Why isn't progressive trance on this site?

Why? Because far too many members of this site can't act like the adults they are whenever something out of their personal comfort zone is suggested. Most people don't care about genuinely progressive music, but about how much band X or artist Y sounds like the classic Seventies acts - cue the proliferation of threads about how post-rock is not prog, or anything to that effect.

Now, I have no experience of progressive trance (which I regret), but I have experience of listening and reviewing stuff that would probably never set foot on PA, in spite of being a damn sight more interesting (and yes, PROGRESSIVE) than the plethora of sub-par imitators of Yes, Genesis, ELP and what not.

Atavachron wrote: mickstafa is right about 'progressive' having a somewhat different meaning in trance music, I would add that if a music has no detectable or musicologic connection to rock - as opposed to much electronic prog which does - it probably doesn't belong here

You might want to revisit the prog electronic albums listed on this site, the vast majority of which have at best a tenuous connection to rock music. Far, far less than does 90s electronica.

Look, it's as simple as this. There's no logical reason to keep 90s prog electronica out of PA. It's not here because the team responsible for progressive electronic music don't want it here. Remember that this team relegated Jean Michel Jarre and Vangelis to prog-related so as not to sully their concept of what progressive electronic is. If that could be widely disseminated we'd avoid these continued requests for popular electronic acts to be considered.

StrengthandWisdom wrote: Aphex Twin isn't prog electronic.

Regardless if that is the genre of not.He's certainly progressive and electronic,that can't be denied.

Henry Plainview wrote: g0rd0nb0mbay wrote: A Person wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: I would agree, but the Prog Electronic team doesn't like '90s electronica so it's not happening. Not even for Aphex Twin! If there are any modern electronic bands that should be added, Aphex Twin would be first on my list. Aphex Twin isnt a band but him,squarepusher.autechre,boards of canada etc.. would certainly be welcome additions to the prog-electronic family!! A one man band is still a band, I don't know why people get so pedantic over this. Yes, you shouldn't say Aphex Twin are, but singling that out just makes things inconvenient to talk about.

sorry man,i dont mean to come across as pedantic, its just a pet hate of mine along with people who call aphex "the aphex twins".

g0rd0nb0mbay wrote: A Person wrote: Henry Plainview wrote: I would agree, but the Prog Electronic team doesn't like '90s electronica so it's not happening. Not even for Aphex Twin! If there are any modern electronic bands that should be added, Aphex Twin would be first on my list. Aphex Twin isnt a band but him,squarepusher.autechre,boards of canada etc.. would certainly be welcome additions to the prog-electronic family!!

A one man band is still a band, I don't know why people get so pedantic over this. Yes, you shouldn't say Aphex Twin are, but singling that out just makes things inconvenient to talk about.

g0rd0nb0mbay wrote: StrengthandWisdom wrote: Aphex Twin isn't prog electronic.  no but "mind in a box" are :\ , is anyone else starting to think this is a joke poster?

You moron. Aphex Twin are Ambient/IDM. Mind in a Box are progressive trance/futurepop.

Aphex Twin isn't prog electronic. 

Henry Plainview wrote: frbassdevil wrote: If we were to add progressive trance to Prog Archives, we should add progressive house, progressive breaks and progressive drum & bass subgenres, as well. I think that artists belonging to these subgenres may fall in the already existing Progressive Electronic subgenre here in the archives, even though they may not sound like the traditional progressive electronic. I would agree, but the Prog Electronic team doesn't like '90s electronica so it's not happening. Not even for Aphex Twin!

I wonder why...

Lota wrote: Trance Music, isn't music. Sorry.!!!!

Darn right. Say "NO!" to new music.

I got some sampled up if anyone is interested.

The 3 albums in the discography together form a story set in an Orwellian futuristic society. The albums have high emphasis on the concept. The protagonist, Black, is a hacker. I recommend listening to all 3 albums in order at once, because its all about the flow and feel of emotions. Here are some sample tracks. I'm pretty hooked on Identity, and Redefined gives a very chilling feeling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcuB3jmIqmU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocMgdP177AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqj6f8iGjfA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJNUpZyaqx0

^^Yeah, that's probably the best answer. If we were to start throwing in everything that was progressive, rather than just rock and rock-related, then this site would become so broad and open that it would completely lose focus and wouldn't be very useful at all.

Mozart was creative, innovative, and extremely influencial, but it would be a bit silly to have him listed as "Proto-Prog," don't you think?

Maybe consider forming TranceArchives