San Francisco House music has an easily audible sound and is known in Europe and the world round for being mellow and melodic, soulful and sexy. This guide to San Francisco house music, compiled by SanFrancisco.com editors, includes San Francisco's house music greats, like Mark Farina and Miguel Migs, and offers these San Francisco artists' top house music recordings.
Mark Farina
San Francisco Sessions
A House standard, San Francisco Sessions is Mark Farina's breakthrough and flawless compilation of soulful house music, with mellow and funky undertones.
Mushroom Jazz 4
World-renowned mid-tempo DJ, who helped define the sound of San Francisco House music, Mark Farina's fourth release in his popular Mushroom Jazz series is a downtempo ode to rainy San Francisco days, full of smooth contrasts and surprising samples.
Miguel Migs
Nude Tempo I
Naked Music mastermind Miguel Migs's Nude Tempo I has bounce and soul, in a best-selling house music album that is as danceable as it is feel-good and uplifting.
Colorful You
A sun-drenched San Francisco house music album by Miguel Migs and brimming with confidence, Latin samples, and a genre-defining hand and ear for downtempo house music.
Andy Caldwell
Vol. 2 - Sounds of Om
The house music mavericks at OM Records produced Andy Caldwell's best-selling San Francisco midtempo house music session, full of warm funk and latin grooves.