by ph00tbag » 21 Apr 2013 16:22
I wouldn't personally say the track's minimalism is what makes it not trance, since trance is fundamentally minimal. That said, it's still not particularly trancey. It doesn't really have a hypnotic or driving rhythm, which is central to a trance tune.
I'd put it as somewhere in the interstices between IDM, chiptune, casiocore and anthem house. It'd probably be anthem house if the mixdown had a more clear intent to be danceable. (On that point, you probably want to sidechain the kick to the bass so that the kick punches through more, just to start with.)