|HOUSE MUSIC|

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House music is a style of electronic dance music that was developed by dance club DJs in Chicago in the early to mid-1980s. House music is strongly influenced by elements of the late 1970s soul- and funk-infused dance music style of disco. House music takes disco's use of a prominent bass drum on every beat and developed a new style by mixing in a heavy electronic synthesizer bassline, electronic drums, electronic effects, funk and pop samples, and reverb (or delay)-enhanced vocals.The term "House" is derived from the name of a club called The Warehouse. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, "underground" warehouse parties became popular among the teenagers living in the Chicago area. One of these underground spots, attended primarily by gay black & latino men, became known as The Warehouse. The resident DJ at The Warehouse, Frankie Knuckles (considerated the inventor of House), mixed classic disco, European synthpop, new wave, industrial, and punk recordings, and would release his tracks and mixes on the Traxx record label. Club regulars, and shoppers at the local record store, referred to his mixes and tracks as house music.