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EDM / Dance

House

Era
1983–present
Origin
Chicago
Student playlists
None yet

About this supergenre

Born in Chicago in the early 80s as a Black, gay, and Latino response to the post-disco vacuum. Four-on-the-floor kick, ~120 BPM, soulful samples. The blueprint for almost all subsequent dance music.

Canonical reference: musicmap.info / hou

Inside house · 12 subgenre s on a mini-timeline

Each subgenre at its emergence year, oldest at top. This is what students curate playlists for — the granular level. Click any subgenre chip from the main map and you land on its row here.

  1. Chicago House

    1983

  2. Deep House

    1985

  3. Acid House

    1987

  4. Garage House

    1987

  5. Italo House

    1988

  6. Latin / Tribal House

    1990

  7. French Touch

    1995

  8. Funky / Disco House

    1996

  9. Electro House

    2003

  10. Moombahton

    2009

  11. Afro House

    2010

  12. Future House

    2014

Connective tissue · 5 link s

How house relates to the rest of the map. Click any genre to follow the line.

Primary lineage

Direct parents and direct children — the main line.

Other influences

Cousin genres and indirect influences that shaped this supergenre.

Student curations

No playlists for house yet.

This supergenre is waiting for a curator. If you're in MUSA 266 or MUSA 220 and this is your assignment, build a 5–10 track YouTube playlist and submit it through the course form.

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