• House Music Megathread:
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[img]http://i29.tinypic.com/2zzu8hg.jpg[/img][img]http://i31.tinypic.com/30csy2o.jpg[/img][img]http://i31.tinypic.com/slr7k1.jpg[/img] [I][HIGHLIGHT][b]WHAT IS HOUSE MUSIC?[/B][/I][/HIGHLIGHT] [b]House is a style of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_dance_music]Electronic Dance Music[/url] that originated in Chicago, Illinois, USA in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago, then in Detroit, New York City, New Jersey, Los Angeles and Miami. It then reached Europe before becoming infused in mainstream pop and dance music worldwide since the early to mid-1990s. House is strongly influenced by elements of soul- and funk-infused varieties of disco. House generally mimics disco's percussion, especially the use of a prominent bass drum on every beat, but may feature a prominent synthesizer bassline, electronic drums, electronic effects, funk and pop samples, and reverb- or delay-enhanced vocals.[/b] [i][b](Contributions from Wikipedia)[/i][/b] [b]Typical instruments include Sampler, Drum machine, Synthesizer, Turntables, Sequencer, Personal computer.[/b] [b][i][highlight]HISTORY AND ORIGIN.[/highlight][/b][/i] [b]House is a descendant of [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco]disco[/url], which blended [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_music]soul[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues]R&B[/url], [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funk]funk[/url], with celebratory messages about dancing, love, and sexuality, all underpinned with repetitive arrangements and a steady bass drum beat. Some disco songs incorporated sounds produced with synthesizers and drum machines, and some compositions were entirely electronic; examples include Giorgio Moroder late 1970s productions such as Donna Summer's hit single "I Feel Love" from 1977, and several early 1980s disco-pop productions by the Hi-NRG group Lime. House was also influenced by mixing and editing techniques earlier explored by disco DJs, producers, and audio engineers like Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Jim Burgess, Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, M & M and others who produced longer, more repetitive and percussive arrangements of existing disco recordings. Early house producers like Frankie Knuckles created similar compositions from scratch, using samplers, synthesizers, sequencers, and drum machines. The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the 303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals. It is sometimes cited as the 'first house record', although other examples from the same time period, such as J.M. Silk's "Music is the Key" (1985) have also been cited. The term "house music" may have its origin from a Chicago nightclub called The Warehouse which existed from 1977 to 1982. The Warehouse was patronized primarily by gay black and Latino men, who came to dance to disco music played by the club's resident DJ, Frankie Knuckles. In the Channel 4 documentary Pump Up The Volume, Knuckles remarks that the first time he heard the term "house music" was upon seeing "we play house music" on a sign in the window of a bar on Chicago's South Side. One of the people in the car with him joked, [i]"you know, that's the kind of music you play down at the Warehouse!"[/i], and then everybody laughed. South-Side Chicago DJ Leonard "Remix" Rroy, in self-published statements, claims he put such a sign in a tavern window because it was where he played music that one might find in one's home; in his case, it referred to his mother's soul & disco records, which he worked into his sets. Chip E.'s 1985 recording "It's House" may also have helped to define this new form of electronic music. However, Chip E. himself lends credence to the Knuckles association, claiming the name came from methods of labelling records at the Importes Etc. record store, where he worked in the early 1980s: bins of music that DJ Knuckles played at the Warehouse nightclub was labelled in the store "As Heard At The Warehouse", which was shortened to simply "House". Patrons later asked for new music for the bins, which Chip E. implies was a demand the shop tried to meet by stocking newer local club hits. Larry Heard, a.k.a. "Mr. Fingers", claims that the term "house" reflected the fact that many early DJs created music in their own homes, using synthesizers and drum machines, including the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and the TB 303 Bassline synthesizer-sequencer. These synthesizers were used to create a house subgenre called acid house. Juan Atkins, an originator of Detroit techno music, claims the term "house" reflected the exclusive association of particular tracks with particular DJs; those tracks were their "house" records (much like a restaurant might have a "house" salad dressing).