Outsider house

Outsider house
Other names
  • Outsider dance
  • raw house
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsEarly 2010s[where?]
Subgenres
Lo-fi house
Other topics

Outsider house (originally spawned as outsider dance,[1] also known as raw house[2]) is a subgenre of house music, combining elements of deep house, techno, noise, and ambient, with artists embracing lo-fi techniques rather than the polished cleanliness of mainstream deep house and other EDM genres.[3][4]

The term "outsider dance" was first coined in 2012 by DJ Ben UFO[3] and emphasized by music journalist Scott Wilson,[1] referring to different producers and record labels "operating at the fringes of the fringes" such as Laurel Halo, Anthony Naples.[1] However, Ben UFO himself called the term "off-the-cuff formulation", reacting negatively to the term taking hold and circulating, stating "I'm not exactly happy that it's now being held up as a genre, because I think this outsider thing just doesn't do justice to the artists and their music. ... [outsider house artists] are my friends, we get along well and support each other".[5]

  1. ^ a b c Wilson, Scott (22 October 2012). "Scratching the Surface: Outsider dance". Juno Plus. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ Wilson, Scott (1 December 2016). "Has underground house finally run out of ideas?". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  3. ^ a b Bakare, Lanre (13 September 2013). "How not to name a music genre". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  4. ^ Sherburne, Philip (26 October 2012). "Control Voltage's Friday Five: At the Fringes of the Fringes". SPIN. Retrieved 2021-10-24.
  5. ^ Uhlig, Sascha (2013-10-11). "VON WEGEN AUSSENSEITER Die neue Offenheit im House". Groove (in German). Retrieved 2021-10-24.