Line #54 Main/ElectroHouse


1	->'''Orangusnake''': I bet he doesn't even like house music!
2	->'''Mao Mao''': I ''love'' house music!
3	-->--''WesternAnimation/MaoMaoHeroesOfPureHeart''
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5	Electro house is perhaps the most popular and ubiquitous form of ElectronicMusic in TheNewTens. It is, unsurprisingly, a derivative of HouseMusic incorporated with a whole slew of elements from other popular electronic music subgenres, such as SynthPop, {{Trance}} and {{Techno}}. Musically, electro house is written in CommonTime at a moderate tempo (usually from 120-140 BPM) and features the simple, pulsating drum beats of regular house, verse-chorus-verse songwriting where the chorus portions (or "drops") are preceded by long buildups, and a mix of prominent basslines and short, high-pitched synth riffs. Vocals are not very common and are usually optional.
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7	It is perhaps one of the biggest examples of OlderThanTheyThink in modern EDM, having been around since TheNineties, and only gaining notice by the TurnOfTheMillennium. Thanks in part to the mainstream successes of musicians and producers such as Madeon, Music/SwedishHouseMafia, Music/{{Tiesto}}, Music/{{Skrillex}} and Music/{{Zedd}}, electro house experienced a surge in popularity by TheNewTens, spawning a wave of both upcoming electro house artists and artists [[GenreShift moving]] to electro house from other genres. The Tomorrowland Music Festival, hosted annually in Belgium since 2005, prominently features electro house artists from all over the world.
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9	As with other electronic music genres, electro house has numerous spin-off genres, the most notable being:
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11	* '''Complextro''' - Electro house that features prominent, glitchy basslines and sharp synth riffs that sound like they've been cut and pasted together. Often takes cues from {{dubstep}}, crossovers are fairly common. Notable artists include Kill the Noise, Knife Party, Madeon, Porter Robinson (especially in his earlier material), Wolfgang Gartner, Botnek, and Skrillex.
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13	* '''Dutch House''', also called "Dirty Dutch" - Electro house that features Latin or tribal-influenced beats, soft bass, and squeaky high-pitched synths. Most of it comes from The Netherlands, hence the name. Often seen as the UrExample to the big room movement. Notable artists include {{Music/Afrojack}}, {{Music/Hardwell}}, Martin Garrix, Oliver Heldens, and W&W.
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15	* '''Big Room House''' - Electro house that features sparse 4/4 beats played at a moderate tempo, high-pitched synths akin to Dutch and progressive house, long, drawn out buildups, and a distinctive, minimalistic drop where all instrumentation is reduced to a pulsing beat (often acid or hoover) and short synth stabs. Notable for abusing the BoleroEffect and for the (perceived) similarity in composition, especially in the drops. It is a divisive genre within electro house, frequently panned by music critics as oversaturated and lacking in originality (so much as to prompt a certain Swedish EDM duo, Daleri, to create a parody mashup of Beatport's top 15 big room tracks) and at the same time, loved by a good portion of the EDM community who thinks that [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth the simplicity of the genre is its main appeal]]. Notable artists include Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike, DVBBS, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, W&W, Ummet Ozcan, Nicky Romero, and Showtek. The record label, Spinnin' Records, primarily caters to big room artists.
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17	* '''Moombahton''' - Electro house mixed with {{Reggae}}. Often bassy, slow electro house with quick drum fills. There's also '''Moombahcore'', which has dubstep influences. Notable artists include Dillon Francis, Major Lazer, Flux Pavilion, and Zeds Dead.
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19	* '''Subground''' - A subgenre of ElectroHouse and [[HardcoreTechno Hard Dance]] that combines mainstream electro house with hardstyle. Abrasive sounds such as hoovers, acid sounds, screeches, and pitched/gated kicks are set to typical electro house tempos and groovy rhythms. Notable artists include ACTI, Borgore, Congorock, Geck-o, and Organ Donors.
