Acid (electronic music)
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Cultural origins | Mid-1980s, US |
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Acid is an umbrella term for styles of electronic music, such as acid house, acid trance, and acid techno, which employ the "squelching" sounds of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer.[1] The acid sound became popular in the mid-1980s in connection with the Chicago house scene, including artists such as Phuture and labels like Trax Records.[2] The term acid has been suggested to refer to the psychedelic qualities of the music, which may resemble elements of 1960s acid rock.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Montano, Ed (2011). "Situating Popular Musics". IASPM. 16.
- ^ Montano, Ed (2011). "Situating Popular Musics". IASPM. 16.
- ^ Hillegonda C Rietveld (1998) This Is Our House: House Music, Cultural Spaces and Technologies Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-85742-242-9