Diva house

Diva house
Diva house
Other names	Handbag house
Stylistic origins	House; R&B; dance-pop; soul; disco; EDM; gospel; show tune;
Cultural origins	Emerging 1990s, LGBT culture
Derivative forms	Hardbag; house-pop;
Fusion genres
	Italo house
Other topics
	Camp (style); diva; gay culture; computer music; record labels; gay icon; circuit party; gay anthem; gay pride;

Diva house or handbag house is an anthemic subgenre of house music that became most popular in gay clubs during the second half of the 1990s. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture defines handbag house as having "prominent female vocals, breakdowns, and a proliferation of piano 'stabs'."^[1] Modern diva house compositions use synth stabs and four on the floor rhythms.

^ Childs, Peter; Mike Storry (1999). Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture. Routledge. p. 260. ISBN 9780415147262. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

[Childs-1] Childs, Peter; Mike Storry (1999). Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture. Routledge. p. 260. ISBN 9780415147262. Retrieved 29 December 2014.

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