At 22:05 01/17/96, Eylon Israeli wrote:
quoted 2 lines mmmm... what exactly is CHICAGO HOUSE ?!>mmmm... what exactly is CHICAGO HOUSE ?!
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Well, simply put, house music made in Chicago. Sometimes the definition is
extended to include music that sounds like it came from Chicago.
Standard Disclaimer: The following definitions are broad generalizations
and all my info may not be correct.
Chicago, as the birthplace of acid in the 80's, has a strong tradition.
Chi. house tends to be more "trax" style, generally harder and/or rougher
than say, New York house, which tends to be overproduced diva stuff.
Chicago's original stuff was on Trax Records which was the early Phuture/DJ
Pierre acid stuff and Dancemania, which is more Southside ghetto style and
can run more to the "Beat the bitch with a bat" kinda stuff.
Today, there is the Relief/Casual enterprise along w/ DJAX Up Beats support
of Chicago along w/ Trax and Dancemania and whatever else. DJAX generally
releases the harder acid stuff, Relief is more experimental and Casual
tends to the vocal trax.
Some Chicago house artists in no particular order:
DJ Pierre (originally, now the father of wild pitch is based in NYC)
Spanky
Robert Armani
Paul Johnson
DJ Sneak
Cajmere/Green Velvet
DJ Skull
Akilah Bryant
Adonis
ChipE
Mike Dearborn
Armando
Steve Poindexter
Ron Trent
etc., etc.
peace
john
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