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What electronic music genre is characterized by a 'four-on-the-floor' beat and originated in Chicago in the early 1980s?

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House

House music was named after 'The Warehouse,' a nightclub where resident DJ Frankie Knuckles mixed disco with synth-pop. It laid the foundation for modern EDM.

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