Deep house
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Deep house is a style of house music. It is loosely defined by the following characteristics that distinguish it from most other forms of house music:
- relatively slow tempo (110–125 bpm);
- de-emphasized percussion, including:
- simpler drum machine programming;
- gentle transitions and fewer "build-ups";
- less "thumpy" bass drum sound;
- less pronounced hi-hats on the off-beat;
- sustained chords or other tonal elements that span multiple bars;
- increased use of reverb, delay, and filter effects;
- a featured solo R&B vocalist, often male, exhibiting soul, jazz, and/or gospel influences;
- jazz influences or samples in the instrumentation.
Not all of these need to be present or fully satisfied in order for house music to be called "deep house"; fans of the style typically just identify it by its subjective "feel" rather than by the presence or absence of specific elements.
The term "deep house" first appeared in the music press in the late 1980s, usually in reference to the music of Larry Heard.
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External Link
- PlanetSoul Network -- a free, shoutcast deep and soulful house internet radio station (http://planetsoulnetwork.com/)
- Deep House on Digitially Imported -- deep house grooves from one of the internet's most popular electronica stations (http://di.fm/deephouse)
- Dogglounge -- streaming, deep, soulful house grooves (http://www.dogglounge.com/)