Was this a genre in the US as well or was it confined to Europe? In the 90's progressive clubs I was going, a regular evening would start around 11 PM with a track like this: Around 3 AM the tone would switch to the likes of Why would you go to such parties? Imagine chicks as caviar. Imagine these parties where at 7 AM it's you as a spoon and huge bowls of caviar left and right. Of course music matters. 11 PM vs 3 AM vs 7 AM does make a difference. If you wanna hear the 7 AM track, just say it. It's not indexed by Shazam or I would have posted it here.
Progressive House is one of my favorite genres and it is gaining popularity here in the U.S. However, it seems like most of the producers and DJs are outside of the U.S., with a high concentration of them coming out of Ukraine. I recently had a party at my house and about 200 people showed up and we played progressive house the entire night. If you've got 7 minutes to burn, here's one of my current favorites from Stan Kolev. You've got to listen to the whole song though to really get the vibe. There's a sick breakdown a little over halfway through with Alan Watts talking:
If you guys have any all time progressive house favorites, post them here. I'm always on the lookout for some good jewels, old or new.
Good lord, that is awful repetitive house music that means nothing. :-( You have a heart deeper than that.