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house music

vr.tr.house-music · INF.MED

Let an agent describe house music and its subgenres with attribution to music history sources, relay characteristics, key artists, labels and scenes, and separate house from neighbouring genres such as techno and disco.

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Research draft, second pass

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Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent describe house music and its subgenres with attribution to music history sources, relay characteristics, key artists, labels and scenes, and separate house from neighbouring genres such as techno and disco.

A genre of electronic dance music that emerged in Chicago in the early 1980s from disco, characterised by a four-on-the-floor beat at around 120 to 130 beats per minute, drum machines, synthesised basslines and often soulful vocals; it spread through clubs worldwide and branched into many subgenres from acid house to deep, tech and Latin house.

What it is for: Dancing and club culture.

It can be describe characteristics and production; explain subgenres and their differences; relay history and key figures with attribution; distinguish house from techno, disco and garage.

Distinguishing features

Four-on-the-floor rhythm

Chicago origins in the early 1980s

Many subgenres

Club and DJ culture

What it looks like

Not visible; heard as a steady four-on-the-floor beat with synthesised bass and vocals.

Physical character

tempo: about 118-135 beats per minute - by subgenre

How it is recognised

Four-on-the-floor kick at about 120-130 bpm

Disco and soul roots, drum machines and synthesisers

Techno is more mechanical and often faster; disco uses live bands

Related models

is a kind of - the wider genre

electronic dance music

descends from - its main root

disco

is related to - a sibling genre from Detroit

techno

includes - a major subgenre

acid house

In practice

Families and kinds

Chicago and classic house

acid house

deep house

tech house

progressive and French house

Latin house and regional variants

UK garage and related forms

Standards and regulation

Copyright and sampling law

Licensing rules for clubs and events

Failure modes and hazards

Erasing the Black and LGBTQ origins of the genre in accounts

Misclassifying subgenres

Sampling without clearance

Also called

Latin houseLatin techchanga tukifuture funkelectro urbanacid housetribal housephonk housepopcorn musicleftfield houseambient houseballroombass houseguarachamicrohouseminimal househard housespeed garageprogressive housejazz housefestival progressive houseChicago hard houseChicago houseg-housebubbling housejackin' housecircuit houseDetroit housepiano houseorganic housevinahouseeletrofunkmelodic housegospel housedark houseUK jackin'stutter housefilter houseFrench housebig room house

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Sound What house sounds like.

Characteristics.

Characteristics

Musical features.

Characteristics

Characteristics.

  1. What rhythmic, harmonic and production features define house music? definition
  2. Is the track house, techno, disco or garage? boundary

Subgenres

Subgenres.

Subgenres

Subgenres.

  1. What subgenres exist, and how do they differ? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific subgenre? action
History Origins and spread.

Attribution.

Origins

Chicago origins.

Origins

Origins.

  1. How did house emerge in Chicago clubs, and who were the key figures, with attribution? provenance
  2. Is the presentation faithful to the origins of the genre? boundary

Spread

Global spread.

Spread

Spread.

  1. How did house spread to Europe and worldwide, and how did scenes develop? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance
Make Production and performance.

Practice.

Production

Production.

Production

Production.

  1. How is house produced, with which instruments and techniques? provenance
  2. Which entry fits music production? action

DJing

DJ culture.

DJing

DJing.

  1. How do DJs mix and present house, and how do clubs and festivals feature it? provenance
  2. Which entry fits DJing? action
Culture Culture and industry.

Context.

Culture

Club culture.

Culture

Culture.

  1. What role does house play in club culture and communities? provenance
  2. Which entry fits club culture? action

Industry

Labels and charts.

Industry

Industry.

  1. Which labels, charts and events matter, and how is house music licensed? provenance
  2. Which entry fits a specific label? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should each subgenre be a separate entry?
  • How should discographies and labels be linked?
  • The registry entry has merged aliases for regional variants; should they be split off?
Draft as JSON