Learn Evolution of Electro Swing History In the mid-90s, house music broke off into myriad directions, one of which was electro swing. The genre slowly grew in popularity to the point where there’s now a yearly festival called Swingamajig in the UK dedicated solely to electro swing. While derided by many house purists, the genre and its backdrop of vintage-clothing […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of UK Hard House History UK hard house is the product of DJs at the now-defunct Trade gay club in London developing a unique style of fast house music. Hard house took the driving beat from eurodance, removed a lot of the whimsical and emotional elements like epic never-ending climaxes, and added simple elements like short drops with no drums, […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Kwaito History For decades, South Africa was racially segregated by a white supremicist system called Apartheid, established by the Dutch and reinforced by the British. The anti-Apartheid movement brought an end to the system in 1994 and introduced majority rule, with Nelson Mandela famously becoming the country’s first black head of state. The end of Apartheid […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Tribal House History The origins of house music stem from DJs remixing and recycling old vinyl, the sheer diversity of which led to many early variants of house. Tribal house is one such example. DJs from New York clubs like Sound Factory and Roxy NYC borrowed polyrhythmic percussion from old crates of world music to establish tribal […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Microhouse History Microhouse, or minimal house, was started in the early 90s as a part of a minimalistic movement influenced by 90s techno, bit pop and deep house. Its origins can be traced back to the 1993 album Wohnton by Oval, who brought elements of glitch and fragmented sounds into their music. Oval developed their distinct sound by writing […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Ibiza House History Ibiza is one of the four largest Balearic islands that sit off the eastern coast of Spain. In the 80s, it was a common getaway for artists and celebrities. As the 90s saw Ibiza become a landing spot for ravers and clubbers looking for a relaxed atmosphere, a soundtrack to this laidback party sanctuary […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202020 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Ambient House History Brian Eno’s 1978 opus “Ambient 1: Music For Airports” is one of several examples of spacey music remixed and built upon by early ambient house DJs. Eno said his music was “designed to induce calm and space to think” which, forty years later, is still an accurate description of ambient music across a spectrum […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Progressive House History While eurodance was taking over Europe in the late 80s and early 90s, Britain was quietly developing its own trance-infused brand of house music called progressive house. It started with the 1990 release of “Not Forgotten” by the group Leftfield, which had so many elements that it was tough to pin down to a specific genre. […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202020 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Eurodance History By the late 1980s, clubs and airwaves across Europe were soaking up Chicago house, acid house and techno. With so many styles competing for attention, a new genre quickly emerged: eurodance. Kicking off the eurodance movement was an Italian group called Black Box with their 1989 hit “Ride on Time”. Belgian music project Technotronik followed later that […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Hip House History The origins of hip house can be traced back to various sources in the mid 1980s. The earliest hip house track is MC Miker G and DJ Sven’s 1986 hit “Holiday Rap”. Other early formidable hip house artists include The Beatmasters, Fast Eddie, Tyree and the Jungle Brothers. Influences Hip house came from the […] Written by @recordingarts 28 January 202020 April 2021
