history of house part 4

The British connection: late 1980s – early 1990s
In Britain the growth of house can be divided around the “Summer of Love” in 1988. House had a presence in Britain almost as early as it appeared in Chicago; however there was a strong divide between the House music as part of the gay scene and “straight” [...]

The Detroit Connection: early 1980s – late 1980s

The Detroit Connection: early 1980s – late 1980s

Main article: Detroit techno

A form of music was forming at the same time in Detroit, what became known as "Detroit Techno". A major influence to the fusion of eclectic sounds into the signature detroit techno sound was a radio program which ran in the mid 1970s until the [...]

history of house part 2 :Chicago years: early 1980s – late 1980s

In 1983 the Music Box club opened in Chicago. Owned by Robert Williams, the driving force was a DJ, Ron Hardy. The chief characteristics of the club's sound were sheer massive volume and an increased pace to the tunes. The pace was apparently the result of Hardy's heroin use. The club also played a wider [...]

History of house part 1

House, techno, electro and hip hop musicians owe their existence to the pioneers of analog synthesizers and sample based keyboards such as the Minimoog and Mellotron which enabled a wizardry of sounds to exist, available at the touch of a button or key.
Although many people believe house music to have originated from Donna Summer's "I [...]