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Progressive house emerged after the first wave of house music.[8] The roots of progressive house can be traced back to the early 1990s rave and club scenes in the United Kingdom.[9] In 1992, Mixmag described it at the time as a "new breed of hard but tuneful, banging but thoughtful, uplifting and trancey British house."[7] A combination of US house, UK house, Italian house, German house, and techno largely influenced one another during this era.[7] The term was used mainly as a marketing label to differentiate new rave house from traditional American house.[7] Progressive house was a departure from the Chicago acid house sound.[8] The buzz word emerged from the rave scene around 1990 to 1992, describing a new sound of house that broke away from its American roots.[7] Progressive house was viewed by some as anti-rave as its popularity rose in English clubs while breakbeat hardcore flourished at raves.[10] According to DJ Dave Seaman, the sound faced a backlash in the early 1990s because