Deep house is a subgenre of
house music that originated in the 1980s, initially fusing elements of
Chicago house with 1980s
jazz-funk and touches of
soul music. Deep house tracks generally have a tempo of between 120 and 125 beats per minute. This style of house music can often have an acoustic feeling. The online music store
Beatport is credited with driving the popularity of deep house, but also mislabeling a number of artists in the process and giving rise to the
future house genre.