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{{short description|Subgenre of house music that originated in the 1980s}}
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{{Infobox music genre
| name              = Deep house
| stylistic_origins = {{hlist|[[House music|House]]|[[Chicago house]]|[[Soul music|soul]]|[[jazz-funk]]|[[garage house|New York garage]]<ref name="Crossing Traditions"/>}}
| cultural_origins  = 1985, [[Chicago]], United States
| derivatives       = {{hlist|[[Brazilian bass]]|[[future house]]|[[melodic house]]|[[outsider house]]|[[slap house]]|[[tech house]]|[[tribal house]]|[[tropical house]]}}
| subgenres         = Euro deep house<ref name="ishkur25">{{Cite web |author=Ishkur |date=2019 |title=Ishkur's guide to Electronic Music |url=http://music.ishkur.com/?query=EuroDeepHouse}}</ref>
| fusiongenres      = {{hlist|Deep breaks}}
}}
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'''Deep house''' is a [[subgenre]] of [[house music]]<ref name="Crossing Traditions">{{Cite book |last1=M'Baye |first1=Babacar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VWcSAAAAQBAJ |title=Crossing Traditions: American Popular Music in Local and Global Contexts |last2=Hall |first2=Alexander Charles Oliver |date=29 July 2013 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8828-9 |language=en |quote=Deep house is a subgenre of house music that is revered by its fans for its faithfulness to Chicago house and New York garage. Deep house cooks up a tasty sonic stew from disco, gospel, soul, jazz, funk, Latin, and R & B. Like its predecessors, its simmers at 120 to 125 BPM. What distinguishes deep house from its progenitors is its tendency to overuse shrieking divas, ominous organs, and chord progressions to whip up dance floor drama.}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mitchell |first1=Tony |date=1989 |title=Performance and the Postmodern in Pop Music |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3208181 |journal=[[Theatre Journal]] |volume=41 |issue=3 |page=275 |doi=10.2307/3208181 |jstor=3208181 |quote="House" music, and its offshoots acid house, deep house, and techno...|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sfetcu |first=Nicolae |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_JaKAwAAQBAJ |title=Dance Music |year=2014 |language=en}}</ref> that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of [[Chicago house]] with the lush chords of 1980s [[jazz-funk]] and touches of [[soul music]]. Its origins are attributed to the early recordings of [[Larry Heard]] (aka Mr. Fingers), including his influential track "[[Can You Feel It (Larry Heard song)|Can You Feel It]]".<ref>{{Citation|last=Resident Advisor|title=How Larry Heard made house music deep {{!}} Resident Advisor|date=8 May 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjV3PDi3KE8|access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref>

==Characteristics==
Deep house is known for tempos typically from 110 to 125 bpm,<ref name="Crossing Traditions" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Deep House Music |url=https://www.armadamusic.com/deep-house-music |website=Armada Music}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=List of Average Tempo (BPM) By Genre|url=http://www.digitaldjhub.com/average-bpm-of-music/|website=digitaldjhub.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161206192535/http://www.digitaldjhub.com/average-bpm-of-music/|archive-date=6 December 2016|date=30 April 2013|quote=deep house: 120-125 bpm}}</ref> muted basslines, spacious use of percussion elements (typically using a [[Roland TR-909]] drum machine),<ref name="synthtopia"/> soft keyboard sounds (pads), use of advanced chord structures, ambient mixes, and soulful vocals.{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

