Genres · House & disco
House
A kick on every beat, warm chords, a voice now and then. Easy to dance to all night.
- Tempo, BPM
- 120–128
- Where it started
- Chicago, early 1980s
What it sounds like
A kick drum on every beat, the “four-on-the-floor”. On top: warm chords, a looping bassline and a vocal that comes and goes. It builds slowly instead of dropping, so you can dance to it for hours.
Hear it
Robin S, “Show Me Love”
The one everyone knows. That organ riff over a steady kick is house in three minutes.
1993 · Posted by Spinnin' Records · Open on YouTube
Listen for
- The thump-thump-thump-thump that never stops
- Hi-hats on the off-beat: the “tss” between kicks
- Piano or organ chords that loop and lift
Go if
You want to dance without knowing the words, and stay for a long set.
Hear it this week
12 nights- Tonight · DJ nightJust Like That with Mark WestKampai · Mark West, CC +3
Wed
28
- Tomorrow · 5:30pm · DJ nightThriller NightPolilya · Francie Gee, Miggy
Thu
29
- Tomorrow · DJ nightFrootwerkKampai · Bby Nicx, Lano +1
Thu
29
- Tomorrow · DJ nightKampai Regionals: Free the Robots and Jay RuKampai · Free the Robots, Jay Ru +1
Thu
29
- 6pm · DJ nightMonica M, Kangol and Roxy ModestoThe Spirits Library · Monica M, Kangol +1
Fri
30
Nights with a DJ who plays house, from the venues' posts.
