House music expanded!

I remember when House music started to branch off and go in different directions in the early 90’s. After the rise of Heartthrob, there was a subgenre called Latin house. This was one of my favorite styles of house music. This was a Latin influenced style that had a house beat, (around 124 BPM) mixed with samples of Latin songs. One of my favorites was called Big Time, (Carlito’s Dream), by That Kid Chris. A decent YouTube link is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Gk6hcR9Eh0. This song was a sample from Santana’s “Oye Como Va”, and was mixed into a house beat. This along with other songs like I want to know, (Quiero Saber), by Latin Kings, www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_Zu8J8oUWU, were very popular in Latin communities mostly in larger cities like Chicago, New York and Miami. These were widely spread into Europe along with most other house music. As house music was expanding in the USA, It was starting to explode in Europe, especially in places like Ibiza, Spain, and The Netherlands. This was simply the start of a global expansion, which created the Rave generation. With a widespread dance genre that had so many styles that were being created, parties worldwide were getting larger and larger creating the need for more and more DJ’s and house producers. This in my belief created the celebrity status of the house DJ. For the first time there were DJ’s that were traveling not only from club to club, but also from city to city and country to country to perform at clubs making these DJ’s celebrities of the underground dance revolution. DJ’s like Frankie Knuckles and Paul Oakenfold were worldwide travelers that headlined in clubs and raves across the globe spreading the newest styles and subgenres of dance music. A great book to read about all of this is, Last Night A DJ Saved My Life, The History Of A Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton. All this being Said, House music was expanding.