Does such a style exist? and if it does, can anyone give me a few examples?

Progressive in what way? If you're thinking about "forward thinking" or "intelligent" (although that's a pretty stupid term) then there are couple of artists who did that kind of techno at the beginning of the 90s, such as B12 guys, The Black Dog guys, Richard James under his Polygon Window moniker, Kirk Degiorgio, Simeon Bowring, Speedy J, Richard H Kirk...
There are also some great compilations on Kudos and A13, such as Types, The Kudos Digest: Issue A (and B,C) and Experimenta. And of course Artificial Intelligence I&II on Warp

new pig & dan stuff

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mauro picotto maybe?

hes got a trance somewhat sound to him, really enjoy listening to his sets.

Green Velvet.. John Digweed. i dont know too much techno, but their sets are pretty good.

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Originally posted by stevo_0 mauro picotto maybe?

not that i care much for genres that get invented/re-invented constantly, but when i saw "progressive techno" Mauro Picotto instantly sprung to mind.

but why cant he play hard like the good ol'days

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why cant they all play hard like the good old days.. *cries on each other's shoulders* LOL

To be honest, I was thinking the other day that I wouldn't really mind if such a buzzword genre became popular. There's a 90% chance it would be hot.

Beroshima - Horizon is a recent example that could be described as progressive techno. In days past, the term could describe work from Jamez, Oliver Lieb, Underworld (Kittens!), or even Max Graham (Shoreline, for example).

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Originally posted by Ben Brown new pig & dan stuff

In today's musical climate, that's about as close as you'll get. Unfortunately, I don't consider Pig & Dan to be especially progressive. Recent releases on Cocoon are moving in that direction, though.

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apart from sljiva's suggestions, everything else being mentioned must surely be "regressive" techno?

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Originally posted by Cobalt To be honest, I was thinking the other day that I wouldn't really mind if such a buzzword genre became popular. There's a 90% chance it would be hot. Beroshima - Horizon is a recent example that could be described as progressive techno. In days past, the term could describe work from Jamez, Oliver Lieb, Underworld (Kittens!), or even Max Graham (Shoreline, for example).

the pig and dan mix of Beroshima - Horizon is incredible!

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Originally posted by Sid the pig and dan mix of Beroshima - Horizon is incredible!

Pig & Dan have been my favorite producers for a while now. quality shit coming from those guys.