House

House, like trance, is another uniquely diverse genre with many different sub genres. Unlike trance, house is more focused on the mood of the song, rather than the emotions felt through the song, this allows for more diversity in what is actually under the House umbrella. Early house derived from what was popular at the time, primarily disco & jazz, and many early songs in the genre reflect those influences.

### Subgenres

**Progressive House** - Progressive House is the most well known of House genres, these songs tend to follow a similar progression format of 4-8 beats, at 128BPM, however in more recent years this has folded a bit to include most house songs that include a steady progression throughout. These songs tend to be upwards of 5-6 minutes in length.

EX: Above & Beyond vs Alex Vargas - Sticky Fingers (Pierce Fulton Remix)

**Electro** **House** - Electro house is the result of turning the progression of progressive house into that of a Saw Wave, this inturn makes the sounds far more crisp but sound distorted. Electro House tends to build on this distortion effect & make songs that have alot of energy thrown into them.

EX: No Mana - Illegal Screenshots (non-Anjuna)

**Deep House** - Deep House is a house genre all about modulation & bass, whilst not as bass heavy as Bass House, it uses bass as part of the mood in the song, often times leading to the bass becoming the melody itself.

EX: Jordin Post - New Day

**Organic House** - Organic house is a genre that focuses primarily on Instrumental & Foleys to build an atmosphere & mood for the song as a whole. Often times there are segments of songs dedicated to a very select few instruments. Natural sounds tend to find there way in too.

EX: Yotto - Isolation

**Melodic House** - Melodic house is quite similar to Organic House, however with an emphasis on melodic drive rather than instrumental drive & foleywork.

EX: Nox Vahn, Marsh & Mimi Page - Follow Me

**Afro** **House** - Afro House is another genre that is very similar to Organic house in what defines it, the main difference is the mood the song portrays. Afro House songs tend to be about culturally significant beliefs to those of Africa, or those with ancestry from Africa. Often times this will include instruments & ideas native to the continent.

EX: Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray - Ogou (Pran Ka Mwen)

**Minimal** **House** - Minimal house is a result of songs trying to convey their mood & meanings through as little or as quiet instrumentals as possible, often times these instruments can be quite intricate and well tuned.

EX: Elif - Random Act Of Kindness

**Tech House** - Tech House is similar to minimal house but with more of an emphasis on pulling ideas from Techno. This includes harder sounds & more tech-foley, but still keeps the song very methodical & tame as compared to Tech Trance.

EX: Richie Blacker - 2 Late 4 Love (Danny Howard Remix)

**Big Room** **House** - Big Room House is all about the open-air/concert feel, these songs tend to do well at festivals due to the fact that they are best designed to power through the air, often times it means these songs have an airy mood to them.

EX: Jason Ross & Lauren Ray - I Will Be There

**Disco House** - Disco House is a homage to earlier house songs by incorporating more indie/funk/jazz elements into songs, this is a modern take on the Disco Genre.

EX: gardenstate & GVN - Take Me There (Falden Remix)

**Bass House** - Bass House is a genre that focuses primarily on the bass, either using electro house elements or using the bass like a kick, all that matters is that heavy use of Bass is present.

EX: Dion Timmer & The Arcturians - Cyan (non-Anjuna)

**Bounce** - Bounce is a genre known for it's rolling basses, and is typically found more often paired with Bass House. The bass rolling gives bounce it's unique sense of motion.

EX: KSHMR - Strange Lands (non-Anjuna)

**Acid House** - Acid House is a variation of plain house & is a genre that is not very restricted. The main caveat with Acid House is the use of Acid Synths or 303s, It can be the determinate sound of the song, or just background.

EX: Richie Blacker - 2 Late 4 Love

**Nu Disco** - Nu Disco is similar to Disco House in that it derives from Disco, but unlike Disco House has lower BPMs and more emphasis on Disco.
EX: (non-Anjuna) Televisor - Automagic