Progressive trance trades trance's explosive breakdown-and-drop structure for a longer, more hypnotic build. Tempos run 128–134 BPM — slower than uplifting trance — and arrangements unfold gradually over 8–12 minutes. The style emerged in the late 1990s as DJs like Sasha and John Digweed extended trance tracks into longer journeys; it overlaps significantly with progressive house, and the line between the two is often fuzzy. Anjunabeats is the most important contemporary label, with Above & Beyond, Genix, and Ilan Bluestone defining the modern sound. Progressive trance favours mood and texture over hooks, and is the trance variant most likely to share festival stages with melodic techno and progressive house.