Although House music has been around since the early 1980s, its amazing how little people know about it. For many people, the word “house” refers to pretty much any electronic based dance/club music. I’ve heard people refer to Drum and Bass as House, and I’ve heard people refer to House as Drum and Bass. People think Trance is house, they think House is Techno and they think Disco is terrible.

Like all genres, House is in a state of evolution. Music changes through time. The early house sounds from the legendary “Warehouse” club in Chicago circa 1983 are different in many respects to the sounds of today. This evolutionary process has given rise to branch genres of house. Today you can listen to Vocal House, Deephouse, Hard House, Acid House, Tech House, and many more genres of music that have branched out from the earliest House beginnings. Perhaps it is the existence of these different branches of House that cause the confusion in the general population.

A point that I think is worth making clear to people, is that the traditional House sound still exists. In fact, its incredible how little the sound has actually changed. If you can get passed all the subgenres of House and find a pure House track, you will note a direct similarity to the original House sound.

I have found some sites that I thought would help to make this point:
Wikipedia has an extremely informative article on House music. Click…
Phil Cheeseman wrote this interesting article back in 1995, which covers the origin of House. Click…

And here are a selection of classic house tunes that will further help with the definition. These are hosted on Anthems.com
These are RAM files, and require REAL player.
Enjoy these classic sounds

Listen to: Shirley Lewis - Feel Aright
Listen to: Smallage - People of all Nations
Listen to: Eden - Do you Feel For Me
Listen to: Opus III - Its a Fine Day
Listen to: Gat Decor - Passion

Brent Silby (2005)