House Music: MOST USED B.P.M.?

RUST( i )K

What is the most used BPM in your house music?

yaknepper

123

musikmachine

122/128 but why?

RUST( i )K

@musikmachine said:
122/128 but why?

Just kind of doing self interest survey in respect to what people are into these days regarding BPM.

I am noticing a slight increase and was seeing if I am right.

Always like to know what others are doing as well.

I appreciate you even responding.

gsm909

My head nods and feet dance mostly at 128-130

JohnnyGoodyear

In my house we rarely struggle past 80bpm

nic_b_nice

Coincidence that Gadget's default bpm is 128?

enc

what is house music these days ? it bares no resemblance to what it was when it first became known as house

On and On by Jesse Saunders is often credited as the first house record ... its 121BPM

and my alltime faveroute "House" track Ajare - Way Out West .... 130 BPM

and lets not forget Gabba !! ( or maybe we should )

140 plus BPM ...

touchconspiracy

Highly recommend the progressive house thar sasha plays..it's not the 80s anymore but we still bow our heads respectfully towards the blueprint

@enc said:

what is house music these days ? it bares no resemblance to what it was when it first became known as house

On and On by Jesse Saunders is often credited as the first house record ... its 121BPM

and my alltime faveroute "House" track Ajjare , Way Out Est .... 130 BPM

touchconspiracy

It don't matter..if it's 4/4.. Can be anything from 80-180 to be honest

However I'd say on average you would be looking at 120-128bpm for club type tunes

theconnactic

@touchconspiracy said:
It don't matter..if it's 4/4.. Can be anything from 80-180 to be honest

However I'd say on average you would be looking at 120-128bpm for club type tunes

Agreed.

CalCutta

@enc said:
what is house music these days ? it bares no resemblance to what it was when it first became known as house

On and On by Jesse Saunders is often credited as the first house record ... its 121BPM

and my alltime faveroute "House" track Ajare - Way Out West .... 130 BPM

and lets not forget Gabba !! ( or maybe we should )

140 plus BPM ...

Actually a big portion of modern house music coming out is a direct throwback to a lot of the Chicago/Detroit stuff from the late 80's. See Bicep, 100% Silk, some stuff from the L.I.E.S. label, some stuff from the PAN label, etc.

enc

@touchconspiracy said:
Highly recommend the progressive house thar sasha plays..it's not the 80s anymore but we still bow our heads respectfully towards the blueprint

yep, Sasha is the man !

enc

@CalCutta said:

@enc said:
what is house music these days ? it bares no resemblance to what it was when it first became known as house

On and On by Jesse Saunders is often credited as the first house record ... its 121BPM

Actually a big portion of modern house music coming out is a direct throwback to a lot of the Chicago/Detroit stuff from the late 80's. See Bicep, 100% Silk, some stuff from the L.I.E.S. label, some stuff from the PAN label, etc.

maybe, but thats different from when house music was first getting called house music ;-)
the Jesse Saunders track i posted is from 1984 ... over 30 years .... jeez, 30 years ago

CalCutta

Ok, care to elaborate on what's "different" about it? Any examples specifically of the new compared to the old?

edit: For the record, I do agree that there are differences. I wouldn't necessarily go too far in saying the differences are audible/musical, and have more to do with the social environments which they came from. But on the flipside, a lot of the originators are more active now than they've been in nearly 20 years. Here's a recent set from Farley Jackmaster Funk, for instance:

enc

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enc

@enc said:

@CalCutta said:
Ok, care to elaborate on what's "different" about it? Any examples specifically of the new compared to the old?

edit: For the record, I do agree that there are differences. I wouldn't necessarily go too far in saying the differences are audible/musical, and have more to do with the social environments which they came from. But on the flipside, a lot of the originators are more active now than they've been in nearly 20 years. Here's a recent set from Farley Jackmaster Funk, for instance:

if that's a typical Farley performance ....in my humble opinion, Farley's living off his legend !

Seriously... you cant hear an audible difference in early 80's house to what is about now ???

trackwerker

nice modern house music

enc

nice mix here ...

enc

anyway... back on topic -120 --140 BPM

o_imseng

ehm not to sound smart, but Gabbers would laugh at you when you play a record at 140 BPM

musikmachine

@RustiK said:

@musikmachine said:
122/128 but why?

Just kind of doing self interest survey in respect to what people are into these days regarding BPM.

I am noticing a slight increase and was seeing if I am right.

Always like to know what others are doing as well.

I appreciate you even responding.

Oh ok. I was working at 128 but more recently dropped down to 122, my tracks seem to work better at that tempo.

enc

@o_imseng said:
ehm not to sound smart, but Gabbers would laugh at you when you play a record at 140 BPM

Thats Ok... i just laugh at gabbers whatever BPM ...

CalCutta

@enc said:

Seriously... you cant hear an audible difference in early 80's house to what is about now ???

There is a lot of modern house which frankly I don't think you're aware of, which is specifically trying to capture the sound of 80's house from Chicago/Detroit/NYC. If you were to get a Pepsi Challenge for an old Adonis track next to a new Malaa (no, not Mala the dubstep producer) track, it would indeed be harder to pick which is which then you may think. I'm not talking about stuff like Deep House or Funky or anything like that. I'm talking specifically house music being made today, which is trying to evoke the same sound/feeling as stuff coming outta Power House/The Warehouse/Paradise Garage/etc.

And I didn't post the Farley mix just to make a comparison of his quality now compared to the late 80's (which imo, is entirely subjective in itself, but that's a different conversation), just to show that vibe is VERY popular right now.

enc

fair comment ....ill do some digging

u0421793

I’m an expert on house and I can tell you the answer. Just wait while I reach over and dig out my 2 Unlimited CDs.

touchconspiracy

Lol..ur right there

@o_imseng said:
ehm not to sound smart, but Gabbers would laugh at you when you play a record at 140 BPM

touchconspiracy

Great discussion but

House evolved from disco and to some extent electro funk ( not electro house), hence techno

Genres evolve out of others due to stagnation and repetitiveness..hence sub genres too

What started as house is very boring and basic compared to what we have now.

Imho..if its 4/4 and has bass, synths, samples then its house- simple , house is an evolving genre..its not a puritan thing.

As a dj of 30 something years, i have seen evolution and devolution in dance music. You all know my old school mood but lol, i cringe at rhe soundquality and basicness of most old school music and i also cringe at generic pop dance too like skrillex and most of the daft spunk and trance stuff too

You have legends like jeff mills, despite being highly skilled djs, playing very very old tracks or new tracks made in the old way ad nauseum, yet we have ritchie hawtin playing very forward thinking 4/4 despite his long standing in the scene.

You cannot get much deeper than current progrssive house such as what sasha plays..its very well produced, not at all generic yet, retains some of the flavour of early house..

House is house..

touchconspiracy

Looool

@u0421793 said:
I’m an expert on house and I can tell you the answer. Just wait while I reach over and dig out my 2 Unlimited CDs.

touchconspiracy

blanksmaiden

butbutbut deep house is like 105-110bpm

witch house isn't house at all it's 60-100 haha but i love it