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Outsider house (originally spawned asoutsider dance,[1] also known asraw house[2]) is a subgenre ofhouse music, combining elements ofdeep house,techno,noise, andambient, with artists embracinglo-fi techniques rather than the polished cleanliness of mainstream deep house and otherEDM genres.[3][4]
The term "outsider dance" was coined in 2012 by theLondon-based DJBen UFO[3] and emphasized by music journalist Scott Wilson,[1] referring to different producers and record labels "operating at the fringes of the fringes" such asLaurel Halo,Anthony Naples.[1] 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. ... [outsider house artists] are my friends, we get along well and support each other".[5]
Around the mid-2010s, outsider house developed into a new form, known aslo-fi house.[6] Producers like DJ Seinfeld, DJ Boring andRoss From Friends combined rough sounds of the parent genre with the aesthetic ofmelancholy,irony andpostmodernism attributed tovaporwave, creating songs "resembling melancholic 1990sdeep house recorded to cassette and packaged with a veneer of internet-age irony".[6] While the labels likeL.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, saturated quality,[7] but also use jazzy piano samples and warm percussion samples.[8]
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