Progressive Electronic: Determining proggy-ness

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   I can't comment too much on electronic music because it's not really my cup of tea, but albums don't necessarily get good reviews for being progressive. Also, I think the main criteria for being progressive is doing something that hasn't been done before, rather than musical complexity. Perhaps weird time signatures, tempo changes and different instruments appeal to people looking for symphonic prog or other subgenres, but not necessarily progressive electronic.

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ForestFriend Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: February 23 2017 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 685	Post Options Post Reply Quote ForestFriend Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: December 01 2018 at 11:41
	I can't comment too much on electronic music because it's not really my cup of tea, but albums don't necessarily get good reviews for being progressive. Also, I think the main criteria for being progressive is doing something that hasn't been done before, rather than musical complexity. Perhaps weird time signatures, tempo changes and different instruments appeal to people looking for symphonic prog or other subgenres, but not necessarily progressive electronic.
	My prog band - Boreal Kinship

Naglefar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: August 26 2008 Location: NJ Status: Offline Points: 13	Post Options Post Reply Quote Naglefar Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: November 30 2018 at 23:46
	As a fan of both progressive rock (obviously) and electronic music, I always wondered what basis electronic music was evaluated on to determine how progressive it is. Is it unusual time signatures? Tempo changes? Instrument ensembles? I'll listen to certain album, none I'll explicitly mention, and say to myself "man that sounds pretty damn progressive, it's all over the place!" and then find it has a 3.12 rating. Now I know these are all opinions and everyone has different tastes, but it still surprises me sometimes to see stuff I think is progressive and has a sub-par rating. Please don't think of this as a rant, because it's not. Just an observation. Maybe I'm just a jackass (probably). Feel free to elaborate. Discuss. Critique. Flame.