What it is, what to hear first, and what sits next to it.
Outsider house is a form of House characterized by its intentional use of rough, lo-fi production, often utilizing a mix of analogue/analogue-like and digital instrumentation. Born in the early 2010s, outsider house has been analyzed as a genre standing in opposition to other 2010s commercialization trends of house music, avoiding the polished production and mixing that have caught on in the mainstream. Though it has mostly been inspired by the soulful .