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acid house

noun

  1. Chiefly British. a style of disco music marked by heavy bass and synthesizer rhythms, often associated with the taking of LSD and MDMA.


Acid House

noun

  1. a type of funk-based electronically edited disco music of the late 1980s, which has hypnotic sound effects and is associated with hippy culture and the use of the drug ecstasy
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of acid house1

First recorded in 1985–90
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of acid house1

C20: perhaps from acid (LSD) + House ( music )
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She was passionate about a wide range of music, championing genres ranging from prog rock and punk to acid house and grime.

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"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.

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She was known for her passion for a wide range of music, championing everything from prog rock and punk to acid house and grime.

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In his own younger days, Holmes ran one of Belfast's most revered club nights - Sugar Sweet - which brought acid house and rave culture to a city steeped in political turmoil.

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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.

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