The KLF - What Time Is Love? (Pure Trance 1) (1988)

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[@GeorgeLalms]

I bought this vinyl yesterday. Today I am going for Sienna. I am 25 yo. Thank you for sharing so good music !!!!!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@micknevinger5259]

The Birth of Trance music

[@FrankHarwald]

YES!

[@Matt.Willoughby]

​@@FrankHarwaldKylie said trance from the year after 1989 😊

[@katycanino1566]

Yep

[@luke144]

Undoubtedly!!

[@cruddnow]

As someone born during (arguably) the peak of trance in the late 90s, and seeing it amongst pop music in the early 00s, it's surreal to think trance originated in the late 80s, when even house music was still a new thing around then 😮

[@THTSound]

The simple fact that this song is from 1988, is mind blowing

[@terrypussypower]

I’ve got loads of tunes from ‘88 onwards to about ‘93 that are simply mind blowing! New Beat, Acid, Detroit techno etc etc etc…and the KLF were right at the forefront of it all. I’ve got a single-sided grey vinyl 12” of “It’s Grim Up North” by the JAMMS from 1990 which is one of the most mind blowing acid tunes you’ll ever hear! It’s going for silly money on Discogs and it’s no wonder. If I can find it on YT I’ll post it after this. It’s incredible.

[@THTSound]

@@terrypussypower I can't find the tune on yt..

[@pdonze]

@@THTSound There was no internet back then. There were only albums and people loving music and structuring their lives around music they love. I remember listening to the extended mixes from The White Room and thinking they were a little out of place. I'm sure the record execs thought that. I had no idea that they could be used to create Trance. And Trance is a state of mind as well as music to listen to, so I didn't get it until I went to a rave.

[@martin36959]

You should know by now that the years 1994 and following were the very best years of mind blowing Goa trance.

[@KainniaK]

@@pdonze BB was already there, tracers existed but it took a decade before digital slowly came alive.

[@bloggalot4718]

Let’s start a trance revival, hands up all those in favour!

[@tutu.4688]

hell yeah

[@TonyMohawk]

Lets gooooo

[@Sebastian-The-Man]

Yeeeeuh!!!

[@TheTrancemaster90]

I'm here

[@SpirosKiriakopoulos]

Thinking about starting my mixes again, I am really tired of the shiet that plays nowdays. Pure old trance!

[@jonathanchudy57]

I graduated high school in 1988! This was cutting edge! Who's still listening to this timeless treasure in 2023!?

[@Djbangerz74]

I still listen to my klf vinyl and recently posted some on shorts on my channel , i feel like im stuck in the 90s ❤

[@johnwilliams3410]

I have to listen to this banger every now and then to remember what a proper peice of track sounds like/before its time this was in 88 ..genius

[@Djbangerz74]

@johnwilliams3410 yeah im doin a white room mix on my channel with mixes/ remixes maybe check it out or even subscribe 🤪

[@bobb.6393]

Me

[@aasbl]

Fantastic sounds still in 2024 and far beyond... good times!

[@pomhubnz]

Who needs botox when you've got this channel to make you young again!

[@amrapaliroy1169]

Yo Babe!

[@amrapaliroy1169]

Atta girl

[@dam3969]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@CalabriaTechnoNation]

A few months ago in a used vinyl market I found this record and played it to check the conditions ... I attracted a small crowd of people who wanted to know what record it was ... They knew the groove but not the title .. The power of this track, after 32 years, is unmatched !!!

[@Uvisir]

magic

[@kavika121]

Iconic remix…

[@andyhoward940]

They have a film out to explain their madness , well worth a watch 👌

[@domino5392]

Not mqny bangers sound like this one. Actually - none sound like this. Lol

[@kevinmcnulty2310]

Yeah, whatever... Another sad attempt for YT validation in the comments...

[@rowanoofficial]

35 years old, but still relevant. What a gem!!!

[@markmyerscough8297]

54 and always will be .from first hearing it at the rave club I went to back in its hey day 👌

[@Reliique]

KLF didnt know he created time machine track back in late 80's

[@InSanCen]

Arguably, this was *the* grand-daddy of a fair few genre's. It's amazing and stands on it's own as a track today, irrespective of it's historical or pioneering aspect.

