Progressive House Music
| Progressive house | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | House Trance Balearic beat |
| Cultural origins | 1990-92 UK and Europe |
| Typical instruments | Synthesizer, drum machine, sequencer, sampler, electronic keyboard, personal computer, keyboard |
| Mainstream popularity | worldwide from mid-1990s to mid-2000s, with several distinct revivals thereafter |
| Other topics | |
| Electro house, French house, Uplifting trance, Psychedelic trance | |
Progressive house, also called Progressive trance, is a fusion genre of house music (primarily dream house and acid house) and trance music (notably goa trance) that originated in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom, and has since spread worldwide around 2000. Progressive house has also brought an informal "clubbing" lifestyle to many Western countries, which, unlike main dance events, consists of social interactions amongst interested individuals through the use of nightclubs.
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