At a glance
- Artist
- Jesse Saunders
- Released
- 1984
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Chicago House
Start here · 1977-1989 · Members
It's widely considered the first original Chicago house track and set the template the genre would run on for years.
Widely considered the first original Chicago house track released on vinyl, 'On and On' set the template the genre would run on for years: a Roland TR-808, a Korg Poly-61…
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Terms
- 808
- A drum machine that Roland released in 1980, known for its booming synthesized bass drum, snappy handclap, and cowbell.
- Four-on-the-floor
- A steady dance rhythm in which the bass drum plays on every beat of a 4/4 measure, forming the foundational pulse of disco, house, and techno.
- TB-303
- A Roland bass synthesizer and sequencer originally released in 1981 to simulate bass guitar lines.