Today we take an in depth look into one of the original sub genres of electro, progressive house music. Widely known as prog house, this genre is mostly heard in clubs by resident DJ's. The components of prog house, as well as any progressive music, are long builds that lead to repeating drops and steady bass. Pretty much what this means is that the song builds for ever, but instead of having a banger drop, it will usually just go back into the melody but add more harmonies. Some of you might be confused, seeing as this sounds A LOT like trance. But the difference is that it still is house music. You can still rave to it, instead of getting bored with it like trance.
Producers specializing in prog house are also some of the biggest names in the scene, and you have probably heard a few of their songs maybe without realizing that it had it's own genre and culture. Producers include Fedde Le Grande, Michael Woods, some Deadmau5 and occasionally Afrojack, but the true embodiment of progressive house has to be Avicii.
And here are some tracks to add prog to your library.
Rapture (Avicii's New Generation Extended Mix) - Nadia Ali
Sweet Dreams (Avicii Remix) [Avicii Sweeder Dreams Re Work] - Eurythmics
Bungee (Original Mix) - Afrojack & Bobby Burns
Hello (Michael Woods Remix) - Martin Solveig ft. Dragonette
First Aid (Original Mix) - Michael Woods
Autosave (Original Mix) - Fedde Le Grande
Missing 2011 (Fedde Le Grande Remix) - Everything But the Girl
Put Your Hands Up For Detroit - Fedde Le Grande
Sometimes Things Get, Whatever - Deadmau5
I Remember - Deadmau5 & Kaskade
With Love,
-dub//squared
