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House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. [11] It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat.
This is a list of artists who have been involved with house music, a genre of electronic dance music. This includes artists who have either been very important to the house music genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one who has been on a major label). This list does not include little-known local artists. Groups are listed by the first letter in the group ...
Organic house is a mellow and groovy subgenre of house music that emphasizes on acoustic instruments and natural sounds. The genre was made as a way to express a "deeper, more meditative, and occasionally slower shades of house music", [15] often combining elements of Deep House, Melodic House, Electronica, and Afro House.
The early house music sound was a "dialogue" between Hispanic, [2] and Black American post-disco [3] [4] [5] and European post-punk [6] [7] electronic music and their traditions with Italo-disco picked or, emulated the most, [8] as the template for house music. [9]
Acid house (also simply known as just "acid") is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago.The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synthesizer-sequencer, [1] an innovation attributed to Chicago artists Phuture and Sleezy D circa 1986.
Classic House is a compilation album by English DJ Pete Tong with Jules Buckley and the Heritage Orchestra, [1] released on 25 November 2016. It reached number 1 on the UK Albums Chart , marking Tong's first ever number 1 album.
Ron Hardy (May 8, 1958 – March 2, 1992) was an American, Chicago, Illinois-based DJ and record producer of early house music. He is well known for playing records at the Muzic Box, a Chicago house music club. Decades after his death, he is recognized for his innovative edits and mixes of disco, soul music, funk and early house music.
Italo house (often simply referred to as "Italian" or "Italian house" in the UK) is a form of house music originating in Italy. Typically popular in Italy, Britain , and United States since the late 1980s, it fuses house music and Italo disco .