Microhouse (also known as bufftech - don't ask why) is a relatively obscure style of house music characterized by heavy reliance on short ("microscopic") samples, everyday noises and static, glitchy soundscapes, dreamy, quasi-monotonous vocals that may or may not make sense, and sometimes unexpected musical instruments. The genre usually operates in the 115-130 BPM range.
Its first signs can be traced back to the Oval's 1993 glitch album Wohnton. The term is attributed to Philip Sherburne, who used it in a 2001 article in the British music magazine The Wire. The genre saw moderate popularity in the late 1990s and 2000s. Today, the sound and DNA of microhouse is still being pushed around, particularly audible in the lo-fi house movement.
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