House

House music is a style of electronic dance music initially popularised in mid 1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino and gay communities, first in Chicago, then in New York, Detroit and eventually Europe, before becoming infused in mainstream pop and dance music worldwide.

House music is the descendant of the 1970s dance style of disco, which blended soul, R&B, funk, salsa, rock and pop with a progressive, pro-diversity message. In the late 1970s, disco songs began incorporating electronic sounds, such as Giorgio Moroder's landmark production of Donna Summer's hit single "I Feel Love" (1977). In the same year, Kraftwerk's album “Trans-Europe Express” began to be played in New York discos. The album contains a number of the elements and samples that later appeared in techno and drum and bass.

"On and On" was the first recognised house release to be pressed and sold to the general public and is often cited as the first house music record, although other examples from the same time period, such as J.M. Silk's "Music is the Key" (1985) have also been cited.

House music also incorporated other influences, such as New Wave, reggae, European synthpop, industrial and punk, as well as the emerging hip-hop style. House music DJs experiment with new editing techniques and electronic instruments, such as remixing, sampling, synthesizers and sequencers.

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