House Gospel Choir

A concert by House Gospel Choir, an electronic act that blends house rhythms with gospel vocals, staged at Hackney Church in Clapton, east London.

House Gospel Choir is an electronic act that combines house-music production with gospel vocals, placing choral singing at the centre of its sound. The approach belongs to the gospel house tradition, which took shape in the Chicago and New York house scenes of the late 1980s and 1990s, when producers layered church-derived singing over four-to-the-floor beats.

Live, the music rests on the interplay between club rhythms and voices, which is the core of the act. The concert takes place at Hackney Church, a religious building on Lower Clapton Road in east London, so the evening is held in a place of worship rather than a club.

The night suits listeners who enjoy dance music rooted in gospel, and those curious about how church singing has fed into club culture. Gospel house remains a strand of electronic dance music that draws on both the club and the choral traditions.