[@davie-murphy]

My 1988 self had hope but I live in a world where this question has STILL to be answered.

[@DrTune]

3.25pm next Tuesday (postponed in case of rain)

[@Dashoost]

The Genesis of Trance

[@jayadamone]

Dashoost legend

[@krisclough2365]

Dashoost 🙂

[@ecchstore2939]

Jesus! I thought trance was born not too much after 1990... This is from '88... oh my gosh!

[@bastionbooger]

The 80s had the best stuff

[@wiz722]

It was definitely ahead of its time.

[@johnson7483]

New baet influences 80's 🇧🇪😉

[@DShamen]

Many would argue that this was not trance. It certainly wasn’t called trance at the time - either techno or acid house. No denying it’s influence though and it is a key player in the develop of the sound.

[@ppate8]

@@bastionbooger yeh i know and i think in the 90s decade we saw a big change in music

[@et9233]

I remember having acid tabs with my mates going to the fairground sitting on the waltzers & tripping off the strobe lights for hours and they were playing this tune on repeat.. one of the best trips I had back in the day 🍄

[@grahamnaylor2087]

Sweet

[@lassemann1677]

Yes...Yes...YEEESS! Been there loved it

[@jamiedawe1758]

I hope they were the Holland knives or forks black russians, tables and chairs tiles!

[@TheJason666999]

@@grahamnaylor2087 ..

[@andyrew45]

Phone home…

[@evejust7440]

The KLF (Kings of Low Frequency 🙈- Kopyright Liberation Front) had been far ahead of its own time in 1988. First, in 1991 this electronic goosebump was recognized...

[@raygrooves2666]

In a way they were too far ahead for themselves ,they could still be making amazing music now if they hadn't gone nutty. Posh art school kids trying to to make statements as my m8 says lol

[@pauliedibbs9028]

I wish there was at least one act right now that we could say was the KLF of today... but the sad truth is what they represented is gradually disintegrating from the collective consciousness.

[@noklarok]

@@pauliedibbs9028 such a sad truth

[@schroecat1]

@@pauliedibbs9028 I think that the KLF (JAoMM, Timelords, etc) was something that could only have happened exactly when it did. It was a period where no one really understood what they were playing with, and the "correct" rules hadn't been established. Both the artists and audiences didn't know what it was supposed to sound like, and so everyone was open minded about what it *could* sound like. Once the commercial House, Eurodance, Techno and Trance sounds solidified in the 90s, audiences just weren't going to be as open to the experimentation of earlier groups. It's sad, but it's also how culture progresses. Something can only be new and experimental for a short time.

[@msclolololol1809]

Again, why was this track so "revolutionary "? Sounds tame to me if we are talking about groundbreaking tracks; 3AM eternal would take the place. Also, I don't feel anything about trance in this one. But it's me lol? Anyways not a bad track, but I don't get the hype.

[@Gazeroo71]

In the warehouse parties in 89/90 this was the tune we waited for - unreal tune! This will still sound futuristic in the year 3004

[@kevinrusch3627]

this and Cubik were turned up loud enough that it felt like you were breaking the speakers.

[@garethcharlton7508]

just dance

[@JaniceWithTheTarlovCysts]

I was stuck at home, nursing a baby when this came out but I still played it, loudly and danced 😂

[@pablojablo6371]

Around Blackburn and her environs for me .

[@Gazeroo71]

@@JaniceWithTheTarlovCysts Love that !! 👊🏻❤️🔊🔊🔊

[@euphoriaggaminghd]

I was born in 2004 and grew up with trance music a lot, I can't fathom how this song was produced even 16 years before I was a thing, really amazing to know the history of your favourite music genres

[@zsideswapper6718]

I'm a 2003 "kid" lol.

[@euphoriaggaminghd]

@@zsideswapper6718 haha yeah I guess we ain't rlly kids no more

[@zsideswapper6718]

@@euphoriaggaminghd True, time goes so fast these day... I can't believe we got true artificial intelligence now, flying cars are just a matter of time now at this point.

