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At the time that I was gaining interest in electronic music in 2012, I was more or less a novice and unaware of who or what to listen to. Thankfully through the guidance of close friends I was turned to the ever growing progressive house scene that was captivating fans across the globe. Rising progressive house artists that had just begun to generate a name for themselves on the tracks that we still hear today. As described by one of my friends, it was considered the “Golden Era” of the progressive house scene. A fitting named as the majority of progressive tracks release between 2011 and 2013 were straight gold.
It was the music that got me hooked on the culture, camaraderie, and essence of electronic music. Looking back it’s hard to believe its been five years since those days. Nonetheless, there’s never been a more appropriate time to highlight some of the tracks from an era that helped shape progressive house as we know it today. You may still hear some of these tracks in today’s performances, however there’s no doubt you experienced them in full force back in the day.
Rather than pack this article to the max with Swedish House Mafia tracks (which would be ever fitting) we attempted to include a wide variety of tracks that were a large influence five years ago. For obvious reasons we could not include every track released between 2011 and 2013, however we’ve compiled 25 of our favorites for your listening pleasure. We hope you enjoy this throwback article as much as we did writing it. Without further ado these are RaverRafting’s top 25 progressive house tracks of 2011-2013.
25. Pressure (Alesso Remix)
24. Feel – Third Party vs. Cicada
23. Calling (Lose My Mind) – Alesso
22. Discopolis – Committed To Sparkle Motion (Dubvision Remix)
21. Rattle – Bingo Players
20. Apollo – Hardwell
19. Ivan Gough & Feenixpawl Ft. Georgi Kay – In My Mind (Axwell Remix)
18. Years – Alesso
17. Greyhound – Swedish House Mafia
16. Language – Porter Robinson
15. If I Lose Myself – Alesso vs One Republic
14. Clarity – Zedd
13. Just One Last Time – David Guetta Ft. Taped Rai
12. The Veldt – Deadmau5 Ft. Chris James (Tommy Trash Remix)
11. Atmosphere – Kaskade
10. The Island – Pendulum (Steve Angello, AN21, Max Vangeli Remix)
9. Take You Higher – Goodwill & Hook N Sling
8. Carried Away – Passion Pit (Tiesto Remix)
7. Ladi Dadi – Steve Aoki (Tommy Trash Remix)
6. Spaceman – Hardwell
5. Titanium – David Guetta (Alesso Remix)
4. City of Dreams – Alesso & Dirty South
3. Resurrection – Michael Calfan (Axwell Recut)
2. Sunshine – Avicii & David Guetta vs. Florence + The Machine
1. Reload – Sebastian Ingrosso & Tommy Trash
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