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{{Infobox music genre
|name = Electro house
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|stylistic_origins = [[Acid house|Acid house]] {{citation needed|date=July 2012}} • [[Chiptune]] • [[Electro (music)|Electro]] • [[Electroclash]] • [[French house]] • [[Hi-NRG]] • [[House music|House]] • [[Pop music|Pop]] • [[Synthpop]] • [[Tech house]]
|cultural_origins = Late 1990s–early 2000s, <br> [[Europe]], [[Japan]], [[United States]]
|instruments = [[Drum machine]], [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboard]], [[Personal computer]], [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]], [[Music sequencer|Sequencer]], [[Synthesizer]]
|popularity = late 2000s to present
|derivatives = [[Electro house#Subgenres|Complextro]] • [[Dutch house]] • [[Fidget house]] • [[Moombahton]]
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'''Electro house''' is a [[music genre|subgenre]] of [[house music]] influenced by [[1980s in music|1980s music]].<ref name="inthemix Eric Prydz presents Pryda">{{cite web|last=angry|title=Eric Prydz - Eric Prydz presents Pryda|url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/music/52968/Eric_Prydz_Eric_Prydz_presents_Pryda|publisher=inthemix|accessdate=5 June 2012|quote=But even more defining was the ‘80s aesthetic, one of the key inspirations behind the explosion of electro house in 2005.}}</ref><ref name="3345 DJ Cyclopedia House music styles">{{cite web|title=Music Definitions - House music : styles|url=http://3345.com.au/cyclopedia/lev3_music_house_styles.htm|work=DJ Cyclopedia|publisher=3345|quote=Electro house : Sometimes resembles tech house, but often influenced by the 'electro' sound of the early 1980's, aka breakdancing music, via samples or just synthesizer usage.}}</ref> Its origins are obscure, with sources claiming varying influence from 1980s-[[electro (music)|electro]],<ref name="3345 DJ Cyclopedia House music styles"/> [[electroclash]],<ref name="da-housemusic Tumblr">{{cite web|title=Electro House|url=http://da-housemusic.tumblr.com/|publisher=Tumblr|accessdate=12 June 2012|quote=It was in the early 2000s when a big movement of electroclash being mixed with synthpop. Meanwhile, tech house was also becoming more known and gaining some serious buzz. When the two were combined that is when Electro House came to be the way it is now. ... 'Satisfaction' was one of those songs that people would have stuck in their head for days. This song still continues to receive a lot of attention even now. It won world wide rewards as well as make Benny Benassi the father of Electro House.}}</ref> [[pop music|pop]],<ref name="HubPages Style Music">{{cite web|last=music2electro|title=Electro House of Style Music|publisher=HubPages|quote=Many people want to to find out exactly where did this style of music emerge from. There isn't any factual evidence to prove anything. As with most music history, it isn't certain. ... It is noted that about ten years ago there was a large revolutionary time in electro music being mixed with pop. At the same time tech house was gaining popularity. When the two were mixed that is when Electro House came to be the way it is now.}}</ref> [[synthpop]],<ref name="da-housemusic Tumblr"/><ref name="new-electro-house-music Blogger Quick Introduction">{{cite web|last=Electro Man|title=Quick Introduction to Electro House Genre|url=http://new-electro-house-music.blogspot.ca/2010/06/quick-introduction-to-electro-house.html|work=Electronic Music Blog!|publisher=Blogger|accessdate=12 June 2012|quote=It was in the early 2000s when a big movement of electroclash being mixed with synthpop. At the same time tech house was gaining popularity. With the right events happening at the right times, the two came together [to form electro house].}}</ref> and [[tech house]].<ref name="da-housemusic Tumblr"/><ref name="HubPages Style Music"/><ref name="new-electro-house-music Blogger Quick Introduction"/> It has subsequently become a hard form of house music.<ref name="USA Today EDM glossary">{{cite web|last=Lopez|first=Korina|title=Electronic dance music glossary|url=http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/story/2011-12-13/electronic-music-glossary/51863490/1|publisher=USA Today|accessdate=17 May 2012|quote=Electro: 'It's meant so many things in the last 30 years. Originally, it meant futuristic electronic music and was used to describe Kraftwerk and Afrika Bambaataa. Now, it means hard electronic dance music.' Electro can be used as an adjective, such as electro-house and electro-pop.}}</ref> The term has been used to describe the music of many of the world's top [[disc jockey|DJ]]s, such as [[David Guetta]], [[deadmau5]], [[Skrillex]] and [[Tiësto]].<ref name="DJMag Top 100 DJs 2011">{{cite web|title=Top 100 DJs 2011|url=http://www.djmag.com/top100|publisher=DJMag.com|accessdate=5 June 2012}}</ref>
