difference between trance and prog-trance?

Anonymous · Guest Member #: -1

can someone tell me what the distinction is between prog trance and trance...in a sort of definitive way....coz trying to distinguish the two can get blurry

if anyone says that prog is progressive, im gonna fly over to wherever u are and b*tch slap u

((-&E-)) · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2003 11:17 am

prog = progressive...

(bring on the bitch slap... lol Laughing

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i have no idea really tho... anything prog bored the hell out of me.. i like it hard and bouncy !! Laughing

Tim · **Posted:** Sun Oct 26, 2003 3:15 pm

Let me try:

uplifting is music where the melody is mostly quite easy, and catchy. It bounces up & down, feeling all happy. Long breakdowns a la 'hands in the air'

Progressive: the bass is harder (not faster), and the music sounds 'darker', it has a deeper feeling to the music, and there a lot of different melodies over each other. there are some breakdowns, but those are mostly from a complete different order then the uplifting ones.

uplifting example: ron hagen & pascal m - on stream
progressive: shmuel flash - chilling moments

davehart · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 1:16 am

Very good explaination there. Dont get thiking that because a tune is long in track lenght then it must be prog, an example would be perpetruos Dreamer - the sound of goodbye, very long track but is uplifting trance.

More deeper and sutle is prog, good cd's to check out are the latest in "Transport/Tranceport" as they have become very proggy.

Anonymous · Guest Member #: -1

so would u guys be able to pigeon hole these artists into either category:
- james holden?
- gabriel and dresden?
- timo maas (i dun even kno if his stuff fits into trance Confused

...never could tell)

im under the impression james holden is very proggy...am i mislead?

Ami · **Posted:** Mon Oct 27, 2003 9:20 pm

Viceroy · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:23 am

I would say both James Holden and G&D are prog.

As for the differences:

Prog is slower, and it" progresses" - moves from one sound to another. Takes you on a journey as it has been said by prog fans. There is usually no main melody that you can identify with the song - it's more a general feel.

davehart · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 12:55 am

I slip James Holden more into the House style than trance. G&D are very much 'soft' proggy trance for me.

Timo? Varied style of productions and mixes...I'd slip him into the 'dance' category Smile

Steven H · **Posted:** Thu Oct 30, 2003 10:31 am

Simple!..

Prog is so much better its unbelievable! Smile

.. and trance is well just trance as it has been for too long Rolling Eyes

narcism · **Posted:** Fri Oct 31, 2003 12:42 pm

prog progresses to no where Laughing