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:Alternate meaning: The Acid House a 1994 novel by Irvine Welsh, later made into a film.Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. It began when musicians discovered that they could create interesting sounds with the Roland TB-303 analogue bass synthesizer by tweaking the resonance and frequency cut-off dials as they played. The term "acid" was used in Chicago at the time as a term for the squelchy "acid" sounds of such bass synthesizers such as the TB-303, and has no connection to LSD (in fact, the drug most commonly associated with the acid house scene was MDMA, or Ecstasy). Acid house music became a central part of the early rave scene in the U.K., and the yellow smiley became its emblem.
1 Notable acid house artists
- Phuture - Chicago-based group of acid house pioneers, formed in 1985, and best known for their classic 1987 single "Acid Tracks", which defined the genre and was its first "track".
- Adonis (artist) - We're Rockin Down The House
- Armando (artist)
- Chip E
- Fingers Inc
- A Guy Called Gerald - Voodoo Ray
- 808 State - British outfit from ManchesterThis article is about the city in England. For alternative meanings, see Manchester (disambiguation). Manchester is a city in North West England, which in 2002 had a population of approximately 422,302. The city is situated in the centre of the large metr, formed in 19891989 is a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). Events January January 7 Akihito becomes Emperor of Japan following the death of Hirohito. The Heisei period begins January 8 the Kegworth Air Disaster A British Midland Boeing 737 cra. Their first album, Newbuild, was acid house, and occasional acid house influences appeared in later tracks.
- Psychic TVPsychic TV (sometimes spelt Psychick TV or PTV is a largely electronic music group with occasional forays into psychedelic, punk, and experimental music. The band was formed by performance artist Genesis P-Orridge after his earlier industrial band, Throbb
See also: MadchesterMadchester refers to a period during the late 1980s and early 1990s when Manchester was the focus for a lot of the new musical talent hitting the UK indie music scene. During this period rock bands such as Inspiral Carpets (from Oldham), The Stone Roses,, acid house partyAn acid house party was a type of illegal party typically staged in warehouses in 1987-88. In the UK the most famous illegal party promoters were Genesis'88, Sunrise and Energy. See also acid house References Class of 88 The True Acid House Experience Way
2 Sources
- Shapiro, Peter (2000) Modulations: A History of Electronic Music: Throbbing Words on Sound, BooksEnthsiast.com.
3 External links
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