discodown Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Mark Knight IS superb. I am hoping to book him late next year. I will be able to start revealing a bot more about what event this posting is for in a couple of weeks time! I'll be going to that if you get him, his Toolroom Knights mix CD is the best mix CD i've heard in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Holmes Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 Some of the producers I named have produced electro tunes but it's no longer the case where some producers can be pigeonholed simply as "an electro producer" or a producer of any genre for that matter. The variety of tunes Deadmau5 has produced is quite impressive, and as someone thats not a big electro fan that means some of his tunes don't appeal to me (his new one Ghosts & Stuff for example isn't my cup of tea), Pryda is also tough to pigeon-hole (what would you describe Rakfunk as?, but then again Muranyi is definietly prog!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Holmes Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 blah blah blah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WYEXILE Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Trance and electro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicisKing Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Progressive house is a style of house music that is noted for musical progression within melodies and basslines. The term was coined by Mixmag editor Dom Phillips. It has similar elements to both electro-house and trance. It has its origins in Great Britain in the early 1990s, with the output of Guerilla Records and Leftfield's first singles (particularly "Song of Life"). The music itself was produced with the 4-to-4 beat of house music and deeper dub-influenced basslines, with greater emphasis on emotion before structural considerations. Often, it featured elements from many different genres mixed together. Song of Life, for instance, has a trip-hop like down-pitched breakbeat and a high-energy Roland TB-303 riff at various stages. In 1992, the dance club Renaissance opened in Mansfield where DJs Sasha and John Digweed were instrumental in popularizing its early sound. Other notable Progressive House DJs include: Dave Seaman, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, Jason Jollins, and Anthony Pappa. Straight off wikipedia... Thought it was quite funny given WYEXILE's comments!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicisKing Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 "Progressive-Electro-Trance"?!?! P.M sent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Holmes Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 I think you both make a good point, Prog has elements of other musical styles, and different sub-genres to it as well. Arguably I'm playing a stylized version of prog rather than what some house veterans would define as prog but it's still prog! Cheers for taking the time to listen guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WYEXILE Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 That wikipedia piece seems to contradict itself. Basically it's saying prog was coined as a term in the early 90's, then goes on to say it's a mixture of electro house (may god have mercy on my soul) and trance. Well, electro house (I said it again, hope I don't burn in hell) didn't turn up until a few years ago, and trance at that time was more of what would now be termed 'psy' trance. All in all, it seems 'prog' is now a way of making trance and electro house acceptable as both genres are now seen as 'cheesy'. Artists liked Deadmau5 et all can all claim to be a bit more cool and unerground as they are producing prog tracks and not electro house or trance. Prog to me is Leftfield - Not Forgotten, lots of early stuff put out on the Soma label and some early Underworld as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottf Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 That wikipedia piece seems to contradict itself. Basically it's saying prog was coined as a term in the early 90's, then goes on to say it's a mixture of electro house (may god have mercy on my soul) and trance. Well, electro house (I said it again, hope I don't burn in hell) didn't turn up until a few years ago, and trance at that time was more of what would now be termed 'psy' trance. All in all, it seems 'prog' is now a way of making trance and electro house acceptable as both genres are now seen as 'cheesy'. Artists liked Deadmau5 et all can all claim to be a bit more cool and unerground as they are producing prog tracks and not electro house or trance. Prog to me is Leftfield - Not Forgotten, lots of early stuff put out on the Soma label and some early Underworld as well. Id agree with that to be honest, even the best trance DJ's in the world don't label themselves as trance DJ's anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daninalbion Posted December 13, 2008 Share Posted December 13, 2008 sounds good, i'm in the process of recording a mix i'm completely happy with sending out....i'll get one posted up here asap... what sort of event are you looking to put on, i'm well into my deep house and techno, nothing cheesy like the stuff you hear at shuffle and charged? Also what type of venues you thinking about using? i'm very interested in trying to develop a bit more of an educated music scene in sheffield with people playing forward thinking music and getting decent underground bookings! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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