Let It All Out

When XLR8R took a closer look at modern ballroom and vogue house earlier this year, the music appeared prime to break out in a major way. Largely built upon raw, upfront drum sounds, recycled snippets of hip-hop and R&B, and, most importantly, the ever-present "Ha" (itself a repurposed Masters at Work sample), vogue house seemingly offered the sort of sound that tastemaking and blog-reading DJs would snap up with aplomb. Hell, even Diplo championed the ballroom scene. Yet, for whatever reason, t...

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