GENRE

Disco House Artists

Four-on-the-floor beats drive sampled disco strings, filtered funk guitar, and buoyant vocal hooks at club-ready tempos.

88 Disco House artists · 524 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Supercircus Records, Glasgow Underground, Toy Tonics

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Artists

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Armand Van Helden
Defected Records · Armada Music · Nothing Else Matters
houseelectronicdance
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A-Trak
Defected Records · Paradise · Alter Music
electronicturntablismhip hop
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O'Flynn
EMI · Night Time Stories (NTS) · Ninja Tune
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Jolyon Petch
Perfect Havoc · Chugg Music · Pop Kulture
electronicahousedeep tropical house
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ATFC
Defected Records · Blockhead Recordings · Big Love
funky househousevocal house
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Babert
Disco Revenge · Soulfuric Deep · Deepalma Records

About Disco House

Purple Disco Machine is among the artists currently making disco house, a house style that draws its identity from disco. It keeps house’s electronic dance framework while foregrounding disco-derived groove and a brighter, more celebratory feel. The result sits near funky house and nu disco, but remains rooted in house’s club-focused pulse rather than recreating disco as a retro style. It offers a direct, rhythmic alternative to the deeper moods of deep house and the leaner mechanics of tech house.

Disco House at a glance

Descriptorsdanceable, uplifting, groovy, warm, glamorous
Characteristicsfour-on-the-floor beat, disco sample loops, funky basslines, string and horn riffs, filtered vocal hooks
Key instrumentsdrum machine, sampler, synthesizer, bass guitar, strings and brass samples
Tempo120–130 BPM
OriginEurope and the United States, early 1990s

Top Labels

Supercircus RecordsGlasgow UndergroundToy TonicsBooth BustersTasty RecordingsDisco RevengeArtFunk RecordsHeist RecordingsDark MondaysMastermix Records

Notable Contributors

Songwriters
MadeonCody CurrieHugo GruzmanJames LyellPeter MatsonJKrivRoger SanchezYour SmithJono MaErnesto PhillipsEno Williams-UffortEmma Louise

Recent Releases

Common questions

What is Disco House?

Disco House is a music genre defined by four-on-the-floor beat, disco sample loops, funky basslines, string and horn riffs, and filtered vocal hooks. Four-on-the-floor beats drive sampled disco strings, filtered funk guitar, and buoyant vocal hooks at club-ready tempos.

What BPM is Disco House?

Disco House tracks typically run between 120 and 130 BPM.

Where did Disco House come from?

Disco House originated in Europe and the United States, early 1990s.

What instruments are used in Disco House?

Disco House is built mainly from drum machine, sampler, synthesizer, bass guitar, and strings and brass samples.

Which Disco House artists are most popular?

Purple Disco Machine, Armand Van Helden, A-Trak, The Shapeshifters, and O'Flynn are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 88 Disco House artists on this page.

Which labels release Disco House?

Supercircus Records, Glasgow Underground, Toy Tonics, Booth Busters, and Tasty Recordings have put out the most Disco House records in the Tracknack catalogue.

What genres are similar to Disco House?

Artists tagged Disco House are most often also tagged House, Electronic, Funky House, Deep House, and Nu Disco.

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