tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23156675873144419022024-03-13T09:52:40.972-07:00House Music GenresThe Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315667587314441902.post-11109372528228363042009-06-06T15:22:00.000-07:002009-06-06T15:28:21.633-07:00Trance House<p><a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">Trance House</a> is a popular sub-genre in <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">music</a> and contains elements of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">house</a>, <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com"><span class="mw-redirect">techno</span></a>, and <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">ambient musi</a><a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">c</a>. By the late 1990s, <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a> became more focused on the anthemic qualities and <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">melodies</a>, moving away from arpeggiated analog synth patterns. Acoustic elements and spacey pads became popular with compositions leaned towards incremental changes à la <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">progressive</a> structures. <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">Progressive</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a> contains distinctive <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">sounds</a> in many <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">tracks</a>, such as unusual <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">basslines</a> or original synthesized <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">sounds</a>, which generally makes it more "catchy". Phrases are usually a power of two number of bars in most typical p<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">rogressive</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">tracks</a>. Phrases usually begin with the introduction of a new or different <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">melody</a> or <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">rhythm</a>.</p> <p>Compared to <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a>, the <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">progressive</a> wing is usually deeper and more abstract, featuring a lower average <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">bpm</a> (around 125-135 instead of 130-160) and a recurrent melodic structure. This structure is intuitively described as consisting of three major structural elements: (1) build-up; (2) breakdown ; (3) climax. These three structural elements are expressed either temporally or in their intensity, if not both. A 'build-up' sequence can sometimes last up to 3 or even 4 minutes. Subtle incremental/decremental acoustic variations (i.e., gradual addition/subtraction of instruments) anticipate the transition to each subsequent structural element of the track. The initial build-up and the final break-down are generally very similar, adding a feel of symmetry to the general structure of the melody. Furthermore, a <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">progressive</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">track</a> is usually longer than a regular <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">track</a>, ranging in length from 5-6 to even 12-13 minutes.</p> <p>Although there is a general and increasing tendency to associate <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">progressive</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a> with <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">progressive</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">house</a> (or vice-versa), virtually rendering these two sub-genres identical, there are however distinctive characteristics apart from the strong similitudes between them: <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">progressive</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a> inherits from its parent genre (<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">trance</a>) a wider melodic flexibility, while <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">progressive house</a> is usually darker and more <span class="mw-redirect">minimal</span>.</p> <p>Some of the most representative names that currently work in this sub-genre are <span class="mw-redirect">Laurent Veronnez</span>, Sasha , Mike Dierickx, Matt Darey, Paul Oakenfold, <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">Paul van Dyk</a>, Vibrasphere, <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com"><span class="mw-redirect">Armin Van Buuren</span></a>, <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com"><span class="mw-redirect">Tiesto</span></a>, <span class="mw-redirect">Brian Transeau</span> (aka BT), and more recently, Markus Schulz.</p>The Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315667587314441902.post-22832269583930774022009-06-06T15:17:00.000-07:002009-06-06T15:21:22.185-07:00Progressive House<p><a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">Progressive house</a> is a style of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">house music</a> that is noted for musical progression within <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">melodies</a> and <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">basslines</a>. The term was coined by Mixmag editor Dom Phillips. It has similar elements to both <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><span class="mw-redirect">electro house</span></a> and <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">trance</a>. It has its origins in Great Britain in the early 1990s, with the output of Guerilla <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">Records</a> and Leftfield's first singles (particularly "Song of Life"). The <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">music</a> itself was <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">produced</a> with the 4-to-4 <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">beat</a> of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">house music</a> and deeper <span class="mw-redirect">dub</span>-influenced <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">basslines</a>, with greater emphasis on emotion before structural considerations. Often, it featured elements from many different <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">genres</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">mixed</a> together. <i>Song of Life</i>, for instance, has a <span class="mw-redirect">trip-hop</span> like down-pitched <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">breakbeat</a> and a high-energy Roland TB-303 riff at various stages.</p> <p>In 1992, the <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">dance club</a> Renaissance opened in Mansfield where <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">DJs</a> Sasha and John Digweed were instrumental in popularizing its early sound. Other notable <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">Progressive House</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">DJs</a> include: Deadmau5, Dave Seaman, Nick Warren, Jason Jollins, <span class="mw-redirect">Hernan Cattaneo</span> and Anthony Pappa.