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House_music

In the early 1980s, Chicago radio jocks The Hot Mix 5, and club DJs Ron Hardy and Frankie Knuckles played various styles of dance music, including older disco records (mostly Philly disco and Salsoul tracks), electro funk tracks by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, newer Italo disco, B-Boy hip hop music by Man Parrish, Jellybean Benitez, Arthur Baker, and John Robie, and electronic pop music by Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra. Some made and played their own edits of their favorite songs on reel-to-reel tape, and sometimes mixed in effects, drum machines, and other rhythmic electronic instrumentation. In this era,

Question: who were the chicago radio jocks that played dance music in the early 1980s?
Answer: The Hot Mix 5

Question: what style of music did man parrish play?
Answer: B-Boy hip hop music

Question: what style of music did afrika bambaataa play?
Answer: electro funk

Question: what style of music did kraftwerk play?
Answer: electronic pop music

Question: how did producers sometimes make edits of house music?
Answer: reel-to-reel tape
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The hypnotic electronic dance song "On and On", produced in 1984 by Chicago DJ Jesse Saunders and co-written by Vince Lawrence, had elements that became staples of the early house sound, such as the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer and minimal vocals as well as a Roland (specifically TR-808) drum machine and Korg (specifically Poly-61) synthesizer. It also utilized the bassline from Player One's disco record "Space Invaders" (1979). "On and On" is sometimes cited as the 'first house record', though other examples from around that time, such as J.M. Silk's "Music is the Key" (1985), have also been cited.

Question: who produced the song "on and on" in 1984?
Answer: Jesse Saunders

Question: where was jesse saunders from?
Answer: Chicago

Question: who co-wrote the hit song "on and on" in 1984?
Answer: Vince Lawrence

Question: what type of bass synthesizer was a staple of the early house sound?
Answer: Roland TB-303

Question: when was player one's "space invaders" released?
Answer: 1979
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Starting in 1984, some of these DJs, inspired by Jesse Saunders' success with "On and On", tried their hand at producing and releasing original compositions. These compositions used newly affordable electronic instruments to emulate not just Saunders' song, but the edited, enhanced styles of disco and other dance music they already favored. These homegrown productions were played on Chicago-area radio and in local discothèques catering mainly to African-American and gay audiences. By 1985, although the exact origins of the term are debated, "house music" encompassed these locally produced recordings. Subgenres of house, including deep house and acid house, quickly emerged and gained traction.

Question: when was jesse saunders' "on and on" a hit?
Answer: 1984

Question: what type of audience was early disco and dance catered to?
Answer: African-American and gay audiences

Question: what year was house music first used as a genre?
Answer: 1985

Question: what were two big subgenres of house music?
Answer: deep house and acid house

Question: what area radio was house music generally played on?
Answer: Chicago-area radio
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Deep house's origins can be traced to Chicago producer Mr Fingers's relatively jazzy, soulful recordings "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "Can You Feel It?" (1986). According to author Richie Unterberger, it moved house music away from its "posthuman tendencies back towards the lush" soulful sound of early disco music.

Question: what producer was the first to produce deep house? 
Answer: Mr Fingers

Question: where was producer mr. fingers' from?
Answer: Chicago

Question: when was mr. fingers' "mystery of love" released? 
Answer: 1985

Question: when was mr. fingers' "can you feel it?" released?
Answer: 1986
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Acid house arose from Chicago artists' experiments with the squelchy Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, and the style's origins on vinyl is generally cited as Phuture's "Acid Tracks" (1987). Phuture, a group founded by Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson, is credited with having been the first to use the TB-303 in the house music context. The group's 12-minute "Acid Tracks" was recorded to tape and was played by DJ Ron Hardy at the Music Box, where Hardy was resident DJ. Hardy once played it four times over the course of an evening until the crowd responded favorably. The track also utilized a Roland TR-707 drum machine.

