This is clearly the best standing definition of house music I have heard so far, encompassing not only it's sound, and situating it's creators, but nailing it's influences.
Mel Cheren
"My definition of house music is Garage on a budget. Garage was Barry White, Salsoul, the Philly Sound, live musicians and big budgets. House was talented guys in Chicago trying their hand at producing the Garage sound electronically, and in the process, making it funkier."
You can hear that chugging train rhythm. You can hear the rolling bassline and those crisp rides as you approach the chorus. The elements that bring you into the chorus are a set of heavy hitting piano chords and toms, bringing the disco flavor in full.
The heavy analog synth rolls along slow and deep, creating a heavy groove. When you get used to it, a wash of orchestral synth and syncopated rides rises on top of the track. When the preaching begins, the synths take a distinctly more introspective or "deep" tone.
The rising uplifting melodic elements usually executed with live instruments are left to synthesizers, creating a new, modern flavor. Something for the modern person to believe in. A sense that the party and the love changes with the times, and adapts new technology to meet the ever increasing needs of the listener. House music was a promise that the future would not be without the love felt through disco and at the Garage.
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