Beatport's Progressive House Section

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Posted by Adam420 on Sep-02-2011 04:53:

Beatport's Progressive House Section

https://beatport.uservoice.com/foru...se-genre?page=1

Vote and discuss if you agree. Like I wrote there I do enjoy the digging though I generally know what to look for. But at the same time it is only fair for the labels and the producers to get the platform they deserve.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Sep-02-2011 05:07:

In a practical sense, this doesn't really bother me, because searching by genre on Beatport is a guaranteed to make you want to strangle yourself with your headphone cable within 30 minutes, whatever the genre. As a progressive house fan, it bothers me greatly to see the genre reduced to a dumping ground for 128bpm DOOF-DOOF-DOOF-DOOF music.

But then, what is progressive house in 2011? Does Sasha really sound anything like Jaytech? I'm increasingly seeing podcasts called "Progressive Intelligence" or "Progressive Emotion", seeing people talk about "progressive culture" and signing forum posts with "progressive forever". It's one step away from "#trancefamily". It nauseates me, it makes me ashamed to say I like progressive house. The word has become as abused as "trance"... this shit has nothing to do with React 2 Rhythm or Leftfield. Most of it is just epic trance at -8 with bigger basslines, or tech house with the occasional pad wash.

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Sep-02-2011 05:15:

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Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
But then, what is progressive house in 2011? Does Sasha really sound anything like Jaytech? I'm increasingly seeing podcasts called "Progressive Intelligence" or "Progressive Emotion", seeing people talk about "progressive culture" and signing forum posts with "progressive forever". It's one step away from "#trancefamily". It nauseates me, it makes me ashamed to say I like progressive house. The word has become as abused as "trance"... this shit has nothing to do with React 2 Rhythm or Leftfield. Most of it is just epic trance at -8 with bigger basslines, or tech house with the occasional pad wash.

I think it's been that way for years now. I've always found it hilarious how people call something "progressive" just because it's slower and more monotonous and then act like it's somehow progressive or more intelligent.

Posted by rdevito on Sep-02-2011 14:07:

Yeah, i voted for that.
Guetta and Laidback Luke on Progressive House charts is a fucking joke

Progressive House producers are trying everything to keep the genre with a PROPER sound. When im saying PROPER i'm not talking about good or bad productions, i'm talking about the style.

Today there is a lot of genres, like Trance, you just cannot say if it is Trance or whatever. They want Progressive House as a well defined genre.

I know there is some prog tunes you still have difficulty to distinguish the genre, but Progressive House is taking the right path

Posted by Mattsanity. on Sep-02-2011 20:05:

LOL @ 2011 progressive house compared to 1995 progressive house.

Posted by MSZ on Sep-03-2011 00:36:

this is just the tip of the iceberg imo. there should be more in depth genre covering, branches even. the genres are way too broad imo, atleast to make it more fair. the commercial acts spread across these bloated genres(just sayin'). its probably come down to business these days, whatever

Posted by on Sep-03-2011 05:09:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
In a practical sense, this doesn't really bother me, because searching by genre on Beatport is a guaranteed to make you want to strangle yourself with your headphone cable within 30 minutes, whatever the genre. As a progressive house fan, it bothers me greatly to see the genre reduced to a dumping ground for 128bpm DOOF-DOOF-DOOF-DOOF music.

But then, what is progressive house in 2011? Does Sasha really sound anything like Jaytech? I'm increasingly seeing podcasts called "Progressive Intelligence" or "Progressive Emotion", seeing people talk about "progressive culture" and signing forum posts with "progressive forever". It's one step away from "#trancefamily". It nauseates me, it makes me ashamed to say I like progressive house. The word has become as abused as "trance"... this shit has nothing to do with React 2 Rhythm or Leftfield. Most of it is just epic trance at -8 with bigger basslines, or tech house with the occasional pad wash.

That is one way of looking it. Progressive house is not what digweed plays tho. Get it right. It is not about ''Dave seaman top 10'' either. It never has been. It is about and the scene, the music and the movement. So it has to be big. If it does not sound big it is not progressive house. And you know what... it is strange all these years have gone by and people still go back to this stuff. Longing for that new york sound... That fusion of house and trance... those big room records that poke through your soul. The Djs that give people moments to live for as well as the talented producers in the US and abroad who fuel this scene... both established and up and coming trying to break their music in these fucked up times. We are still here. NY Tribal. West 27th For life.

Posted by enydo on Sep-03-2011 05:11:

Hello existo.

Posted by babypp2 on Sep-04-2011 03:05:

Posted by Rodri Santos on Sep-05-2011 17:28:

voted, progressive house is probably the umbrella for all the lost raindrops it's not only that you find this general electro house pop fest but also some odd trance tracks written in 128 bpm i prefer to look for dj charts & labels rather than the top 100 because rarely i find what i am looking for

Posted by klappa on Aug-22-2012 21:13:

Posted by Lira on Aug-22-2012 22:46:

You think that's bad?! Try browsing the drum'n'bass session!

There isn't a single sub-genre, which akin to having a gigantic 4/4 session encompassing techno, trance, and polka.

Posted by SYSTEM-J on Aug-23-2012 07:12:

As a drum 'n bass fan, I'm acutely aware of that, Lira. Progressive house is an extremely narrow band of music compared to drum 'n bass. One feature of old Beatport I really miss is the sub-genres, which were handy in very broad genres (when labels bothered to use them) for making your search more specific.

Posted by klappa on Aug-23-2012 20:11:

quote:
Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
As a drum 'n bass fan, I'm acutely aware of that, Lira. Progressive house is an extremely narrow band of music compared to drum 'n bass. One feature of old Beatport I really miss is the sub-genres, which were handy in very broad genres (when labels bothered to use them) for making your search more specific.

Haven't used Beatport that much but you could you link to the post which had those tips for buying on beatport? Thanks!

Posted by Woony on Aug-23-2012 20:21:

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Originally posted by dj christian
Haven't used Beatport that much but you could you link to the post which had those tips for buying on beatport? Thanks!

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...16&forumid=8&s=

It's a sticky in the DJ Booth forum

Posted by tijs_fan on Aug-24-2012 06:30:

134+ bpm uplifting has invaded ur gus gus section.

bp died in 06' .... the layout wuz fine then they fucked it.

then deadmaus invaded the top 10 in 07 finished it off.

Posted by Titanium on Aug-24-2012 06:41:

over 600 commments and Beatport has done jack shit about this and they should do something similar for trance as well.

Posted by tijs_fan on Aug-24-2012 07:07:

600? on bp?

dude, john aquaviva runs bp.

john aqua. is the mark cuban of dl ssites, it stopped being about the music after it changed from lime green color, its how many ferraris aquaviva can swing off the dubsteppers. educate urself.

Posted by DJ NyX on Aug-24-2012 09:08:

the progressive house section has beem known to be like that for a long time now sooooo...well instead of bitching about it you could just buy on other sites. ya know? random though...