Frogtoon Music - Genre information for Chicago-House
House Music Was Developed In The Houses Garages And Clubs Of Chicago Initially For Local Club-Goers In The "underground" Club Scenes Rather Than For Widespread Commercial Release. As A Result The Recordings Were Much More Conceptual Longer Than The Music Usually Played On Commercial Radio. House Musicians Used Analog Synthesizers And Sequencers To Create And Arrange The Electronic Elements And Samples On Their Tracks Combining Live Traditional Instruments And Percussion And Soulful Vocals With Preprogrammed Electronic Synthesizers And "beat-Boxes". Main Stream Record Stores Often Did Not Carry These 12 Inch Vinyl Singles As They Were Not Available Through The Major Record Distributors. In Chicago Records Stores Such As Importes Etc. State Street Records JR’s Music Shop And Gramaphone Records Were The Primary Suppliers Of This Music. The Record-Store Importes Etc Is Believed To Be Where The Term “house” Was Introduced As A Shortening Of "Warehouse". The Music Was Still Essentially Disco Until The Early 1980s When The First Stand-Alone Drum Machines Were Invented. House Tracks Could Now Be Given An Edge With The Use Of A Mixer And Drum Machine. This Was An Added Boost To The Prestige Of The Individual DJs. Underground Club DJs Like Ron Hardy And Radio Jocks The Hot Mix 5 Played Italo Disco Tracks Like "Dirty Talk" And The "MBO Theme" By Klein M.B.O. Early B-Boy Hip Hop Tracks Such As Man Parrish's "Hip Hop Be Bop Don't Stop " And Afrika Bambaataa And The Soul Sonic Force's Planet Rock And Looking For The Perfect Beat As Well As Electronic Music By Kraftwerk These Genres Were Influential To The Chicago Genre Of House. Jesse Saunders “Jes Say Records” Who Had Club Hits With More “B-Boy Hip Hop” Oriented Tracks Like “Come To Me” By Gwendolyn And “Dum Dum” As Well As The Italo Disco Influenced “Under Cover” By Dr. Derelict Released The First Chicago Home Made House Hit “On And On” 1984 Which Had Hypnotic Lyrics Driving Bassline And Percussion. This Was The First House Record Pressed And Sold To The General Public. In 1985 Mr Fingers's Landmark "Can You Feel It?"/"Washing Machine"/"Mystery Of Love" Showed A Jazz-Influenced Lush Sound That Was Created Using A Roland TR-707 And Juno 6 Synthesizer. This Song Helped To Start The Trend For The Deep House Genre Which Had A Slower Beat Of 110-125 Bpm. In The Same Year Chip E.'s "It's House" Is A Good Example Of The Chicago House Music Style. In 1986 Phuture's "Acid Trax" 1986 Showed The Development Of A House Music Subgenre Called Acid House Which Arose From Experiments With A 303 Machine By Chicago Musicians Such As DJ Pierre. Early House Recordings Were Jamie Principle And Frankie Knuckles' "Your Love" "On And On" By Jesse Saunders 1984 And Chip E.'s "The Jack Trax" Featuring The Songs “It’s House” And “Time To Jack” Which Used Complex Rhythms Simple Bassline Sampling Technology And Minimalist Vocals. By 1985 House Music Dominated The Clubs Of Chicago Largely In Part Due To The Radio Play The Music Received On 102.7 FM WBMX Which Was The Brainchild Of Program Director Lee Michaels Through WBMX's Resident DJ Team The Hot Mix 5. The Roland TB-303 Bass Synthesizer The Music And Movement Was Also Aided By The Electronic Music Revolution - The Arrival Of Cheap And Compact Music Sequencers Drum Machines The Roland TR-909 TR-808 And TR-707 And Latin Percussion Machine The TR-727 And Bass Modules Such As The Roland TB-303 Gave House Music Creators Even Wider Possibilities In Creating Their Own Sound. The Acid House Subgenre Was Developed From The Experiments By DJ Pierre Larry Heard Mr. Fingers And Marshall Jefferson With The New Drum And Rhythm Machines. Many Of The Songs That Defined The Chicago House Music Sound Were Released By DJ International Records And Trax Records. In 1985 Trax Released "Jack The Bass" And "Funkin' With The Drums Again" By Farley Jackmaster Funk. In 1986 Trax Released "No Way Back" By Adonis Larry Heard's As Fingers Inc. "Can You Feel It?" And "Washing Machine" And An Early House Anthem In 1986 "Move Your Body" By Marshall Jefferson Which Helped To Boost The Popularity Of The Style Outside Of Chicago. In 1987 Steve 'Silk' Hurley's "Jack Your Body" Was The First House Track To Reach No.1 In The UK Top 40 Pop Chart. 