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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Now, he sees the growing popularity of genres such as amapiano - a popular South African house music subgenre - as an opportunity to broaden the scene.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2026
Attendees strain their voices talking about elections and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey as they compete with indiscernible house music and the baseball game.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
It’s not just an event, but it’s also like a sub label of Soulection that focuses on electronic music, a lot of Afro electronic music but not just that — just house music in general.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Wall-to-wall bodies, neon lights and pulsating house music greeted her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
Kwaito, a South African mix of hip-hop and house music, blared from cars that passed us.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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
House music, born in Chicago, brought an electronic foundation to post-disco disco music that has continued, through myriad new subgenres and international offshoots, to inform dance culture to this day.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2024
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
Disco appetizers moving into European House music, but never shying away from old-school hip-hop and other upbeat dance tracks.
From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2020
House music DJ Judge Jules says it wasn't what was taught in the classroom that made many pupils in his former school successful, it was down to its location in a middle-class area.
From BBC ● May 6, 2011
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