house music

American  

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.

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House music British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of house music

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

Example Sentences

DJ Dan, a major figure in West Coast house music whose work helped seed California’s globally influential rave culture, has died.

From Los Angeles Times

Simply put, JOP was scratching a creative itch by flirting with Jersey club, drill and house music.

From Los Angeles Times

Raddon ventures away from his standard four-on-the-floor house music and into broken beats on “Started Over.”

From Los Angeles Times

"It was so early in the life cycle of house music coming up from the underground. DJs loved it and all the gay clubs loved it - but there wasn't the media attention."

From BBC

German producer DJ Koze brought his warm and affecting style of house music to his fourth album, in which careful arrangements and programming and a team of low-key guest vocalists convey feelings of nostalgia and longing.

From The Wall Street Journal