house music
English
editEtymology
editProbably from The Warehouse, a nightclub in Chicago, Illinois, USA, where the music became popular around 1985.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- (music) A particular type of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum.
- Synonym: house
- Hyponym: microhouse
- 1986, Marshall Jefferson (lyrics and music), “Move Your Body”:
- Gotta have house music, all night long / With that house music, you can't go wrong / Give me that house music, set me free
- 1987, “My House”, Chuck Roberts (lyrics), performed by Rhythm Controll:
- House is an uncontrollable desire to jack your body / And, as I told you before, this is our house and our house music
- 2007, Danny Palmerlee, South America on a Shoestring, page 66:
- Corrugated-steel ceilings, a dozen blue-felted pool tables and DJ house music Thursday to Saturday.
Hyponyms
edit- acid house
- afro house
- ambient house
- balearic beat
- bass house
- big room house
- brazilian bass
- color house
- commercial house
- deep house
- diva house
- electro house
- funky house
- future house
- garage house
- ghetto house
- gqom
- hip house
- jackin' house
- kwaito
- Latin house
- melodic house
- microhouse
- organic house
- outsider house
- phonk house
- progressive house
- slap house
- speed house
- tech house
- tribal house
- tropical house
- UK hard house
Translations
edittype of electronic dance music with an uptempo beat and recurring kickdrum
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Noun
edithouse music f (plural house music)
- house music, house
- Synonym: house