Where did club music originate?
Sophia Bowman
Updated on May 08, 2026
Also question is, where did house music originated from?
house, style of high-tempo, electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s and spread internationally.
Also, who brought house music to the UK? Anyway, it's no exaggeration that Pete Tong was a great A & R man who got onto house music early and sold it brilliantly to the British public in the mid-80s and for decades afterwards.
Similarly, what are the origins of club dance music?
The roots of club dance are in 1970s Jamaican dub, funk, disco and 1980s European synth-pop. Jamaican dub is a style of reggae where new instrumental versions of songs are made by remixing. The mixing desk is used to allow different elements of the songs to be pushed backwards and forwards in the mix.
What came before house music?
Before house came disco. Disco peaked in the late '70s and set the standard for nightclub music that stomped between 110-130 beats per minute (bpm) and stretched out the rhythm sections and breakdowns in tracks. It's what started DJ culture, especially in New York.