Melodic House & Techno is the intersection where house music's supple swing meets techno's linear drive, then drenches both in rich, sing able melody. The style crystallised in the mid 2010s - first through Innervisions' deep, romantic releases and later via Afterlife's widescreen epics - offering club goers a warmer, more emotional antidote to the darker “peak time” sound that prevailed across Europe.