[@AC_Milan1899]

It's called a synth. Quite simple really

[@zsideswapper6718]

@@AC_Milan1899 _Looking at Jean-Michel Jarre and Giorgio Moroder_ yeahh "the sound of the future"

[@incremental_failure]

This is so far ahead of its time, amazing.

[@muzikxpress]

This is such an amazing track! Love the KLF!!!!!!!

[@StefanStefan-uv4cc]

You should do your thing on it Twan. That is if possible. Cheers!

[@muzikxpress]

@@StefanStefan-uv4cc Well, I would love to, but I don't see it happening ;-) It seems they are kinda private too and don't appear in the public often... Plus I don't have a travel budget for my vlogs and I don't think the guys are in The Netherlands often (especially not together)...

[@StefanStefan-uv4cc]

@@muzikxpress Yeah, they could just be old xD

[@KingboyD2008]

@@muzikxpress Start a crowdfund to travel & track down Jimmy & Bill 😎

[@muzikxpress]

paul capper there’s PayPal and Patreon links in every vlog of mine already, so feel free to donate 😉

[@maxdewavrin3335]

Still sounds futuristic in 2021

[@chebowes6278]

Timeless is always the best 💯

[@flonkplonk1649]

It's just magic (like their other well known tracks)!

because nothing has changed since 1995. Internet got faster, thats it...

[@Tulip-y7y]

So ahead of it's time, I knew it was special in 1988 when i heard it for the 1st time 🇬🇧

[@brianlumsdon]

i'm 58 now, still the intelligent being i was

[@dylanparsons3555]

I bought this when it was released even though I hated the Timelords thing. I have everything by the boys up to that point. From this we got The Orb, Space and proper KLF. Pure Trance all the way

[@Roland808]

The first “techno” record I ever bought way back in ‘89 from Street Sounds on Melrose, LA!! I still have it, too.

[@davefloyd9443]

Serious $$$ my friend....

[@Antonio-sd5yn]

is it trance?

[@davefloyd9443]

'Pure Trance'... Got to believe everything Bill wrote was deadly serious. 😏 On the other hand this was the same year as Strings of Life. A Scottish, London based A&R man discovers Detroit's first wave, copies elements, Jimmy sprinkles magic and they make a classic within a few months? Pure KLF...... Lol

[@YTrab1970]

Three and a half decades on, that's one third of a whole century, and this track still rocks! "The final chapter, prophetic, poetic/When I'm done, this calls for anesthetic"

[@stephenr9618]

Saw The KLF do this live at the Land of Oz @ Heaven, London, in '89.

[@MyNameIsAhalya]

Lucky you!

[@mantrahus]

this is Gold standard! gz

[@ronalddolman2654]

I saw them in Utrecht (Netherlands) in 91, completely destroying the PA and handing out their equipment to spectators, completely nuts.

[@MichaelOKeefe2009]

The undisputed first and original trance track that started it all and it all began in 1988, the year when Trance music was officially born.

[@enrico3433]

I remember when i listened this came out from my favourite radio station in 1988. It was so ahead of its time.

[@madmark2588]

Love this tune why does time have to move on i so miss the rave days im in my 50s

[@iroczo6627]

One of the Pioneers and the beginning of Trance Music.

[@Polotioube303]

THE TRACK (this edit) that converted me to Rave Culture when I was 14th ! Let there be The KLF !!!! ;)

[@AK-74K]

Played this to my wife and asked her what year she thinks this track is from - she said 2000. 14 years ahead of its time - not bad at all!

[@stephenholliday9315]

32 years ago,when, this was done by real poeple,with real machines

[@ezravaladez]

The fact that this being from 1988, and sounding this well, is just incredible.

[@drhouse2283]

Всегда думал что KLF прорыв 90х) а они уже в 80е выдавали новое звучание🤘😎круто

[@AdeRowswell]

This and Eon - “Fear: the mind killer” & “Spice” are some of the best examples of a ahead of its time and groundbreaking era 👍🏻

[@nigelheathcote6084]

Absolutely agree

[@domino5392]

I still have the 7" single of this. Pure gold, this track!

