“EDM is a bastardized Top 40 version of house” DJ Zimmie(
Come on be a Rebel and listen to real house music-Don’t be like your friends
they don’t understand music)
Ok
I’ve said I’ll start a music blog for a long time and at the same time I’ve
also kept saying I will write this article, so here it is.
I
feel someone needs to point out to some people especially the newer Generation
what House music is, because if one more person tells me that Steve Aoki,Avcii,
Hardwell or Pitbull is House I’m going to either drink myself to death or Go
all Dexter and Hanibal on you lot.
The
younger generation takes dance music for granted, when I was a kid round about
10 years of age. I would sit and listen to the radio on weekends to catch short
shows where they would play house music. I craved this music so much, it’s what
I looked forward to most on weekends.
So
let me start with a short history because I know the younger generation likes
things to be short. I sympathise with you as I’m adhd.
I
won’t give you a write up on the birth of House music, because you can read
that elsewhere. I’ll give the short version. House music was born in the late
70’s/ early 80’s It was created by names
such As Franki Knuckles,Todd Terry, Lary Leven and Ron Hardy.They created this
sound by combining old Disco records and Euro Pop from the Era, which when
combined created a brand new sound. House was different from Disco, it has a
raw sound to it and deeper bass lines. Here are some examples this era http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWmteg9guoo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNesbHxl0qQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzqhRicKCLM This song was one of the first House tracks
ever made.”You know those song in House music that speak about Jack, well Jack
made that track ;) “
So
as time went on and it was now the mid 80’s Dj’s such as Dj Pierre , Ron Hardy,
Spanky and Herbert J would combine the
records of the time with the sounds from a Roland 303 to produce what was
called Acid house. Here is a clip showing what a Roland 303 is. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P68ZI3n62KA Here's
an acid house track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKbLI8EufNo Here’s an old acid house mix http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4va9DduFwIQ
After
all of the above the 90’s came and House music was getting a commercial
reputation as well. and the scene was gaining momentum world wide. Some of the
names include, Armand Van Helden, Cajmere, Snap,Black Box Adamski, Basement Jax,
Robin S, Dee Lite and many many more.(for the younger people who listen to Pit
Bull. His song Hotel Room was sampled from this song one of the biggest House
Classics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSzpOUwiLkc
Those of us who know our music want to
throw up when we hear the garbage some of the best house songs are remixed
into. I wanted to cry when I heard Hotel
Room for the first time, as it did not honour the original song. While we at it
PitBull does not make house music FFS
In
between what I’ve mentioned, sub genres were born which you can read about in
other blogs and articles. I also will not go into the Birth of Techno and
Trance as this is about House music. I will say though that Techno came from
that Acid House era with the use of the Roland 303’s
So
let’s come back to our Era, The following songs ARE NOT HOUSE MUSIC
THIS
IS HOUSE MUSIC (Can you hear the elements from their forefathers? )
In
closing, start listening to the music not the music video, one is visual the other is audio,
learn the difference. You could play great House music and watch Mtv with no
sound if you really need the visual experience as well.
This Blog post was to show you the difference between House music and what is now called EDM. I other posts I’ll work at converting you to the House Side. EDM Will have a short life and as one artist put it really well”House music will never die” This is because House music evolves and more importantly it touches the soul. Fuck knows what EDM touches, but it’s not the Soul. “For the Love of Jack start opening up your ears”
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