Tropical house

Tropical house
Other names
  • Trop house
  • melodic house
Stylistic origins
Cultural origins2010s, Northwestern Europe
Typical instruments

Tropical house, also known as trop house,[1] is a subgenre of house music, and a derivation of tropical music,[2][3] with elements of dancehall and Balearic house.[4] Artists of the genre are often featured at various summer festivals such as Tomorrowland.[5] The genre was popularized by artists including Thomas Jack, Klangkarussell, Kygo, Klingande, Robin Schulz, Bakermat, Matoma, Lost Frequencies, Felix Jaehn, Seeb and Gryffin.[6] Tropical house hits include Kygo's "Firestone", Klingande's "Jubel", Felix Jaehn's remix of "Cheerleader", Robin Schulz's remixes of "Waves" and "Prayer in C", and Lost Frequencies's remix of "Are You With Me".

The term "Tropical House" began as a joke by Australian producer Thomas Jack, but has since gone on to gain popularity among listeners.[2][7] The term "trouse" should not be confused with tropical house, as "trouse" is a genre that instead combines the feeling of trance and the beats of progressive house, using electro synths.[8]

  1. ^ Shah, Neil (2015-12-08). "A Beginner's Guide to Tropical House, the Breakout Music Genre of 2015". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2023-10-23.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference thissongissick_thomas_jack_presents_trop_house_vol3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference edmexclusives_kygo_bringing_trop_house was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Rihanna Was Making 'Tropical House' Before Justin Bieber — It's Called Dancehall". Spin. 27 January 2016.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference casulin_interview_bakermat_2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Orlov, Piotr (26 May 2016). "Kygo on Birth of Tropical House, Billy Joel Fandom". Rolling Stone.
  7. ^ Festival Sherpa (2016). "Genre Discovery : Tropical House".
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference miami_trouse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).