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| quote: | Originally posted by Form&Funktion
It amazes me at the breadth and scope of ignorance among many of those making contributions (and I say that in the loosest of terms)to this thread.
It is unfortunate that the term "Progressive" was pinned to a certain hybrid of House, Techno and Trance sound, as it was more meant to be a mindset to the approach and technique of creating music which liberates itself from the standard structure of the popular style of its time. The term Progressive was given to any music that discarded the predictable foundations and elements of song creation. Essentially, it is an adjective to a style, therefore, as an example, to say Progressive Trance is boring is to say no Trance that attempts to advance and experiment from the formulaic standard has any value or energy so to dumb it down......those that knock progressive music, whatever it's form, essentially advertise their desire for music to stagnate and grow stale.
Specifically, for those here that seem to make a hobby of bashing progressive music, stop the cozy little bubble which is your world for one minute and consider the FACT that Trance as YOU see it would have been long since extinct had not the elements of progressive and other forward thinking styles been injected into it by all the biggest Trance DJ's you blindly worship.
Let's look at Tiesto, on a lark, shall we? It seems quite clear that much of his best work (Flight 643) and sets, have more a Techno spirit to them then pure uncut Trance. Armin? His tracklists read like an essential list for Prog/tech-trance/breaks along side the GENUINE good trance that still exists if one cares to search for it.
I laugh when people balk at music that diverges from their micro-view of what is good. I can't help but picture those elderly people we chuckle at for still listening to Rag-time or Waltzes and think.........there lies YOUR future, except it will be Trance...atleast the kind that refused to evolve.
Progressive will not die, it's a contradiction in terms. Our current projection of what it is may die or change but forward-thinking music, the kind the keeps the scene vibrant and relevant, will remain steadfastly pushing ahead and creating new, powerful music.
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well put,
Progressive Trance is not what is considered Progressive. No one who likes trance would say they dislike progressive trance.
when someone says a dj is playing "progressive" we think sasha. we think progressive (perhaps progressive house i dont know) but what ever the definition, progressive trance is not that boaring crap that is in so many clubs. I agree it is a gross misuse of the term, but at least we know what people are refering to. In a sense every song on the planet is progressive something. (and that could be argued)
I always thought that progressive trance was just a track with a build that progressed, or that the whole track progressed into the overall song. if your definition of progressive is correct then there is progressive everything (insert genre here)
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