Spooky — Gargantuan. Brief story behind best progressive house album of the 90s

Charlie May and Duncan Forbes grew up and studied together, and when musical equipment became more or less available to everyone they started recording music together. In the UK at the beginning of the 90s, among the whole range of styles that appeared in the UK and abroad, the most prominent style was the one that would later be called progressive house, where one can feel the heritage of Italian house music, Jamaican dub and hypno trance from Germany. “As far as I can gather, progressive house means Guerilla Records,” said Paul Hartnoll from Orbital in 1992.

Paul Hartnoll

“It’s just a new name for genuine house, adds Phil Hartnoll. Like, many of the people who were making house music originally are people who are doing that style of music now. But because there’s nothing you can really describe as house now, suddenly it’s called progressive house.” Hartnolls knew what they talked about—they also participated in the creation of juicy house :-)