Filter your crate to this range, then verify each track's beatgrid and Camelot key before you blend.
- Practical target
- 124 BPM
- Tracks shown
- 4 shown
- Track spread
- 118-124 BPM
- Inside core range
- 3 of 4
- Below · above
- 1 below · 0 above
- Median · mean
- 120 · 121 BPM
- Family
- House
- Evidence
- Limited but reviewed: 4 tracks, 3 core examples
Counts describe the reference tracks resolved on this page, not every record in the genre. Use the BPM that makes loops, cue points, and phrase markers behave cleanly.
Quick answer
What BPM is Afro House?
A DJ tempo guide for Afro House: where the core range sits, and 4 reference tracks spanning 118-124 BPM, separated into core, adjacent, and outlier records.
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Reference tracks
Afro House Reference Tracks
Resolved Afro House tracks, verified against their beatgrids with real BPM, Camelot key, energy and length, separated by DJ fit. Click any row to open its full sonic profile.
Core Afro House examples
3 inside 120-128 BPM
Adjacent and outlier examples
1 outside core
DJ fit notes
- Drive (feat. Delilah Montagu) - Edit: Below the 120-128 BPM core range; use as a bridge record or test a doubled grid.
Genre family
Afro House in the House Family
Afro House sits at 120–128 BPM as a core DJ range, with 124 BPM as a practical target for crate filtering and set planning. Viewing Afro House as a sub-genre of House, it sits within the broader 115–132 BPM family.
House BPM Reference
House: 115-132 BPM, typical 125 BPM.
| Genre | BPM Range | Typical BPM | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | 115-132 | 125 | The foundation of electronic dance music, born in Chicago in the early 1980s. Characterized by a steady four-on-the-floor kick drum pattern, synthesized basslines, and soulful vocals. |
| Tropical House | 100-118 | 110 | Slow, sun-soaked house with marimba/steel-drum leads, panflutes, and tropical instrumentation. Popularized by Kygo, Thomas Jack, and Matoma in 2014-2016. |
| Slap House | 110-125 | 120 | Plucked, slap-bass-driven house with downtempo trap-influenced energy. Brazilian Bass evolution: Imanbek, VIZE, Alok. Massive in 2019-2021. |
| Outsider House | 115-128 | 120 | Raw, lo-fi, outsider-art house from labels like L.I.E.S., Mood Hut, and 1080p. DJ Sotofett, Huerco S., Anthony Naples. Tape hiss and DIY production aesthetics. |
| Lo-Fi House | 115-125 | 120 | Raw, tape-saturated house with intentionally degraded sound quality. Vintage samples, dusty drums, and DIY aesthetic. Ross From Friends, DJ Boring, Mall Grab. |
| Chicago House | 118-128 | 122 | The original house sound from clubs like The Warehouse and Music Box. Drum machine patterns (TR-707, TR-909), Roland bass, and disco DNA. Pioneered by Frankie Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, and Larry Heard. |
| Deep House | 118-125 | 122 | A smoother, more atmospheric take on house. Warm pads, jazzy chords, and subdued vocals create a hypnotic, late-night feel. |
| Disco House | 118-126 | 122 | House built on disco loops and live instrumentation feel. Strings, horns, slap bass, and four-on-the-floor uplift. Overlaps with French and funky house. |
| Italo House | 118-128 | 122 | Late-80s Italian house with piano stabs, female diva vocals, and synth strings. Black Box's 'Ride on Time' and 49ers epitomize the sound. |
| Organic House | 115-124 | 122 | Layered, percussive, melody-soft house championed by labels like All Day I Dream and Crosstown Rebels. Bedouin, Sébastien Léger, Tinlicker, Bona Fide. Subtle, warm, organic textures over deep grooves. |
| Melodic House | 118-126 | 122 | Anjunadeep-adjacent, emotional, melody-led house. Innellea, Massano, Cassian, Anyma, Argy. Distinct from melodic-techno: groovier, slightly slower, more song-like. |
