- Acid techno
"Acid techno" is the term used to describe a style of
techno that originated in theLondon squat party scene in the mid 1990s. It developed out of the late 80’sAcid house and is characterised by heavy use of the RolandTB-303 for bass and lead sounds, a less repetitive sound than many other forms of techno (early influences included the Germanacid trance scene) and an irreverent, often-political attitude seen in the titles and samples used in many of its tracks; many of the scene's originators had originally been part of the punk scene. Early labels includedStay Up Forever , Smitten, Routemaster,Boscaland , Choci's Chewns and VCF.History
While acid techno originated mainly in the London scene, it soon spread across the UK and then internationally and is today popular in many countries. Propellerhead Software developed the RB-338
ReBirth softsynth (with twin TB-303 panels and two drum machines) to emulate the unique sound of hardware which is no longer in production. However despite this it still continues to be mainly a fairly underground form of music with little commercial impact, and is often seen to be synonymous with theSquat party scene.Over the last few years acid techno has evolved away from a predominantly 303-based sound into a much broader sub-genre of techno that still retains its dancefloor-friendly ethos, 'London' sound and lack of pretention. Labels such as Infected,
Hydraulix , Cluster,4x4 Records , RAW andPowertools reflect this newer sound.Producers
The majority of acid techno producers are DJs as well. Some of the more notable London-based producers are part of the
Stay Up Forever Collective :The scene still carried on up north with the likes of the NTA (northern techno alliance)and Soitiz putting on free parties all over sheffield and manchester
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The Liberator DJs (Chris, Aaron and Julian)
*D.A.V.E. The Drummer (Henry Cullen)
*Lawrie Immersion
* Geezer (Guy McAffer)
* Ant
* DDR
*Gizelle Other DJs and producers include:
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Rowland The Bastard
*Pete Skank
*Choci
* [http://www.myspace.com/maxxpolymeric Maxx]
*Aphex Twin
*Spiral Tribe
*Dave Angel
*Benn Jordan
*The Doubtful Guest
*Luke Vibert
*Modeselektor
*Woody McBride External links
* [http://stayupforever.com/ Stay Up Forever Collective]
* [http://www.myspace.com/polymericrecords PolymericRecords]
* [http://www.myspace.com/mobiledogwash Mobile Dogwash]glowbones
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