Underground house has been a common club choice in the United
Kingdom, Benelux, etc for many years. The reason for this is because it
is one of the most danceable genres in the scene. It is the easiest
thing to shuffle, c-walk, cut shapes and more to. The easily
determinable beat as well as the significant bass are what shaped the
club bangers to be what they are today.
The big room era lasted
quite long, almost three years in the mainstream. A lot of DJs still
play big room tunes at festivals because they make the crowd
jump...literally. The post-big room era is happening now, with a lot of
artists refusing to play big room in general due to its lack of
originality and abundant predictability.
So a question may arise:
what house music is being played now? Truthfully the answer is that the
community is quite split up, everyone enjoying slightly different types
of house. One of the major communities of house fans are focused on the
Kygo-inspired tropical house, which there is an abundance of in 2015
following the huge success of Kygo. Massive air-time on UK and American
radios for Kygo meant attracting a lot of new fans to the tropical house
genre.
Tropical house isn't the only genre that received tons of
new attention after big room declined; there is also “future house”
which would be typically described as deep house with a metallic synth,
typically a few beats per minute faster deep house but also a few beats
per minute slower than electro house. Best examples of this genre are
Tchami with his unofficial remix of AlunaGeorge’s You Know You Like It.
That tune along with his remix of Janet Jackson’s Go Deep are what truly
defined the future house known today. Music is constantly evolving, as
is future house. Modern acts of future house include Oliver Heldens,
Jonas Aden, Mesto (the man responsible for co-producing Martin Garrix’s
debut “future house” tune), Mike Williams, DEVI, and more.
Related: http://thrills.xyz/week-in-review-11-11-2015/
Lastly
there is the classic case of jackin house which has been popular in UK
clubs for the past 20 years, in some form or another. Jackin house often
gets influences from older underground house, garage, speed garage, and
more combinations of genres. Usually jackin house and related genres
are exclusively made for club and dance related environments. Due to
this, it is very uncommon to see popular examples of this kind of music.
The closest thing to jackin house that has become mainstream is the act
known as Gorgon City, scoring a top-ranking album in the UK charts,
smashing all competition. Another popular instance of this kind of music
is “House Every Weekend” by David Zowie, which is sitting at a cool 22
million views on YouTube. It is still nothing compared to the likes of
Taylor Swift or Katy Perry, but it shows that if you expose people to
different kinds of music, they will definitely listen to it.
Related: Thrills
It
is important to have a varied taste in music, even if that means
ditching what you already listen to. There is a lot of good music out
there, a lot of it even available for free download. In the underground
house scene, exposure is often valued more than money, as most money for
artists in this genre comes from performing at events. If you haven't
checked out songs in the genres aforementioned in the article, consider
doing so and expanding your taste in music.
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