Acid techno
| Acid techno | |
|---|---|
| Stylistic origins | Acid house, techno, industrial |
| Cultural origins | Early 1990s, Germany, United States, United Kingdom |
| Typical instruments | Roland TB-303, Roland TR-808, Roland TR-909, synthesizer, drum machine, sequencer |
Acid techno is a genre of techno that developed out of late 1980s Chicago acid house.[1] Acid house was essentially house music made with a specific sound, obtained by using very distinctive instruments created mainly by Roland, such as the TB-303 for bass and lead sounds, and the TR-909 and TR-808 for percussion. Acid specifically refers to the use of the Roland TB-303, or any other synthesizer designed to emulate its unique sound.[2] While modern electronic instruments have memory banks of different sounds or patches, these machines had to be manually set by adjusting control knobs. The acid sound was obtained by either setting these controls to extreme parameters, or manipulating these controls in real-time as the track was being recorded, something record producers would call tweaking.
Notable producers
- Plastikman[1] (Richie Hawtin alias)
- Dave Clarke[1]
- Luke Vibert[3]
- Aphex Twin
- Benn Jordan
- Ceephax Acid Crew
- D:FUSE
- Emmanuel Top
- Hardfloor
- Jon the Dentist
- Kai Tracid
- Last Step
- Mike Ink
- Rob Acid
- Spiral Tribe
- The Geezer
- Yellow Magic Orchestra
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Acid Techno", Allmusic, Macrovision Corporation, retrieved 22 November 2009
- ↑ Nash, Rob (2009) "Techno: Encyclopedia of Modern Music", The Sunday Times Culture's Encyclopedia of Modern Music, 1 February 2009, retrieved 22 November 2009
- ↑ Hignight, Heath K. (2004) "DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid Vs. TwilightCircus Dub Sound System", CMJ New Music Monthly, Jan-Feb 2004, retrieved 22 November 2009
External links
- Old School Acid Techno, Some Old School Acid Techno tracks
- AcidTechno.co.uk, Acid Techno.co.uk
