Hard trance

Melodies vary from 140 to 180 BPM and it can feature plain instrumental sound in early compositions, with the latter ones tending to implement side-chaining techniques from progressive trance on digital synthesizers.

Hard trance went on to become one of the dominant and most successful electronic music styles throughout the 1990s in mainland Europe and around the world.

The British electronic music scene split off into other styles such as jungle/drum and bass, hardcore, techno and house.

It never reached the same commercial heights or as on the continental mainland due to British music scene already being widely diversified into styles such as jungle/drum & bass, hardcore and house.

The majority of clubs were centred in the K road region of Auckland and included Kiss, Bed, Stair Case and Jones Bar.