Learn Evolution of Outsider House History In 2010, a groovy lo-fi genre called outsider house started making waves on YouTube around the same time vaporwave and chillhop were getting popular. Its name was first coined by London DJ Ben UFO, who described this low fidelity brand of house music as synonymous with outsider art, an art-form championing self-taught or untrained […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Big Room History Benny Bennassi’s classic hit “Satisfaction” is considered by many to have paved the way for anthemic house music featuring epic build-ups and even bigger drops. DJs playing massive international dance festivals started tinkering with big boomy sounds that sounded great to live audiences, and the big room sound was born. While the genre has […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Melbourne Bounce History Melbourne bounce is an upbeat subgenre of electro house that became popular in the early 2010s. Many credit Melbourne DJ Will Sparks as the creator of the genre, although Deorro and Joel Fletcher were both creating similar sounding music around the same time. The “bounce” tag comes from the fact that the tempo is […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202030 November 2021
Learn Evolution of Complextro History In the late 2000s, fidget house began to evolve into complextro. By the time the term was coined by Porter Robinson, the complextro style had already emerged in songs by artists like Skrillex and Savant. Influences Elements of fidget house, dubstep, and techno can all be found in complextro music. Sound Keeping the signature choppy aesthetic […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Moombahton History The genre began in 2009 when DJ Dave Nada, performing for a basement party crowd that wasn’t particularly into house music, slowed down Afrojack’s Dutch house remix of “Moombah” from 128 to 108 bpm. The crowd allegedly went nuts, and moombahton was born. An early hashtag genre, moombahton spread quickly across SoundCloud. It wasn’t long before […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202019 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Dutch House History In 1987, a club called The Roxy opened up Amsterdam, creating a venue for Dutch DJs to experiment with their own brand of house music. The Dutch style of hard euro house gradually evolved into a distinct sound of its own. In 1999, Spinnin Records was launched in Hilversum, Netherlands, and while it has […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202020 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Fidget House History Fidget house is an early electro house genre that started in the late 90s but, within a decade, had evolved into complextro. Influences Fidget house incorporates the synth stabs of rave, the clipped vocals from house and the glitched-out beats found in some UK garage tracks. The genre was also influenced more generally by the […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202020 April 2021
Learn Evolution of Tech House History Tech house is a simple, warm, funky and soulful style of house music that emerged in the 90s as a result of the marriage between house rhythms and techno synths. In 1995, Wiggle Room opened up in London featuring DJ Terry Francis, one of the producers whose goal was to try and foster this […] Written by @recordingarts 29 January 202019 April 2021
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
