Progressive psytrance (also referred to as minimal psytrance, psyprog, or simply prog or 'minimal) is a style of psychedelic electronica developed in the early 2000s, developed as a sub-genre of psychedelic and Goa trance. Progressive psytrance is distinct from progressive trance which is more similar to progressive house.
Progressive psytrance combines the elements of minimal sounding progressive electronic music and complex developments of ps...
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