Hybrid's lush, classical approach to house music has gained them a reputation as serious musicians in a genre with -- let's be honest -- a great number of amateurs. Trance and progressive house have all but faded to the sidelines of popular electronic music (especially in the United States), written off as dated or repetitive by many but the most devoted fans. Britain's nu-rave scene brought attention back to higher BPMs and '90s fashions, but the movement was doomed by irony almost before it began.

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