The term "deep house" has been around since at least the late 1980s and has meant a great many different things along the way. Discussions like the one on Wikipedia completely miss the point -- "deep" has been in the eye of the beholder since the start. Some would insist that all deep house has vocals, and others would say it mostly doesn't. And so on. The only term that's even less helpful is "progressive house," which has been completely different things at different times.
That said, here's one I think everyone would agree qualifies as "deep house": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTBRkL2gltk fh ----------------- >To keep it on somewhat on topic for this list, Though they cover other >styles, I myself would say that both Rick Wade... Any of the 3 >Chairs....Larry Heard, check out Fred P/Black Jazz Consortium, >DJ Aakamael ....Ron Trent... At least for me, those are definitely ones >that I would include in the Deep House category amongst other categories. > >That might not be what may be the newest trend of "Deep House" in >Europe, but that's what has and always will be deep house to me.... > > > >Dave > > >On 7/9/2012 7:03 PM, darnistle wrote: >> This probably isn't the forum for such a question, but could someone >> give some examples of "deep house" in contradistinction to other >> styles of house? >> >> The term seems to be thrown about very often, but I still have no real >> sense of what "deep house" sounds like as opposed to (for example) >> jazzy house or disco house or micro house or whatever. >> >> >> >> On 7/9/2012 1:06 PM, kent williams wrote: >>> From what I gather the trend in Europe is away from Minimal and Tech >>> House to 'Deep House' -- a term that in context covers a multitude of >>> sins. I think that this has upped the visibility of real house music >>> in general and Detroit House in particular. >>> >>> Even if the mainstream of the new 'Deep House' thing is just tech >>> house with more 707 beats and out of context soul vocal samples, it >>> may be a case of rising water floating all boats. >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 11:51 AM, David Powers <cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Jason, regarding In The Dark: The Soul of Detroit, you said: 'not so >>>> long ago you couldn't give music like this away so it's nice to see >>>> people "rediscovering" Detroit House'... Any idea why this would be >>>> the case? What has changed, and what do you think made such music >>>> undesirable in this time 'not so long ago'? >>>> >>>> ~David >>>> >> > > >
