house music

noun

1. an up-tempo style of disco music characterized by deep bass rhythms, piano or synthesizer melodies, and soul-music singing, sometimes with elements of rap music.

House music

noun

1. a type of disco music originating in the late 1980s, based on funk, with fragments of other recordings edited in electronically

Word History and Origins

Origin of house music¹

1985–90; probably after the Ware house , a dance club in Chicago

Example Sentences

When the presentations wrap up around 9:30 p.m., the crowd moves toward the front of the large venue, where a DJ is spinning house music in a pink-lit room.

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From a distance, this scene may look like a typical house party, which is exactly the allure of “Black House Radio,” a YouTube show and L.A. event series spotlighting Black DJs who specialize in house music.

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“Black house music was made in our homes,” says Donte.

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He adds that he felt frustrated when he would go out and see more white DJs getting booked to play house music than Black performers, who created and popularized the genre in the 1970s.

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Aside from at select events like newcomer TheyHouse and Utopia, which have been elevating house music in L.A. for years.

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