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By now you probably know what synth produces the acid sound, so let's take a look on it and the tunes produced with its might.
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The TB303 (Transistor Bass) was introduced in the early 1982's together with the TR606 Drumatix (Transistor Rythm) by Roland. It was invented by Tadao Kikumoto. At that time the 303 was not an expensive piece, only about £215. The two small plastic-pieces were intended to emulate a real bass player and a real drummer. Obviously only very few musicians used the TB303 and TR606 for that purpose because the machines just could not replace the real thing. Their sounds didn't anywhere come near a real bass or drumset, and the musicians didn't want to go through the time-consuming task of programming the machines. Since nobody wanted the TB303 anymore, Roland stopped producing them 18 months after releasing it. At that time they'd produced about 20.000 copies alltogether.
It was not until 1987 when a DJ (rumors has it that it was DJ Pierre) came up with the idea to turn the knobs while playing the TB303 that acid house was born. After that the machine suddently became more and more wanted and soaked for.
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Yes, yes, yes! DJ Pierre (aka Marshall Jefferson) started it all by discovering this magic tiny box. What was the best thing that could ever happen to it?! It was brought to England!
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
An acid house party was a type of illegal party typically staged in warehouses in 1987-88. In the UK the most famous illegal party promoters were Genesis'88, Sunrise and Energy. Eventually the acid house parties morphed into the modern rave scene.
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The box was welcomed with jubilee and glee in the cities like Manchester... and then
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Acid techno is the term used to describe a style of techno that originated in the London squat party scene in the early 1990s. It is characterised by heavy use of the Roland TB-303 for bass and lead sounds, a less repetitive sound than many other forms of techno (early influences included the German acid trance scene) and an irreverant, 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 such as Stay Up Forever, Smitten and Routemaster
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. However despite this it still continues to be mainly a very underground form of music with little commercial impact, and is often seen to be synonymous with the squat party scene.
Over the last few years acid techno has evolved away from a predominantly 303-based sound into a much broader genre of techno that still retains its dancefloor-friendly ethos and lack of pretention. Newer labels such as Hydraulix, Cluster, 4x4 Records, RAW and Power Tools reflect this newer sound.
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This is it, that's the acid apex - Acid Techno. Now you might be wondering - when do you get to hear what acid music actually is? Don't worry, my friend here are the examples (tags are on the Real Audio files):
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), but can get very tiring when used in mediocre goa/psy tracks.
