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This is a list of artists who have been involved with house music, a genre of electronic dance music. This includes artists who have either been very important to the house music genre or have had a considerable amount of exposure (such as in the case of one who has been on a major label). This list does not include little-known local artists. Groups are listed by the first letter in the group ...
House is a genre of electronic dance music characterized by a repetitive four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 115–130 beats per minute. [11] It was created by DJs and music producers from Chicago's Black gay underground club culture and evolved slowly in the early/mid 1980s as DJs began altering disco songs to give them a more mechanical beat.
The early house music sound was a "dialogue" between Hispanic, [2] and Black American post-disco [3] [4] [5] and European post-punk [6] [7] electronic music and their traditions with Italo-disco picked or, emulated the most, [8] as the template for house music. [9]
The group's output consists mainly of house music songs. When the group started, Herbert was the singer, with Milan playing the piano, and Hedge on production. After Herbert left, both Hedge and Milan started to share production duties, vocals, and playing most of the instruments of the group's tracks and albums.
Francis Warren Nicholls Jr. (January 18, 1955 [ 1][ 2] – March 31, 2014), known professionally as Frankie Knuckles, was an American DJ, record producer, and remixer. [ 3] He played an important role in developing and popularizing house music, a genre of music that began in Chicago during the early 1980s and subsequently spread worldwide.
The house music genre was created to liberate: to liberate Black people cast aside from nightlife, particularly queer Black people who found solace in the re-creation of disco-beats for them to dance.
Blog house or bloghouse (sometimes spelled as bloghaus) is a loosely defined group of house music, musical scene, or trend among various styles of electronic dance music. The trend started in the early 2000s and peaked in its popularity in 2006-2008. The name of the term refers to the way artists distributed their music via music blogs and Myspace.
Jockey Shabalala (1943–2006), singer with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Joseph Shabalala (born 1941), lead singer and founder of Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Msizi Shabalala (born 1975), singer with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Sibongiseni Shabalala (born 1973), singer with Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Troye Sivan (born 1995), South African-born.