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| Originally posted by DPetey81 Luke Fair?  |
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| Originally posted by Jeff Button That's a no brainer....... Luke has been working overtime in the studio these days, and has come up with four SOLID tracks he'll debut at the WMC. There is also a very exciting gig coming up this summer that I can't wait for..... |
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| Originally posted by Jeff Button That's a no brainer....... Luke has been working overtime in the studio these days, and has come up with four SOLID tracks he'll debut at the WMC. There is also a very exciting gig coming up this summer that I can't wait for..... |
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| Originally posted by slingshot It went into hiding. But now it's poised to re-emerge in full force with some added flair. |
sultan & sharam connected set...now thats the kinda prog I like. But there is alot of prog that just loses me, either being too soft with trance like buildups and wussy drops or just not grimey enough for me. Grimey prog...and the chugging bassline stuff...sasha & digweed mmmm...
I should better familiarize myself as well...gonna try to explore prog more and see if some dj's mentioned in this thread can please my auditory senses
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| Originally posted by Yohan Though to be fair, Luke Fair's been experimenting with lots of different sounds in his sets lately. (still good though) |
. Or however ya wanna put it, but it can definitely make you move
hmmmm....
no thoughts on this.
i don't even think progressive should be used to describe any music.
lol. such a weird term.
happy hardcore can be progressive.
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| Originally posted by StereoPrincess hmmmm.... no thoughts on this. i don't even think progressive should be used to describe any music. lol. such a weird term. happy hardcore can be progressive. |
i always hated the word progressive too, more often than not it refers to tracks that mimic a (once) progressive concept rather than being something with a new and original sound, which it should mean... and even then, calling it prog as a whole genre is so broad, subjective, and sort of pretentious to the producer
and plus so many think progressive refers to how the songs "progress" slowly with layers... progressive describing music has never meant this afaik
but after all the word does a good job of describing a lot of the sounds i like 
james harcourt & udaye rana - schadenfreude 
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| Originally posted by DPetey81 Luke Fair? |
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| Originally posted by Jeff Button That's a no brainer....... Luke has been working overtime in the studio these days, and has come up with four SOLID tracks he'll debut at the WMC. There is also a very exciting gig coming up this summer that I can't wait for..... |
i thought the below was interesting....
Progressive house is always such a debate. Everyone has their own feeling on it, description, etc. I guess one could basically say it it the progression of house sounds and styles.
whatever it is....i love it. started with this sound....will keep it with me forever....
Progressive electronic music
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Progressive electronic music (often referred to as just progressive) usually refers to a style of predominantly instrumental music played with synthesizers which draws on the influence of progressive rock, classical music and/or ambient music. In this sense, it has been used to describe artists such as Klaus Schulze, Vangelis, Jean Michel Jarre and Tangerine Dream. The "progressiveness" of this style stems from the use of contrapuntal melodies, unusual or shifting time signatures, offbeat sound effects and a general tendency to create music as different as possible from mainstream pop.
However, more recently, the term "progressive" has been used to differentiate various offshoot styles of electronic dance music from their parent styles that are not affiliated with progressive music, i.e. progressive trance, progressive house and progressive breaks. These types of music might be referred to as "progressive electronic dance music" to differentiate them from the above use where the slow or varying beat prevents the label of "dance" from being applied. The rest of this article focuses principally on this second meaning.
Most electronic dance music tracks released are produced with certain features that are favourable for DJs to beatmatch records together seamlessly. Unlike the song structures of genres like hard house or Hi-NRG, the peaks and troughs in a progressive dance track tend to be more subtle. Layering different sounds on top of each other and slowly bringing them in and out of the mix is a key idea behind the progressive movement.
While the term "progressive" had been used to describe rock artists such as Pink Floyd or King Crimson since the late 1960's, it only started to be applied to dance music in the early- to mid- 1980s during the rise of the Chicago house and Detroit techno movements to describe what was believed to be the future of pop. Detroit techno producer Stacey Pullen said in an interview;
"Back then, the music we called house music, techno, was also called progressive music � the meaning of 'progressive' was a futuristic way of thinking about music. That was what we called progressive."[1]
Today, the term "progressive" when used to describe dance music typically refers to the structure of a track which changes incrementally, though there are other uses for the term: progressive trance usually refers to a type of trance music that features a less prominent lead melody and focuses more on atmosphere, and in the case of progressive house, the term "progressive" can also refer to the style's willingness to bring in new elements to the genre. These elements can be a variety of sounds, such as a guitar loop, computer generated noises, or other elements typical of other genres.
