Dropping Acid

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Post by wglb » Tue, Nov 27, 2018, 4:13 PM UTC

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by tjr225 » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 3:37 AM UTC

A lot of people, myself included, still love and create acid. The original 303 itself is pretty absurdly (prohibitively) expensive to acquire, and it's a tiny plastic toy and net anywhere from 2000-4000$. A case study in supply and demand - with a little bit of hype, I suppose.

There have been a bunch of pretty good software emulations, most notably: https://www.audiorealism.se/abl3.html and even some much cheaper physical emulations: https://www.cyclone-analogic.fr/en/34-bass-bot-tt-303-070198...

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by ghotli » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:28 AM UTC

For awhile when I was younger I played the game of listen to an album then look up who influenced it, rinse and repeat. Found real gems this way, but along these lines I never found the track in this article. It's really good and it reminds me of E2-E4 [1] [2] by Manuel Göttsching. Which I found because the guy from LCD Soundsystem is quoted in the wikipedia article that when he did 45:33 that he wanted to make something like "E2-E4". [3] [4]

Neither of which sound like A Love Supreme [5] [6] by John Coltrane but I always associated them in my mind as a kind of their own kinda thing in music's past.

Posting for no other reason than that maybe you'll like these too.

[1] https://youtu.be/ys0HyevZpQg

[2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/E2-E4

[3] https://youtu.be/72-ebRSMJdE

[4] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/45%3A33

[5] https://youtu.be/ll3CMgiUPuU

[6] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Love_Supreme

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by neom » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:42 AM UTC

ghotli wrote: post #3

For awhile when I was younger I played the game of listen to an album then look up who influenced it, rinse and repeat. Found real gems this way, but along these lines I never found the track in this article. It's really good and it reminds me of E2-E4 [1] [2] by Manuel Göttsching. Which I found because the guy from LCD Soundsystem is quoted in the wikipedia article that when he did 45:33 that he wanted to make somet…

Seems like you really know your house. Not sure if you're musically inclined but if so the OP-1 is a great tool[1][2]. If you ever make it to nyc hit me up, I know James well and I'm sure he'd enjoy your thoughts around E2-E4.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDqThYqldBI [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umatbZ0n4mE

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by pugworthy » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:45 AM UTC

ghotli wrote: post #3

For awhile when I was younger I played the game of listen to an album then look up who influenced it, rinse and repeat. Found real gems this way, but along these lines I never found the track in this article. It's really good and it reminds me of E2-E4 [1] [2] by Manuel Göttsching. Which I found because the guy from LCD Soundsystem is quoted in the wikipedia article that when he did 45:33 that he wanted to make somet…

Is this representative of what's on that play list? I really don't want to sign up for "yet another thing" to hear the original link.

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by pgreenwood » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:50 AM UTC

The acid sound is still immensely popular amongst my cohort even after 30 years. And still some great stuff being produced (relatively) recently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHIEqdOic9w

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by lfam » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:54 AM UTC

pugworthy wrote: post #5

ghotli wrote: post #3

For awhile when I was younger I played the game of listen to an album then look up who influenced it, rinse and repeat. Found real gems this way, but along these lines I never found the track in this article. It's really good and it reminds me of E2-E4 [1] [2] by Manuel Göttsching. Which I found because the guy from LCD Soundsystem is quoted in the wikipedia article that when he did 45:33 that he wanted to make somet…

Is this representative of what's on that play list? I really don't want to sign up for "yet another thing" to hear the original link.

No, none of that music sounds like acid house.

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by pugworthy » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 4:58 AM UTC

For those just wanting to play a bit, a web based TB-303...

http://errozero.co.uk/acid-machine/

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by llamataboot » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 5:05 AM UTC

As a Midwestern raver in the 90s that was regularly in Detroit, Chicago, and Minneapolis, I love this little history and philosophy piece.

I can't quite explain the feeling of the midwestern rave scene in the 90s, but it was very racially diverse, utopian, punk, looking somehow back and forward in time at the same time enmeshed in psychedelics and psychedelia but somehow also part of both machines and cultures far older than machines. A super important part of my history.

Cyberia by Rushkoff comes closest to capturing parts of it from an anthropology perspective I think.

Re: Dropping Acid

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Post by jim-jim-jim » Wed, Nov 28, 2018, 5:08 AM UTC

Newcleus' "Jam On It" is one a the few pre-acid songs I can think of that tries to find a use for the 303. They also didn't bother attempting to emulate a bass with it.