Eras
2000s House Music Artists
Deep, minimal and electro. House splits into a dozen directions, and Africa starts to talk back.
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The decade
2000s
The 2000s were a decade of splits. Minimal and tech house ruled underground clubs, electro house and big-room hits like Eric Prydz’s “Call on Me” (2004) ruled the charts, and deep house kept its loyal heads.
In South Africa, a house scene that had been huge at home for years produced Black Coffee, whose “Superman” (2009) set up the Afro house wave to come.
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Artists
Who defined it
Kerri Chandler
New Jersey’s deep house lifer. Basslines you feel in your chest, from the early 1990s to now.
Black Coffee
South Africa’s biggest house export. Grammy winner, Soulistic Music founder, and the reason the world turned to Afro house.
Honey Dijon
A Chicago-born DJ who learned from the originals and carries their sound to the biggest stages and runways in the world.
Chris Lake
UK-born producer and Black Book Records boss. “Operator (Ring Ring)” and “Turn Off the Lights”.
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FAQ
Questions people ask
What happened to house music in the 2000s?
It split: minimal and tech house underground, electro and big-room house in the charts, deep house in between.