc were succesful because of those same record companies. I'm sure there's people that liked the 90's trance better than the new commercialised version like Sylver etc., and maybe sometime, at the start of the new millenium, they had the same discussion as we had now . A little bit ironic, no ?

[Wiseoldwillobeast]

oooo God this is a very depressing topic... In all honesty I'm over Lasgo, but I don't think I could ever let Ian Van Dahl go (no pun intended). I'm dead chuffed that they've managed to get bookings in the UK for their 2007 tour, but I do hope they release their new album in the British Isles, if the rumours are true and they really are releasing one...

[billabong]

I think we'll be waiting at least until Ian Van dahl has finished her World Tour at the end of September before she has even time to work on the new album.