1987 Also Saw M/A/R/R/S' "Pump Up The Volume" Reach No.1 In The UK Top 40 Pop Chart. In 1989 Hurley Transformed Roberta Flack's Soft Ballad "Uh Oh Look Out" Into A Boisterous Dance Track. S'Express's "Theme From S'Express" 1988 Is An Example Of A Disco-Influenced Funky Acid House Tune. It Uses Samples From Rose Royce's Song "Is It Love You're After" Over A Roland 303 Bassline. In 1989 Black Box - "Ride On Time" Which Sampled Loleatta Holloway's 1980 Disco Hit Love Sensation Hit Number 1 In The UK Top 40 And Technotronic's Song "Pump Up The Jam" 1989 Was One Of The Early House Records To Break The Top 10 On The US Pop Charts. A Year Later Madonna's "Vogue" Went To Number One On Charts Worldwide Becoming The Highest Selling Single On WEA Up To That Time. In 1992 Leftfield's Song "Release The Pressure" Helped To Introduce A New Subgenre Of House Called Progressive House. House Music Also Had An Influence Of Relaying Political Messages To People Who Were Considered To Be Outcast Of Society. It Offered For Those Who Didn't Fit Into Mainstream American Society Especially Celebrated By Many Black Gays. Frankie Knuckles Made A Good Comparison Of House Saying It Was Like "church For People Who Have Fallen From Grace" And Marshall Jefferson Compared It To "old-Time Religion In The Way That People Just Get Happy And Screamin'" 30 . Deep House Was Similar To Many Of The Messages Of Freedom For The Black Community. Both House CDs By Joe Smooth "Promised Land" And Db "I Have A Dream" Give Similar Messages Of Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" Speech. House Was Also Very Sexual And Had Much Mystic In It. It Went So Far As To Have A "eroto-Mystic Delirium" 31 . Jamie Principle's "Baby Wants To Ride" Begins In A Prayer But Surprisingly Is About A Dominatrix Who Seduces A Man To "ride" Her Through The Rest Of The Song. House Dance Itself Is A Lot Older Than House Music Which Arose In The Late 1970s Upon The End Of The Disco Era During The Times Of Such Nightclubs As Chicago's Warehouse And New York's Loft And Paradise Garage. House Dance Takes From Many Different Dance Elements Such As The Lindy Era African Latin Brazilian Jazz Tap And Even Modern. House Dance Has Been Debatingly Broken Down In 3 Styles Footwork Jacking And Lofting. It Includes A Variety Of Techniques And Sub-Styles That Include Skating Stomping And Shuffling. It Also Incorporates Movements From Many Other Sources Such As Whacking Voguing Capoeira Tap And Latin Dances Such As Salsa. A Wide Variety Of The Movements Came From Jazz And Bebop Styles And Even From African And Latin Descent. One Of The Primary Elements In House Dancing Is A Technique That Came From Chicago That Involves Moving The Torso Forward And Backward In A Rippling Motion As If A Wave Were Passing Through It. When This Movement Is Repeated And Sped Up To Match The Beat Of A Song It Is Called Jacking Or "the Jack." All Footwork In House Dancing Is Said To Initiate From The Way The Jack Moves The Center Of Gravity Through Space Chicago-House Every artist, every band, and every song you can imagine, from the newest to the oldest, are easily accessible through Frogtoon Music. Get ready to indulge yourself and allow the music to enrich your soul, ignite your passion, awaken your emotions, and bring back some beautiful memories. The following is a directory of top artists and bands from Chicago House: As you visit their pages, you will be presented with a list of popular videos, top tracks, recommended mixes, and music from all the albums they released. In addition, within each page, you can access and discover music from similar artists and bands.