NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Dark house

Dark-house is a type of electronic dance music. It can be very similar to progressive house, and may feature a slight tinge of Detroit techno, but the beats are much slower compare to other sub-genres of House music. The name "dark" comes from the lowtempo beats and the words which give the image of being somewhere not pleasant. Electronic music is a loose term for music created using electronic equipment. ... Progressive electronica is a collection of electronic music genres which draw upon progressive music, generally, and include the sub-styles of progressive trance, progressive house, progressive techno and progressive breaks. ... Techno is a form of electronic dance music that became prominent in Detroit, Michigan during the mid-1980s with influences from electro, New Wave, Funk and futuristic fiction themes that were prevalent and relative to modern culture during the end of the Cold War in industrial America at that time. ... See also the beat disambiguation page. ... House music is a style of electronic dance music, the earliest forms of which originated in the United States in the early- to mid-1980s. ...

People are often confused as to what dark-house is, and what makes it different to progressive house. Many house connossieurs deny the existence of this sub-genre or condemn the creating of new sub-genres in house music, and just refer to this type of music as progressive house. The reason for this may be because the dark-house sound at its peak was rather short-lived (between 1998 and 2001) in clubs and amongst artists. However, dark-house is beginning to re-emerge in a darker, dirtier, and more 'scary' way (DJ Vibe). This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ...

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Dark-house is usually tribal but minimalistic. It often features echoed trance-like claps (as opposed to progressive house snare drums), and low pitched, driving basslines. The tone is almost always melancholic and somewhat dreamy. Probably a good way of expressing the sound is as follows:

- Where Detroit techno may feature raw basses usually looped between 4 beats, dark-house usually has intricate basslines with a possible pitch change looped over 8 or more beats.

- Where tribal house is very percussive, dark-house is very minimalistic (although it may exhibit some features of tribal house as well).

Often, dark house consists of subtle sound elements and moods that can only be noticed with conscious, fully attentive listening.

At more intense levels Dark House becomes extremely 'scary', using screeching, moaning, or electronic pulses to emulate sounds found in horror movies. The psychological affect of Scary Dark-House can be downright haunting.

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