Electro house couples house tempos with the heavy, distorted synth leads and saw-bass tones of electroclash and the French touch revival. The sound consolidated in the mid-2000s through producers like Justice, Boys Noize, and Erol Alkan, and went mainstream during the 2008–2014 EDM boom under Steve Aoki, Skrillex, and Knife Party. Tempos sit at 125–135 BPM, drops are loud and modulated, and the arrangement borrows trance-style breakdown structure. The style faded from festival main stages by the late 2010s as audiences moved to bass house and big-room techno, but its DNA persists in modern festival house and complextro production. Today the term often signals a heavier, more rave-leaning take on house.