Hey guys!
Well I was searching around on google for some christian trance and i came across this forum!
I am life-time electronic music fan, I grew up on it and had it around me my whole life so I would say I know the genre and its subgenres pretty well.
I am into trance music, very much so. May be too much at times, lol, but I am practicing setting time aside for things, for example spending time wih God.
To answer the original post's question, there are several christian trance artists out there! I am somewhat a picky person when it comes to music quality/compostion/structure, so here's my opinion on "secular" trance vs. christian trance.
First of all, there is barely any quality christian trance out there. I guess this might be different in other people's eyes because what I might not consider a "quality" track, someone else might! I believe that trance is a beautiful genre! More so the melodic side of it, which is my favorite. It can only put me in a good mood, and while listening to it, positive things are running through my mind. At times it calms me down, gets me in a better mood, and inspires me to no end. It really makes me think how AMAZING and wonderful God is when I listen to some beautiful melodic trance, and look at all the things God created. I mean nature is beautiful, and I am amazed by it every day. How mighty is our God?! WOW! He is one creative person, let me tell you that

So it's hard to distinguish between trance and christian trance. This is the case with non-vocal tracks only by the way. Trance is dominated by non-vocal tracks, but that's not to say there aren't lots of vocal tracks out there.
In a vocal track it's easier to see if it's christian or not, so I know if some lyrics don't have a positive effect on me then i try not to listen to it.
But in an instrumental track I just enjoy the atmosphere of it! It's such a beautiful genre, it amazes me on a daily bases. The colrfulness of it, the detailed ides, the melody, the prophetic instruments, etc. it truly is a genre people need to be more open to.
But when an averge person hears trance, they INSTANTLY think, "oh it's that techno music" and then they associate it with drug use, etc. I'd have to say it's pretty ridicolous that they stereotype electronic music this way. If you think about a LOT of people are doing drugs in clubs. NOT just electronic music listeners, but rap for instance. What is "thizzing"? Doing, E i believe. So that's just my 2 cents on the drug use being linked straight to electronic music. i can understand that at raves theres lots of drugs around, but unfortunately the drugs have spread to other places as well, and it's no biggie for someone to be using drugs these days.

Since i am so involved with this music, I have many producer/dj friends who i know do drugs and all i can do is keep praying that one day they'll be touched by God and turn their lives around.
I want to get to the answer part, lol, i didn't plan on writing such a long first post, but I feel like i need to throw these things out there.
So, that being said, I listen to all kinds of trance from a massive amount of artists. I am extremely glad when I find christian trance because it's rare! But that doesn;t stop me from listening to this music you know. It shouldn't. Just like someone earlier posted that you can't tell if some instrumets are christian or not, so if a track is only instrumental, then it should be ok.
Even though that's the case, I believe that not every track is ok to listen to though in trance. But this goes for the spiritual world. It boils down to the person behind the music, who makes the track. The state of mind they are in, and the inspiration they used to make the track. I know an artist who is extremely talented, he is signed to one of the UK's best label, and he makes amazing music. However, since I know and talk to him over the net, I know what state he was in [drunk] when he made a certain track, and the spiritual world behind this track only has a negative effect on people. So i try not to listen to things that i know weren't created in a positive environment.
Remember that the purpose of all things is to glorify the name of God! In all we do we need to bring glory to the name of God!
To sum up my opinion, I'd say any trance that has a positive effect on you, that makes you think in a positive way, if it inspires you to do good things, if it puts you in a better mood, then there shouldn't be any problems with it.
FINALLY, here's some "quality" christian trance tracks, that enjoy:
Corderoy - Deeper (Vocal Mix) [Deep Blue Records]
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This is an absolutely beautiful track, the vocals are truly amazing, I'd say my favorite christian track of all time.
Purchase here: corderoy.co.uk/shop/?lan=en
You can also check out their other stuff on the above link.
Nicol Sponberg - Resurrection (Gabriel Dresden Mix)
-You can find this on itunes.
Noel Sanger feat. Dauby - My Prayer [MPFS Records]
-Not sure where you can get this digitally, however, vinyls are out.
Ex-cito - God of Wonders
-Visit beatport.com and search for Ex-Cito.
Ex-Cito feat. Ella De Stigter - Risen One
-Same as above.
Andy Hunter - Amazing
-itunes has to have this.
Michael W. Smith - Let it Rain [Tresice Remix]
-This was never officially released, however, you can email the artist at gerwinkoudijs.com/Contact.aspx and you can ask him for it. I recommend that you do, it's an awesome track.
Michael W. Smith - All I Want (Tresice Remix)
-Same as above
IMPORTANT!
If you want to know more christian electronic artists, check out:
dancechapel.com and sign up for the newsletter. Check out the site, and search. He does an excellent job on collecting the chrsitian artists out there and gets it to your inbox in the form of a nice list every month.
And last but not least you can check out my attempts at music production here: myspace.com/stellarparallaxmusic
Hope you enjoyed the post, I honestly didn't think I'd be this long, I usually do not write long posts online anywhere, but I hope it helps!
Tamas
EDIT: apperantly I am not allowed to post links until i have 15 posts

so all my links have been edited. Hope you run into no problems.