Trance is fast pased synthizers galore, BORING for my taste, house depending on what style is more about soul, louie vega and boris would be 2 great example of 2 end of the spectrums of house music in nyc. ANd then its up to you to find out what you like best form those styles or inbetween. Im goin to ELEMENT tonite for DOWNDEEP thier sound is more sexy,funky house, and im having a aprty tomorrow night at NEST and the sound is more like tribal funky jazz type of sounds with some old school bombs in between.