== Characteristics ==
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Electro house, sometimes resembling [[tech house]], typically retains elements of [[house music]] and can incorporate [[electro (music)|electro]]-influenced [[synth]]s and [[sampling (music)|samples]].<ref name="3345 DJ Cyclopedia House music styles"/> It often has a "dirty" bass sound created from [[Sawtooth wave|saw wave]]s with [[Dynamic range compression|compression]] and [[Distortion (music)|distortion]].<ref>{{cite journal | title = How To Create Electro House Style Bass | journal = How to Make Electronic Music | date = 2011-10-11 | first = Petri | last = Suhonen| id = | url = http://howtomakeelectronicmusic.com/how-to-create-electro-house-style-bass-with-3xosc | accessdate = 2012-08-17}}</ref>
== History ==
The exact origins of the electro house are uncertain.<ref name="HubPages Style Music"/> The genre has sometimes been seen as a [[fusion genre]] of electro and house,<ref name="oXidant Electro House">{{cite web|title=Electro House|url=http://www.oxidant.ru/genre/4579_1.htm|publisher=oXidant|accessdate=5 June 2012|language=Russian|quote=Electro House - это смесь двух стилей Electro и House.}}{{verify credibility|date=July 2012}}</ref> or a term created from using "electro" as an adjective (meaning "futuristic" or "hard") for "house".<ref name="USA Today EDM glossary"/> Another claim is that it comes from a mix of electro, [[pop music|pop]], and tech house,<ref name="HubPages Style Music"/> or [[electroclash]], [[synthpop]], and tech house.<ref name="da-housemusic Tumblr"/> [[French house]], by artists such as [[Justice (band)|Justice]] and especially [[Daft Punk]], has also been considered a strong influence.
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Use of the term dates to at least as far back as 1998, when it was used to refer to tracks with both electro and house influences by artists such as [[Afrika Bambaataa]] ("[[Planet Rock (song)|Planet Rock]] '98") and [[Run-D.M.C.]] vs. [[Jason Nevins]] ("[[It's Tricky]] (Jason's Nevins Radio Edit)").<ref name="Eurodance Hits Polystar Electro House">{{cite web|title=Electro House|url=http://www.eurodancehits.com/music/electrohouse.htm|work=Polystar|publisher=Eurodance Hits|accessdate=5 June 2012}}</ref> Earlier tracks by bands such as [[Basement Jaxx]] in 1997,<ref>{{cite web|title=The Urban Haze EP|url=http://www.beatport.com/release/the-urban-haze-ep/290111|publisher=Beatport|accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref> Arrivers in 1996,<ref>{{cite web|title=Arrivers - Dark Invader|url=http://www.beatport.com/release/arrivers-dark-invader/50014|publisher=Beatport|accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref> and Sublime in 1993<ref>{{cite web|title=Transamerican|url=http://www.beatport.com/release/transamerican/278308|publisher=Beatport|accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref> have also been retroactively labelled as electro house. The 1992 [[chiptune]] [[Discography of the Streets of Rage series|video game soundtrack]] for ''[[Streets of Rage 2]]'', composed by [[Yuzo Koshiro]], features tracks combining house music with "dirty" electro and is considered ahead of its time.<ref name="gradar_sor2">{{cite web|last=McNeilly|first=Joe|title=Game music of the day: Streets of Rage 2|url=http://www.gamesradar.com/game-music-of-the-day-streets-of-rage-2/|publisher=[[GamesRadar]]|accessdate=28 July 2012|date=April 19, 2010|quote=Streets of Rage 2’s revolutionary 1992 soundtrack was ahead of its time ... It’s an amazing blend of swaggering house synths, dirty eletro-funk and trancey electronic textures ...}}</ref>