| French House | 118-128 | 124 | Filter-driven house pioneered by Daft Punk, Cassius, Stardust, and the Ed Banger crew. Heavily filtered disco and funk samples, sidechain pumping, and phaser sweeps. |
| Soulful House | 120-128 | 124 | House with gospel-rooted vocals, jazzy keys, and live-feel arrangements. Defined by labels like Defected, Soulfuric, and artists like Louie Vega and Kerri Chandler. |
| Brazilian Bass | 120-128 | 124 | São Paulo-born deep house variant with prominent slappy bass and minimal arrangement. Alok, Bhaskar, and Vintage Culture defined the sound that birthed slap house globally. |
| Microhouse | 120-128 | 124 | Glitchy, micro-sampled minimal house pioneered by Akufen, Ricardo Villalobos, and the Perlon/Kompakt circle. Granular textures and click-house grooves. |
| Afro House | 120-128 | 124 | Fuses house music with African rhythms, percussion, and melodic elements. Rich in polyrhythmic patterns and organic instrumentation. Black Coffee, Keinemusik. |
| Acid House | 120-130 | 125 | Defined by the squelchy, resonant sound of the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer. A pivotal genre in rave culture. |
| Funky House | 122-128 | 125 | Infuses house with funk and disco elements. Groovy basslines, filtered samples, and uplifting energy. |
| Garage House | 122-128 | 125 | The New York/New Jersey vocal house sound from Paradise Garage and Tony Humphries era. Soulful, gospel-tinged vocals over swung drums. Direct ancestor of UK garage. |
| Latin House | 122-128 | 125 | House laced with congas, timbales, and Latin/salsa percussion. DJ Disciple, Erick Morillo, Roger Sanchez crossover sound. |
| Afro-Tech | 122-128 | 125 | Tech house variant with African percussion layers, log drums, and organic textures. Sits between Afro House and tech house: Themba, Black Motion sound. |
| Tech House | 124-128 | 126 | Blends house groove with techno's minimalism. Punchy percussion, rolling basslines, and stripped-back arrangements dominate the dancefloor. |
| Future House | 124-128 | 126 | Bouncy, metallic-bass house pioneered by Tchami, Oliver Heldens, and Don Diablo. Mid-2010s Spinnin'/Mixmash sound bridging UK garage swing and big-room drops. |
| G-House | 124-128 | 126 | Gangsta-house: tech house with West Coast hip-hop samples and gangsta rap acapellas. Pioneered by AC Slater, Amine Edge & DANCE, and the Night Bass label. |
| Jackin' House | 124-128 | 126 | Cut-up disco-loop house with chopped vocal stabs and bouncy swung drums. Strictly Rhythm/Defected territory. The 'jacking' references original Chicago house dance. |
| Tribal House | 124-130 | 126 | Percussion-heavy house with congas, djembes, bongos, and chant vocals. Pier Bucci, DJ Chus, Stephan Hinz territory. Different from Afro House: tribal is more global drum focused. |
| Progressive House | 126-132 | 128 | Long, evolving builds and breakdowns with layered melodies. Tracks develop gradually over 7-10 minutes with emotional peaks. |
| Electro House | 126-132 | 128 | Big, distorted basslines and aggressive synth leads. High-energy festival sound with dramatic drops. Distinct from classic 'electro' (electrofunk). |
| Bass House | 124-130 | 128 | Aggressive, bass-forward house drawing from UK bassline and dubstep. AC Slater, Joyryde, Habstrakt territory. Heavy mid-range growls over four-on-the-floor. |
| Big Room House | 126-132 | 128 | Stripped-down festival house built around massive kick-driven drops. Hardwell, Martin Garrix, W&W era of Mainstage EDM at Tomorrowland and Ultra. |
| Ghetto House | 130-150 | 135 | Raw, sexually explicit Chicago house with stripped 808/909 patterns. Dance Mania label sound: DJ Funk, DJ Deeon. Direct precursor to juke and footwork. |
| Hard House | 140-150 | 145 | UK rave-era hard house with pumping kicks, hoover synths, and crowd-rallying energy. Tidy Trax, Trade nightclub heritage. Tony De Vit, BK, Lisa Lashes. |
vibesdj.io/dj-tools - BPM ranges are practical DJ references, not strict genre boundaries.
