Dream house

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For the TV game show, see Dream House (game show). For the light & sound installation project, see La Monte Young and Dream House 78' 17".
Dream House
Stylistic origins House, Trance
Cultural origins Mid 1990s, Switzerland
Typical instruments Synthesizer - Sequencer - Keyboard - Sampler
Mainstream popularity Large, especially mid 1990s Europe, United States, and Canada.
Derivative forms progressive trance

Dream house, also known as dream trance, is a dance music style that had success on the dance scene between 1995 and 1997. Its main feature is the importance of melody, usually a very dreamy one (hence its name), typically played on a piano, or in some cases a violin, saxophone, etc. As of 2006, in most cases, synthesizer sounds had become prevalent. Spanish DJ Dario Nunez used dream house parts in his track "Looking at Me" in 2008.

[edit] Popular tracks

The track that launched dream house to popularity was "Children" by Robert Miles, its debut album Dreamland was also an iconic Dream House record [1],. Among the most popular dream house tracks were :

  • "Sky Plus" by Nylon Moon
  • "Atlantis" by Imperio
  • "Celebrate the love" by Zhi-Vago
  • "I'm Flying Away" by Dj Crashmaster feat. Cybertrancer
  • "In Africa" by Piano Negro
  • "Metropolis", "The Legend of Babel", "X-Files" by DJ Dado [2]
  • "Pyramids of Giza" by W. P. Alex Remark
  • "Moon's Waterfalls" by Roland Brant
  • "Dreamer" by Antico
  • "Forever Young" by DJ Panda
  • "Children" by Robert Miles
  • "Space Ocean" by Daniele Gas
  • "Seven Days and One Week" by BBE
  • "NCIS Theme" by Numeriklab

Traces of dream house music can be found in today's progressive trance.

[edit] References

  1. ^ EuroDance hits Robert Miles Biography Accessed February 8st, 2009
  2. ^ EuroDance hits DJ Dado Page Accessed February 8st, 2009