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Soulful house Soulful house is a genre characterised by smooth and soulful vocals, relaxed atmosphere and melodic structure, as well as by influences from soul, jazz and funk. Tracks are distinguished by slower tempos (122 to 127 bpm), keyboards that give a deep sound, similar to the one from chill-out and lounge. House rhythms are often ...
Deep house is a subgenre of house music [1] [3] [4] that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of Chicago house with the lush chords of 1980s jazz-funk and touches of soul music. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of Larry Heard (aka Mr. Fingers), including his influential track " Can You Feel It ".
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. [11] It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's underground club culture that consisted of Black gay men and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat.
Annual summer events like the Roselle House Music Festival in Warinanco Park, [7] [8] the Trenton House Music Festival, the Weequahic Park House Music Festival, the Plainfield House Music Festival in Cedar Brook Park and the Lincoln Park Music Festival attract families and house music enthusiasts, also known as house heads, dedicated to the classic 1980s Jersey sound.
Soulfuric Recordings is an independent house-music record label owned by Marc Pomeroy and Brian Tappert. It releases soulful house records worldwide and is the owner of music download site Traxsource.com. [1] In 2017 Soulfuric was sold to Defected Ltd.
Internet-only station KVPN Digital 1 in San Francisco is an example of a Rhythmic AC that leans urban with a mix of r&b and deep soulful house vocals, known as an "Urban Chill" format. Another offshoot is Christian rhythmic contemporary , which features Christian orientated Rhythmic music from such artists as KB, Wande, Tedashii, NF, Lecrae ...
Since kwaito was already developed in South Africa before or possibly during the emergence of afro house. [4] It appears the name made immediate differentiation usage of the prefix 'afro', which in context by definition literally means anything relating to Africa and African culture [5] as well as, the seemingly obvious suffix, 'house', in direct relation to house music.
Garage house (originally known as "garage"; [2] local terms include "New York house" [3] and New Jersey sound) is a dance music style [4] that was developed alongside Chicago house music. [5] The genre was popular in the 1980s in the United States and the 1990s in the United Kingdom, where it developed into UK garage and speed garage .