Electro House
A loud house style with distorted electronic bass and heavy, robotic sounds.
History
Electro house appeared in the early 2000s s1. It joined house rhythms with the harsh electronic sounds of electro and the energy of rock music s1. The Italian producer Benny Benassi's 'Satisfaction' (2002) was an early worldwide hit with a simple, distorted bassline s1. In Paris, the label Ed Banger released Justice's 'Waters of Nazareth' in 2005, which had a rough, compressed sound s2. The style became very popular from about 2006 s1. It used heavy side-chaining, a technique where the bass is pushed down on every drum hit to make a pumping effect s1. The Bloody Beetroots and Steve Aoki's 'Warp 1.9' (2009) is another well-known record s1. Electro house later fed into big room house and much of the festival dance music of the 2010s s1. Many electro house records were used in video games and film soundtracks. The style's loud, compressed sound also shaped later festival dance music s1s3.
Sound
- Loud, distorted electronic basslines
- A pumping side-chained feel
- Hard, robotic synthesizer sounds
- A steady four-to-the-floor beat
- Short, shouted vocal samples
Key figures
- Benny Benassi — Italian producer behind 'Satisfaction'
- Justice — French duo behind 'Waters of Nazareth'
- Steve Aoki — American DJ and label owner
- The Bloody Beetroots — Italian electro house project
Labels
- Ed Banger Records — Paris , 2003
- Dim Mak Records — Los Angeles , 1996
- D:vision Records — Milan , 1994
Defining tracks
Connections
Came from: Electro , French House , Tech House
Led to: Bass House , Big Room House , Dutch House , EDM
Sources
- Electro house — Wikipedia
- Justice (band) — Wikipedia
- The history of French house sound — XLR8R