Music: TrancePop?

Is there a recent trend toward incorporating trance elements in popular music? The reason why I'm asking this is that when I listen to two fairly recent pop songs - one western pop and the other eastern pop (for lack of a better word), I find that I'm being drawn to them because they induce a trance state of mind.

The two songs are

1. Coldplay's, "Speed of Sound", and
   
2. Himesh's, "Tera Surroor".

(Hopefully the YouTube links work.) If you managed to watch part/all of the songs, it may actually be better to just listen to the songs with eyes closed. This is definitely recommended for the second song since the video is moronic and cheesy at best.

I wish someone would do a good fMRI/EEG analysis of subjects listening to trance music. My bet is that they'll reveal an altered trance state, slower brainwave patterns and more. My nine year old son for example is currently totally entranced by Himesh's manipulative trance-pop.

This got me to thinking about pop/rock songs that are kinda trippy. So I made a list. Here goes:

1. Pink Floyd, "Any Colour You Like". Now you could pick a much better example than this one obviously - "Echoes" comes to mind - but thinking back to all those years ago, it was this song that would put me in a trance. And it would do so only if I had listened to at least a minute of the end of "Us and Them." Later on I tried to consciusly enter a trance state by playing this song in isolation but it never works for me. If I play the two songs together though, my mind is prepped for trippin'.
2. Led Zeppelin, "Kashmir". Obvious choice I know. Heavier than most trance but still does the job, especially that beautiful bridge section.
3. Genesis, "Firth of Fifth" (mp3 fragment). Peter Gabriel's flute solo followed by Steve Hackett and Tony Banks on guitar and keyboards has to rank as one of the very best early trance rock. A friend of mine who's into hiking claimed that this song invariaby gave him visions of climbing Annapurna.
4. Yes, "On the Silent Wings of Freedom". Odd choice I know. But the first three minutes of Howe/Wakeman followed by Anderson's exceptionally trippy vocals works for me. Even now. Too bad the rest of the album is total crap (except for that whale song).
5. Tangerine Dream, "Tangram Side II". This whole side of the album even has a trancey buildup and climax which is very unusual. But it works.
   
6. The Police, "Wrapped Around Your Finger". Mebbe we could call this trance negative since the images conjured up by Sting's vicious lyrics and Andy Summers' ethereal and minimalistic solos are not pretty. A bad trip definitely.
7. Wavestar, "Moonwind". Blatant ripoff of "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" but done very well.
8. Dead Can Dance, "Summoning of the Muse". Lisa Gerrard's vocals drive this intensely trippy piece.
   
9. King Crimson, "The Power to Believe II" (mp3 fragment). The middle eastern beginning, the east Asian bridge and back to a middle eastern finish create a powerful imagery.
   

Hopefully the rave generation is waking up to trance in a big way. I listen to trance radio from time to time but it becomes very repetitive after a while. If trance goes mainstream, there'll be better writers, composers and players for this material which is exactly what it needs. Will this pan out?