[[Mr. Oizo]]'s 1999 hit "[[Flat Beat]]" has also been considered an early example of the genre,<ref>{{cite web|title=Flat Beat|url=http://www.beatport.com/release/flat-beat/20300|publisher=Beatport|accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref> along with "[[Satisfaction (Benny Benassi song)|Satisfaction]]" in 2002 by [[Benny Benassi]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Satisfaction|url=http://www.beatport.com/release/satisfaction/46996|publisher=Beatport|accessdate=10 June 2012}}</ref> who is seen as a forerunner of the genre who brought it to the mainstream.<ref name="da-housemusic Tumblr"/><ref name="HubPages Style Music"/> Other electro house producers who emerged in the early 2000s include [[David Guetta]] and [[Yasutaka Nakata]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bounce.com/article/article.php/4045/ALL/|title=Perfume Interview|publisher=bounce.com|date=2008-02-07|accessdate=2009-06-02|language = Japanese|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20081209084048/http://www.bounce.com/article/article.php/4045/ALL/|archivedate=2008-12-09}} ([http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=ja&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fweb.archive.org%2Fweb%2F20081209084048%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.bounce.com%2Farticle%2Farticle.php%2F4045%2FALL%2F English translation])</ref> By 2005, the genre saw an increase in popularity.<ref name="inthemix Eric Prydz presents Pryda"/> In November 2006, electro house tracks "[[Put Your Hands Up 4 Detroit|Put Your Hands Up For Detroit]]" by [[Fedde Le Grand]] and "[[Yeah Yeah]]" by [[Bodyrox]] and [[Luciana Caporaso|Luciana]] held the number one and number two spots, respectively, in the UK Top 40 singles charts.<ref name=everyHit>{{cite web|title=UK Top 40 Hit Database|url=http://www.everyhit.com/|publisher=everyHit.com|accessdate=25 August 2012}}</ref> Since then, electro house producers such as [[Avicii]], [[deadmau5]], [[Knife Party]], and [[Skrillex]]<ref name="Guardian New Band Skrillex">{{cite web|last=Lester|first=Paul|title=Skrillex (No 1,096)|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/sep/01/new-band-skrillex|work=New band of the day|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=25 August 2012|date=1 September 2011|quote=... Skrillex, a 23-year-old electro-house/dubstep producer ...}}</ref> have emerged and become increasingly popular.
== Subgenres ==
=== Complextro ===
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'''Complextro''' is typified by [[glitch (music)|glitchy]], intricate bass-lines and synth leads created with many instruments in quick succession.<ref name="Yahoo! What is Complextro?">{{cite web|last=Barboza|first=Trenton|title=What is Complextro? An Emerging Genre Explained|url=http://voices.yahoo.com/what-complextro-emerging-genre-explained-9452941.html|work=Voices|publisher=Yahoo!|accessdate=25 June 2012|quote=The genre's name is a combination of the words 'Complex' and 'Electro' creating 'Complextro.' Producing this form of music is incredibly intricate and often requires a large amount of instruments that are layered close to each other within a piece of music sequencing software. This often results in a glitch, giving the genre its unique feel. ... Complextro is slowly gaining worldwide popularity due to high profile electronic producers such as Skrillex, Porter Robinson, and Crookers.}}</ref><ref name="Electronic Music Boulder Weekly">{{cite web|last=Nutting|first=P.J.|title=Electronic Music... through 18-year-old eyes|url=http://www.boulderweekly.com/article-5382-electronic-music.html|publisher=Boulder Weekly|accessdate=25 June 2012|date=April 21, 2011|quote=Like conducting for a punchy electro orchestra, each 'instrument' gets a moment of focus before leaping to another, uniting them all in a compelling way. YouTube generation musicologists have dubbed this sound 'complextro' (a mash-up of 'complex' and 'electro') ...}}</ref><ref name=/r/Complextro>{{cite web|title=Complextro|url=http://www.reddit.com/r/Complextro/|publisher=Reddit|accessdate=25 June 2012|quote=This music is complex, hence the name, with artists producing basslines/leads that are very intricate sometimes involving 8+ different synth sounds per 2 bar loop. Artists like Uppermost & Wolfgang Gartner [are] pioneering the genre.