Acid house
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Acid house

Music genre
NameAcid house
Stylistic originsHouse
Chicago house
Psychedelic music
Cultural originsMid-1980s, Chicago, United States
Typical instrumentsSynthesizer
Drum machine
Sequencer
Keyboard
Roland TB-303
Roland TR-808
Roland TR-909
Mainstream popularitylate 1980s and early 1990s United States, United Kingdom.
Derivative formsRave
Subgenre listStyles of house music
Other topicsStyles of house music

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Acid house is a sub-genre of house music that emphasizes a repetitive, hypnotic and trance-like style, often with samples or spoken lines rather than sung lyrics. Acid house's core electronic squelch sounds were developed by mid-1980s DJs from Chicago who experimented with the Roland TB-303 electronic synthesizer-sequencer. Acid house spread to the United Kingdom, Australia, and continental Europe, where it was played by DJs in the early rave scene. By the late 1980s, copycat tracks and acid house remixes brought the style into the mainstream, where it had some influence on pop and dance styles.

Nicknamed "the sound of acid", acid house's influence on dance music is tangible considering the sheer number of electronic music tracks referencing acid house through the use of its sounds, including trance, Goa Trance, psytrance, breakbeat, big beat, techno, trip-hop and house music.

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House

Associated genresAcid * Ambient * Balearic * Deep * Disco * Diva * Electro * Fidget * Funky * Garage * Ghetto * Hard * Hardbag * Hip * Latin * Micro * Madchester * Nu jazz * Progressive * Rave * Swing * Tech * Tribal * Vocal
Regional genresChicago * French * Italo
Related topicsDiscoteque * Disco * DJ * Nightclub



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