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From Wikipedia on Progressive Trance:
Compared to trance, the progressive wing is usually deeper and more abstract, featuring a lower average bpm (around 125-135) and a recurrent melodic structure intuitively described in a 'build-up -> climax -> break-down' manner. Each of these three structural elements are emphasized temporally and/or in their intensity (a 'build-up' sequence can sometimes last up to 3 or even 4 minutes), while subtle, incremental/decremental acoustic variations (i.e. gradual addition/subtraction of instruments) anticipate the transition to the subsequent structural element of the track. The initial build-up and the final break-down are generally very similar, adding a feel of symmetry to the general structure of the melody. Furthermore, a progressive trance track is usually longer than a regular trance track, ranging in length from 5-6 to even 12-13 minutes.
I can see the structure flowing. I feel right home here :-)
Reading the trance article brings lots
of good memories... For me, it all started about 11 or 10 years ago
with Cosmic Cubes
which was an awesome multi-volume compilation -- just check the line-up and you'll see the familiar crowd.
Then was Rave Mission another annihilating multi-volume
masterpiece, with it's splendid Vol. 11,
then it was Goa Trance time with
Astral Projection and
of course Hallucinogen. Then all that
was superseded by Progressive Trance
and Paul van Dyk,
Oakenfold,
Tiesto and finally
Armin van Buuren. |
