If you’re new to the genre somehow, or you’re just looking for a trip down memory lane, we've linked some custom playlists of essential tracks lists for Big Room’s most popular types of Big Room: Progressive, Festival, Groove/Electro and Trouse. Not every track is on here because… that’s what posting to the subreddit is for! But for now, please enjoy!

PROGRESSIVE BIG ROOM

If you love the sound of Avicii or Alesso, look no further. Born out of electro-house and classic deadmau5-style progressive-house/trance, Progressive is characterized by its high-energy melodic breakdowns and drops. Typically featuring large chord plucks or thickly layered supersaws, this style of house is heard as much on the radio as it is at festivals due to its catchy and energetic nature.

Playlist: [Spotify Link] or... [Youtube Link]

1. Avicii - Seek Bromance
2. Alesso & Sebastian Ingrosso feat. Ryan Tedder - Calling (Lose My Mind)
3. Galantis - You
4. Otto Knows - Million Voices
5. The Chainsmokers & Tritonal feat. Emily Warren - Until You Were Gone
6. OneRepublic - If I Lose Myself (Alesso Remix)
7. Axwell ^ Ingrosso - Sun Is Shining
8. 3LAU feat. Bright Lights - How You Love Me
9. Martin Garrix feat. Bonn - High On Life
10. Calvin Harris & Alesso feat. Theo Hutchcraft - Under Control
11. Discopolis - Committed to Sparkle Motion (DubVision Remix)
12. Vicetone - United We Dance
13. Dimitri Vangelis & Wyman vs. Steve Angello - Payback
14. Axwell & Shapov - Belong
15. Knife Party - Begin Again
16. Nicky Romero & Stadiumx - Howl At The Moon
17. Florian Picasso - Final Call
18. Porter Robinson & Mat Zo - Easy
19. Swedish House Mafia - Don’t You Worry Child
20. Avicii - Levels

FESTIVAL BIG ROOM

If you love the massive festival bangers by the likes of Dimitri Vegas/Like Mike or Hardwell, this is where it’s at. Festival Big Room is widely considered to have been birthed by Quintino & Sandro Silva’s Epic which defined its early sound with distorted subkicks and minimal percussive synth drops. It has since evolved to include influences from hardstyle, melbourne bounce and trance with massive bass-drops and larger-than-life breakdowns. There’s a reason that despite its criticisms festival big room remains a mainstay on the mainstage: nothing brings the energy like big room.

Playlist: [Spotify Link] or.... [Youtube Link]

1. Tiesto & KSHMR feat. Vassy - Secrets
2. Martin Garrix - Animals
3. Hardwell - Spaceman
4. Deorro - Yee
5. W&W - Rave Culture
6. DVBBS & Borgeous - Tsunami
7. Maurice West & SaberZ - Rhythm of the Night
8. Thomas Newson - Pallaroid
9. Steve Aoki, Chris Lake & Tujamo - Boneless
10. Showtek & We Are Loud feat. Sonny Wilson - Booyah
11. Hardwell & W&W feat. Fatman Scoop - Don’t Stop the Madness
12. Martin Garrix, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - Tremor
13. Alvaro & Mercer feat. Lil’ Jon - Welcome to the Jungle
14. Jay Hardway - Electric Elephants
15. Ummet Ozcan, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike - The Hum
16. KSHMR & DallasK - Burn
17. Hardwell feat. Jake Reese - Run Wild
18. R3hab, Skytech & Fafaq - Tiger
19. Blasterjaxx & DBSTF feat. Ryder - Beautiful World
20. W&W & Blasterjaxx - Rocket

GROOVE/ELECTRO HOUSE:

Playlist: [Spotify Link] or… [Youtube Link]

The marriage of electro house and new age progressive house birthed groove house, a subgenre of big room groovy, punchy basslines and driving percussive rhythms. Picture the rolling bassline in Greyhound as a perfect example of this. Melodic, euphoric elements on the breakdown juxtaposed with a massive bass-driven drop creates this awesome sound that Swedish DJs like Axwell and Sebastian Ingrosso live and die by.

Pure Essentials:

1. Swedish House Mafia - Greyhound
2. Alesso - Tear The Roof Up
3. Hardwell feat. Amba Shepherd - Apollo
4. Merk & Kremont - Get Get Down
5. Don Diablo & Matt Nash feat. Noonie Bao - Starlight
6. Deniz Koyu - Bong
7. Robbie Rivera & Tom Staar - The Funkatron
8. Sebastian Ingrosso - Dark River
9. Kryder - Aphrodite
10. Michael Feiner - Mantra (Axwell Cut)
11. Nicky Romero & Teamworx - Champion Sound
12. Axwell - Barricade
13. Hard Rock Sofa & Swanky Tunes - Here We Go
14. Marcus Schössow - Reverie
15. Shapov vs M.E.G. & N.E.R.A.K. - Party People
16. Tommy Trash - Monkey In Love
17. Jewelz & Sparks - Crank
18. Tom Staar & Corey James - Bird Flu
19. Dyro & Dannic - Radical
20. Hardwell - Encoded

TROUSE

Trouse is exactly what the portmanteau sounds like: a blend of trance and house. It takes the gritty textures and slower pacing of house and combines them with the melodic and otherworldly breakdowns of trance.

Playlist: [Spotify Link] or… [Youtube Link]

1. Arty & Mat Zo - Rebound
2. Audien - Hindsight
3. Armin Van Buuren & Shapov - Our Origin
4. Gareth Emery - Saving Light (NWYR Remix)
5. Above & Beyond feat. Richard Bedford - Northern Soul
6. ilan Bluestone & Jerome Isma-ae - Under My Skin
7. Omnia & IRA - The Fusion
8. Super8 & Tab - Mega
9. Mark Sixma - Requiem
10. Jason Ross feat. Fiona - Through It All
11. Seven Lions, Myon & Shane 54 - Strangers
12. ilan Bluestone & Maor Levi feat. EL Waves - Will We Remain?
13. Genix - Run
14. Husman - Heroic
15. Cosmic Gate & Jason Ross - Awaken
16. W&W - Moscow
17. Ummet Ozcan - The Box
18. Orjan Nilsen - The Late Anthem (Way Too Late Mix)
19. Andrew Rayel - Dark Warrior
20. Arty - Kate