| Some say the origin of House music came out of | | | | distinctive electronic sound. Telstar was the first U.S. |
| Chicago in 1981. An escape from street and gang life, | | | | number one hit by a British group. The song was |
| house music offered temperance to the unsettled | | | | originally thought to be just a novelty record intended |
| consciousness of youth at the time. It allowed them | | | | to make people think about the dawn of the space |
| to mingle with peers, while dancing away any of their | | | | age. Little did they know at the time how |
| problems. | | | | evolutionary their record would become. |
| Techno music, which some say, came out of Detroit | | | | Since then, DJ's and Re-mixers (both male and |
| in the early 90's, may have begun through the | | | | female) have come on the dance music scene, |
| evolutionary progress of various new textures, | | | | creating an entirely new sound of the future. With |
| patterns and sounds which were emerging from all | | | | their flair for remixing different sounds, cuts and |
| over the world. | | | | beats, many DJ's have created number one dance |
| New electronic music devices were being created | | | | singles. In doing so, they have developed a new |
| while electronic sounds were coming into their own. | | | | artistry and way for them to be heard by music |
| The kick and snare became the heartbeat of the | | | | industry power players. Further, they continue to |
| song. The bass became the backbone driving force. | | | | compete at becoming the best mixers and most |
| The synthesizer was the melody which brought | | | | popular DJ's in the clubs. In their own right, they have |
| people into the nightclub doors, and kept them | | | | become the celebrities. |
| dancing from dusk to dawn. | | | | With respect to all forms of music and genres |
| Over the years, some of the different genres and | | | | introduced, there is no one sound or genre which |
| sub styles which have emerged with this new sound | | | | now stands alone. Music is as diverse as the creators' |
| have been called: Deep House, House, Techo, | | | | imagination. But groundbreakers, such as The |
| Megabeat, Electro House, Disco House, Funky House, | | | | Tornados and Kraftwerk have helped to pave the |
| Garage, Techno, Industrial, Electronica, Breakcore, | | | | way. |
| Micro-house, Underground, Trance, Ambient, Breaks, | | | | Stay tuned, because the next groundbreakers are |
| Minimal Techno, and many more. | | | | sitting in their studios (or sound proofed bedroom |
| But in looking at where we are now, it was the music | | | | closets) right now creating the hottest 'new sound' |
| groups from as far back as the 60's that were the | | | | as we speak. And moving forward toward the |
| veterans of this new sound. Bands like "The | | | | future, who knows what those sounds will be |
| Tornados" created one of the first techno-pop songs | | | | entitled. Perhaps you will come up with the next new |
| entitled Telstar in 1962, which became a Billboard | | | | style yourself. If so, what will it be coined? The |
| number one hit for the band. The song featured a | | | | world's audience will definitely be listening. |
| Clavioline, an instrument like a keyboard with a very | | | | |