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Future House and Future Bass Music History
Future house is a house music genre that emerged in the 2010’s in the United Kingdom, described as a fusion of deep house, UK garage and incorporating other elements and techniques of other EDM genres It is high in energy, generally consisting of big drops, 4/4 beats and is sonically bass heavy.
Future bass is a style of electronic dance music which developed in the 2010’s that mixes elements of dubstep and trap with warmer, less abrasive rhythms. The genre was pioneered by producers such as Rustie, Hudson Mohawke, Lido, San Holo and Cashmere Cat, and it was popularized in the mid to late-2010s by artists such as Flume, Martin Garrix, Illenium, Louis the Child and Mura Masa. 2016 was seen as the breakout year for the genre.
Together Future House and Future Bass Music are very similar but have separate styles & characteristics.
Future Bass Music Videos
Lemon Solstice + pGb + The Dark Myths – Saw It in the Clouds [Vocal Future Bass]
Future Bass Music Characteristics
The Future Bass sound waves are often modulated using automation or low-frequency oscillation controlling the cutoff of an audio filter (typically a low- or high-pass filter), or the wave’s amplitude, to adjust the waveform (to create a ‘wobbly’ effect on its parameters). In addition, it is common to utilize a somewhat “twinkly”-sounding gradual rise in pitch during “risers” (gradual pre-drop buildups of white noise), and arpeggio chords, vocal chops, or vocoders.
Tracks commonly feature a 4/4 time signature with BPM set between 130 BPM to 175 BPM.
Virion ft May Yuri + The Dark Myths -Inner Demons [Vocal Future Bass Music]
Future Bass: Underground to Global Phenomenon
The Future Bass genre was pioneered by Scottish producers Rustie and Hudson Mohawke and American producer RL Grime, who began producing future bass tracks in 2010. One of the first popularity-fueling releases in the genre was Rustie’s album Glass Swords, released in 2011. Later, in 2013, the Flume remix of Disclosure’s song “You & Me” brought the genre into the mainstream, and through the mid-2010s future bass became popular in the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, China, Korea and Australia.
Elio – Loosing Hope [Vocal Future Bass]
K3NX7 – Another World – [Mainstage | Future House Music]
C4TZ / AoA + The Dark Myths – Forever [Vocal Future Bass]
The Dark Myths – Memories [Vocal Future Bass]
Kawaii Future Bass
Kawaii future bass (also known simply as kawaii bass) is a subgenre of future bass, known for its happy and cute timbre and strong Japanese pop culture influences. Often, chiptune sounds, soft square waves, samples from anime or video games, percussion instruments, and door and bed squeaks are incorporated into such songs. Snail’s House and other producers have produced tracks of this subgenre, with the former being credited as the genre pioneer after releasing the extended play Kirara in 2015.
K3NX7 – Dreamland [Kawaii Bass Future House Music]
Future House Music Videos
YaSsine DJS – Skyline [Future House Music]
Evolution of House: Exploring Future House Music
Future house is a subgenre of house music. Songs within the genre are normally characterized by a muted melody with a metallic, elastic-sounding drop and frequency-modulated basslines. The most common tempo is 126 and 128 BPM, but it can vary around the 120–130 mark.
The term “future house” was coined by French DJ Tchami and was first used to categorize his 2013 remix of Janet Jackson’s “Go Deep” on SoundCloud. Tchami used the term without considering it a genre saying in a 2015 interview “Future house was meant to be ‘any kind of house music that hasn’t been invented yet,’ so I never considered it as a genre. I guess people made it what it is because my music was specific and leading to build a bridge between house and EDM, which isn’t a bad thing.” Later, in 2016, the popular online music store for DJs Beatport added Future house as one of three new genre tags. The genre has been credited as also being pioneered by Oliver Heldens and Don Diablo.
YounesZ + YaSsine DJS – Away {Future House Music]
YounesZ + YaSsine DJS – Away [Future House Music]
Next Route – Walkers [Future House Music]
Future House Music Characteristics
Future house is a subgenre of house music. Songs within the genre are normally characterized by a muted melody with a metallic, elastic-sounding drop and frequency-modulated basslines. The most common tempo is 126 and 128 BPM, but it can vary around the 120–130 mark.
Oliver Heldens’ international chart successes “Gecko (Overdrive)” and “Last All Night (Koala)” brought the genre to wider mainstream recognition in 2014, leading to minor feuds between him and Tchami on social media. Artists such as Martin Solveig, GTA and Liam Payne have since incorporated the sound into their work, leading some commentators to observe the commercialization of the style.
K3NX7 – Forever [Tropical Future House Music]
Tropical Future House
Tropical house is a derivation of deep house music characterized by its relaxed and island-inspired melodies which give off a “Caribbean, beach-party vibe. Like deep house, it features synthesized instrumentation, and a four-on-the-floor beat at a tempo of 100 to 120 bpm, slower than average electronic music. The subgenre distinguishes itself through its use of airy synths, melodic rhythms, and tropical instruments, such as steel percussions, trumpets, saxophones, flutes, marimbas, or bongos. Tropical house does not rely heavily on the build-ups and drops seen in EDM, instead featuring calming melodies and soft vocals that are easy to listen to in any setting. It aims to create a laid-back atmosphere evoking the paradisical imagery of an island holiday, typically associated with the tropics. Producers frequently follow up the vocal delivery of the hook with an instrumental break highlighting the melody. Lyrically, songs often talk about happiness, love, relationships, break-ups, and sadness.
Bass Riot – Princess [Future House]
K3NX7 – Trust Me [Future House]
The Dark Myths – Fantasy [Future House]
Bass Riot -Flow of Groove [Future House]
The Xebex – Reminder – [Future House]
AudioTrackerz – Tetriss [Future House]
