acid house
Chicago electronic genre
Acid house is a style of electronic dance music that emerged in Chicago in the mid-1980s, characterized by repetitive beats, synthesized basslines, and the squelchy sound of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer.
The genre fueled rave culture in Britain and Europe through the late 1980s and early 1990s: The acid house scene brought all-night warehouse parties to London.
The "acid" refers to the corrosive, bubbling quality of the distinctive synth sound, though the term's drug connotations weren't unwelcome.
Forcibly silence or suppress
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- filterPorous separation device
- sequencedPut in order
hypnotic · repetitive · four-on-the-floor · synthesizer · drum machine · sampling · looping · build-up
Major Illinois metropolis
- warehouse partiesGatherings in storage facilities
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- ManchesterLarge English industrial city
- HaciendaNamed estate or venue
Enthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- MDMASynthetic empathogenic stimulant
- smiley faceCircle with grin
- warehouse partiesGatherings in storage facilities
Hacienda · Ibiza · neon · glowsticks · all-nighter · afterhours · Summer of Love · Spectrum
Resembling a hallucination
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
- mind-alteringAffecting mental state
- surrealDreamlike and strange
- kaleidoscopicShowing constantly changing patterns
hallucinogenic · euphoric · altered states · vivid · disorienting · swirling · pulsating · immersive
squelch
Forcibly silence or suppress
- basslineLow-register musical foundation
- resonanceAmplified oscillation at natural frequency
- filterPorous separation device
sequenced · hypnotic · repetitive · four-on-the-floor · synthesizer · drum machine · sampling · looping · build-up · drop
Chicago
Major Illinois metropolis
- warehouse partiesGatherings in storage facilities
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
- ManchesterLarge English industrial city
rave
Enthusiastic praise or nightlong dance
- ecstasyOverwhelming intense delight
- MDMASynthetic empathogenic stimulant
- smiley faceCircle with grin
warehouse parties · Hacienda · Ibiza · neon · glowsticks · all-nighter · afterhours · Summer of Love · Spectrum · youth culture
trippy
Resembling a hallucination
- hypnoticInducing trance or slumber
- mind-alteringAffecting mental state
- surrealDreamlike and strange
kaleidoscopic · hallucinogenic · euphoric · altered states · vivid · disorienting · swirling · pulsating · immersive · sensory
- dance musicEDM, disco, techno, trance, dubstep
- club musictechno, EDM, dance music, club mix, club banger
- House Musicmicrohouse
- regional musicAppalachian music, New Orleans jazz, Nashville sound, Motown, Memphis soul
- UK MusicBritpop, British rock, UK drill, grime, dubstep
- electronic musictechno, synthesizer, drum machine, EDM, sequencer
acid houseambient
Of the surroundings
chillout · downtempo · meditation music · lounge music · spa music
acid houseEurodance
Uptempo electronic dance genre
synth-pop · EDM · David Guetta · Enya
acid houseclassical music
Western orchestral tradition
bluegrass · traditional jazz · chamber music · unplugged · Gregorian chant
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