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What is tech house?

Tech house is a House subgenre that emerged around the mid-1990s in the UK. Before morphing into a genre, it simply referred to an approach to DJing that tried to find a middle ground between house and Techno.

About tech house

The underground scene was found in London parties, most notably The Wiggle and The End, and was partially born as a reaction to rave music going in Hardcore EDM direction and commercialized house trends like Diva House. Instead, tech house was inspired by the original atmosphere of Detroit Techno and Chicago House.

From Last.fm, where 7,822 listeners have tagged music as tech house.

Artists to start with

  1. Gesaffelstein
  2. Adriatique
  3. Laszlo
  4. Alan Fitzpatrick
  5. Jamie Jones
  6. Jan Blomqvist
  7. Steve Aoki
  8. Monkey Safari
  9. Franky Rizardo
  10. RINZEN

Albums to hear first

  • Strobe by deadmau5Strobedeadmau5
  • here's the drop! by deadmau5here's the drop!deadmau5
  • Cascade by Floating PointsCascadeFloating Points
  • Drone Logic by Daniel AveryDrone LogicDaniel Avery
  • ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƟӨ)ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ ꐑ(ཀ ඊູ ఠీੂ೧ູ࿃ूੂ✧ළඕั࿃ूੂ࿃ूੂੂ࿃ूੂළඕั✧ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ɵੂ≢࿃ूੂ೧ູఠీੂ ඊູཀ ꐑ(ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƟӨ)ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ by ⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƟӨ)ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ ꐑ(ཀ ඊູ ఠీੂ೧ູ࿃ूੂ✧ළඕั࿃ूੂ࿃ूੂੂ࿃ूੂළඕั✧ı̴̴̡ ̡̡͡|̲̲̲͡ ̲̲̲͡͡π̲̲͡͡ ɵੂ≢࿃ूੂ೧ູఠీੂ ඊູཀ ꐑ(ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡(ƟӨ)ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ
  • Dichotomy by Matt LangeDichotomyMatt Lange
  • 4x4=12 by deadmau54x4=12deadmau5
  • Take My Breath Away by Gui BorattoTake My Breath AwayGui Boratto

Tech House songs

  1. Whiplash by aespa
  2. Guess featuring billie eilish by Charli xcx
  3. Lemonade by aespa
  4. Gula by deadmau5
  5. Meine by Daso
  6. If You Wanna Party, Come Over to My House by Fcukers
  7. WORK by Billlie
  8. It Don't Mean A Thing by Robyn
  9. ATTENTION! by Kesha
  10. No Broke Boys by Disco Lines

Tech House on Risocast

  • The Grand Mirage by RobotakiThe Grand MirageRobotaki · 2020
  • Hurricane by Dohr & Mangold, Jonathan MendelsohnHurricaneDohr & Mangold, Jonathan Mendelsohn · 2013
  • SVE by Reuben KeeneySVEReuben Keeney
  • End Of Summer by Tame ImpalaEnd Of SummerTame Impala · 2025
  • SHADOWS by John Summit, LAVINIASHADOWSJohn Summit, LAVINIA · 2026
  • SHADES OF BLUE by John Summit, Devault, Julia ChurchSHADES OF BLUEJohn Summit, Devault, Julia Church · 2026
  • Through the Windshield by BlijeThrough the WindshieldBlije · 2025
  • Sugar and Lemon by StimmingSugar and LemonStimming
  • Hurricane - Radio Edit by Dohr & Mangold, Jonathan MendelsohnHurricane - Radio EditDohr & Mangold, Jonathan Mendelsohn · 2013
  • SVE by Reuben KeeneySVEReuben Keeney
  • I Don't Stop by Nikola GalaI Don't StopNikola Gala · 2018

Neighbouring genres

In the electronic family. All genres

breakcoredeep housebreakbeatdance-popdeconstructed clubdancehallacid houseatmospheric drum and bassdrum and bassdeep technopsytranceacid techno

Questions

What is tech house?
Tech house is a House subgenre that emerged around the mid-1990s in the UK. Before morphing into a genre, it simply referred to an approach to DJing that tried to find a middle ground between house and Techno. The underground scene was found in London parties, most notably The Wiggle and The End, and was partially born as a reaction to rave music going in Hardcore EDM direction and commercialized house trends like Diva House.
Who are the best-known tech house artists?
By Last.fm listening: Gesaffelstein, Adriatique, Laszlo, Alan Fitzpatrick, Jamie Jones and Jan Blomqvist.
What genres are similar to tech house?
On Risocast it sits with breakcore, deep house, breakbeat, dance-pop, deconstructed club and dancehall.

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