==History==
Deep house was largely pioneered by Chicago producers such as [[Marshall Jefferson]] ([[Ten City|On the House]]) and [[Larry Heard]] ([[Fingers Inc.|Mr. Fingers]]) and with tracks such as "Mystery of Love" (1985) and "[[Can You Feel It? (Larry Heard song)|Can You Feel It?]]" (1986);<ref>{{cite web|last=Iqbal|first=Mohson|title=Larry Heard: Soul survivor|url=http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?875|work=[[Resident Advisor]]|access-date=23 July 2012|date=31 January 2008|archive-date=12 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112034954/http://www.residentadvisor.net/feature.aspx?875|url-status=dead}}</ref> the latter had a similar impact on deep house to that of [[Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May]]'s "[[Strings of Life]]" (1987) on [[Detroit techno]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Various Artists - The Kings of House, Compiled and Mixed by Masters at Work |url=http://www.inthemix.com.au/music/21767/Various_Artists_The_Kings_of_House_Compiled_and_Mixed_by_Masters_at_Work |publisher=In the Mix |access-date=23 July 2012 |date=12 August 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106041701/http://www.inthemix.com.au/music/21767/Various_Artists_The_Kings_of_House_Compiled_and_Mixed_by_Masters_at_Work |archive-date=6 January 2014 }}</ref> The jazzy sound became more common due to the favored use of gentler, more organic (yet still synthesizer based) production and instrument sounds. Author Richie Unterberger has stated that Heard's deep house sound moved house music away from its [[posthuman]] tendencies back towards the lush, [[soul music|soulful]] sound of early [[disco]] music (particularly that of old [[Philadelphia International Records|Philadelphia International]] and [[Salsoul Records|Salsoul]] records).<ref name="music-usa">{{cite book|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|title=Music USA: The Rough Guide|year=1999|publisher=Rough Guides|location=London|isbn=185828421X|url=https://archive.org/details/musicusaroughgui0000unte|url-access=registration|access-date=23 July 2012|page=[https://archive.org/details/musicusaroughgui0000unte/page/265 265]}}</ref> "Can You Feel It" became a deep house blueprint; Heard used a [[Roland Juno-60]] synthesizer to create the deep bassline,<ref name="reverb">{{Cite web|url=https://reverb.com/news/the-syntronik-j-60-soft-synth-reverb-software-pick|title = The Syntronik J-60 Soft Synth &#124; Reverb Software Pick|date = August 2018}}</ref> along with a [[Roland TR-909]] drum machine for the beats.<ref name="synthtopia">[http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2013/11/04/quick-tip-the-mr-fingers-can-you-feel-it-bass-line/ The Mr. Fingers ‘Can You Feel It’ Bass Line], ''Synthtopia''</ref>

DJ [[Ron Trent]] stated that the term was initially used to describe the DJ work of [[Frankie Knuckles]] and [[Ron Hardy]], who departed from a strictly [[electronic music|electronic]] house sound to incorporate eclectic elements like [[disco]], [[jazz]], and [[underground music]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Orlov |first1=Piotr |title=Theo Parrish: Wudaaji |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/theo-parrish-wuddaji/ |website=Pitchfork |access-date=14 April 2021}}</ref>

In the 2000s and 2010s, the genre remained very popular. By around mid/late 2010s, however, the perception of the genre was resulting in a sense that some house music was being labeled "deep" inappropriately,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mixmag.net/read/stop-calling-it-deep-house-blog|title=Stop calling it deep house|work=Mixmag|access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref> and the term has since been used to encapsulate various types of bassline-driven house music, later named [[Brazilian bass]] or [[slap house]], as the genre evolves from its historical origins.

==Artists, DJs and record labels==
For a list of deep house producers and disc jockeys, see: [[:Category:Deep house musicians|Deep house musicians]].

Record labels of the genre include Alleviated Records ([[Larry Heard]]), Madhouse Records. Inc ([[Kerri Chandler]]),<ref>{{cite web |title=Kerri Chandler introduces Madhouse sister label, Madtech |url=https://www.madhouserecordsinc.com/kerri-chandler-introduces-madhouse-sister-label-madtech/ |website=Madhouse Records |date=11 May 2012}}</ref>  AFTR:HRS, [[Glasgow Underground Recordings|Glasgow Underground]], Naked Music, [[Om Records]], [[Peacefrog Records]], [[Soma Quality Recordings|Soma]], Source, [[Anjunabeats|Anjunadeep]] and [[Spinnin' Deep]]. Examples of deep house albums from artists known from other genres include ''[[The Martyr Mantras]]'' (1990) and ''[[Modernism: A New Decade]]'' (1989) from [[The Style Council]].

==See also==
* [[List of electronic music genres]]
*[[Club Zanzibar]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

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