Simon C.W. Reynolds
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Freelance writer. Author of Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock; Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture and Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past, among others.
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House, style of high-tempo, electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s and spread internationally. Born in Chicago clubs that catered to gay, predominantly black and Latino patrons, house fused the symphonic sweep and soul diva vocals of 1970s disco with the cold futurism…
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