Question: When was Phuture's "Acid Tracks" released?
Answer: 1987

Question: Who founded the group Phuture?
Answer: Nathan "DJ Pierre" Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson

Question: what instrument was Phuture the first to use in house music?
Answer: TB-303

Question: how long was phuture's "acid tracks"?
Answer: 12-minute

Question: what type of drum machine did "acid tracks" use?
Answer: Roland TR-707
House_music

Club play from pioneering Chicago DJs such as Hardy and Lil Louis, local dance music record shops such as Importes, State Street Records, Loop Records, Gramaphone Records and the popular Hot Mix 5 shows on radio station WBMX-FM helped popularize house music in Chicago. Later, visiting DJs & producers from Detroit fell into the genre. Trax Records and DJ International Records, Chicago labels with wider distribution, helped popularize house music inside and outside of Chicago. One 1986 house tune called "Move Your Body" by Marshall Jefferson, taken from the appropriately titled "The House Music Anthem" EP, became a big hit in Chicago and eventually worldwide. By 1986, UK labels were releasing house music by Chicago acts, and by 1987 house tracks by Chicago DJs and producers were appearing on and topping the UK music chart. By this time, house music released by Chicago-based labels was considered a must-play in clubs.

Question: what radio station aired the Hot Mix 5 show?
Answer: WBMX-FM

Question: what record labels helped popularize house music?
Answer: Trax Records and DJ International Records

Question: what song by marshall jefferson became a big house hit?
Answer: "Move Your Body"

Question: what european country were big house music hits being released in, in 1987?
Answer: UK

Question: where was house music from chicago-based labels considered a must-play?
Answer: clubs
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The term "house music" is said to have originated from a Chicago club called The Warehouse, which existed from 1977 to 1983. Clubbers to The Warehouse were primarily black and gay, who came to dance to music played by the club's resident DJ Frankie Knuckles, whom fans refer to as the "godfather of house". After the Warehouse closed in 1983, the crowds went to Knuckles' new club, The Power Plant. In the Channel 4 documentary Pump Up The Volume, Knuckles remarks that the first time he heard the term "house music" was upon seeing "we play house music" on a sign in the window of a bar on Chicago's South Side. One of the people in the car with him joked, "you know, that's the kind of music you play down at the Warehouse!", and then everybody laughed. South-Side Chicago DJ Leonard "Remix" Roy, in self-published statements, claims he put such a sign in a tavern window because it was where he played music that one might find in one's home; in his case, it referred to his mother's soul & disco records, which he worked into his sets. Farley Jackmaster Funk was quoted as saying "In 1982, I was DJing at a club called The Playground and there was this kid named Leonard 'Remix' Roy who was a DJ at a rival club called The Rink. He came over to my club one night, and into the DJ booth and said to me, 'I've got the gimmick that's gonna take all the people out of your club and into mine – it's called House music.' Now, where he got that name from or what made him think of it I don't know, so the answer lies with him."

Question: what club did the term 'house music' originate from?
Answer: The Warehouse

Question: what city was the club The Warehouse located in?
Answer: Chicago

Question: what years was the club The warehouse open?
Answer: 1977 to 1983

Question: what types of people did the club The Warehouse attract?
Answer: primarily black and gay

Question: who was the resident DJ at The Warehouse in Chicago?
Answer: Frankie Knuckles
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In a 1986 interview, Rocky Jones, the former club DJ who ran the D.J. International record label, doesn't mention Importes Etc., Frankie Knuckles, or the Warehouse by name, but agrees that "house" was a regional catch-all term for dance music, and that it was once synonymous with older disco music.

Question: who ran the D.J. International record label?
Answer: Rocky Jones

Question: House is a regional catch-all term for what kind of music?
Answer: dance music,

Question: what was 'house music' once synonymous with?
Answer: older disco music
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Larry Heard, a.k.a. "Mr. Fingers", claims that the term "house" became popular due to many of the early DJs creating music in their own homes using synthesizers and drum machines such as the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and the TB 303.[citation needed] These synthesizers were used to create a house subgenre called acid house.