}}</ref> The term, a [[portmanteau]] of the words "complex" and "electro",<ref name="Yahoo! What is Complextro?"/><ref name="Electronic Music Boulder Weekly"/><ref name="Porter Robinson tweet">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/PorterRobinson/statuses/100706347779235840|title=Tweet by Porter Robinson|quote=when i made [the word 'complextro'], i wanted a portmanteu to describe my sound. complex+electro=complextro. it has since became the name of the style:)}}</ref> was coined by [[Porter Robinson]] to describe the sound of his music.<ref name="Porter Robinson tweet"/> He has cited [[video game music|video game sounds]], or [[chiptune]]s, as an influence on his style of music along with 1980s [[analog synthesizer|analog synth]] music.<ref name="nashville_complextro">{{cite web|last=Hurt|first=Edd|title=Electro wunderkind and self-described 'complextro' Porter Robinson recognizes no technological constraints|url=http://www.nashvillescene.com/nashville/electro-wunderkind-and-self-described-complextro-porter-robinson-recognizes-no-technological-constraints/Content?oid=2911857|work=[[Nashville Scene]]|accessdate=28 July 2012|date=June 28, 2012}}</ref> Other prominent producers of the genre include [[Crookers]],<ref name="Yahoo! What is Complextro?"/> [[Skrillex]],<ref name="Yahoo! What is Complextro?"/> [[Uppermost]],<ref name=/r/Complextro/> and [[Wolfgang Gartner]].<ref name=/r/Complextro/>
===Fidget house===
'''Fidget house''', or '''fidget''', is "defined by snatched vocal snippets, pitch-bent dirty basslines and rave-style synth stabs over glitchy 4/4 beats."<ref name="guardian">{{cite web|last=McDonnell|first=John|title=Welcome to the fidget house|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2008/sep/08/welcometofidgethouse|work=Music Blog|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=26 June 2012|date=September 8, 2008|quote=... fidget house - a joke term made up a few years ago by Switch and Jesse Rose. ... Fidget producers like to think of themselves as global music connoisseurs, hand-picking bits from genres such as Chicago house, rave, UK garage, US hip-hop, Baltimore club, Kuduro and other 'authentic' world music genres.}}</ref> It contains influences from [[Baltimore club]], [[bassline (dance music)|bassline]], [[Chicago house]], [[Kuduro]], [[rave music|rave]], [[UK garage]], US [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[world music]].<ref name="guardian" /> Prominent artists include [[The Bloody Beetroots]], [[Crookers]], [[Danger (musician)|Danger]],{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} [[Hervé (DJ)|Hervé]], [[Sinden]], and [[Switch (house DJ)|Switch]]. The term fidget house was coined by DJs/producers Jesse Rose and Switch, "as a joke, which has now gone a little too far."<ref name="guardian" /><ref name="djmag">{{cite web|title=Jesse Rose Interview|publisher=DJMag.com|url=http://www.djmag.com/news/detail/317%20Interview%20with%20Jesse%20Rose%20on%20DJMag.com|accessdate=26 June 2012|quote=We came up with 'fidget house' as a joke, which has now gone a little too far.}}</ref>
===Dutch house===
'''Dutch house''', often nicknamed '''dirty Dutch''', is a style of electro house that originated in the [[Netherlands]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dutchhousemusic.ru/ | title = Dutch House Music | accessdate = 2012-08-19}}</ref> It is primarily defined by complex rhythms made from Latin-influenced drum kits, a lower emphasis on basslines, and squeaky, high-pitched lead synths. Influences on the subgenre include [[Madchester]], [[Hip hop music|hip hop]], [[Detroit techno]], and other urban styles of music.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.dirty-dutch.com/content/dirty-dutch-moves-rai-ziggo-dome-october-19-during-amsterdam-dance-event | title = Dirty Dutch moves from RAI to Ziggo Dome | accessdate = 2012-08-03 | author = Dirty Dutch | date = 17 Jul 2012 | quote = Known for their fusion of musical genres such as house, hip-hop, electro, urban and techno showcasing both Dutch and internationally acclaimed artists alike, the Dirty Dutch events have escalated to accommodate the huge demand, consistently selling out to tens of thousands of partygoers.}}</ref> Prominent artists include [[Afrojack]], [[Chuckie (DJ)|Chuckie]], [[Hardwell]], [[Switch (house DJ)|Switch]], and [[Tiësto]].
