> -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Heutte [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 17 September 2004 03:39 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Fwd: (313) looking for acid (house)[when I hear > ACEEEEEEEED!!! all I can say is ACEEEEEEEED!!!] > > The > audience thing is the hard part these days -- the cultural > context for acid is long gone and the austerity of the sound > doesn't lend itself to the current ear which is tuned to > overproduced, overbusy house and flat, affectless techno.
I disagree there's no audience for it anymore. Your description above seems like a description of most larger underground clubs in America, but that certainly isn't the case here. It seems to be popping up everywhere from what I can tell. Lots of people are playing it again, from clicky DJs to house and techno dudes, to Warp DJs. It's also being produced in mass quantities. The new Abe Duque stuff is about as pure as the original stuff, as is the new Loosefingers release. There's also a recent album sampler on Music for Freaks called 'Bad Acid', featuring tracks by Joshua and Freaks, plus some new faces. I can only assume other familiar names will pop up on the album. This is more of an update on acid, but the inspiration is undeniable (just look at the name). Then there's some of Luke Vibert's recent stuff as well. Anyway, that's just a few that I can think of, but there is tons of new acid stuff to be found. Some people predicted it coming post-electroclash, as the next revival, but thanfully it hasn't become as big or polluted, and most of those that are trying to do new things with it are being fairly imaginative with it. Tristan ======= http://www.phonopsia.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
