Chicago House Artists
Driving four-on-the-floor drums support repeating piano riffs, soulful diva vocals, and raw drum-machine grooves.
22 Chicago House artists · 73 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Heist Recordings, InHouse Records, Armada Music
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About Chicago House
Chicago house strips house back to the mid-to-late-1980s records made by Chicago DJs and producers, rather than later regional variations of the style. Its identity is tied to the city’s original house community, with figures including Ron Hardy and Phuture associated with that early sound. Compared with deep house, techno, or disco house, Chicago house points less to a separate modern formula than to house’s local foundation: club-focused electronic dance music rooted in Chicago’s first wave of producers and DJs.
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What is Chicago House?
Chicago House is a music genre defined by four-on-the-floor drum patterns, Roland drum machine rhythms, repetitive piano and synth riffs, sampled disco and soul vocals, and DJ-oriented extended grooves. Driving four-on-the-floor drums support repeating piano riffs, soulful diva vocals, and raw drum-machine grooves.
What BPM is Chicago House?
Chicago House tracks typically run between 118 and 130 BPM.
Where did Chicago House come from?
Chicago House originated in Chicago, mid to late 1980s.
What instruments are used in Chicago House?
Chicago House is built mainly from drum machine, synthesizer, sampler, turntables, and piano.
Which Chicago House artists are most popular?
Todd Terry, Frankie Knuckles, Mike Dunn, Mr. Fingers, and Green Velvet are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 22 Chicago House artists on this page.
Which labels release Chicago House?
Heist Recordings, InHouse Records, Armada Music, FXHE Records, and Farris Wheel Recordings have put out the most Chicago House records in the Tracknack catalogue.
What genres are similar to Chicago House?
Artists tagged Chicago House are most often also tagged House, Deep House, Electronic, Techno, and Classic House.
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