UK hard house

Hard house
Hard house
Other names	UK hard house
Stylistic origins	House; hardbag; hi-NRG; acid house; hardcore; breakbeat hardcore; new beat;
Cultural origins	Early 1990s, United Kingdom
Derivative forms	Hardbass
Subgenres
	Hard NRG; pumping house; scouse house;
Other topics
	Progressive house; hardstyle; breakbeat; happy hardcore; psychedelic trance;

UK hard house or simply hard house is a style of electronic dance music^[1] that emerged in the early 1990s and is synonymous with its association to the Trade club and the associated DJs there that created the style.^[2]^[3]^[4] It often features a speedy tempo (around 150 BPM but hard house ranges from around 135 BPM to around 165 BPM), offbeat bass stabs,^[5] hoovers and horns.^[5] It usually contains a break in the middle of the track where no drums are present. UK hard house often uses a long and sharp string note to create suspense. Most of the time, the drops are introduced by a drum roll.

^ Ishkur (2005). "Ishkur's guide to Electronic Music". Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
^ Cite error: The named reference who was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Gerstner, David A. (2012). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture. Routledge. p. 154. ISBN 9781136761812. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2020-11-22.
^ Skruff, Jonty. "Mark Kavanagh- Ireland's Hardest DJ on Ending Up in U2's Gutter (interview)". trackitdown.net. Track it Down online webzine, June 3, 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b Ishkur (2005). "Stupid house". Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2014.

[ishkur-1] Ishkur (2005). "Ishkur's guide to Electronic Music". Archived from the original on November 18, 2007. Retrieved September 17, 2014.

[who-2] Cite error: The named reference who was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Gerstner, David A. (2012). Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture. Routledge. p. 154. ISBN 9781136761812. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

[4] Skruff, Jonty. "Mark Kavanagh- Ireland's Hardest DJ on Ending Up in U2's Gutter (interview)". trackitdown.net. Track it Down online webzine, June 3, 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 21 October 2016.

[ishkurOnUKHardHouse-5] Ishkur (2005). "Stupid house". Archived from the original on January 29, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2014.

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