The House is a musical genre which belongs  to electronic dance music (EDM), born in Chicago Nightclubs in the early 1980s. The forerunner of the genre was the disc jockey David Mancuso who, with his private evenings at the club The Loft, influenced DJs like  Frankie Knuckles, Larry Levan and Nicky Siano, they were the first, at the beginning of 70s, to test new musical ways such as the “ beat matching” which consists in bringing at the same "time" two discs played consecutively, then move from one to another making continue the music without interruptions.

Another important innovation of the Gallery was to use a console equipped with three plates: the first two used for the discs while the third allowed to enter in the effects songs and sounds chosen by Djs.

The first house music record label was  the Trax Records, born in 1985.

 

1988 was one of the most important year for the house music because Inner City and S’Express brought this genre to the international success  but the most active house music produce was Todd Terry with “Can you party”, “ A Day in the life”.

In Europe house music began to spread in 1987 in England when Paul Oakenflord  and Danny  Rampling brought the sound of Ibiza to english discos and four years later the Ministry of Sound became one of the most important in England .

In Italy , house music became popular in the summer of 1988 thanks to Theme To S’Express and Good Life of Inner City.

Today, the most famous Djs of house music are:
 

David Guetta

Born in Paris in 1967 the Frenchman David Guetta is one of the most popular DJs in Europe and in the world consecrated by his second album, Guetta Blaster, and the single The World Is Mine. In his career he has collaborated with the likes of Akon caliber, Kelis, Britney Spears, Celine Dion, Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez, Fergie, Kelly Rowland and Will.I.Am. In 2008 he was elected "Best House DJ" by DJ Awards, and last year he earned the second place in the "Top 100 DJs" Dj Magazine.

 

 

Bob Sinclar

French producer and disc jockey, owner of the label Yellow Productions, which has proven over the years a true magician of the summer hits, from the track Love Generation 2005.

 

Calvin Harris

Born Adam Richard Wiles, he is a musician, singer, disc jockey and British record producer.

He has received four Grammy Award nominations, winning the coveted statuette in 2013, in the category Best Video, thanks to the single We Found Love, in collaboration of the famous Barbadian singer Rihanna. According to Forbes magazine, Harris is the highest paid DJ consecutively from 2013 to 2015: in fact, is estimated to have earned, only in 2014, about 66 million dollars.

 

Tiësto

Stage name Tijs Michiel Verwest, is a Dutch disc jockey and record producer. It is best known in the field of trance music, although he then had a change of style, producing mainly house music. Tiësto is one of the most famous DJ producer and one of the greatest artists ever in electronic music. It owns a record label called Musical Freedom. In 2016 he founded a new music label dedicated to Deep House, called AFTR

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Martin Garrix

The ranking TOP 100 DJS 2016 DJ Mag, real electronics Bible, crowns Martin Garrix, only 20 years old, as the fist DJ in the world for popularity. He is a superstar with his 13 million fans on Facebook, more than 8 million followers on Instagram and 3 and a half million on Twitter. Success comes at just 17 with the single Animals, published June 17, 2013 by Spinnin 'Records and reached the first position in the ranking in Belgium and the UK, as well as in that compiled by Beatport, thus be the most Garrix youngest artist ever to have achieved this result.

 

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