Future House
House · 2014 · 122 to 128 BPM · also known as Future House EDM
A label born around 2013 for melodic house built on plucked, metallic sounding basses, popularised out of the Netherlands. The sound is clean and instantly recognisable through its filtered sawtooth bass that seems to talk. A launching pad for the Spinnin' and Heldeep generation, it became the house sound of streaming playlists, efficient and precisely calibrated for headphones as much as for club sound systems.
10 reference tracks
- Oliver Heldens: Gecko (2014)
- Tchami: Promesses (2014)
- Don Diablo: On My Mind (2015)
- Curbi: Discharge (2015)
- Mike Williams: Sweet And Sour (2016)
- Riton x Oliver Heldens: Turn Me On (2019)
- Tchami: Praise (2020)
- Armin van Buuren & Punctual Feat. Alika: On & On (2023)
- David Guetta, Hypaton & Europe: The Final Countdown 2025 (2025)
- David Guetta, Hypaton, Bonnie Tyler: Together (2025)
At a glance
- Tempo: 122 to 128 BPM
- First appeared: around 2014
- Machines: LennarDigital Sylenth1, Reveal Sound Spire
- The sound: Basse pluck filtrée type future, Sylenth1 et Spire, Sidechain marqué, Drops mélodiques
- Labels: Musical Freedom, Spinnin' Records, Hexagon, Heldeep, STMPD
- Key artists: Tchami, Oliver Heldens, Don Diablo, Curbi
Producing Future House
Stay between 124 and 128 BPM, the clean Dutch house tempo, with a square, light feel, no swing, apart from a slight shuffle on the hats that separates it from heavier bass house. The pluck bass plays in eighths and sixteenths like a melody, and that melodic figure defines the track, with a marked but musical sidechain and a pop song structure built for streaming, a short intro and the drop around bar 33. Build a clean 909 kick with a click and moderate sustain, a layered clap on two and four with a snap and short reverb, closed hats in sixteenths with a light shuffle, and bright open hats on the offbeats. The bass itself is a filtered pluck, one or two sawtooths with light unison, a low pass filter and a moving phaser for the talk effect.
The full production course, in French: tempo, drums, bass, sounds, arrangement, mix, plugins and machines, and a step by step start.
Frequently asked
What is Future House?
A label born around 2013 for melodic house built on plucked, metallic sounding basses, popularised out of the Netherlands. The sound is clean and instantly recognisable through its filtered sawtooth bass that seems to talk. A launching pad for the Spinnin' and Heldeep generation, it became the…
What tempo is Future House played at?
Between 122 and 128 BPM.
Who are the key Future House artists?
Tchami, Oliver Heldens, Don Diablo, Curbi.
In the same family
- Chicago House
- Acid House
- Garage House
- Deep House
- Soulful House
- Lo-Fi House
- Hip House
- UK House
- Italo House
- Hard House
- Progressive House
- Disco House
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