a.k.a. World Cup Distraction Exercise: Fat Roland's A-Z guide to the most important words or phrases in electronica and their associated "facts"
House music exists because it is easy for DJs to mix.
House has often dominated dance music because it is a massive genre encompassing Josh Wink, Donna Summer, Deadmau5, Urban Cookie Collective, Tiësto and M People.
Some people say it was invented by Hugh Laurie when he realised his medical career was going nowhere. Some people say it died when Doop got to number one, although they did everyone a favour when they knocked Mariah Carey off the top spot.
Trance and acid house are good versions of house music, although the likes of Daft Punk, Justice and, more recently, Dam-Funk have reclaimed the mainstream genre for greater good.
According to Official Chart Company regulations section 47 paragraph 973, it is compulsory to have a house remix on your single.
Top five house music rhymes:
- Dmitri From Paris / Calvin Harris
- 808 State / Sven Väth
- K-Klass / Timo Mass
- Black Box / Carl Cox
- Anything ending in "Project" tends to rhyme with other things ending in "Project" and believe me there are a lot of them
For more Chosen Words, click the tag at the bottom of this post.
the other day I played some house music and I thought it was funny because we live in a flat
ReplyDeleteI get the same thing when I play nosebleed techno and I don't actually have a nosebleed.
ReplyDeleteWere there ever genres called "Bungalow", "Maisonette" or "Caravan Park"?
ReplyDeleteNo, but there is Garage!
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