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I have decided to devote a thread to a significant trend in music which has emerged very clearly over the last five years. The specific trend I am referring to is the rise of house music. It is more likely that you have heard large amounts of house music and know what it sounds like if you live in Europe than if you live in America due to the high number of house artists and house songs which have charted in Europe, although there are a few House bands which have become popular in America such as the Chainsmokers and Marshmello.
House is a somewhat hard to define genre, as it overlaps with other genres and many house bands fuse other elements into their music. I find it somewhat confusing what is and is not house, and this is not made easier by its overlap with other genres particularly EDM; it is like other EDM in that it uses catchy electronic tunes and uplifting messages, yet different in that use of visualization and metaphor are frequent themes in house music. Common and mundane things such as relationships, nature and insecurity are frequent subjects in house songs.
House music is one of the most varied music genres and is probably the most varied modern music genre (my personal favourite style is deep house) the Wikipedia page for styles of house music lists around forty different styles; acid house, afro house, ambient house, Balearic beat, bass house, Baltimore club, Chicago house, deep house, diva house, Dutch house, hardbag, electro house, big room house, complextro, fidget house, funky house, future house, garage house, ghetto house, juke house, techno house, euro house, footwork, funky house, French house, future funk, ghetto tech, Gqom, hard house, hip house, Italo house, nu-disco, progressive house and a few more that I am too tired to write.
One interesting thing about house music is there is not really anything new about this genre, it has its origins in the eighties and there were house songs in the #1 slot on the American top charts as early as 1990 (Vogue). However, the genre receded quite heavily during the middle and late 1990s, with many genres disappearing completely, and in the early 2000s house was largely relegated to garage bands and electronic indie bands, however, the relatively unpopular artists of this period inspired a young generation of artists to bring house music back into the mainstream, with many of the most popular house artists of the last few years being late millennials.
There are very young, very popular house artists from almost every nation, to name a few there is Norway’s Alan Walker (the house artist I am most familiar with), Sweden’s Axwell^Ingrossso, England’s Disclosure, Germany’s Zedd and South Korea’s Shaun. I am going to conclude this with some random things about house. House is kind of an ironic genre in that while it is one of the most international genres, almost all of it is in English no matter what country it is produced in.
A significant minority of house artists perform and make public appearances while wearing masks. This is to show solidarity with their fans and to say that despite being famous they are neither insecure nor arrogant about their fame. The mask also helps them to be known more for their music than for their face. Also something interesting is that on average cover channels on youtube who make many covers of house songs seem to be growing faster than those who are not, but I lack the statistics to confirm or deny this.
If you have a favorite house band, style or song, tell me in this thread. I am interested to learn what you may know about this genre and what your favorite style of house is.
House is a somewhat hard to define genre, as it overlaps with other genres and many house bands fuse other elements into their music. I find it somewhat confusing what is and is not house, and this is not made easier by its overlap with other genres particularly EDM; it is like other EDM in that it uses catchy electronic tunes and uplifting messages, yet different in that use of visualization and metaphor are frequent themes in house music. Common and mundane things such as relationships, nature and insecurity are frequent subjects in house songs.
House music is one of the most varied music genres and is probably the most varied modern music genre (my personal favourite style is deep house) the Wikipedia page for styles of house music lists around forty different styles; acid house, afro house, ambient house, Balearic beat, bass house, Baltimore club, Chicago house, deep house, diva house, Dutch house, hardbag, electro house, big room house, complextro, fidget house, funky house, future house, garage house, ghetto house, juke house, techno house, euro house, footwork, funky house, French house, future funk, ghetto tech, Gqom, hard house, hip house, Italo house, nu-disco, progressive house and a few more that I am too tired to write.
One interesting thing about house music is there is not really anything new about this genre, it has its origins in the eighties and there were house songs in the #1 slot on the American top charts as early as 1990 (Vogue). However, the genre receded quite heavily during the middle and late 1990s, with many genres disappearing completely, and in the early 2000s house was largely relegated to garage bands and electronic indie bands, however, the relatively unpopular artists of this period inspired a young generation of artists to bring house music back into the mainstream, with many of the most popular house artists of the last few years being late millennials.
There are very young, very popular house artists from almost every nation, to name a few there is Norway’s Alan Walker (the house artist I am most familiar with), Sweden’s Axwell^Ingrossso, England’s Disclosure, Germany’s Zedd and South Korea’s Shaun. I am going to conclude this with some random things about house. House is kind of an ironic genre in that while it is one of the most international genres, almost all of it is in English no matter what country it is produced in.
A significant minority of house artists perform and make public appearances while wearing masks. This is to show solidarity with their fans and to say that despite being famous they are neither insecure nor arrogant about their fame. The mask also helps them to be known more for their music than for their face. Also something interesting is that on average cover channels on youtube who make many covers of house songs seem to be growing faster than those who are not, but I lack the statistics to confirm or deny this.
If you have a favorite house band, style or song, tell me in this thread. I am interested to learn what you may know about this genre and what your favorite style of house is.
For example I listened to the Odesza song posted above, initial instinct was to classify that as 'trap' not house, it kinda sounds like what I remember of Baauer. (In particular it sounds like 