[@1971dla]

I went to a happy mondays , inspiral carpets gig and Paul Oakenfold dropped this before hand , he was the sound engineer an ive got a photo with him in the sound booth coz i spoke to him about sunrise raves

[@deepvoicegames5024]

the first warehouse party I went to in 1989 I heard this tune and just fell in love it and still love as much now. happy memories

[@Mario-yq5zr]

Я родился в 1988 году. В 2008 уже играл psy транс на вечеринках. Кто бы мог подумать что goa trance зарождался еще до моего рождения.

[@gregorygonzales2481]

Just thought I share this with you since I’m old enough to remember the 70’s theatrical era, even though I was a child back then. Some of you may remember a musical show called “Jesus Christ Superstar”. The music used in that show was a rock opera composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice. If you search that album and look for the song tracks, Overture, and Heaven on Their Minds, you will hear that distinctive musical note. I’m assuming Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty were inspired by the show and the album when they created “What Time is Love” as pure trance. I can tell you that this music note became the basis note for at least a dozen other trance music that I have listen to. An example is "Twilight Zone" track by 2 Unlimited (1992). The more you know.

[@litherskew]

I did exactly as you said and listened to the tracks from Jesus Christ Superstar. Hehe. YES ! Who would have thought it. ‘What Time Is Love’ is ‘nicked’. Absolutely and totally. >>> The Jesus Christ Ancients of Mu Mu

[@litherskew]

Still love the track and the guys tho. Be in no doubt..

[@davefloyd9443]

"KNICKED"? NO! It's Kopyright was Liberated.......

[@ollyod2]

Oh my god! That’s a turn up, thanks for sharing, always love to know this stuff and join the dots. Sometimes it crushes the track doing the sampling, other times you realise they worked that sample to the absolute max like here. Just found out Nese Karabocek Yali Yali from 1979 samples Jesus Christ superstar as well.

[@techbrit3186]

Oh my thats so cool!

[@kcidermanstuff3385]

Wow ... This popped into my timeline and pasttime emotions came flooding back 🙌

[@echno4727]

Pioneers.

[@ИгорьЧебаненко-н8я]

@@Triadii no. Kraftwerk. With Trans Europa Express.

[@katerinas772]

Игорь Чебаненко Kraftwerk ;)

[@MyNameIsAhalya]

I am BLOWN AWAY! This is amazing.

[@BotirDiskaziyev]

Супер.слушаю.90года.эту.группу.клф.ташкент.

[@ronin3567]

С 90?да ладно

[@djstevenoise]

OMG what a gorgeous turntable. 👊🏻🙄

[@Chuck-yt7iq]

When Chicago House and Detroit techno received a huge contribution from Europe that saved the genre. (Techno and House were obscure underground genres) our producers were 10x more popular in Europe than at home.

[@emanuelmihai554]

First I've heard this song, back in 89, I thought was coming from another world! And I think I was right!

[@smithsonsmith9021]

Anyone else loving this in 3064 ?

[@talenairwin96]

I still appreciate old, classic techno. It will never have that feel again.

[@sergioascencio3292]

One of my roomies liked this song, I reached Europe for the first time in ‘88, great quality sound man, thanks!

[@Zatoichi_Blind_Ronin]

this masterpiece must be blasted from a nice generous speaker system outside the window....it must expand into the air!! I'm levitating!!

[@keithparker1346]

This seems so much better than the hit versions...though i do like them i like that this is timeless while the hit versions are now kind of pinned to the 90s...but I'd never have found this without the hits

[@johncraig8808]

This is the music that brainwashed me at 7 years old, at that point onwards i knew i was going to be a full on raver and it sounded nothing like yer mum and dads music even although this is from whom i heard this !!!! 😄 ✌😷☝

[@user-pl3he7eo6g]

This track absolutely shits on anything produced today being considered “trance” 1988! THE BEGINNING

[@toast-master-6663]

Has a sort of retrowave vibe to it, truly revolutionary. 🥰🖤

[@BobbyDeniroX]

Klf, silver bullet, rebel mc..... Then came The Prodigy and chemical brothers era.... Orbital, Leftfield, LFO those were the days for me...

