A brief history of the Dream House

The dream house that appeared in the mid-90s—with its soft arrangements of piercing piano passages, dreamy orchestral overdubs and a moderately pulsating bass drum—was designed to calm down Italian clubbers, excited by the fast rhythms of techno and hardcore. It turned out even better than expected: adults liked the melodies in the new genre while young people enjoyed its danceability. The subgenre started becoming commercially successful. Not for long. In just a couple of seasons, so many low-grade and generic works were released by European labels that by 1998 the new style had turned into a parody. Here is an example—a 100% dream house mix ↓