Question: What was the stage name of Larry Heard?
Answer: Mr. Fingers

Question: Why did the term house become popular? 
Answer: early DJs creating music in their own homes

Question: what are the Roland TR-808, TR-909, and TB 303 examples of?
Answer: synthesizers and drum machines

Question: synthesizers were used to create what house subgenre?
Answer: acid house

Question: what was the real name of Mr. Fingers?
Answer: Larry Heard
House_music

House also had an influence of relaying political messages to people who were considered to be outcasts of society. The music appealed to those who didn't fit into mainstream American society and was especially celebrated by many black males. Frankie Knuckles once said that the Warehouse club in Chicago was like "church for people who have fallen from grace" The house producer Marshall Jefferson compared it to "old-time religion in the way that people just get happy and screamin'". Deep house was similar to many of the messages of freedom for the black community.

Question: Who did House relay political messages to? 
Answer: outcasts of society

Question: Who did Frankie Knuckles once say the Warehouse club was for? 
Answer: church for people who have fallen from grace

Question: Who was a famous house producer?
Answer: Marshall Jefferson

Question: where was the warehouse club located?
Answer: Chicago

Question: what community was deep house popular with?
Answer: the black community
House_music

Detroit techno is an offshoot of Chicago house music. It was developed starting in the late 80s, one of the earliest hits being "Big Fun" by Inner City. Detroit techno developed as the legendary disc jockey The Electrifying Mojo conducted his own radio program at this time, influencing the fusion of eclectic sounds into the signature Detroit techno sound. This sound, also influenced by European electronica (Kraftwerk, Art of Noise), Japanese synthpop (Yellow Magic Orchestra), early B-boy Hip-Hop (Man Parrish, Soul Sonic Force) and Italo disco (Doctor's Cat, Ris, Klein M.B.O.), was further pioneered by Juan Atkins, Derrick May, and Kevin Saunderson, the "godfathers" of Detroit Techno.[citation needed]

Question: what was one of the earliest Detroit techno hits?
Answer: "Big Fun" by Inner City

Question: who started the Detroit techno development?
Answer: The Electrifying Mojo

Question: what was the nickname of juan atkins, derrick may, and devin saunderson?
Answer: the "godfathers" of Detroit Techno

Question: who were the early b-boy hip-hop artists that inspired detroit techno?
Answer: Man Parrish, Soul Sonic Force

Question: who were the european electronica artists that inspired detroit techno?
Answer: Kraftwerk, Art of Noise
House_music

Derrick May a.k.a. "MAYDAY" and Thomas Barnett released "Nude Photo" in 1987 on May's label "Transmat Records", which helped kickstart the Detroit techno music scene and was put in heavy rotation on Chicago's Hot Mix 5 Radio DJ mix show and in many Chicago clubs.[citation needed] A year later, Transmat released what was to become one of techno and house music's classic anthems – the seminal track "Strings of Life". Transmat Records went on to have many more successful releases[citation needed] such as 1988's "Wiggin". As well, Derrick May had successful[citation needed] releases on Kool Kat Records and many remixes for a host of underground and mainstream recording artist.

Question: Mayday and Thomas Barnett released what hit in 1987?
Answer: "Nude Photo"

Question: what was the name of Mayday's record label?
Answer: Transmat Records

Question: What was the real name of the artist Mayday?
Answer: Derrick May

Question: what year was the hit song "wiggin" released?
Answer: 1988

Question: what label did Derrick May have successful releases on after his own?
Answer: Kool Kat Records
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Kevin Saunderson's company KMS Records contributed many releases that were as much house music as they were techno. These tracks were well received in Chicago and played on Chicago radio and in clubs.[citation needed] Blake Baxter's 1986 recording, "When we Used to Play / Work your Body", 1987's "Bounce Your Body to the Box" and "Force Field", "The Sound / How to Play our Music" and "the Groove that Won't Stop" and a remix of "Grooving Without a Doubt". In 1988, as house music became more popular among general audiences, Kevin Saunderson's group Inner City with Paris Gray released the 1988 hits "Big Fun" and "Good Life", which eventually were picked up by Virgin Records. Each EP / 12 inch single sported remixes by Mike "Hitman" Wilson and Steve "Silk" Hurley of Chicago and Derrick "Mayday" May and Juan Atkins of Detroit. In 1989, KMS had another hit release of "Rock to the Beat" which was a theme in Chicago dance clubs.[citation needed]

