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.

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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

Example Sentences

"It was the rave scene, the early acid house scene," he says.

From BBC

Jon had discovered an acid house club in London called Shoom and took me along.

From The Guardian

About 30 years ago, young people here created a moral panic when they began holding parties in secret locations, fueled by ecstasy and acid house, a new type of dance music at the time.

From New York Times

Across Britain, dozens of bands from newcomers to old lags were getting remixers in, absorbing the acid house of the previous two summers of love.

From The Guardian

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

From The Guardian