Monday, June 22, 2009
Song / History The Unlikely Origins of Acid House
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 11:13 AM
In a recent article in The Wire about the impact of the Roland TB-303, writer Peter Shapiro cites a quote by Chicago acid-house producer Marshall Jefferson, who was half of Sleezy D., creators of the groundbreaking cut “I’ve Lost Control”: “Really, I was trying to get a mood something like the old Black Sabbath records or Led Zeppelin.”
A new form of electronic dance music arising out of the dank atmospheric pressure of old classic rock? That sort of mysterious, unpredictable evolution is beautiful.
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The liner notes to the Soul Jazz - Acid compilation are fantastic. I highly recommend anyone with even a passing interest in electronic dance music buy that compilation. The mp3's alone don't tell the story. The booklet inside is essential.
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Maybe I'm getting old, but Wire has suddenly become awesome to read for me. The article on the TB-303 was outstanding - I had no idea that DAF used the 303 so early on.
In addition to #1 recommendation, I'd like to add that Trax's Acid compilation is pretty much necessary for fans of electronic music.
In addition to #1 recommendation, I'd like to add that Trax's Acid compilation is pretty much necessary for fans of electronic music.
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What's more interesting (although maybe not as pleasant a state of affairs to some) is the messy crossroads guitar-based music and electronic music is at right now. Guitar bands are using software to make music more than ever. And electronic musicians are succeeding at looking more like "rock stars" than actual rockers (using the magazine definition of "rock star" for now.)
The most popular and/or influential electronic music always wants or wanted to be something it couldn't... from Cylob to Kraftwerk to Daft Punk to whatever Ed Banger sensation's hot today... Black Sabbath + Giorgio Moroder = most pounding electronic music today. There was a period where it was more like James Brown + Kraftwerk until this past decade.
Now rock wants to bleep. This is where the 2010s will be interesting -- don't know if it will be bad interesting or good interesting yet.
The most popular and/or influential electronic music always wants or wanted to be something it couldn't... from Cylob to Kraftwerk to Daft Punk to whatever Ed Banger sensation's hot today... Black Sabbath + Giorgio Moroder = most pounding electronic music today. There was a period where it was more like James Brown + Kraftwerk until this past decade.
Now rock wants to bleep. This is where the 2010s will be interesting -- don't know if it will be bad interesting or good interesting yet.
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I dug that Primer piece entirely. (It should be noted that the reason they did the Primer section on the Roland 303 was because this was in issue 303.) THANKS WIRE!
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this is surprising if you think of house music as the direct descendent of disco, which is a fair assesment if you consider where house music ended up. but in its early days, house had much more in common with punk and post-punk than disco and pop.
anyway, thanks for the tip. now i just need to find the article on the wire's site, which is proving more difficult than it should be.
anyway, thanks for the tip. now i just need to find the article on the wire's site, which is proving more difficult than it should be.
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