Definition of electronica (PROGRESSIVE HOUSE)

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What is Progressive & Tribal?THE PROGRESSIVE HOUSE SOUND: The music itself consisted of the 4-to-4 beat of house music allied to deeper, dub-influenced basslines and a more melancholic, emotional edge. Often, the ethereal "swirly" textures of early trance could be heard in the mix, and various other elements from across the electronic spectrum. "Song of Life", for instance, has a trip-hop like down-pitched breakbeat and a high-energy Roland TB-303 riff at various stages.
THE HISTORY: Progressive house has its origins in Britain in the early 1990s. DJs - particularly Sasha and the then-unknown John Digweed - were instrumental in pushing the sound in its early days.
The centre-of-gravity of the sound, so to speak, has shifted over the years. After the release of Brian Transeau's (aka BT) debut album "Ima", for instance, the bulk of the style's records were in a more ethereal, melodic style. (That record was also an enormous influence on the nascent progressive trance sound.) Then, as trance became more and more popular and melodic, prog darkened and acted as a deliberately underground counterpoint, merging with tribal house to produce many very minimal percussive tracks as this decade kicked off (this also marked the return to the sound of Sasha and Digweed, who had picked up and popularised the progressive trance sound in the interim).
Since 2005, progressive house has largely taken a back-seat in the dance music world, with most of the scene's major DJs playing electro- and tech-house and minimal instead. http://www.mosdownload.com/genre.php?action=read&g=5