[@BobbyDeniroX]

@@NoName-uz5ry Sebastic🧟‍♂️

[@BobbyDeniroX]

@@NoName-uz5ry Looney 🤪

[@maketrancegreatagain2960]

Now that's Pure Trance! ;)

[@martin36959]

Oh my goodness ... I am lacking words for what I feel for this track. It's definitely faaaaar out there somewhere 🤩💗💯❤💘💫💥 Thanks for uploading ✌ You are doing a great job 👍 Full respect and thank you so much 🙏

[@pablocastillo-cf6pn]

In a moment that y was finding good trance of this Channel and i win gold with this track... 1 the genesis of this great genner ❤

[@sannnah]

oooohhh my goshhh ... there I was, young & innocent, loving it, wearing doc martins and making funny dance moves ...LOL

[@jonsnow416]

Nice tune! Trippy😍. I was about 12 years old when this came out and I didn't know anything about Trance back then.

[@OperationMindPhuk]

i think this is the best quality version of this ive ever heard, and then i realised it wasnt even on 1080 :O

[@whyaretheseathing]

Video quality doesn't affect sound quality either way

[@lecochonbleu]

@@whyaretheseathing That's actually not correct. It depends on the digital resolution of the upload. It's a strange system in KZbin. If a video has been uploaded in 720p or higher, then watching at 720p will give the maximum available upload AUDIO quality. If a video has been uploaded at 720p or higher and you watch at any lower resolution, then you are getting inferior audio. This is the lower KZbin audio band, or second band. If a video has been uploaded at 720p or higher, if you watch at 480p, 360p, 240p or 144p then you are getting this same, second band of audio quality. It's the very same audio quality at 144p as at 480p. That's only IF the video has 720p or higher available in the first place. If the video is uploaded in 720p or higher and you watch in 720p or higher, then you get the highest audio quality available for that video, the first band of audio. So, if you watch in 720p or 1080p if available or 4k if available, you still receive the same, first band audio quality. Watch any lower than 720p (as long as video has been uploaded in the first place in 720p or higher) and you hear the second band of audio in KZbin. That was just all about videos uploaded in 720p or higher. It's completely different for videos uploaded in lower resolution than 720p. If a video is uploaded in the first place in lower than 720p resolution, then there is only one audio band in any case for that video. Whether you watch that video in 480p, 360p, 240p, or 144p, that video will have the same audio quality, and that is always the highest audio quality available for that video, which is the same, full quality of the actual upload. If the video you're watching has been uploaded in 480p or lower resolution in the first place, there is only one audio quality available band 1. That band 1 audio quality for 480p or lower uploaded resolution videos is top audio quality from the upload, and is never reduced, whatever quality you watch it at. It is the very same audio quality as band 1 audio from 720p or higher resolution videos. It's pretty strange. Basically the only time the lower quality band 2 audio is given is when the video watched is uploaded in 720p or higher resolution but the viewer watches in 480p or lower resolution. You never receive band 2 audio if the video is uploaded in 480p or lower resolution in the first place. Basically that means there is no point for audio recordings in uploading them in any more than 480p (unless there is a video accompanying which is important). For audio only videos with no significant video element, don't bother with more than 480p,because it means some people, for example with slower devices or who have a capped internet service, will miss the highest quality audio.

[@z_monty]

@@lecochonbleu thank you for the post! I never realised it was so complex, my appreciation my friend.

[@chriscentini6947]

35 years on and it still gives me extreme goosebumps! 😎😍

[@garethcharlton7508]

110% with you all over my body - twas fun no ?

[@garethcharlton7508]

me too and a half

[@mauropineda4307]

power of american natives, age of love and this track is the genesis of trance music

[@billybhoy32]

Hard to believe how old that is!

[@VixiNixtro]

"What Time is Up" by Tegma is a modern remix of this one. Love it

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

A proper biopic sanctioned by them needs making so people can understand the advent of the legends .

[@vincentbrannelly8786]

especially the UKRAINIAN Ice cream van . Come on fellas ?

[@andrewdevitt9380]

Truly stunning tune.

