GENRE

Lo-Fi House Artists

Dusty drum machines and muffled house chords play through tape hiss, with warm basslines and clipped vocal samples.

75 Lo-Fi House artists · 144 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Toy Tonics, Heist Recordings, MUJA

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Artists

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Mall Grab
LG105 · Columbia · Fragrance Recordings
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1tbsp
Recherche & Développement · Higher Ground · R&D
Houseelectronic
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Baltra
96 and Forever · LB aka LABAT · Future Classic
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Leon Vynehall
Ooze · Studio Ooze
deep househouseelectronic

About Lo-Fi House

Mall Grab and DJ Seinfeld are associated with lo-fi house’s deliberately degraded production, where steady house drums sit beneath tape hiss, muffled samples and softened synths. The music keeps house’s dance-floor pulse but trades polished club sonics for distortion, compression and a worn, often nostalgic feel. Compared with deep house, its chords and basslines can feel less sleek; compared with techno, the groove is usually looser and more sample-led. Brief vocal fragments, dusty percussion and hazy melodies give tracks an intimate, imperfect texture without losing their rhythmic drive.

Lo-Fi House at a glance

Descriptorsnostalgic, dusty, hypnotic, warm, melancholic
Characteristicsfour-on-the-floor drum patterns, degraded sample textures, vinyl crackle and tape hiss, detuned chords and synths, loop-based arrangements
Key instrumentsdrum machine, sampler, synthesizer, turntable, digital audio workstation
Tempo110–125 BPM
OriginEurope, mid-2010s

Top Labels

Notable Contributors

Producers
Cody CurrieDJ SeinfeldReggie GoodchildHarvey SutherlandOden & FatzoJake StewartDave 1
Songwriters
Cody CurrieDJ SeinfeldJanet PlanetSugar BonesLewis StephensonWilliam FattoriARYJake StewartAlexandre DessauxMichael KatzAbel DrouetConor NeesonBaba Stiltz

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Common questions

What is Lo-Fi House?

Lo-Fi House is a music genre defined by four-on-the-floor drum patterns, degraded sample textures, vinyl crackle and tape hiss, detuned chords and synths, and loop-based arrangements. Dusty drum machines and muffled house chords play through tape hiss, with warm basslines and clipped vocal samples.

What BPM is Lo-Fi House?

Lo-Fi House tracks typically run between 110 and 125 BPM.

Where did Lo-Fi House come from?

Lo-Fi House originated in Europe, mid-2010s.

What instruments are used in Lo-Fi House?

Lo-Fi House is built mainly from drum machine, sampler, synthesizer, turntable, and digital audio workstation.

Which Lo-Fi House artists are most popular?

Cult Member, Mall Grab, DJ Seinfeld, jamesjamesjames, and 1tbsp are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 75 Lo-Fi House artists on this page.

Which labels release Lo-Fi House?

Toy Tonics, Heist Recordings, MUJA, All My Thoughts, and Friends Of Friends have put out the most Lo-Fi House records in the Tracknack catalogue.

What genres are similar to Lo-Fi House?

Artists tagged Lo-Fi House are most often also tagged House, Deep House, Electronic, Jazz House, and Techno.

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