Question: who founded KMS Records?
Answer: Kevin Saunderson

Question: what was the name of Blake Baxter's 1986 hit recording?
Answer: "When we Used to Play / Work your Body"

Question: what was the name of Blake Baxter's 1987 hit recording?
Answer: "Bounce Your Body to the Box"

Question: what group released "Big Fun" and "Good Life" in 1988?
Answer: Inner City

Question: what was the 1989 hit theme released by KMS?
Answer: "Rock to the Beat"
House_music

In January 1987, Chicago artist Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body" reached number one in the UK, showing it was possible for house music to cross over. The same month also saw Raze enter the top 20 with "Jack the Groove", and several further house hits reached the top ten that year. Stock Aitken Waterman's productions for Mel and Kim, including the number-one hit "Respectable", added elements of house to their previous Europop sound, and session group Mirage scored top-ten hits with "Jack Mix II" and "Jack Mix IV", medleys of previous electro and Europop hits rearranged in a house style. Key labels in the rise of house music in the UK included:

Question: What was the first house single to hit #1 in the UK?
Answer: Steve "Silk" Hurley's "Jack Your Body"

Question: What year did "Jack Your Body" hit #1 in the UK?
Answer: 1987

Question: Who had a hit single with "jack the groove"?
Answer: Raze

Question: what group's productions for Mel and Kim added elements of house to the europop sound?
Answer: Stock Aitken Waterman

Question: what was the name of mel and kim's number-one hit single in the UK?
Answer: Respectable
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The tour in March 1987[citation needed] of Knuckles, Jefferson, Fingers Inc. (Heard) and Adonis as the DJ International Tour boosted house in the UK. Following the number-one success of MARRS' "Pump Up The Volume" in October, the years 1987 to 1989 also saw UK acts such as The Beatmasters, Krush, Coldcut, Yazz, Bomb The Bass, S-Express, and Italy's Black Box opening the doors to a house music onslaught on the UK charts. Early British house music quickly set itself apart from the original Chicago house sound;[citation needed] many of the early hits were based on sample montage, rap was often used for vocals (far more than in the US),[citation needed] and humor was frequently an important element.

Question: what tour boosted house in the UK in the late 80s?
Answer: Knuckles, Jefferson, Fingers Inc. (Heard) and Adonis as the DJ International Tour

Question: when did the DJ International Tour take place?
Answer: March 1987

Question: what was the name of MARRS' number-one single in October 1987?
Answer: "Pump Up The Volume"

Question: what was frequently an important element of UK house music?
Answer: humor

Question: Sample montages were a key difference between british house music and what?
Answer: the original Chicago house sound
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One of the early anthemic tunes, "Promised Land" by Joe Smooth, was covered and charted within a week by the Style Council. Europeans embraced house, and began booking legendary American house DJs to play at the big clubs, such as Ministry of Sound, whose resident, Justin Berkmann brought in Larry Levan.

Question: who released the hit single "promised land"?
Answer: Joe Smooth

Question: who covered and charted the single "promised land"?
Answer: Style Council

Question: who was the resident of the Ministry of Sound?
Answer: Justin Berkmann

Question: who did Justin Berkmann bring into the club to play?
Answer: Larry Levan
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The house scene in cities such as Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield and London were also provided with many underground Pirate Radio stations and DJs alike which helped bolster an already contagious, but otherwise ignored by the mainstream, music genre. The earliest and influential UK house and techno record labels such as Warp Records and Network Records (otherwise known as Kool Kat records) helped introduce American and later Italian dance music to Britain as well as promoting select UK dance music acts.

