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  • acid house
    acid house
    noun
    a style of disco music marked by heavy bass and synthesizer rhythms, often associated with the taking of LSD and MDMA.
  • Acid House
    Acid House
    noun
    a type of funk-based electronically edited disco music of the late 1980s, which has hypnotic sound effects and is associated with hippy culture and the use of the drug ecstasy

acid house

American  

noun

  1. Chiefly British. a style of disco music marked by heavy bass and synthesizer rhythms, often associated with the taking of LSD and MDMA.


Acid House British  

noun

  1. a type of funk-based electronically edited disco music of the late 1980s, which has hypnotic sound effects and is associated with hippy culture and the use of the drug ecstasy

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Etymology

Origin of acid house

First recorded in 1985–90

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Other cuts, like “Let Your Body Learn,” became fixtures in acid house and techno DJ sets.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2025

The movement saw an explosion of a musical and cultural scene in the North West city, where a blend of indie rock with elements of acid house, psychedelia, and 1960s pop rose in popularity.

From BBC Apr. 12, 2025

"We'd originally done Woke Up as a 10-minute acid house track with all these blues samples on it," said Love, whose real name is Rob Spragg.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2024

His new Great Hall Commission, “A Metta Prayer,” turns the museum’s solemnity into a funky, queer-infused love poem to the universe, set to an acid house beat.

From New York Times Sep. 27, 2023

The seeds of indie-dance were planted in the preceding acid house years.

From The Guardian Jul. 7, 2020

Part-funded by Arts Council England and created in response to the 2019 British Textile Biennal, Acid House Flashback is an online archive established to collect oral testimonies, images and ephemera from the Blackburn parties.

From The Guardian May 28, 2020

After the success of the 1996 film adaptation of Welsh’s novel Trainspotting, The Acid House was also made into a film.

From The Guardian Apr. 1, 2016

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