house music
noun
an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.
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House musicnouna type of disco music originating in the late 1980s, based on funk, with fragments of other recordings edited in electronically
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Etymology
Origin of house music
1985–90; probably after the Ware house , a dance club in Chicago
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A few tracks later, “Danceteria” channels the spoken-word verses and glittering house music of 1990’s “Vogue.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
Wall-to-wall bodies, neon lights and pulsating house music greeted her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Raddon ventures away from his standard four-on-the-floor house music and into broken beats on “Started Over.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 11, 2025
Nairn is also known for playing Wee John Feeney in the US TV period comedy drama Our Flag Means Death, and is a house music DJ.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2025
He’d be up in the morning, blasting house music or hip-hop, practicing moves the whole day.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
House music, the post-disco form with a 4/4 rhythm and rubbery syncopated basslines, is the genre at the center of the LP, but there is plenty of variety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
From the musicians busking along Venice Beach to the intimate shows at Winston House, music is part of the fabric of Venice.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
House music thumped from the shop’s entrance, guarded by a bouncer in a black suit.
From New York Times ● Oct. 29, 2022
Laura Bush was a guest of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden at a White House music event on the South Lawn featuring Elton John, a longtime advocate for people with HIV/AIDS.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Mixmag posted: "House music has lost an all-time great."
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2021
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