I think there's a bit of a temptation to think that "acid house", like hip-house, was a sub-style of house that only lasted so long, and that subsequent records by UR, Damon Wild, Affie Yusuf et al were essentially techno tracks with an acid sound.
I'm a big fan of continuity in music though and so I would class Bang the Acid as an acid track. However (maybe this is just me) when I refer to acid house I generally mean the late-80s Chicago variety, including Maurice Joshua's ode to his penile dimensions and JM Silk's "Music Is The Key", both non-303 tracks. However if I'm referring to the whole style of music that started with "Acid Trax" and includes "Bang the Acid", "Seawolf", "Acid Waves" and all the anonymous blank-label 303 stormers lurking in my record collection, I'll use the term "acid" instead. If the 303 is distorted, if the kick drum has that 1990s oomph rather than the 1980s punch, if there is no 808 or 707 in the mix, that's what more contemporary acid sounds like to me. But if there's a heavily compressed Linn snare, a punchy RZ-1 kick drum, more of a "jacking" than "flowing" rhythmic structure, and especially if there are vocals/samples, that's what 1980s "acid house" sounds like to me. It's all acid though! Brendan | -----Original Message----- | From: Ploegmakers, Joost [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 9:16 AM | To: [email protected] | Subject: RE: [313] off topic but fun nonetheless/acid | | | So it's not acid house if there's distortion on the 303?? That's adding a | little too much narrowmindedness to the genre I think.... | Acid is a feeling, just as house is ;-) | | personally, I wouldn't know how to really define acid house, but it sure | isn't the 303 = acid equasion. There's plenty of brilliant acid around | without the 303. Maurice Joshua's - I got a big d*ck as one of the best | examples. And as far as distortion goes, like it or not, but Bang the Acid | is still acid. Maybe you don't think it's great and it's not from the 80's | or from Chicago or sounds like Phuture. But that doesn't mean | it's not acid | house. | | Joost | | -----Original Message----- | From: john harvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: vrijdag 30 augustus 2002 1:49 | To: [email protected] | Subject: Re: [313] off topic but fun nonetheless/acid | | | I agree, this is real acid house - i.e. no distortion on the 303, | unlike the | newer stuff. john. | | > I'll go for some old Chicago tracks that aren't *amazingly* obvious, | > but leave aside modern stuff (I do think that Jeff Mills and Mad Mike | > are the John Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders of the TB303 though, as | > evidenced on Seawolf and the Acid Rain series :) : | > | > Six Brown Brothers "City Hall" | > Dr Derelict "That Sh*t's Wild" | > Lidell Townsell "Feel The Mood" | > Mr Lee "Never Gonna Change" | > Hokus Pokus "Different World" (*especially* this track!) | > Mike 'Hitman' Wilson "Bango Acid" | > JM Silk "Music Is The Key" | > Maurice "This is Acid" | > Hot Hanas Hula "Hot Hands" | > The Porch Monkeys "Hello Lover" | > and of course the tear-jerkingly poignant "I Got A Big D*ck" by | > Maurice Joshua... | > | > Brendan | > | > | -----Original Message----- | > | From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 11:04 PM | > | To: [email protected] | > | Subject: Re: [313] off topic but fun nonetheless | > | | > | | > | > hello all- | > | > | > | > i am hoping to get everyone's help in suggesting some definitive | > | > acid house tracks for downloading purposes. i'm hoping to fill up | > | > at least a cd with mp3 tracks so i'd appreciate as many | > | > suggestions as possible. | > | > | > | > THANKS!!!! | > | > | > | > -sam | > | | > | Without listing the numerous and obvious late 80s Chicago classics, | > | here are a few off the top of my head that possibly wont make too | > | many obvious lists, but are worth digging out again (I often do) | > | Actually one would probably argue that 303 baselines aside these | > | dont really belong in the same crate as 'Acid House', but if youre | > | just looking for a funky 303 trip then here you go :) | > | | > | Twister - Underground Resistance | > | Bang the Acid - Damon Wild and Tim Taylor | > | Horses - Voodoo Child (Yes I know thats Moby!) | > | That Sysex track off the secong Plus 8 From Our Minds to yours | > | album. Plasticity - Plastikman The final Frontier - UR | > | Vertigo - K Alexi | > | | > | Also I remember having these wicked 8 track white labels that I | > | think were by the Kosmic Kommando and were just all purely 303, 909 | > | and 808 made tunes, but I used to love mixing them all together in | > | one big sick trick acid set!! Man, I need to find my old mix tapes | > | :) | > | | > | Stewart | > | | > | | > | ____________________________________________________________________ | > | ___ | > | Freeserve AnyTime, only £13.99 per month with one month's FREE trial! | > | For more information visit http://www.freeserve.com/time/ or call | > | free on 0800 970 8890 | > | | > | | > | | > | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | > | - | > | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | | > | > | > --------------------------------------------------------------------- | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | > | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
