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 passionate about a wide range of music, championing genres ranging from prog rock and punk to acid house and grime.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2024
"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
“We had two clubs from 1988. Spectrum was acid house, Future was indie-dance. I used to play the Clash, Thrashing Doves, Woodentops, a bit of hip-hop, some Bob Marley.”
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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