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progressive electronic

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Description

Progressive electronic is an experimental genre that pushes the boundaries of synthesized sound through complex compositions and innovative production techniques. Emerging from 1970s ambient and kosmische musik, it emphasizes atmospheric textures, unconventional structures, and technological exploration. The genre values artistic evolution over commercial appeal, creating immersive sonic landscapes that challenge traditional electronic music conventions.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
34		1972-08	Tangerine Dream	Zeit	electronic ambient drone	space ambient # 85
78		1972-08	Klaus Schulze	Irrlicht	progressive electronic
39		1973-10	Klaus Schulze	Cyborg	progressive electronic
76		1974-02-20	Tangerine Dream	Phaedra	electronic ambient	berlin school # 54
48		1975-01	Klaus Schulze	Picture Music	berlin school progressive electronic space ambient	space ambient # 82 berlin school # 96
83		1976	Mort Garson	Mother Earth's Plantasia	space age pop electronic	space ambient # 60 space age pop # 100
95		1976	Ashra	New Age Of Earth	ambient progressive electronic electronic krautrock	krautrock # 71 berlin school # 93
42		1977	Various Artists	Sky Girl	ambient folk pop indie pop progressive electronic synthpop	folk pop # 28
50		1977	Vangelis	Heaven & Hell	electronic instrumental progressive electronic soundtrack
73		1979	Cluster	Grosses Wasser	ambient electronic krautrock progressive electronic	krautrock # 33
65		1980	Harald Grosskopf	Synthesist	ambient electronic progressive electronic space ambient	space ambient # 94
8		1981-10-01	Klaus Schulze	Trancefer	berlin school progressive electronic proto-vaporwave	proto-vaporwave # 76 berlin school # 92
23		1983	Jean Michel Jarre	The Essential	progressive electronic
70		1983-08	Edgar Froese	Pinnacles	ambient electronic electronica new age progressive electronic progressive rock proto-vaporwave space ambient	proto-vaporwave # 93 space ambient # 96
6		1985	Michael Stearns	Planetary Unfolding (2022 Remaster)	ambient berlin school drone electronic new age progressive electronic space ambient	space ambient # 66 berlin school # 91
7		1986	Suzanne Ciani	The Velocity of Love	new age	contemporary instrumental # 95
9		1992	Jean Michel Jarre	Oxygene	electronic
10		1992-09	Brian Eno	After the Heat	ambient progressive electronic
36		1994	The Cosmic Jokers	The Cosmic Jokers	ambient electronic krautrock progressive electronic rock
51		1995-10-24	Erasure	Erasure	art pop boa vista california caracarai mucajai progressive electronic roraima synthpop	california # 30 mucajai # 60 caracarai # 63 boa vista # 63 roraima # 63
90		1997	Jean Michel Jarre	Oxygene 7-13	electronic progressive electronic
45		1999	Vangelis	Reprise 1990 - 1999	soundtrack chillout
21		1999-11-16	Vangelis	Reprise 1990-1999	soundtrack chillout
61		2000	Shpongle	Divine Moments of Truth	progressive electronic
52		2003	Manuel Göttsching	E2-E4 (Mixed)	berlin school dance edm electronic minimal techno minimalism progressive electronic techno	minimal techno # 12 minimalism # 33 berlin school # 97
49		2004-08-03	Zombi	Cosmos	progressive electronic progressive rock
97		2005	Brian Eno	Apollo	ambient	space ambient # 31 ambient # 86
56		2006-03-18	Zombi	Surface To Air	electronic progressive electronic progressive rock instrumental
55		2007	Emeralds	Emeralds	ambient berlin school drone electronic progressive electronic space ambient	space ambient # 90 berlin school # 98
17		2008-07-04	Klaus Schulze & Lisa Gerrard	Farscape	progressive electronic
79		2010-03-22	C418	Cookie Clicker	ambient downtempo progressive electronic
93		2010-05-24	Emeralds	Does It Look Like I'm Here?	ambient electronic progressive electronic
66		2010-06-28	Oneohtrix Point Never	Returnal	ambient
19		2011	Graham Lambkin	Amateur Doubles	ambient electroacoustic electronic field recordings musique concrete progressive electronic sound collage	sound collage # 51 electroacoustic # 73 field recordings # 73 musique concrete # 93
20		2011-03-04	C418	Minecraft - Volume Alpha	ambient	ambient house # 43 ambient # 96 impressionism # 99
27		2011-04-27	Donato Dozzy	Magda	ambient techno progressive electronic	ambient techno # 58
