GENRE

Melodic House Artists

Builds warm synth melodies over steady four-on-the-floor kicks, with gradual breakdowns and expansive pads.

141 Melodic House artists · 577 releases in the last 6 months · Top labels: Armada Music, A State Of Trance Radio, Columbia

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Artists

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Sultan + Shepard
Armada Music · This Never Happened · UN Chamber Music Society (Brenda Vongova, Artistic Director)
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Xinobi
MAR Records · Watergate Records · Frau Blau
electrodanceelectronic

About Melodic House

Recent melodic house releases have largely arrived as standalone singles, with albums also remaining part of the format. It sits within house and is closely associated with melodic techno, progressive house, deep house, tech house and minimal techno.

The term signals a house-focused area of electronic music rather than a fixed, separate style with a single agreed boundary. Its neighbouring genres point to the range listeners may encounter: the sustained builds associated with progressive house, the club framework of techno-adjacent music, and the more spacious approach often linked with deep house. Artists including Ben Böhmer, Tinlicker and Lane 8 are active in the current melodic-house catalogue.

Melodic House at a glance

Descriptorsatmospheric, emotive, hypnotic, uplifting, danceable
Characteristicsfour-on-the-floor rhythms, melodic synthesizer leads, layered arpeggios, gradual builds and breakdowns, textural vocal samples
Key instrumentsdrum machine, synthesizer, sequencer, sampler, DAW
Tempo120–124 BPM
OriginEurope, 2010s

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Notable Contributors

Recent Releases

Come Back Home artwork
Come Back Home
AIKON, Super Flu
Madorasindahouse Records
Landing Soft (Antdot & Maz Remix) artwork
Landing Soft (Antdot & Maz Remix)
Antdot, Maz (BR), Latanya Alberto, Andhim
Superfriends Records
Notorious Thugs (Solomun Remix) artwork
Notorious Thugs (Solomun Remix)
The Notorious B.I.G., Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Solomun
Post Milano artwork
Post Milano
Applied Magic
Undertone artwork
Undertone
Paradoks, Miss Monique
Siona Records
Corner artwork
Corner
Mike Kota, nimino
Unrequited artwork
Unrequited
Global Underground
Panna Cotta Delight (Fever Ray & finnjävel Remix) artwork
Panna Cotta Delight (Fever Ray & finnjävel Remix)
finnjävel, Fever Ray, Peaches
Kill Rock Stars

Common questions

What is Melodic House?

Melodic House is a music genre defined by four-on-the-floor rhythms, melodic synthesizer leads, layered arpeggios, gradual builds and breakdowns, and textural vocal samples. Builds warm synth melodies over steady four-on-the-floor kicks, with gradual breakdowns and expansive pads.

What BPM is Melodic House?

Melodic House tracks typically run between 120 and 124 BPM.

Where did Melodic House come from?

Melodic House originated in Europe, 2010s.

What instruments are used in Melodic House?

Melodic House is built mainly from drum machine, synthesizer, sequencer, sampler, and DAW.

Which Melodic House artists are most popular?

Ben Böhmer, Tinlicker, Lane 8, Sultan + Shepard, and Nils Hoffmann are the highest ranked by Spotify popularity of the 141 Melodic House artists on this page.

Which labels release Melodic House?

Armada Music, A State Of Trance Radio, Columbia, Anjunadeep, and Stil Vor Talent Records have put out the most Melodic House records in the Tracknack catalogue.

What genres are similar to Melodic House?

Artists tagged Melodic House are most often also tagged Melodic Techno, House, Electronic, Deep House, and Techno.

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