Hypnotised Presents: Progressive Trance

First there was techno. Then came trance. Then - as an almost immediate phasedown of the latter … progressive house. So, what in the world's Progressive Trance then!? Well, for the main, it's trance in its purest, dawn-of-the-genre form. Effectively a handy tag that anchored the music to everything that came - stylistically at least - before 1997. It was trance music for those that were not yet ready to surrender to the sugary rush of the gated synth, the furious snare and the advanced tempos that, tsunami-like, rolled in, as the Nineties reached their peak. No one however expected Progressive Trance to last more than a baton passing year or few. Nor that a myriad of labels and imprints would spring up in support of it, or that already supremely well-established ones would wholesale alter course and dedicate themselves to its leaner, more crafted stylings. Even, that entire production careers would be built off the back of it, while it caused other music-makers to heavily reconsider their artistic studio choices. Fast forward thirty years and, well … here we are, with the revered 'Hypnotised' series' compendium of Prog Trance's greatest moments … And it's had a few. 'Hypnotised presents Progressive Trance' delivers the quintessential detailing of the genre.