GENRE

Jackin' House Artists

Punchy four-on-the-floor drums drive chopped disco samples, rubbery basslines, and short vocal hooks with a loose, swinging groove.

16 Jackin' House artists · 253 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Supercircus Records, Booth Busters, Tasty Recordings

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Artists

About Jackin' House

Jackin' house adds a tougher, more percussive edge to house, built for a sharp, physical dancefloor groove rather than the smoother pull of deep house or the polished sheen of nu disco. Its tracks commonly lean on clipped drum-machine rhythms, jacking basslines, chopped vocal phrases and funk or disco-derived samples. The swing is central: beats feel loose enough to shuffle, but direct enough to hit hard.

Compared with tech house, jackin' house usually puts more emphasis on funk, vocal hooks and old-school house rhythms. Current catalogue artists including Block & Crown and Angelo Ferreri work in this sample-led, groove-first lane, where a short vocal cut or familiar disco fragment can drive the arrangement.

Jackin' House at a glance

Descriptorsfunky, driving, playful, danceable, groovy
Characteristicsfour-on-the-floor kick drums, chopped disco and funk samples, rolling basslines, swung percussion and hi-hats, repetitive vocal hooks
Key instrumentsdrum machine, sampler, synthesizer, turntables
Tempo120–130 BPM
OriginChicago, late 1980s

Top Labels

Supercircus RecordsBooth BustersTasty RecordingsArtFunk RecordsDark MondaysMastermix RecordsMood Funk RecordsPina Colada RecordsUltra BoogieSave The Nightlife

Notable Contributors

Producers
Channel TresNick SylvesterSam HomaeeTommy ParkerJay CenturyLuke SolomonJack LoMastro
Songwriters
Channel TresNick SylvesterSam HomaeeJames EssienAlexander 23Tommy ParkerJay CenturyJack LoMastroJay SteinhourCadenzaMichie OneLuke SolomonCrystal Waters

Recent Releases

Back To The Disco artwork
Back To The Disco
Blur Records
Get On Up and Dance artwork
Get On Up and Dance
House Brigade
Body and Soul EP artwork
Body and Soul EP
Soulfuric Trax
Won't Let You Down artwork
Won't Let You Down
Block & Crown, Casablanca Edits
VIRETTA Records
Powahh! artwork
Powahh!
Erland Galjaard, Block & Crown
Dark Mondays
White Lines artwork
White Lines
Block & Crown, Casablanca Edits
Sophisticated Elite
Bass Funker artwork
Bass Funker
Pietro Over Jack, Angelo Ferreri
RAP JACK MUSIC
What I Don't Get (Radio Mix) artwork
What I Don't Get (Radio Mix)
Andrea Carissimi, Angelo Ferreri
House Deluxe Recordings
Lose My Mind artwork
Lose My Mind
Soul Evidence Records
Proper Beats artwork
Proper Beats
Over The Top
Give It Up artwork
Give It Up
Miura Records
Can't Take This Party artwork
Can't Take This Party
Supercircus Records
Got To Love Somebody artwork
Got To Love Somebody
Save The Nightlife

Common questions

What is Jackin' House?

Jackin' House is a music genre defined by four-on-the-floor kick drums, chopped disco and funk samples, rolling basslines, swung percussion and hi-hats, and repetitive vocal hooks. Punchy four-on-the-floor drums drive chopped disco samples, rubbery basslines, and short vocal hooks with a loose, swinging groove.

What BPM is Jackin' House?

Jackin' House tracks typically run between 120 and 130 BPM.

Where did Jackin' House come from?

Jackin' House originated in Chicago, late 1980s.

What instruments are used in Jackin' House?

Jackin' House is built mainly from drum machine, sampler, synthesizer, and turntables.

Which Jackin' House artists are most popular?

HP Vince, Block & Crown, Eats Everything, Angelo Ferreri, and Sebb Junior are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 16 Jackin' House artists on this page.

Which labels release Jackin' House?

Supercircus Records, Booth Busters, Tasty Recordings, ArtFunk Records, and Dark Mondays have put out the most Jackin' House records in the Tracknack catalogue.

What genres are similar to Jackin' House?

Artists tagged Jackin' House are most often also tagged House, Funky House, Tech House, Deep House, and Nu Disco.

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