5		2011-05-11	Zombi	Escape Velocity	progressive rock
22		2011-11-14	Steve Hauschildt	Tragedy & Geometry	ambient ambient electronica	ambient electronica # 100
30		2012-01-16	The Algorithm	Tr0jans	progressive electronic
24		2012-02-24	Belbury Poly	The Belbury Tales	progressive electronic
77		2012-03-12	Three Trapped Tigers	Numbers: 1-13	electronic math rock noise rock post-rock progressive electronic
81		2013-04-23	Oneohtrix Point Never	Drawn and Quartered	ambient berlin school electronic progressive electronic space ambient	space ambient # 97 berlin school # 100
41		2013-08	Murlo	Unearth	progressive electronic
80		2013-09-21	Oneohtrix Point Never	R Plus Seven	vaporwave electronic	plunderphonics # 42 vaporwave # 98
32		2014	Damjan Mravunac	The Talos Principle (Video Game Soundtrack)	ambient choral progressive electronic soundtrack	choral # 78
96		2014-03-20	Oneohtrix Point Never	Garden of Delete	ambient progressive electronic electronic post-industrial	plunderphonics # 72 post-industrial # 91
88		2014-09-02	Sinoia Caves	Beyond The Black Rainbow - Original Soundtrack	ambient electronic new wave progressive electronic soundtrack
75		2014-10-20	Weyes Blood	God Turn Me Into A Flower	ambient ambient pop new age progressive electronic	ambient pop # 25
13		2015-05-01	Die Wilde Jagd	Die Wilde Jagd	krautrock progressive electronic progressive rock psychedelic rock synthpop
46		2015-10-01	Elysia Crampton	American Drift	crunk deconstructed club dungeon synth progressive electronic	deconstructed club # 56 crunk # 60 dungeon synth # 82
47		2016	Cavern of Anti-Matter	Void Beats/Invocation Trex	electronic krautrock progressive electronic
92		2016-04-01	Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith	EARS	ambient new age progressive electronic	new age # 49
54		2016-08-05	Floating Points	Promises	minimalism	chamber jazz # 79 spiritual jazz # 82 minimalism # 90
43		2016-09-16	Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith	FRKWYS Vol. 13: Sunergy	ambient berlin school electronic progressive electronic	berlin school # 95
3		2016-10-15	Johnny Jewel	The Key	ambient dark ambient darksynth progressive electronic synthwave	darksynth # 58
89		2016-12-02	King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	Theia / The Silver Cord / Set	acid techno electronic neo-psychedelia progressive electronic synthpop	acid techno # 100
91		2017-04-22	Men I Trust	Men I Trust	bedroom pop downtempo indie pop progressive electronic sophisti-pop synthpop synthwave	bedroom pop # 48 synthwave # 52 sophisti-pop # 80
2		2017-05-19	Loke Rahbek	Buy Corals Online	ambient electroacoustic electronic progressive electronic	electroacoustic # 64
84		2018-01-18	7038634357	XPETAL	ambient deconstructed club progressive electronic sound collage	deconstructed club # 80 sound collage # 88
64		2018-01-25	Lena Raine	Celeste (Original Soundtrack)	ambient electronic synthwave	synthwave # 28 chiptune # 45 chillstep # 89
14		2018-03-23	Cavern of Anti-Matter	Hormone Lemonade	neo-psychedelia progressive electronic
59		2018-04-06	Die Wilde Jagd	Uhrwald Orange	berlin school krautrock progressive electronic progressive rock psychedelic rock	krautrock # 14 berlin school # 99
86		2018-04-16	7038634357	No Hate Is A Cold Star	ambient ambient trance deconstructed club progressive electronic sound collage	deconstructed club # 85 sound collage # 90 ambient trance # 100
37		2018-05-18	James Ferraro	Four Pieces For Mirai	progressive electronic
4		2018-05-25	Oneohtrix Point Never	Age Of	electronic
69		2018-06-22	TOXE	Blinks	bubblegum bass idm progressive electronic	bubblegum bass # 16
63		2018-07-13	Anadol	Uzun Havalar	hypnagogic pop progressive electronic	hypnagogic pop # 31
35		2018-08-24	FIRE-TOOLZ	Skinless X-1	electro-industrial electronic glitch new age post-industrial progressive electronic sound collage vaporwave	electro-industrial # 17 post-industrial # 58 sound collage # 63
74		2018-10-19	Deathpact	SPLIT // PERSONALITY PT. 02	progressive electronic
100		2018-11-23	Oneohtrix Point Never	Love In The Time Of Lexapro	ambient electronic glitch progressive electronic	ambient # 74 glitch # 98
26		2018-12-03	ESP	Forever	ambient ambient dub ambient trance electronic progressive electronic trance	ambient trance # 88 ambient dub # 92
