This is the darker, more hypnotic branch of late-90s progressive house associated with the New York warehouse scene — modal A Dorian harmony, a sharp dry kick and percussive micro-grooves built for late-night propulsion rather than emotional catharsis. Stabs are filtered and pitched down, reverb is kept short, and the groove stays controlled throughout.
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Tight mono sub sidechained lightly, A Dorian root bass + occasional G stab, percussive micro-edits, 4AM warehouse
02Filtered vocal fragment looped pitched-down over Access Virus wavetable stab, controlled depth reverb, no breakdown
03DJ tool intro into bass pressure groove, sharper transient kick, percussive micro-grooves, propulsion not catharsis
Authentic BPM range: 126-130
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Modern progressive house leans uplifting and melodic; bedrock progressive is darker, more modal and built for propulsion rather than emotional release.
Explore Progressive House →Both stay stripped-back and hypnotic, but bedrock progressive keeps a progressive-house groove and filtered stabs rather than techno's more mechanical repetition.
Explore Minimal Techno →126-130 BPM.
It implies A Dorian mode through a static root bass and occasional G stabs rather than moving through a chord progression, keeping the loop feeling continuous.
Yes — the preset targets the dry kick, modal bass and micro-groove percussion described here rather than a generic progressive-house sound.
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