[/b] [b][i][highlight]LYRICAL THEMES:[/highlight][/b][/i] [b]House also had an influence of relaying political messages to people who were considered to be outcasts of society. It appealed to those who didn't fit into mainstream American society and was especially celebrated by many black males. Frankie Knuckles made a good comparison of house saying it was like "church for people who have fallen from grace" and Marshall Jefferson compared it to "old-time religion in the way that people just get happy and screamin'. Deep house was similar to many of the messages of freedom for the black community. Both house CDs by Joe Smooth, "Promised Land" and Db "I Have a Dream" give similar messages of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech."Someday" by CeCe Rogers, would move house further into the gospel stream later titled "gospel house". House was also very sexual and had much mystic in it. It went so far as to have an "eroto-mystic delirium". Jamie Principle's "Baby Wants to Ride" begins in a prayer but surprisingly is about a dominatrix who seduces a man to "ride" her through the rest of the song.[/b] [img]http://i29.tinypic.com/2l2io1.gif][/IMG] [I][HIGHLIGHT][B]FAMOUS HOUSE MUSIC ARTISTS AND SONGS!!!!!![/B][/I][/HIGHLIGHT] [img]http://i32.tinypic.com/2exbqeq.jpg[/img] [B]DAFT PUNK[/B] Daft Punk is a French House two-man duo consisting of Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter. Daft Punk's popularity streamed worldwide in the late 90's and became much well known in America with their successful releases of Discovery (2001) and Human After All (2005). Their shared influences include Elton John, MC5, The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and The Stooges. [highlight][b]Artist Song Example:[/b][/highlight] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gN2hntZBIUQ[/media] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Bob_Sinclar.jpg[/img] [b]Bob Sinclar[/b] Bob Sinclar is a Grammy Award-nominated French record producer, House music DJ, remixer and owner of the label Yellow Productions. He has had plenty of hit singles which include "Rock This Party (Everybody Dance Now)", "Love Generation", "Sound of Freedom", and "World, Hold On (Children of the Sky)". [highlight][b]Artist Song Example:[/b][/highlight] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LQFlynwdYc[/media] [img]http://i28.tinypic.com/2u8x7vm.png[/img][img]http://i29.tinypic.com/2ebadch.jpg[/img] [b]Haddaway[/b] Haddaway is a Trinidadian singer, [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurodance]Eurodance[/url], and House artist most notably famous for his hit 1993 single, [i]What is Love?[/i]. The song's commercial success and massive popularity worldwide set it at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States, and number 12 in Australia. It has also sold over 500,000 copies in Germany and the United Kingdom while maintaining it as the top number 2 hit song during its time of the release. Later in that year Haddway released another hit single titled [i]Life[/i] which peaked at number 1 in Sweden and Spain. [highlight][b]Artist Song Example:[/b][/highlight] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6qNr34qSqA&feature=avmsc2[/media] [img]http://i31.tinypic.com/35258iw.jpg[/img] [b]Benjamin Diamond[/b] Benjamin Diamond is a French singer who collaborated with the young Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk and Alan Braxe with [b]Stardust[/b]. Performing the vocals for their exceedingly thumping [i]Music Sounds Better With You[/i] hit single back in 1998. Though in mid-2005 with his second album [i]Out of Myself[/i] the style was more pop-oriented than his first album as well as the house pouncing hit back in '98. [highlight][b]Artist Song Example:[/b][/highlight] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YCoSF-voHY[/media] [img]http://i30.tinypic.com/mc6kib.jpg[/img][img]http://i26.tinypic.com/33os7dh.jpg[/img][img]http://i29.tinypic.com/iqzhbq.jpg[/img] [b]Klubbheads[/b] Klubbheads are a collaboration of dance music producers and DJ's from the Netherlands. They have more than 35 aliases for their recordings, including Hi_Tack and Drunkenmunky. They have also released a wide array of singles using such aliases which include [b]Hi_Tack[/b], who released the commercially successful Michael Jackson/Paul McCartney remix '[i]Say Say Say (Waiting 4 u)'[/i] which topped the charts at number 3 in Finland, number 4 in Ireland, and number 8 in Ireland in early 2006. Other singles include [i]'Calabria'/[i] by Drunkenmunky, as well as 'Let's Dance' by Hi_Tack. [highlight][b]Artist Song Example:[/b][/highlight] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_THQa3tnrTI[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyowu22g7yY[/media] [img]http://i28.tinypic.com/98bwcl.jpg[/img][img]http://i32.tinypic.com/205cjk8.jpg[/img] [b]Everything but the Girl[/b] Everything but the Girl is a two-person English band from Hull that was formed around 1982. Consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, and singer Ben Watt (born 6 December 1962). They formed a duo and adopted their name 'Everything but the Girl' from the slogan of well-known Hull shop, Turners' Furniture, on Beverley Road. Though originally a band with an alternative rock/lounge-type sound. In 1994 they had