House
The foundation of electronic dance music, born in Chicago in the early 1980s. Characterized by a steady four-on-the-floor kick drum pattern, synthesized basslines, and soulful vocals.
Sub-genre tempo spectrum
31 stylesReading the grid
How to Read Afro House BPM in DJ Software
Afro House is usually mixed around 120-128 BPM, with 124 BPM as a practical DJ target. The reference tracks on this page span 118-124 BPM, so use the grid that makes loops and phrase markers line up cleanly.
| Reading | Meaning | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 120-128 BPM | Core Afro House DJ range | Beatmatch normally, then check phrasing around intros, breaks, and drops. |
| 60-64 BPM | Halftime interpretation of the core range | Double the grid if 8-bar loops or cue points feel too slow. |
| 124 BPM | Practical target for crate filtering | Use as a starting point, then sort by energy, key, and arrangement. |
| < 120 BPM | Slower adjacent or bridge records | Treat as tempo bridges unless the grid doubles cleanly into the core range. |
DJ Overview for Afro House
Use this as a mixing and library-prep description, not an encyclopedia entry.
| Aspect | Detail |
|---|---|
| Sound palette | African percussion, Polyrhythmic patterns, Organic instruments, Tribal vocals |
| Drum feel | 120-128 BPM core range; check whether slower readings work better doubled or as halftime. |
| Arrangement and phrasing | Confirm intro, build, drop, breakdown, and outro cue points before trusting the analyzer value. |
| Energy use in a set | club flow, long blends, and steady energy |
| Often compared with | House, French House, Soulful House |
Mix Into Afro House
Tempo overlap is only one part of the decision. These suggestions separate BPM fit from style fit so same-tempo but unrelated genres do not look like natural transitions.
| Genre | BPM fit | Style fit | Transition |
|---|---|---|---|
| House115-132 BPM · typical 125 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Chicago House118-128 BPM · typical 122 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Deep House118-125 BPM · typical 122 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Tech House124-128 BPM · typical 126 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Progressive House126-132 BPM · typical 128 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Acid House120-130 BPM · typical 125 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Electro House126-132 BPM · typical 128 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
| Funky House122-128 BPM · typical 125 | High | High | Long blend, harmonic blend, or drop swap |
Top Artists in Afro House
Most-represented artists in the Afro House tracks shown here:
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Common Keys for Afro House
Most-used Camelot keys among the Afro House tracks shown here:
Want to hear it in practice? Browse Afro House tracks and the DJs who play them in the directory, filterable by key, tempo, and energy.
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Mixing Tips
Tempo Window
Stay in the 120–128 BPM band for clean mixes; verify unknown tracks with the BPM tapper.
Harmonic Fit
Use the Camelot wheel to find compatible keys before transitioning, especially when Afro House tracks have prominent melodic content.
Tempo Bridges
When bridging into a different tempo, use the key transposer to plan how pitch change affects key, or transition during a breakdown where the beat drops.
Next Reference
Browse the EDM genre BPM chart or the music genre tree to see how Afro House relates to neighboring styles.
Typical Tempo
See tracks at the typical 124 BPM on the 124 BPM tracks page.
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Methodology
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Maintained by Ben Modigell, founder of Vibes. Ben builds DJ library, preparation, BPM, and harmonic-mixing tools for working DJs.
- Data used
- 4 reference tracks
- Source
- Audio features sourced from ReccoBeats (https://reccobeats.com); track metadata via Spotify Search API. Spotify deprecated audio-features for new apps in Nov 2024. Manual label reference tracks use Beatport BPM/key metadata where available.
- Evidence
- 4 reference Afro House tracks from a 391-track dataset; 3 sit inside the core DJ range and 1 are labeled as adjacent or outlier examples.
- How this page is made
- This page is generated from the Vibes genre taxonomy, curated reference tracks, computed evidence statistics, and reference track metadata where available. AI-assisted research helped draft the taxonomy notes; the visible page is rendered from structured data and reusable page logic.
Genre BPM ranges are practical DJ references, not statistical claims about every track. Different edits, live versions, and analysis engines may report slightly different tempos.
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