[House History] Jack Your Body!

What we hear today from the dance music? 80% of it is House! Where did he come from? Like all the most trendy, certainly in America, in the the birthplace of jazz, funk, disco and hip-hop.

Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body


Somewhere in the 80's, when everybody were already tired of disco, the need for a new sound increased,so that in Chicago music producers putted together disco and the drum machine and got the house music. Notorious Frankie Knuckles was playing it at the "Warehouse" club.

The new genre got its name from the name of the club - "House music". Disco was made with a live orchestra drummers and singers, house was composed in home conditions, and everything you need to do to compose house is a four-track recorder and drum machine.


Farley Jackmaster Funk Ft Daryl Pandy


"In the beginning, there was Jack, and Jack had a groove. And from this groove came the groove of all grooves. And while one day viciously throwing down on his box, Jack boldly declared, "Let there be house!" and house music was born. "
(the lyrics "Can You Feel it" Mr. Fingers aka Larry Heard)




House music has penetrated to the radio through the "WBMX-FM" radio station in a Hot Mix 5 program (Ralph Rosario, Mickey "Mixin" Oliver, Scott "Smokin" Silz, Kenny "Jammin" Jason, and
Farley "Jackmaster" Funk)

The new record labels were producing house music, including Acid Trax and DJ International.


Mr Lee - Pump Up London



Adonis - No Way Back




In New York, the new sound of house music was called garage, and it began to evolve in a slightly different direction. "New York house music belongs to chic and bohemian life, but not to the underground hysteria, as in Chicago mid-80's." (Gorokhov "Muzprosvet")In Detroit House spawned techno music, but we're talking not about it now. In pursuit of new sounds branches of acid, disco, funky, jazzy-, garage, jackin, deep, hip house appears and it's not all the branches of this large tree of House.