20 Facts About House music

House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute.

House music expanded internationally to other American cities such as New York City and became a worldwide phenomenon.

House music has remained popular on radio and in clubs while retaining a foothold on the underground scenes across the globe.

The drum beats in house music are almost always provided by an electronic drum machine, often a Roland TR-808, TR-909, or a TR-707.

House music could be produced on "cheap and consumer-friendly electronic equipment" and used sound gear, which made it easier for independent labels and DJs to create tracks.

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House music tracks are often based on eight-bar sections which are repeated.

House music tracks build up slowly, by adding layers of sound and texture, and by increasing the volume.

One 2009 book states the name house music originated from a Chicago club called the Warehouse, which existed from 1977 to 1983.

Clubbers to the Warehouse were primarily black, gay men, who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ Frankie Knuckles, who fans refer to as the "godfather of house".

House music came over to my club one night, and into the DJ booth and said to me, 'I've got the gimmick that's gonna take all the people out of your club and into mine – it's called House music.

Patrons later asked for new music for the bins, which Chip E implies was a demand the shop tried to meet by stocking newer local club hits.

House music dancing is associated with a complete freedom of expression.

House music explored adding a drum machine and a reel-to-reel tape player so he could create new tracks, often with a boosted deep register and faster tempos.

Precursor to house music is the Colonel Abrams hit song "Trapped", produced by Richard James Burgess in 1984, referred to as a proto-house track and a precursor to garage house.

In Detroit during the early and mid-1980s, a new kind of electronic dance House music began to emerge around Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, known as the Belleville Three.

House music first charted in the UK in Wolverhampton following the success of the Northern Soul scene.

Early British house music quickly set itself apart from the original Chicago house sound.

House music had part in the development of an entirely new kind of Chicago house sound, "ghetto house", which was prominently released and popularized through the Dance Mania record label.

House music was being developed by DJs and record producers in the booming dance club scene in Ibiza notably when DJ Alfredo, the father of Balearic house, began his residency at Amnesia in 1983.

Ozn released the Mike "Hitman" Wilson remix of Dada Nada's "Haunted House music", which garnered club and mix show radio play in Chicago, Detroit and New York as well as in the UK and France.