Question: what cities in the UK had major house scenes?
Answer: Birmingham, Leeds, Sheffield and London

Question: what helped to bolster house music in the uk?
Answer: underground Pirate Radio stations and DJs

Question: what were the earliest and most influential record labels in UK house music?
Answer: Warp Records and Network Records

Question: what was network records also known as?
Answer: Kool Kat records

Question: what type of dance music was later introduced alongside American house music?
Answer: Italian dance music
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But house was also being developed on Ibiza,[citation needed] although no house artists or labels were coming from this tiny island at the time. By the mid-1980s a distinct Balearic mix of house was discernible.[citation needed] Several clubs such as Amnesia with DJ Alfredo were playing a mix of rock, pop, disco and house. These clubs, fueled by their distinctive sound and Ecstasy, began to have an influence on the British scene. By late 1987, DJs such as Trevor Fung, Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling were bringing the Ibiza sound to UK clubs such as the Haçienda in Manchester, and in London clubs such as Shoom in Southwark, Heaven, Future and Spectrum.

Question: what tiny island was house music also being devloped on?
Answer: Ibiza

Question: what was a popular club in ibiza that started playing dance and house music?
Answer: Amnesia

Question: who was the DJ at Amnesia in the mid 80s?
Answer: DJ Alfredo

Question: who were some of the DJs that brought the ibiza sound to uk clubs in late 1987?
Answer: Trevor Fung, Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling

Question: what was the name of the big dance club in Manchester UK in the late 80s?
Answer: Haçienda
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Atkins, a former member of Cybotron, released Model 500 "No UFOs" in 1985, which became a regional hit, followed by dozens of tracks on Transmat, Metroplex and Fragile. One of the most unusual was "Strings of Life" by Derrick May, a darker, more intellectual strain of house. "Techno-Scratch" was released by the Knights Of The Turntable in 1984 which had a similar techno sound to Cybotron. The manager of the Factory nightclub and co-owner of the Haçienda, Tony Wilson, also promoted acid house culture on his weekly TV show. The Midlands also embraced the late 1980s house scene with illegal parties and more legal dance clubs such as The Hummingbird.

Question: atkins was a former member of what music group?
Answer: Cybotron

Question: what hit single did atkins release in 1985?
Answer: "No UFOs"

Question: what unusual single did derrick may release, featuring a darker strain of house?
Answer: "Strings of Life"

Question: what did knights of the turntable release in 1984?
Answer: Techno-Scratch

Question: who was the manager of the factory nightclub and co-owner of the hacienda?
Answer: Tony Wilson
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Back in America the scene had still not progressed beyond a small number of clubs in Chicago, Detroit, Newark and New York City. However, many independent Chicago-based record labels were making appearances on the Dance Chart with their releases. In the UK, any house song released by a Chicago-based label was routinely considered a must play at many clubs playing house music. Paradise Garage in New York City was still a top club. The emergence of Todd Terry, a pioneer of the genre, was important in America. His cover of Class Action's Larry Levan mixed "Weekend" demonstrated the continuum from the underground disco to a new house sound with hip-hop influences evident in the quicker sampling and the more rugged bass-line.

Question: what was a top club for house music in new york city?
Answer: Paradise Garage

Question: who was a pioneer of the genre in america?
Answer: Todd Terry

Question: what hit house song did todd terry cover? 
Answer: Weekend

Question: what new influences led to a new house sound?
Answer: hip-hop influences

Question: what was different about the bass-line in the hip-hop influenced house songs?
Answer: more rugged
House_music

In the late 1980s, Nu Groove Records prolonged, if not launched the careers of Rheji Burrell & Rhano Burrell, collectively known as Burrell (after a brief stay on Virgin America via Timmy Regisford and Frank Mendez), along with basically every relevant DJ and Producer in the NY underground scene. The Burrell's are responsible for the "New York Underground" sound and are the undisputed champions of this style of house. Their 30+ releases on this label alone seems to support that fact. In today's market Nu Groove Record releases like the Burrells' enjoy a cult-like following and mint vinyl can fetch $100 U.S. or more in the open market.

Question: what label launched the careers of burrell?
Answer: Nu Groove Records

Question: what sound are the burrell's responsible for? 
Answer: "New York Underground"

Question: how much can old vinyl releases of the burrells sell for today?
Answer: $100

Question: what label were the burrell's briefly with before their success?
Answer: Virgin America