Proggy (Progressive Psytrance) is a subgenre of psytrance with more melodic elements and less BPM (130-145) compared to regular Psytrance. The term is mostly used in
Germany to differentiate between the subgenres of Psytrance.
It's called Proggy because the tracks have a progressive structure. Almost every
track of the genre has characteristic breaks where the
melody is being introduced and slowly build up by using audio effects or fx sounds. At the
peak of the
break there is often a short moment of silence or something else to capture the attention before the Kick+Bass is starting together with the elements that have been introduced during the the
break.
After that other elements like Snares, Percussion, Vocals, Hats and Claps are being implemented one after another to keep the progressive structure and to make it more intense when the next element tops the already powerfull arrangement again.
The most noticeabe difference between Proggy and Psytrance is the warmer melodic
sound compared to the more mechanical
sound in Psytrance. Psytrance has also a different structure. It is not as clearly structured as Proggy. More different one shot sounds are being used in combination with other synth elements which are often not a clear leading element of
track.
Compared to Psytrance, Proggy is more minimalistic because there are less different elements in one
track but it is being made more interesting by using different audio effects on them.
W: "
Hey K, are they playing just Psytrance and Full On at the festival or are there also some Proggy artists coming?"
K: "Yes, Proggy is always being played from 4 to 8 a.m."
w:"That's good news. It's a wonderful
time for Proggy to greet the sun and get a great start in the
day."
