We Always Had Tomorrow

Bloghouse is a mid-to-late 2000s internet-born strain of electro/house that thrived on MP3 blogs, Hype Machine charts, and MySpace-era sharing. Sonically it blends distorted, over-compressed electro-house with indie-dance and dance-punk attitude: crunchy saw leads, bit-crushed drums, four-on-the-floor kicks, pumping sidechain, and hyper-edited drops. Bootleg remixes and unofficial edits of indie bands were central, as was a high-energy, party-first approach geared for small clubs and warehouse floors. Culturally it was anchored by labels like Ed Banger and Kitsuné, a fluorescent “fluoro” aesthetic, and a DIY remix economy where tracks spread virally via blogs rather than traditional promo channels. The result is a loud, fun, irreverent sound that bridged indie scenes and the club mainstream.

Indie dance blends the melodic sensibilities and live‑band ethos of indie rock with the groove, repetition, and production techniques of club music. The result is a dancefloor‑friendly sound that keeps guitars, bass, and vocals in the spotlight while leaning on four‑on‑the‑floor drums, funky basslines, and luminous analog synths. The style typically sits around 108–124 BPM, favors warm vintage tones (Roland drum machines, Juno/Jupiter/Prophet synths), and draws on disco and new wave for harmony and rhythm. Hooks are carried by concise vocal lines and ear‑catching motifs, often delivered with the intimate, conversational tone associated with indie music.

Filter house (often synonymous with the French Touch) is a substyle of house music built around heavily filtered disco and funk samples looped over a steady four-on-the-floor beat. Producers sweep low‑pass or high‑pass filters across the sample—opening and closing the cutoff to create a sense of tension and release—while sidechain compression makes the mix “pump” against the kick. The sound emphasizes catchy basslines, syncopated guitar chops or strings lifted from late-1970s/early-1980s records, and glossy, club‑ready drums. It’s both nostalgic and modern: vintage source material processed through contemporary dance-production techniques to deliver hooky, euphoric, dance‑floor moments.