GENRE

Lo-Fi House Artists

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

74 Lo-Fi House artists · 156 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Toy Tonics, Heist Recordings, MUJA

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Artists

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Mall Grab
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96 and Forever · LB aka LABAT · Future Classic
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Leon Vynehall
Ooze · Studio Ooze
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Youandewan
The Brane Records · Small Hours · The Brane

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
DJ SeinfeldCody CurrieHarvey SutherlandReggie GoodchildJake StewartMichael Katz
Songwriters
Cody CurrieDJ SeinfeldSugar BonesJanet PlanetLewis StephensonARYJake StewartMichael KatzMichael SilverConor Neesonbilly woodsBeatriz de RijkeM. KatzNicole Leibman

Recent Releases

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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?

Mall Grab, Cult Member, DJ Seinfeld, jamesjamesjames, and Baltra are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 74 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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