</p>The Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315667587314441902.post-42653410776513460942009-06-06T15:13:00.000-07:002009-06-06T15:15:22.001-07:00Garage House<b><a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">Garage House</a> </b>is a style of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">music developed</a> in the Paradise <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">Garage</a> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com">nightclub</a> in New York City, <span class="mw-redirect">USA</span> in the early 1980s.The Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315667587314441902.post-19314473669569376932009-06-06T15:05:00.000-07:002009-06-06T15:15:45.838-07:00Funky House<p><a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>Funky house</b></a> is a loose definition for a commercially orientated, <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">disco</a> influenced subgenre of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">house music</a>. Like most varieties of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">house</a>, the genre follows a traditional <span class="mw-redirect">four to the floor</span> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">house beat</a>, and makes heavy use of synthesizers, samples and soulful vocals, though instrumental tracks are also common. Notable producers that have worked in this genre include Fedde le Grand, the Freemasons, Soul Central, <span class="mw-redirect">Armand van Helden</span>, StoneBridge and Seamus Haji.</p> <p>The genre is commercially popular, with record labels such as <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">Ministry of Sound</a>, Hed Kandi, and Fierce Angel all releasing compilation albums dedicated to the genre.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><span></span><span></span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><span></span><span></span></sup></p> Confusingly the terms "<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><span class="mw-redirect">house and funky</span></a>", and "<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">funky</a>" have also been used to describe an offshoot of the UK <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">garage</a> genre heavily based on funk samples and <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">R&B</a> style vocals over a "broken" soca style <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">beat</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funky_house#cite_note-3" title=""><span></span></a>The Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315667587314441902.post-71472553146485893802009-06-06T15:01:00.000-07:002009-06-06T15:16:03.563-07:00Electro House<p><a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>Electro house</b></a> is a subgenre of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">house music</a> that rose to become one of the most prominent genres of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">electronic dance music</a> today. Stylistically, it combines the <span class="mw-redirect">four to the floor</span> <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">beats</a> commonly found in <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">house music</a> with harmonically rich analogue basslines, abrasive high-pitched leads and the occasional piano or string riff. The tempo of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">electro house</a> ranges approximately from 120 to 135 <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">bpm</a>. <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>Electrotech</b></a> is a darker variation of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">electro house</a> mixed with the sound of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/" title="Tech house">tech house</a>.</p> The use of the word "<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">electro</a>" to describe this style of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">modern house music</a> is contentious, and creates an ambiguity between <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">electro house</a> and <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/" title="Electro (music)" class="mw-redirect">classic electro</a>, with which it bears little resemblance.The Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315667587314441902.post-89356097337465473252009-06-06T14:59:00.000-07:002009-06-06T15:16:43.292-07:00Dream House<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>Dream house</b></a> (also known as <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>dream trance</b></a>), is a <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">dance music</a> style which had a big success on the <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">dance</a> scene between 1995 and 1997. Its main feature is the importance of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">melody</a>, usually a very dreamy one (hence its name), typically played on a piano, or in some cases a violin, saxophone, etc. And now, as of 2006, for most of the cases, synthesizer sounds. Spanish DJ <span class="new">Dario Nunez</span> used <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">dream house</a> parts in his track "Looking at Me" in 2008.The Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315667587314441902.post-36017093913011834872009-06-06T14:56:00.000-07:002009-06-06T15:16:24.108-07:00Deep House<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>Deep house</b></a> is a style of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/" title="House music">house music</a> which fuses elements of Chicago house, disco, 80's soul, jazz-funk and Detroit techno. The Jazz influences of deep house are most frequently brought out by using more complex chords than simple triads (7ths, 9ths, 13ths, suspensions, alterations) which are held for many bars, which give the tracks a slightly dissonant feel. The <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">Disco music</a> sound is a heavy influence in <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/">Deep House</a>. The use of vocals is also more common in deep house than in many other forms of house music. Sonic qualities include soulful vocals, slow and concentrated dissonant melodies, smooth, stylish, and chic demeanor.The Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2315667587314441902.post-24259703629890350092009-05-31T00:41:00.000-07:002009-05-31T00:55:39.976-07:00Breakbeat House<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>Breakbeat</b></a> (sometimes <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>breakbeats</b></a> or <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/"><b>breaks</b></a>) is a term used to describe a collection of sub-<a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com" title="Music genre">genres</a> of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/" title="Electronic music">electronic music</a>, usually characterized by the use of a non-straightened 4/4 drum pattern (as opposed to the steady beat of <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/" title="House music">house</a> or <a href="http://www.housemusicmember.com/" title="Trance music">trance</a>). These rhythms may be characterised by their intensive use of syncopation and <span class="mw-redirect">polyrhythms</span>.The Best Thing In My Lifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18364636776394284820noreply@blogger.com0