Skip to content
ICYMI

Varies · acid house to techno

Acid

House built around the squelch of the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer, first heard from Chicago artists around 1986. Within a few years it had crossed to the United Kingdom and into the rave scene.

Tempo guide

Varies · acid house to techno

The squelchy sound does not fix the speed. Acid-house examples use 122 BPM; harder acid-electro examples reach 160 BPM.

Tempo guides: Attack · Armando acid-house demonstration · Attack · Nikki Nair demonstration · Native Instruments · acid synthesis

BPM means beats per minute. These are listening guides, not limits on a track or DJ set.

On across cities

Plus 35 local nights — switch on “Include local events” on the calendar to see them.

Who plays it

3 on our radar

Description written by ICYMI from Wikipedia