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Lyric-less music
Storytelling through a mixture of beats
Navid Khoi/Roundup
Trance is a form of electronic dance music with no lyrics, but rather a mixture of beats that builds up and breaks down throughout a track.
Pierce College student Viko Roubin not only listens to Trance but composes it as well.
“From the first time I heard this music it just drew me in like no other music could,” said Roubin. “It was something different and I loved it.”
Roubin recorded an ablum titled “Wishes to Elohin.”
Elohin means God in Hebrew.
“Creating this kind of music has taught me a lot about composing music in general,” said Roubin. The album tells the story of a guy who is on a journey to find God, but instead finds an evil genie that grants him all sorts of wishes that he desires.
“Some may not understand the message I am trying to say with my music, because it is really hard to understand when you do not listen to Trance that often,” said Roubin.
He is currently working on music videos for a couple of his songs.
