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What is... Progressive House?

The new genre that has been slowly building its way up to a mainstream climax (much like the structure of the songs) with massive chart hits, huge anthems and dancefloors around the world obsessed with it.

So, it's time to ask some questions about it...

What's it all about?

Where the musical element is perhaps similar to its predecessor (House, if you couldn't guess), the structure is where it differs. Club-goers have become more hooked on those epic tracks that take ages to build and reward you with an intense climactic chorus that you cannot help but dance to.

I've noticed a tendency for authentic sounding instruments hovering over the funky, gritty basslines as well - strings tend to be popular, with artists such as Justice and Deadmau5 using them to great effect.

When did it start?

It's been going for absolutely aeons in electronic music terms. Early 90s house music occasionally veered towards the more epic structures and sounds, crossing over into progressive trance and back - the two genres being separated only by either having euphoric melodies or more minimal, dark hooks.

The later 90s and early 00s brought more definition to the genres and Progressive House started to become more and more commonly accepted in its own right.

How did it start to get popular?

With occasional hits throughout the 90s such as Sasha's "Xpander" getting mainstream success, it's only reached massive mainstream appeal more recently with artists like Deadmau5 making huge hits like "Ghosts n Stuff" and "Faxing Berlin", each of which have millions of YouTube views.

Why is Progressive House so epic?

It's the combination of making people wait for that all important climax with the huge, hooky instrumentation. Strings and Piano are so good at making powerful music when used effectively, and many artists do just that.

High production values from the best of the best in the genre push other producers to match it and it's definitely helped to move electronic music into a new era of sound quality.

Where can I get it?

Just have a good click around beatport's massive Progressive House section or simply search YouTube for "Progressive House" and you'll be presented with more playlists than an OCD sufferer's iPod. Just get listening and then get making it!

Wanna start making big Progressive House tracks right away ? Then check out Prime Loops' powerful "Progressive Synthesis" sample pack, providing you with tons of cool and authentic synth patches for Kontakt, EXS24, Halion, NN-XT and many other sampler instruments!


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