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Trance music originated in Germany, where it is still championed in huge events like the Berlin Love Parade. Driven more by the pounding bass than by a drumbeat, it is characterised by abrupt shifts in texture. When the beats stop entirely and all that’s left is a high violin-like melody, you’re listening to trance. Characteristically, songs have prolonged build-ups and psychedelic, trance-like climaxes, which is when people usually break out the interpretive dance moves. Paul van Dyk’s The Riddle (Tell Me Why) is a good Trance 101 intro...

Author: By Daniel M. S. raper, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Telling House from Trance | 4/5/2002 | See Source »

Nonetheless, some of Andersen's most prestigious and loyal clients--including pharmaceutical giant Merck, mortgage agency Freddie Mac and Delta Airlines--are canceling contracts. "There's such a drumbeat of departures that it may trigger a flow of clients they can't stop," says Richard Ossoff, publisher of Auditor-Trak, which follows the accounting industry. "The 'Big Four' is a potential outcome." This reality is not lost on Andersen's competitors. A senior employee at Deloitte & Touche says his firm is "going after Andersen companies dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Will the Big Five Go Down One? | 3/18/2002 | See Source »

...girl who grew up too fast is jumping off the shrink’s couch and expressing with clarity born of self-exploration exactly what she wants. She pinpoints the “21 Things I Want in a Lover,” underscoring her wishlist with a dictatorial drumbeat and distorted guitars courtesy of ex-Red Hot Chili Pepper Dave Navarro. Meet Alanis Morisette the empowered woman instead of the confused post-teenager...

Author: By Sonya M. Lai, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Alanis Knows What She Wants | 3/15/2002 | See Source »

...Nonetheless, some of Andersen's most prestigious and loyal clients - including pharmaceutical giant Merck, mortgage agency Freddie Mac and Delta Airlines - are canceling contracts. "There's such a drumbeat of departures that it may trigger a flow of clients they can't stop," says Richard Ossoff, publisher of Auditor-Trak, which follows the accounting industry. "The 'Big Four' is a potential outcome." This reality is not lost on Andersen's competitors. A senior employee at Deloitte & Touche says his firm is "going after Andersen companies dead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The End of Arthur Andersen? | 3/11/2002 | See Source »

...armful to replace outmoded record collections. Too many expensive-to-maintain artists are selling too few CDs to an increasingly fragmented public. U.S. sales fell 3%, the first drop in a decade. Add huge losses from pirating and downloading free music on the Internet and it?s a drumbeat of bad news. EMI tried to solve its problems with two recent merger attempts, but Europe?s regulators rejected bids to hook up with AOL Time Warner, this magazine?s parent, and Bertelsmann...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pump Up the Volume | 2/4/2002 | See Source »

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