ive always respected house music. even tho when i produce house ideas its not a traditional sound, ill always stay very respectful to its roots. - jonney . x
New York born Frankie Knuckles, aka the Godfather of House. Indeed, he was more than a DJ, he was an architect of sound, who experimented with sounds and thus added a new dimension to the art of mixing. In fact, he took the raw material of the disco he spun and added pre-programmed drum tracks to create a constant 4/4 tempo. He played eight to ten hours a night, and the dancers came home exhausted. Thanks to him The Warehouse was regarded as the most atmospheric place in Chicago.
FRANKIE KNUCKLES 1955-2014
House was the first direct descendant of disco. In comparison with disco, House was "deeper", "rawer", and more designed to make people dance. Disco had already produced the first records to be aimed specifically at DJs with extended 12" versions that included long percussion breaks for mixing purposes. The early 80s proved a vital turning point. Sinnamon’s "Thanks To You", D-Train’s "You're The One For Me", and The Peech Boys "Don’t Make Me Wait", a record that has been continually sampled over the last decade, took things in a different direction with their sparse, synthesized sounds that introduced dub effects and drop-outs that had never been heard before.
House music did not have its origins just in American music. The popularity of European music, specifically English electronic pop like Depeche Mode and Soft Cell and the earlier, more disco-based sounds of Giorgio Moroder, Klein & MBO, as well as Italian productions, they all gave rise to House music. Two clubs, the already mentioned Chicago’s Warehouse and New York’s Paradise Garage, which promoted European music, had at the same time broken the barriers of race and sexual preference (for House music was in part targeted at the gay community). Before The Warehouse opened, there had been clubs strictly designed to segregate race. However, The Warehouse did not make any difference between Blacks, Hispanics, or Whites; the main interest was simply music. And the music was as diverse as the clients.
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back stage at my debut show in chicago i met a guy called Neo, a long time homie of my manager who grew up in the city. we hung out & spoke about chicago & my record I WARE HOUSE. as i was leaving he told me about how House Music got its name from a chicago club called The Warehouse. i have always been influenced by the warehouse rave movement in the UK in the early 90's. i knew house originated out of chicago, but to find house got its name from a warehouse night blew me away. crazy..
"It all started in Chicago's Southside in 1977, when a new kind of club opened. This new Chicago club called TheWarehouse gave House music its name. Frankie Knuckles, who opened The Warehouse, mixed old disco classics and new Eurobeat pop" - www.univie.ac.at