House music
House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. The name derives from the Warehouse club in Chicago, where the resident DJ, Frankie Knuckles, mixed old disco classics and Eurosynth pop. Club regulars referred to his selection of music as "house" music.
Further reading
- Sean Bidder Pump Up the Volume: A History of House Music, MacMillan, 2002, ISBN 0752219863
- Sean Bidder The Rough Guide to House Music, Rough Guides, 1999, ISBN 1858284325
- Bill Brewster Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey, Grove Press, 2000, ISBN 0802136885
- Simon Reynolds Energy Flash: a Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture, (UK title, Pan Macmillan, 1998, ISBN 0330350560), also released in US as Generation Ecstasy : Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture (US title, Routledge, 1999, ISBN 0415923735)
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| ► | Introduction |
| ► | History |
| ► | Classic (genre-defining/-representing) house records |
| ► | Musicology |
| ► | Further reading |
| ► | Source |
| ► | See also |
| ► | External links |
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