===Moombahton===
{{Main|Moombahton}}
'''Moombahton''' is a mixture of Dutch house and [[reggaeton]].<ref name="The Record Moombahton">{{cite web|last=Yenigun|first=Sami|title=Moombahton: Born In D.C., Bred Worldwide|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2011/03/19/134661427/moombahton-born-in-d-c-bred-worldwide|work=The Record|publisher=NPR Music|accessdate=25 August 2012|date=18 March 2011|quote=... Moombahton is a cross between Dutch house music and reggaeton.}}</ref> Its identifying characteristics include a "thick, spread-out bass line; some dramatic builds; and a two-step pulse, with quick drum fills",<ref name="Washington City Paper: Moombahton">{{cite web|last=Fischer |first=Jonathan L. |url=http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/articles/40191/our-year-in-moombahton/ |title=Our Year in Moombahton: How a local DJ created a genre, and why D.C.'s ascendant dance scene couldn’t contain it |publisher=Washington City Paper |date=December 24, 2010 |accessdate=November 17, 2011|quote=The sound has a few basic identifying characteristics: A thick, spread-out bass line; some dramatic builds; and a two-step pulse, with quick drum fills.}}</ref> but it has "no real rules beyond working within a 108 [[Beats per minute|bpm]] range."<ref name="Spin Moombahton">{{cite web|last=Patel|first=Puja|title=Hot New Sound: Moombahton Goes Boom!|url=http://www.spin.com/node/90428|work=Spin|accessdate=16 February 2012|quote=Nada says Moombahton has 'no real rules beyond working within a 108 bpm range.' ... Munchi, a 21-year-old Dutchman who released heavily club-influenced Moombahton tracks ...}}</ref> A [[portmanteau]] of "moombah" and "reggaeton", moombahton was created by DJ Dave Nada when he slowed down the tempo of the [[Afrojack]] remix of the Silvio Ecomo & [[Chuckie (DJ)|Chuckie]] song "Moombah" to please party-goers with tastes in reggaeton.<ref name="Washington City Paper: Moombahton"/> Other prominent producers of the genre include Dillon Francis, [[Diplo (DJ)|Diplo]], and [[Munchi (DJ)|Munchi]].<ref name="Spin Moombahton"/>
''[[Moombahcore]]'' is a style of moombahton with influences from [[dubstep]] and electro house outside of Dutch house.<ref name="Freaky Loops Moombahton">{{cite web|title=Moombahcore|url=http://www.loopmasters.com/product/details/1159|work=Freaky Loops|publisher=Loopmasters|accessdate=25 August 2012|quote=The sound proved irresistible on the dance floor – slow and sexy like reggaeton, but hard-edged like electro house even dubstep at the same time. ... Characteristics of the Moombahcore; chopped vocals, monster dubstep basses, extended and enhanced build-ups and the introduction of fat kicks and percussion elements.}}</ref> Characteristics of the genre include chopped vocals, dubstep-influenced bass sounds, and extensive build-ups.<ref name="Freaky Loops Moombahton"/> Artists who have produced moombahcore include [[Knife Party]] and [[Skrillex]].
== See also ==
* [[List of electro house artists]]
== Notes ==
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