Outsider house (originally spawned as outsider dance, also known as raw house) is a genre of

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combining elements of

deep house Deep house is a subgenre of house music House is a music genre characterized by a repetitive Four on the floor (music), four-on-the-floor beat and a typical tempo of 120 beats per minute. It was created by Disc jockey, DJs and music produce ...

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, and ambient, with artists embracing lo-fi techniques rather than the polished cleanliness of mainstream deep house and other EDM genres. The term "outsider dance" was first coined in 2012 by DJ Ben UFO and emphasized by music journalist Scott Wilson, referring to different producers and record labels "operating at the fringes of the fringes" such as

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. However, Ben UFO himself called the term "off-the-cuff formulation", reacting negatively to the term taking hold and circulating, stating "I'm not exactly happy that it's now being held up as a genre, because I think this outsider thing just doesn't do justice to the artists and their music. ... utsider house artistsare my friends, we get along well and support each other".

Lo-fi house

Around mid-2010s, outsider house developed into a new form, known as lo-fi house. Producers like DJ Seinfield, DJ Boring and

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combined rough sounds of the parent genre with the aesthetic of melancholy,

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and

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attributed to

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, creating songs "resembling melancholic 1990s

recorded to cassette and packaged with a veneer of internet-age irony". While the labels like L.I.E.S., 1080p and Lobster Theremin have carved out a signature sound, attributed to the genre, whereas music is often rough, characterized by muffled drums, fuzzy synths and a gauzy, but also use jazzy piano samples and warm percussion samples.

References

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