[@Tulip-y7y]

Late 80's , early 90's special times fr

[@ingmarbuis8984]

I never knew The KLF was one of the pioneers of Trance Music. Imagine this song is from 1988 !! They were their time far ahead, Trance wasns't existing in this time

[@DeXorPL]

People didnt knew how to dance to this type of music it was strange for them

[@ingmarbuis8984]

@@DeXorPL different styles of dancing you can see also on the Love parades Berlin in the early 90's.

[@biggiesmartypants]

Indigenous people have been dancing to similar music since a bit longer.

[@truthfrequencies]

Pure quality, I used to play this to death back in the day....

[@Dlight-r4o]

inspired whole trance music. First ever massive trance track ever! thanks Klf

[@trainwreck3697]

Wow going way back in time for this one. Before i was even born. Amazing when you consider the tech they had to work with in those days. Thanks Daz! 👍

[@richardhearley3315]

when this pure trance version was 1st released in the UK in late 1988 it sank without a trace..... slowly during 1989 it's started being played in all the right places (UK + europe clubs + raves) as virus like by late 89 and into 1990 it had became a huge underground monster of a track. There are many remixes of this but this trance original is still the best along with it's B side remix.......Long live the KLF .....(K)eep (L)ooking (F)orward.

[@242Diego]

A goddamned classic, love it 😀

[@vonwux]

Amazing how some tracks just don't seem to age at all.

[@gaz9005]

Timeless Btw my name is Gareth born in North Wales in 1970.Also called The Jams or Justified Acieants of Mu Mu

[@deaddontopen]

Man this is something else

[@feller2155]

This track hasn't aged at all after 37 years 💪

[@Dashoost]

the key piece of music here was lifted off a 1970's rock opera the Overture of Jesus Christ Superstar. Leave it to the KLF to sample something from Christ in order to give birth to the modern day renaissance of classical music known today as Classic Trance music.

[@dbefore7165]

it wasnt sampled form it , the notes are similalr but the riff is different.

[@brianlumsdon]

i left comprehensive school in 83, i passed everything, very intelligent then this came along

[@nigelheathcote6084]

I used to brush my teeth to this, always seemed to liven me up after 😬

[@dianedukes2972]

Fabulous just fabulous I love this type of music

[@davidanderson9569]

Hairs on the back of my neck every time whooooo ,takes me back expansion roadshow warehouse Dunlop street Glasgow Wednesday bus from the capital. 89 😊

[@cruality]

Sounds cyberpunky, kinda dark electro-ish nowadays stuff, but without heavy bass which is okay. So awesome that it was recorded in 1988!

[@TheTrancemaster90]

This is what you obtain when you have the balls to experiment

[@orourkedamusic]

This is not usually the music I listen to but this is classic.

[@CarlosTorres-le3rr]

Estaban adelantados en el tiempo👌36 años van desde entonces 😳

[@christopherhughes2987]

Pure class been looking for this version for years heard it on a television programme about the scene LANDED!!!

[@danysize]

Thanks for Sharing! From Buenos Aires

[@scottishdan]

Absolutely fantastic.

[@bigsweaty8088]

Woooah anytime somethings touching 80's on this channel

[@rommurm]

Вещь!! Для 1988 очень прорывной трек, чистый транс!! Да и сейчас звучит вполне достойно

[@ivan4087]

прямо на пустом месте стиль создали? явно что то было до этого с крафтверка небось много взяли

[@markhodge4221]

New drinking here what a fabulous remix

[@vincedijee6966]

Nice job! In order and by year!!!

[@lovethemusic71]

It's amazing from 88

[@2Worlds_and_InBetween]

I was at some magic round about party late 89 an this was playing in the late night mist with lights n lazors in the sky.... well i think... the chemicals were flowing fk hard but its burned into my memory

[@seijikun791]

This is the type of trance I wanna make.

[@sgr_sgr]

The **power** of KLF in effect, even when you don’t boil wash!

[@real_gadboa]

Love it, thx. This is true love.

[@JuanAndresHPerez]

This channel gets better and better, geez!

[@markhodge3421]

Good track Diamond cut...

[@johncraig8808]

The sound of the future, brought to you from the past !!!