- Skacid
Skacid is a genre of house music from 1988-1989 that is a mix of ska and acid house. The name most probably originates from
Longsy D's House Sound 1988 "Mental Ska" [Longsy D's discography on Discogs. http://e.discogs.com/artist/Longsy+D] [ [http://e.discogs.com/release/26497 Various - Hip House - The Deepest Beats In Town ] ] , where the lyrics repeat the word skacid in the second verse when he raps about his new style of "hiphop-reggae ". Skacid clearly follows on the heels of the briefly popularhip house genre and borrows from most of hip house's form.The word "skacid" appears as the name of a few remixes of Longsy D tracks published in 1989, as well as the catalog number/name for
Beechwood Music Label's "Ska Beats 1" compilation in 1989 as "SKACID 1LP". This compilation is possibly the only skacid compilation in existence, and it contains skacid recordings byLongsy D ,Ranking Roger ,Buster Bloodvessel ,Ministry of Ska ,Double Trouble & The Rebel MC , andRoughneck [ [http://e.discogs.com/label/Beechwood+Music Beechwood Music ] ]Characteristics
"Skacid" usually features the signature characteristics of
hip house , namelyRoland TR-909 drum machine for percussion and a rappingMC vocalist, and sometimes aRoland TB-303 Bassline synth. Skacid often replaced thebreakbeat sample with aska or pitched-upreggae rhythmsample . Though, in the case of "Double Trouble & The Rebel MC"s "Just Keep Rockin' (House Mix)", the bass intro from "Mr. Big Stuff " byStax label artistJean Knight is sampled and pitched/sped up.The most sophisticated of skacid tracks had melodic
horn section s in the same arrangement that a typicalska song would include horns.References
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