microhouse — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A subgenre of house music strongly influenced by minimalism and 1990s techno.

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   Synonyms

   clickhouse

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   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.

   Matthew Dear (Saturday) This experimental microhouse D.J. and producer channels Detroit techno in his reedy, subtly dystopian brushes of beats.

2. Synonym of microhome.

   Usage

   • Countable