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Description of House

 
House emerged from the fog of Disco-phobia in the early 1980s. While the mainstream deemed Disco soul-less, mechanistic and out of fashion, Chicago DJs Frankie Knuckles, Farley "Jackmaster" Funk, Jesse Saunders, Steve "Silk" Hurley and Ron Hardy pioneered a resurrection of Disco by magnifying the very qualities that some found most offensive: synthetic textures, inorganic repetitions, and disembodied vocals. Defined by four-on-the-floor beats, rasping hi-hats, artificial hand claps, bass loops and drum rolls, house drew inspiration from jazz, rap, soul, R&B, synth pop, and dub reggae, and has spread globally since its birth. As much as it draws from disparate sources, house has splintered into many different sub-styles, merging with ambient, tribal and other musical movements.
 

Top House Tracks

 
Play Track Artist Price
1. When Love Takes Over (Feat.Kelly Rowland) David Guetta
$1.29
2. Everytime We Touch Cascada
$0.99
3. One More Time Daft Punk
$1.29
4. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger Daft Punk
$1.29
5. Pale Horses Moby
$0.99
6. Division Moby
$0.99
7. Around The World Daft Punk
$1.29
8. Shot In The Back Of The Head Moby
$0.99
9. Extreme Ways (Bourne's Ultimatum) Moby
10. Walk With Me Moby
$0.99
11. Technologic Daft Punk
$1.29
12. Study War Moby
$0.99
13. Miracle Cascada
$0.99
14. Mistake Moby
$0.99
15. Days Go By Dirty Vegas
16. Wait For Me Moby
$0.99
17. Scream Pilots Moby
$0.99
18. What Hurts The Most Cascada
$0.99
19. Remind Me Royksopp
$1.29
20. A Seated Night Moby
$0.99
21. Stock Radio Moby
$0.99
22. Jltf Moby
$0.99
23. Around The World / Harder Better Faster Stronger Daft Punk
$0.99
24. Jltf 1 Moby
$0.99
25. Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) C + C Music Factory
$1.29
26. Bad Boy Cascada
$0.99
27. Hope Is Gone Moby
$0.99
28. Isolate Moby
$0.99
29. Ghost Return Moby
$0.99
30. Digital Love Daft Punk
$1.29
31. Cry For You September
$0.99
32. Slow Light Moby
$0.99
33. Touch It / Technologic Daft Punk
$0.99
34. You (Video Version) Schiller
$0.99
35. Breathe Telepopmusik
$0.99
36. Faster Kill Pussycat [Featuring Brittany Murphy] Paul Oakenfold
$0.99
37. The Girl And The Robot Royksopp
$0.99
38. Love Is Gone David Guetta
39. Face To Face / Short Circuit Daft Punk
$0.99
40. Calabria 2008 Enur
41. Extreme Ways Moby
$0.99
42. Happy Up Here Royksopp
$0.99
43. Aerodynamic Daft Punk
$1.29
44. I Remember Deadmau5
$0.99
45. Gimme That Punk (Original) Audio Bullys
$0.99
46. Sparks Royksopp
$0.99
47. Robot Rock Daft Punk
$1.29
48. Robot Rock / Oh Yeah Daft Punk
$0.99
49. Move For Me Kaskade
$0.99
50. Ooh Yeah Moby
$0.99
 

House Key Albums

 
Dirty Vegas
$9.99
Harlem 1 Stop
$8.99
Homework
$11.99
Reverence
$8.99
San Francisco Sessions Vol. 3
$7.99

 

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House Key Artists

 
Armand Van Helden

Van Helden achieved
visibility as a top in-house
producer for Strictly
Rhythm during the early
'90s. A succession of esse...

Daft Punk

Electro power House duo
Daft Punk are Guy-Manuel
de Homem Christo and
Thomas Bangalter. They met
in France in 1987. Thomas...

Danny Tenaglia

Danny Tenaglia started
spinning Garage House at
the influential Paradise
Garage club in NYC.

Deep Dish

Washington, D.C.'s Deep
Dish are among America's
most successful house DJs,
spanning deep, prog and
tribal. Clubland favorite D...

Derrick Carter

A pioneer of house music,
Derrick Carter emerged out
of the Chicago scene in the
late '80s. Carter helped the
early '90s Chicago house r...

Doc Martin

One of pioneers of House,
Doc Martin started spinning
in 1986 and is known for
epic eight-hour
dance-till-you-drop DJ set...

Farley Jackmaster Funk

Farley is a key founding
father of the dance scene
and one of the first DJs to
bring house to Chicago and
England. Originally known...

Felix Da Housecat

Felix Stallings, Jr. from
Chicago has a variety of
influences ranging from
new wave to acid house.
With some production hel...

Frankie Knuckles

Deejaying even before
Disco was popular,
Knuckles is considered by
many to be the godfather of
House. While living in Chi...

Jesse Saunders

Early 1980s house pioneer
famous for releasing
"Fantasy." This track is
usually credited as the
beginning of house music....

Larry Heard

From the south side of
Chicago, House pioneer
Larry Heard (aka Mr.
Fingers) has a sensual, warm
Electro style. In 1997 Hear...

Luke Solomon

Since the '90s, London's
Luke Solomon has been
cooking up ever more
twisted derivatives of
Chicago house. He runs t...

Masters at Work

MAW are Kenny "Dope"
Gonzalez and "Little" Louie
Vega, known for their
production excellence and
irresistible dance groove....

Matthew Herbert

Matthew Herbert's career
spans influential house
tracks, innovative remixes,
a political manifesto and
even big-band jazz. His ea...

Moodymann

Moodymann is Kenny Dixon,
Jr., a prolific producer of
soulful deep house and
techno. Wary of the music
press, Moodymann shuns i...

Radio Slave

Radio Slave, aka Englishman
in Berlin Matt Edwards, is a
master at
punishing-but-sensual
techno and house.

Theo Parrish

Detroit DJ and producer
Theo Parrish is a pioneer of
hypnotic, sample-heavy
house and techno. He has
recorded for Peacefrog,...

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