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2000s House music
As of 2003, a new generation of DJs and promoters, including James Zabiela, Miguel Migs and Mylo, were emerging, determined to kickstart a more underground scene and there were signs of a renaissance in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, New York and other racially-mixed cities, as well as in Australia, Canada, Scandinavia, Scotland and Germany. For example, in 2004 the Montreal club Stereo, co-owned by David Morales and party aficionado Scott Lancaster, celebrated its sixth year in operation and in 2006 The Guvernment in Toronto with Mark Oliver is celebrating its 10th anniversary.
Stereo, opened in 1998, was modeled after the seminal New York City club Paradise Garage, focusing the experience on the quality of sound and lighting. The key to house music was re-invention. A willingness to steal or develop new styles and a low cost of entry encouraged innovation. The development of computers and the Internet play a critical role in this innovation. One need only to examine how house music has evolved over time to evaluate the effect computers and the Internet have had on house music and music in general.
In 2005 radio stations came under increasing scrutiny because of their blatant homogenization of radio. By, 2007, Save Internet Radio campaign was launched to prevent the lose of internet radio stations, especially those who play exclusively House music and other electronic dance music styles. Some audiences are fragmenting into different camps based around the old-guard house sound and a darker, more synth-driven sound influenced by 1980s retro sentiment. This is an entirely new genre of music, having more to do with techno, electronica and EBM music than house.
Just recently, Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago proclaimed August 10, 2005 to be House Unity Day in Chicago last July 27, 2005 in celebration of House Music's 21st anniversary. DJs like Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Paul Johnson and Mickey Oliver were cited among the many other DJs who came together to celebrate the proclamation at the Summer Dance Series event organized by Chicago's Department of Cultural Affairs. Two newer forms of house called Ghetto House and sometimes Juke--named after the dance Jukin'--in addition to the "Footworkin'" dance craze have been gaining ground in Chicago.
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