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microhouse en · NOUN

Etymology

From micro- + house, in the music sense coined by American journalist and DJ Philip Sherburne in 2001.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A subgenre of house music strongly influenced by minimalism and 1990s techno.
   • Matthew Dear (Saturday) This experimental microhouse D.J. and producer channels Detroit techno in his reedy, subtly dystopian brushes of beats. 2015 June 25, “Pop & Rock Listings for June 26-July 2”, in New York Times:
   • And for the greater part of the noughties, the connoisseur consensus sound has been a German invention, microhouse—nowadays an unsatisfactory umbrella term for an increasingly diverging array of sub-styles, but originally a useful and era-defining concept coined by techno writer Philip Sherburne in 2001. 2013, Simon Reynolds, Energy Flash, updated edition, Faber and Faber, →ISBN, pages 626–627:
2. (countable) Synonym of microhome.

Forms

Synonyms

clickhouse · microhome