Electro house
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Electro house
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| Development phase: | Late 1990s |
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| Drum computer , percussion , sampler , sequencer , synthesizer | |
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| Electroclash , electro , house | |
| Subgenres | |
| Big-Room , Complextro , Dirty-Dutch , Fidget-House , Moombahton | |
Electro house is a form of house music . Electro-house influences include electro , electroclash , pop music , synthpop , and tech house . The term was used to describe the music of many DJs who ranked in the DJ-Mag Top 100 , including David Guetta , Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike , Hardwell , Skrillex , Steve Aoki , and Tiësto . The best-known subgenres include big room and dirty house in particular.
characterization
Electro House mostly contains elements of the Tech House genre , for example striking basslines, short and shrill riffs and minimal to medium amounts of percussion instruments . Unlike Techhouse, however, the style can include electro-influenced synths as well as vocal or instrumental samples. Typically the tempo is around 128 to 130 BPM. New compositions have a "dirty" bass sound, which is created, for example, by tilting oscillation or FM synthesis ( multiband compression and distortion ).
history
The genre is described as a fusion of the genres house and electro . The genre finds its origin either as a direct combination of genres or in pure electro music, fused with synthpop and techno, during the revival of electroclash in the late 1990s. One possibility for the origin of the term is that the word "electro" acts as an adjective or categorizing (for example "futuristic" or "heavy looking") of the noun "house".
Early songs decisive for the electro-house music were, form the tracks Dark Invader from arrivers from 1996 and Raw Shit by Basement Jaxx (1997) and Mr. Oizos 1999's hit Flat Beat .
The track Satisfaction by DJ and producer Benny Benassi , which he released in 2002, is considered to be the forerunner of electro house in the commercial and mainstream music arena. In 2005 the genre increased its popularity a lot. In November 2006, the electro house tracks Put Your Hands Up For Detroit by Dutch DJ Fedde Le Grand and Yeah Yeah by Bodyrox and Luciana were released. The songs reached number one and number two on the official British singles charts. Since then, the genre has developed in different directions and is represented by world-famous musicians such as Afrojack , Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike , Hardwell and Skrillex , which greatly increases its popularity.
Subgenres
Big room
Big room is one of the most popular types of electro house. It originated in the Netherlands in the early 2010s and gained popularity at festivals and discos. It usually alludes to an aggressive drop in the form of a simple build-up. Representatives are mainly Martin Garrix , Hardwell , Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike or W&W .
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Complextro
Complextro embodies slick and complicated bass lines and textures that are created by a highly tailored sequence of instruments. The term is an artificial word, created from the words "complex" and "electro". It comes from the American producer Porter Robinson to describe the music he produced in 2010. He used video game sounds or chiptunes and merged them with the music he created using analog synthesizers. Other representatives of the genre are Kill the Noise , Knife Party , Savant , Zedd , Dyro , Madeon and Skrillex .
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Dirty House
Dirty-House, often also Dirty-Dutch , is another type of Electro-House that originated in the Netherlands in 2009. It is based on the classic scheme of an Electro House track, but here, among other things, Synthes, often described as “squeaky”, is used. Representatives are mainly Afrojack , Chuckie , R3hab , Hardwell or W&W .
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Fidget House
Fidget house or just fidget is characterized by a sequence of snapping vocal cuts, varying pitches as well as dirty basslines, rave-style synthesis and slick 4/4 beats. It contains influences from the Chicago House, Baltimore Club, Kuduro, Pimba, Bassline, Bouncy Techno, Dubstep, Techstep, and Hip-Hop styles. The best-known representatives of the genre include The Bloody Beetroots , Crookers , Mightyfools, Sinden and Switch . The term fidget house was coined by the DJs producers Jesse Rose and Switch as an original "joke that has now gone a little too far."
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Moombahton
Moombahton is a mixture of Dutch house and reggaeton . The identification features include a “thick, spread out bass line, combined with a dramatic build-up and a two-step impulse, with quick drum fills”. It can be freely created under the condition that 108 BPM is adhered to. Moombahton is a made-up word consisting of "Moombah" and "Reggaeton". This has its origin in DJ Dave Nada when he slowed down the tempo of the Afrojack remix of the song Moombah by Silvio Ecomo together with Chuckie to bring the taste of the partygoers in the direction of reggae tone . Other representatives are Diplo , Dillon Francis and Munchi.
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Moombahcore is a modification of the Moombahtones, combined with Hardcore and a tempo of 110 BPM. Influences are also dubstep , techstep , breakcore and gabber . Unlike Dutch-House, Moombahcore features choppy vocals, technoid and dubstep-influenced bass, and extensive build-ups. Artists who produce Moombahcore include Delta Heavy, Feed Me , Dillon Francis, and Knife Party , among others .
Individual evidence
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- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/sep/08/welcometofidgethouse
- ↑ http://www.djmag.com/news/detail/317%20Interview%20with%20Jesse%20Rose%20on%20DJMag.com ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/03/19/134661427/moombahton-born-in-dc-bred-worldwide
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