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22	!!Notable Artists
23	[[index]]
24	* [=3Lau=] (pronounced 'Blau')
25	* Music/{{Afrojack}}
26	* Music/{{Albatraoz}}
27	** Music/AronChupa
28	* Music/{{Alesso}}
29	* Music/AlstroemeriaRecords
30	* [[Music/ArmandVanHelden Armand van Helden]] (widely regarded an UrExample)
31	* Music/ArminVanBuuren (mixed with {{Trance}})
32	* Steve Angello
33	* Steve Aoki
34	* Music/{{Avicii}}
35	** 2013 - Music/{{True}}
36	** 2015 - Music/{{Stories}}
37	** 2019 - Music/{{Tim}}
38	* [[Music/AxwellAndIngrosso Axwell ^ Ingrosso]] (formed by two members of the electro house group Swedish House Mafia)
39	* Benny Benassi
40	* Borgeous
41	* [[Music/RonVanDenBeuken Ron van den Beuken]] (formerly {{Trance}})
42	* Music/{{Cascada}} (starting with ''Evacuate The Dance Floor'')
43	* Music/TheChainsmokers
44	** 2017 - Music/MemoriesDoNotOpen
45	* Chuckle
46	* Music/FerryCorsten (mixed with {{Trance}})
47	* Crookers
48	* Dada Life
49	* Music/DaftPunk (Arguably the TropeMakers)
50	* Music/{{Darude}} (Originally straight {{trance}}, started combining trance with this genre on ''Label This'')
51	* Music/{{deadmau5}}
52	* Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike
53	* Diplo (often mixed with TrapMusic)
54	* DVBBS
55	* Music/FeedMe (mixed with {{Dubstep}} and DrumAndBass)
56	* [[Music/GabrielAndDresden Gabriel & Dresden]] (mixed with {{trance}})
57	** Motorcycle
58	* Music/{{Galantis}}
59	* Music/MartinGarrix
60	* Wolfgang Gartner
61	* Music/DavidGuetta (sometimes)
62	* Hardwell
63	* Music/CalvinHarris (TropeCodifier alongside Swedish House Mafia, has switched to R&B and old-school house from ''Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1'' onwards)
64	* Oliver Heldens
65	* Hyper (mixed with breaks, drum and bass and dubstep)
66	* Music/IconaPop
67	* Music/InfectedMushroom (from ''Army of Mushrooms'' onwards, overlaps with [[{{Trance}} psychedelic trance]], {{dubstep}} and AvantGardeMetal)
68	* Music/{{Jakarta}}
69	* Music/{{K391}}
70	* [=KhoMha=]
71	* Music/{{Kill the Noise}} (mixed with {{dubstep}})
72	* Music/KnifeParty
73	* Music/{{Krewella}}
74	* Music/{{Madeon}} (later material overlaps with SynthPop)
75	* Music/{{Marshmello}} (mixed with trap)
76	* Music/MauroPicotto (mixed with {{Trance}})
77	* Mylo
78	* Music/{{Pakito}}
79	* Music/{{R3hab}}
80	* Music/PorterRobinson (his earlier material falls squarely into this, but while he has all but switched to SynthPop from ''Worlds'' onwards he still maintains elements of the genre)
81	* Music/SamAndTheWomp
82	* Showtek (since 2012)
83	* Music/{{Skrillex}} (overlaps with [[{{Dubstep}} brostep]])
84	* Music/SwedishHouseMafia (the {{Trope Codifier}}s alongside Calvin Harris)
85	* Music/{{Tiesto}} (originally {{Trance}})
86	* Music/{{Tritonal}} (combined with {{Trance}})
87	* W&W (Same as above, combines trance with electro house)
88	* Music/AlanWalker
89	* Xilent
90	* Music/{{Zedd}}
91	* Music/{{Zomboy}} (overlaps with {{Dubstep}})
92	* Music/YuuheiSatellite
93	* Music/{{Zytokine}}
94	[[/index]]
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96	!!Tropes associated with electro house include the following:
97	* BoleroEffect: As with regular HouseMusic, however it is much more pronounced in electro house, with simplistic beats ultimately building up to titanic drops, and is pretty much ''the norm'' in big room house. Played with in some tracks that feature "anticlimax" drops where melodic elements are disposed, leaving only the beat and rhythmic elements like plucks and synth stabs to linger on for a while before the music builds up again.
98	* BrokenBase: Arguably the most divisive of electronic music genres, with fans literally at each others' throats arguing about what qualifies as "real" electro house due to the countless directions the genre has been taking and the increasing commercialization of the genre as a whole.
99	* GenreBusting: Electro house freely allows for the inclusion of whatever EDM element an artist/producer would like to include, as the core element of making electro house is usually the 4/4 house beat, a punchy bassline and the verse-drop-verse songwriting.

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