microhouse
English
Etymology
micro- + house, attributed to Philip Sherburne.[1]
Noun
microhouse (uncountable)
- A subgenre of house music strongly influenced by minimalism and 1990s techno. [from early 2000s]
- 2015 June 25, “Pop & Rock Listings for June 26-July 2”, in New York Times:
- Matthew Dear (Saturday) This experimental microhouse D.J. and producer channels Detroit techno in his reedy, subtly dystopian brushes of beats.
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References
- Christoph Cox; Daniel Warner (2004) Audio Culture: Readings in Modern Music, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 319: “Writing for The Wire in 2001, Sherburne coined the term “Microhouse” to describe prominent minimalist tendencies in contemporary House and Techno.”
Further reading
microhouse on Wikipedia.Wikipedia