>Progressive Trance: Though progressive house led the increasingly
>mainstream-sounding house from the charts back to the dance floors, the
>progressive wing of the trance crowd led directly to a more commercial,
>chart-oriented sound, since trance had never enjoyed much chart action
>in the first place. Emphasizing the smoother sound of Eurodance or
>house (and occasionally more reminiscent of Jean-Michel Jarre than
>Basement Jaxx), Progressive Trance became the sound of the world's
>dance floors by the end of the millennium. Critics ridiculed its focus
>on predictable breakdowns and relative lack of skill to beat-mix, but
>progressive trance was caned by the hottest DJs (Oakenfold, Tong,
>Sasha) and spotlighted in the main rooms of Britain's largest clubs
>(Gatecrasher, Cream, Ministry of Sound, Home). Though progressive
>trance producers rarely focused on much more than getting their singles
>on Tong's radio show or Sasha's latest mix album, a few acts (most
>notably, Paul Van Dyk and Hybrid) soon began translating the sound into
>the full-length realm. -
>
>Does anybody listen to this here? I have a heard a few and like some of
>them a lot. I like BT, Tiesto, Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, John Digweed,
>Paul Van Dyk and Chicane a lot. Ferry Corsten and Armin Van Buuren is
>okay. Robert Miles is pretty much crap.