Just my $.02 to this discussion, no real new ground perhaps,
But to me the "Acid" scene which developed in the UK basically in 88
had nothing to do with what by then I considered to be the acid sound
-ie the raw 303 trax from er, Trax mainly.
I remember reading in some mag near the end of 87 a prediction that
"Acid will re-emerge in a less underground form" and I thought "no",
cos the sound was just to un-commercial and seemed to have burned out
- most of the early acid trax were fairly similar (like with any
style, most of it was fairly generic) And the popularity had faded
slightly.
But then for reasons already discussed, the name got applied to the
culture of "Acid House Parties" (yes they were called that by those
who went to them, for a while!) drugs, smileys, bandanas and day-glo
clothing, and the music itself? Well I though most of the so-called
"Acid" coming from the UK at the time (eg D Mob) was crap (Just like
most of the early UK house in 87 was crap compared to the "real"
Chicago stuff) (or Detroit for that matter).
And it's true, the music of Todd Terry was massively influential at
this time. "Can You Party" with it House Music Anthem sample and
sirens was the "Acid House" anthem. btw the Maurice track mentioned
was on the "Pump Up <insert geographic region>" comp on A&M/breakout,
but the remixes on the UK 12" were half-baked clones of the Todd
Terry sound.
The real acid sound (ie 303) almost completely disappeared from the
shelves, appearing briefly in tracks from people like Ten City, but
it was a long time before the (by then) techno scene grabbed back
hold of it, with a pretty big chunk of help from Hardfloor. No flames
- come on face it "Acperience" might not have been the first
resurgence acid track (I don't know what was?) but it sure was the
first big one.
more than 2 cents, perhaps a shilling or two?
J
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James Skilton aka Steady J - jamess@firefox.co.uk
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