98		2019-10-18	Floating Points	Crush	electronic idm progressive electronic	idm # 54
15		2019-10-18	Cacola	The Angel, The Demon
1		2020-03-17	Dj Lostboi	THE BLUE STALLION	ambient ambient trance new age progressive electronic	ambient trance # 83
31		2020-03	Die Wilde Jagd	Haut	berlin school krautrock progressive electronic progressive rock psychedelic folk psychedelic rock space ambient	psychedelic folk # 2 space ambient # 74 berlin school # 94
67		2020-06-22	Squid	Swing (In A Dream)	art punk art rock experimental rock krautrock math rock noise rock post-punk progressive electronic	krautrock # 25 art punk # 68
53		2020-06-26	Squid	Sludge / Broadcaster	art punk electronic experimental rock krautrock post-punk progressive electronic rock	krautrock # 1 art punk # 54
60		2020-07-31	Hiroshi Yoshimura	Green (SFX Version)	ambient electronic field recordings new age progressive electronic	field recordings # 88
11		2020-08-14	Eyeliner	Drop Shadow	electronic new age pop progressive electronic synthpop
87		2020-08-21	Matmos	The Consuming Flame: Open Exercises in Group Form	electroacoustic electronic field recordings glitch idm plunderphonics progressive electronic sound collage	glitch # 59 plunderphonics # 85 sound collage # 91 field recordings # 95 electroacoustic # 99
25		2020-10-02	Dj Lostboi	The Flash	ambient ambient trance field recordings progressive electronic sound collage trance	sound collage # 60 field recordings # 80 ambient trance # 87
12		2020-10-02	Figueroa	End of Summer	progressive electronic
94		2020-10-30	Oneohtrix Point Never	Magic Oneohtrix Point Never	ambient art pop progressive electronic electronic hypnagogic pop neo-psychedelia sound collage synthpop	hypnagogic pop # 47 sound collage # 87
58		2021-02-26	Blanck Mass	In Ferneaux	ambient dark ambient drone field recordings noise post-industrial progressive electronic	noise # 2 post-industrial # 72 field recordings # 87
29		2021-03	King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	The Silver Cord	electronic synthpop	acid techno # 31
33		2021-05-07	Stone Giants	West Coast Love Stories	progressive electronic
40		2021-07-09	Arushi Jain	Under the Lilac Sky	ambient drone electronic progressive electronic spiritual	spiritual # 74
72		2022-03-11	Jeremiah Chiu	Recordings from the Åland Islands	ambient classical electroacoustic electronic field recordings progressive electronic	field recordings # 91 electroacoustic # 94
99		2022-03-11	KayCyy	TW20 50	cloud rap experimental hip hop minimal synth pop rap progressive electronic	pop rap # 8 experimental hip hop # 47 minimal synth # 99
16		2022-04-01	FIRE-TOOLZ	I Can't Die As Well	ambient electro-industrial electronic glitch post-industrial progressive electronic vaporwave	post-industrial # 37
82		2022-09-23	death's dynamic shroud	Darklife	electronic glitch glitch pop plunderphonics post-industrial progressive electronic synthpop vaporwave	glitch # 40 vaporwave # 54 glitch pop # 71 post-industrial # 80 plunderphonics # 82
18		2023	Arca	kiCK iiiii	ambient
38		2023-10-12	G Jones	PATHS	ambient future bass idm progressive electronic trap	future bass # 4
57		2023-10-20	Evian Christ	Revanchist	ambient ambient trance deconstructed club electronic progressive electronic sound collage techno trance	deconstructed club # 66 sound collage # 77 ambient trance # 97
28		2024-02-24	FIRE-TOOLZ	I will not use the body's eyes today.	electro-industrial electronic progressive electronic vaporwave	electro-industrial # 7
85		2024-02-29	Oneohtrix Point Never	Again	glitch progressive electronic sound collage neo-psychedelia	glitch # 47 sound collage # 89
44		2024-05-31	Ezra Feinberg	Soft Power	ambient electronic folk jazz minimalism new age progressive electronic	minimalism # 12
62		2024-09-06	Nala Sinephro	Endlessness	ambient jazz jazz fusion space ambient avant-garde jazz progressive electronic	jazz fusion # 54 spiritual jazz # 81 avant-garde jazz # 86 space ambient # 99
71			Bird's Eye Batang	Flood Format	ambient electroacoustic electronic glitch idm neo-psychedelia progressive electronic sound collage	glitch # 18 sound collage # 84 electroacoustic # 93
68			Samuel Organ	A Safe Place in Cyberspace	ambient art pop progressive electronic

Related genres

• electronic
• ambient
• new age
• space ambient
• sound collage
• glitch
• idm
• berlin school
• noise
• drone