CULTURETECHLENSMusic — House & Dance Culture
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Combined Graph record U-00009 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-T-02. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
University of Sheffield New Histories (2024) treats house music as emerging from Chicago's predominantly Black, Latino, and LGBTQ+ club scene after disco's decline: Frankie Knuckles DJing at the Warehouse (206 South Jefferson Street, Chicago) from 1977, layering disco vocals over electronic samples; Jesse Saunders's 1984 single among the earliest Chicago house records; the music then spread to Detroit, New York, and internationally. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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University of Sheffield New Histories (2024) treats house music as emerging from Chicago's predominantly Black, Latino, and LGBTQ+ club scene after disco's decline: Frankie Knuckles DJing at the Warehouse (206 South Jefferson Street, Chicago) from 1977, layering disco vocals over electronic samples; Jesse Saunders's 1984 single among the earliest Chicago house records; the music then spread to Detroit, New York, and internationally. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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- Also known as: music-house-dance
Sources
- https://newhistories.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/volumes/2023-24/volume-24/the-role-of-minority-communities-in-developing-house-music (verification source · master store)
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University of Sheffield New Histories (2024) treats house music as emerging from Chicago's predominantly Black, Latino, and LGBTQ+ club scene after disco's decline: Frankie Knuckles DJing at the Warehouse (206 South Jefferson Street, Chicago) from 1977, layering disco vocals over electronic samples; Jesse Saunders's 1984 single among the earliest Chicago house records; the music then spread to Detroit, New York, and internationally. The lane framing is CTL's own taxonomy. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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