Contents [hide]
1 Progressive house
2 Progressive trance
2.1 Progressive psytrance
3 Progressive breaks
4 Progressive drum & bass
5 Similarities in progressive genres
6 References
7 See also
Progressive house
Progressive house has its origins in Great Britain in the early 1990s, with the output of Guerrilla Records and Leftfield's first singles (particularly "Song of Life"). Mixmag editor Dom Phillips coined the term to describe this type of music. In 1992, the dance club Renaissance opened in Mansfield. Its DJs - particularly Sasha and John Digweed - were instrumental in popularizing its early sound. The music itself consisted of the 4-to-4 beat of house music with deeper, dub-influenced basslines and a more melancholic, emotional edge. Often, it featured elements from many different genres mixed together. Song of Life, for instance, has a trip-hop like down-pitched breakbeat and a high-energy Roland TB-303 riff at various stages.
There have been many shifts in style in progressive house. After the release of BT's debut album Ima, for instance, many of the genre's subsequent records featured an ethereal, melodic style. As trance became more popular and melodic, progressive house darkened and acted as an underground counterpoint, merging with tribal house to produce many very minimal percussive tracks.
Meanwhile, the Melbourne-centered Australian progressive scene, whose luminaries include Phil K and Luke Chable pioneered a distinctive sound of their own - marked by melodic pads and delicate melodies. This style was pushed heavily in Britain and elsewhere by DJ Dave Seaman and Australian Anthony Pappa. Its influence even fed back into trance, with many sub-genre trademarks finding their way into the so called "Anjuna sound" centred on Above & Beyond's record label Anjunabeats.
Since 2005, progressive house's popularity has been said to have lessened in dance music, with most of the scene's major DJs playing electro-, tech-house, and minimal. However, this is a common misconception throughout the electronic dance music industry as new sub-genres are being created so often. What we are seeing today are many crossover tracks that have different elements of different sub-genres that make electronic dance music very hard to nail down to just one style. People do their best to label tracks in a proper way, but sometimes genre associations are not so cut and dry. You can find many electronic dance music tracks labeled as electro-, tech-house or minimal that are essentially Progressive House tracks.
Progressive trance
"Xpander" (1999)
Sasha's progressive trance track "Xpander" from the Xpander EP.
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Progressive trance is a popular sub-genre in trance music and contains elements of house, techno, and ambient music. Trance became more focused on the anthemic qualities and melodies, moving away from arpeggiated analog synth patterns. Acoustic elements and spacey pads became popular with compositions leaned towards incremental changes � la progressive structures. Progressive trance contains distinctive sounds in many tracks, such as unusual basslines or original synthesized sounds, which generally makes it more "catchy". Phrases are usually a power of two number of bars in most typical progressive trance tracks. Phrases usually begin with the introduction of a new or different melody or rhythm.
Compared to trance, the progressive wing is usually deeper and more abstract, featuring a lower average bpm (around 125-135 instead of 130-160) and a recurrent melodic structure. This structure is intuitively described as consisting of three major structural elements: (1) build-up; (2) climax; (3) break-down. These three structural elements are expressed either temporally or in their intensity, if not both. A 'build-up' sequence can sometimes last up to 3 or even 4 minutes. Subtle incremental/decremental acoustic variations (i.e., gradual addition/subtraction of instruments) anticipate the transition to each subsequent structural element of the track. The initial build-up and the final break-down are generally very similar, adding a feel of symmetry to the general structure of the melody. Furthermore, a progressive trance track is usually longer than a regular trance track, ranging in length from 5-6 to even 12-13 minutes.
Although there is a general and increasing tendency to associate progressive trance with progressive house (or vice-versa), virtually rendering these two sub-genres identical, there are however distinctive characteristics apart from the strong similitudes between them: progressive trance inherits from its parent genre (trance) a wider melodic flexibility, while progressive house is usually darker and more minimal.
Some of the most representative names that currently work (almost exclusively) in this sub-genre are Markus Schulz, Gabriel & Dresden, Andy Moor, Armin Van Buuren, Schiller and Paul Oakenfold.
Progressive psytrance
Main article: Progressive psytrance
Progressive psytrance (also known as minimal psytrance or psygressive) is the progressive form of psychedelic trance. Contrary to most progressive trance, progressive psytrance is usually darker and focuses more on psychedelia rather than melody.
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I was waiting for a knox reply. and a freakin' serious reply at that.
I love the progressive sound.
It's gone nowhere for me.
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