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HT Spotify: New Content!

    So far, the hometown spotify page has been quite sad and empty... but this will be remedied soon! I'm going to start a weekly series of playlists (released every weekend!) which will cover a range of wild and whacky genres of music. My goals in this are to help everyone else enjoy and explore expression through sound as well as to produce some form of interaction with the server as a whole. So, if you have any suggestions: Post them in here! Music is something that everyone can relate to and participate in, and everyone has their own unique tastes and preferences.

This week's playlist: Tropical House!

    Summer is just about to start (any minute now, you bloody british weather) and what is more appropriate than some summer party vibes! If you've never heard of tropical house before: don't worry.... neither had I until I got bored at work earlier this week and started searching random shit in the spotify search bar. Since then, I've somewhat fallen in love with the genre.
    Tropical house is a subgenre of deep house (itself a subgenre of house music). Deep house is a type of electronic music that started in the 80s and features lots of synth pads and ambient sounds along with a light bassline and percussion. The lyrics are usually more meaningful and often on the reflective side. In 2012, "tropical rave" was created by Unicorn Kid and later other artists started using a similar sound (but with less of the "rave" part) to create a more hous-ey sound. In 2013, Australian producer Thomas Jack refereed to this sound as "tropical house" as a bit of a joke, however the name stuck and more and more artists started to jump onto the producer-wagon over the next few years.
    The resulting genre is a laid back type of dance music with those fun vibes of summer parties mixed in, so enjoy!

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    If you know any tropical house songs that you love, post them below and they can be added to the playlist!