released the song 'Missing' which was on their album '[i]Amplified Heart[/i]. They decided to give the song to House Music producer Todd Terry to remix for nightclubs. Thus the resulting dance version of 'Missing' became an infectious hit worldwide, succumbing to number 2 on the Hot Billboard Top 100 by 1996 and eventually scoring fifty-five weeks on the chart (a record at the time which has since been broken — the single is today the ninth-longest charting song on the U.S. Hot 100). A melancholy and hypnotic beat that shouldn't be [b]missed[/b] by anyone. [Pun respectfully intended] [highlight][b]Artist Song Example:[/b][/highlight] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eT2fJxebIRw[/media] [img]http://i30.tinypic.com/2hph950.jpg[/img] [b]Nightcrawlers[/b] Nightcrawlers is a house music project, assembled by producer, DJ and vocalist John Reid from Easterhouse, Scotland. The Nightcrawlers debut single "[i]Living Inside a Dream[/i]" was not a success, but the 1992 dance song "[i]Push the Feeling On[/i]" fared much better. In its original form the song reached #7 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, and briefly crossed over to pop radio, peaking at #80 on the Billboard Hot 100, spending fifteen weeks on that chart. [highlight][b]Artist Song Example:[/b][/highlight] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zCUTK0-5iE[/media] [b][highlight][i]MORE EXAMPLES COMING SOON![/B][/HIGHLIGHT][/I] So yeah, if you want to contribute just post on what you think about House Music, your favorite songs or artists, whether you prefer 90's House over today's House, etc. Eurodance may be appropriate to discuss on this thread too since both cultural origins are strikingly similar. By the way I apologize for so much wiki content. I've never did a megathread before so I'm just using other websites as training wheels for now. Well..let's discuss...[b]HOOUUUUUSEE![/b].
Ehh,best album for (in my opinion) is house music exclusive 2009.I like sons like space invaders are back,lick it,sex.That album is awsome
Bumping this thread with [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0ZCdMtEBiM[/media]
Classics. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8uKbprFjIE[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pol807RkijU[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOLE1YE_oFQ[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyEDE0T2dyA[/media]
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Thank you for re-bumping this thread, gentlemen. I'm glad to see you have people here who have good taste in music. :P
klubbheads started scouse house by using the "bamboo bass" as heard in kickin hard [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCfiQ3TyB-k[/media]
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfYMKcmomGg[/MEDIA] deadmau5 is pretty good too.
Dimitri From Paris!
[QUOTE=Plectophera;24523454]Dimitri From Paris![/QUOTE] I love Dimitri From Paris. His Philly Sound compilation is fantastic.
[QUOTE=Nonikai;24515977][MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfYMKcmomGg[/MEDIA] deadmau5 is pretty good too.[/QUOTE] for lack of a better name was one of deadmau5's worst albums IMO. I preffered Random album title greatly. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn5MglF01iA&ob=av2e[/media] [editline]10:05PM[/editline] Behold, [B]FIDGET HOUSE![/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48SM9o63Bus[/media]
Jungle brothers [Media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFGhQ5iGHWM[/media]
[QUOTE=Handsome;23632892] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zCUTK0-5iE[/media] [/QUOTE] Fucking Pitbull.
Just givin' this thread some CPR, post more kiddies! :D
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KTxNTxTtm0&ob=av2n[/media] Needs more deadmau5.
and more [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTcopp-mpmo&ob=av3e[/media]
[B]Escape Me (Avicii's Remix at Night) - Tiesto ft. CC Sheffield[/B] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5CXvdkTteI[/media]
I'll leave this here [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGy9IpZbJKw[/media]
Danger, anyone? [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsjXP7jWK0k[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op4quteoPs4[/media]
Angello Ingrosso Axwell Laidback Luke Wolfgang Gartner Cicada Michael Gray Mightyfools DJ Delicious Dr. Kucho Gregor Salto Eric Prydz / Pryda Sucker dj's Tocadisco Funkerman DJ Roog Hardsoul Fedde Le Grand Bingo Players Dimitri Vegas & Like mike Hardwell Lifelike Chris Menace Nicky Romero Sander van Doorn Probably forgot about 20 or something but yeah.
[QUOTE=wolfblade12;24838221]Angello Ingrosso Axwell Laidback Luke Wolfgang Gartner Cicada Michael Gray Mightyfools DJ Delicious Dr. Kucho Gregor Salto Eric Prydz / Pryda Sucker dj's Tocadisco Funkerman DJ Roog Hardsoul Fedde Le Grand Bingo Players Dimitri Vegas & Like mike Hardwell Lifelike Chris Menace Nicky Romero Sander van Doorn Probably forgot about 20 or something but yeah.[/QUOTE] I was looking for some House artists. Thanks.
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