acid house

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Acid house is a subgenre of house music characterized by a driving tempo and heavily distorted synthesized sound effects. It emerged in Chicago in the early 1980s as part of the broader electronic dance music (EDM) scene. Acid house gained significant popularity in Britain in 1988, catalyzing a youth culture movement. Its distinctive "acid" sound is often attributed to the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer. This music was frequently associated with large parties known as raves.123

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Daft Punk
…of house music known as acid house. Their debut album, Homework (1997), won them further acclaim within the dance music scene, and the buoyant single “Around the World”—which featured a looped, electronically processed vocal—helped introduce the act to a wider audience.
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…of house music known as acid house. Their debut album, Homework (1997), won them further acclaim within the dance music scene, and the buoyant single “Around the World”—which featured a looped, electronically processed vocal—helped introduce the act to a wider audience.
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In 1988 the subgenre called acid house catalyzed a British youth culture explosion, when dancers discovered that the music’s psychedelic bass lines acted synergistically with the illegal drug ecstasy (MDMA, or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a hallucinogen and stimulant).
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In 1988 the subgenre called acid house catalyzed a British youth culture explosion, when dancers discovered that the music’s psychedelic bass lines acted synergistically with the illegal drug ecstasy (MDMA, or 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, a hallucinogen and stimulant).
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electronic dance music
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The scene was dubbed “acid house,” after the seething, burbling “acid” sound produced by the 303 bass synthesizer and prominently featured on Chicago house records.
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The scene was dubbed “acid house,” after the seething, burbling “acid” sound produced by the 303 bass synthesizer and prominently featured on Chicago house records.
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