acid house
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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 Housenouna 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
She was known for her passion for a wide range of music, championing everything from prog rock and punk to acid house and grime.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 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
"It was the rave scene, the early acid house scene," he says.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2021
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 ● 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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