I know there’s a lot of confusion in the music world about tech house. The definition is actually pretty straight forward, let me break it down for you: it’s a style of techno that draws on house’s soulful and funky elements. Oh wait, no I’m sorry, I have that backwards. It’s a style of house that features the percussive and deep elements of techno. Right? Okay, I’m pretty sure it’s kind of deep and hypnotic most of the time. Unless it’s the hard and shuffly kind. Is shuffly even a word?

See, here’s the problem: Take all the different styles of both techno and house (deep, minimal, hard, soulful, etc), and know that any piece of music combining elements from two or more of these subgenres could rightly be called tech house. It’s a broad genre, and after years of categorizing electronic music, I still don’t have a solid definition, I just know it when I hear it.

That said, most of the set below I wouldn’t actually call tech house. I initially set out to record a tech house mix, but I discovered that I really only have about ten tracks that I could say with confidence are undeniably, certifiably, officially 100% tech house… and none of those tracks mixed all that well. So instead, what you’ve got here is a mix of techy electro house that gets a bit progressive towards the end and has a breakbeat track in the middle for some reason. The only songs on here that I can say for sure are tech house are the third and fourth tracks, because they both use samples like house, but also have elements of, um – ah, fuck it, I give up. Just enjoy the music.

DJ Cor - Is This Tech House? (Right click to download)

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Tracklist:
1. Andy Caldwell – Warrior (Claude VonStroke Sharp Toof Mix)
2. Chris Lake & Sébastien Léger - Word
3. Thomas Schumacher - Picanha
4. Rene Van Munster - Noodles (Zodiac Cartel Mix)
5. Claude VonStroke - Deep Throat (Sebastien Leger Remix)
6. Sam Hell - Gun Club (Hedflux Remix)
7. James Harcourt - Audio Daemon
8. Chris Lake - Deadline (Rene Amesz remix)
9. Kelis - Trick Me (Tiefschwarz Remix)