Having always had an obbsessive love affair with vinyl records since a child and one that continues to dominate my life, has recently led to thoughts on the other uses of records beyond their intended purpose. From my own experience as a collector, particulary when buying bulk, you can end up with many tracks that [...]
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TiED 10
A man goes out Saturday morning to get his car put through the MOT, he returns home soon after, puts the keys on the table, followed by a large box containing an undisclosed number of 45s, his wife looks at him slightly perplexed and asked “Has the garage started to sell records now?”. Little does [...]
The Essential Mediterranean DanceTrax Sueno Latino
Good Evening and welcome to programme number one in a series entitled “The events as I see them, it may be different for you, and anyway who am I to say?” The summer of 88s club explosion not only radically altered the style and presentation of night time revelries, it also led (in certain clubs) [...]
Rebels
An unusual week at The Acid House has just passed, at somepoint last weekend some dodgy code was injected into the site through a plugin and Google blocked the site. So after hours of fucking about trying to delete it of the pages it was easier to lose the recent posts and reinstall the site, [...]
Balearic Music – Finca am – Electronica Balear Vol 1
So the season of Ibizan chillout compilations is upon us once again, and we set sail to navigate through the crowded sea of musical mediocrity until arriving at the Isle of musica acceptances. Here is one that caught our attention at Casa Del Acid, Finca am- Electronica Balear Vol 1, a three disc (2CD’s and [...]
Andrew Weatherall Mix June 2011
Here is some more aural sex from Andrew Weatherall courtesy of Mercredi Productions website ahead of the Warp night at et Le Rex Club in Paris on 30th June. More infos about ME.002 : http://mercredi-production.tumblr.com/ME.002 Track Listing: 1. Fate (Richard Sen Remix) – Copyshop Feat Snem K 2. Slower (Backwoods Remix) – Tiago 3. Sirens [...]
New Label: World Unknown
Last month The Acid House invited you to have a peek into the sounds of World Unknown with a mix from resident Andy Blake. Noting a distinct shortage of contemporary record labels releasing the kind of music that they play at the parties, organisers and resident DJs Andy Blake (Cave Paintings, Dissident) and Joe [...]
Live Set – Pirate Revival 10th Birthday
Pirate Revival net radio reaches their 10th Birthday this month and have played host to some of the biggest names in dance music who shaped the scene to help celebrate the occasion. So far guest have included Fast Eddie, DJ Pierre, Jon Da Silva, Danny Rampling, K-Alexi among some who have played so far. Still [...]
Album of the Month – Gatto Fritto – Gatto Fritto – International Feel
Gatto Fritto is an artist who has quite literally inspired The Acid House. Having first heard the track “Hungry Ghost” on a leftfield compilation called “Milky Disco 2″ a couple of years ago led The Acid House to investment in a bass guitar and some percussion instruments, as well opening up the case of the [...]
DJ Mix – Andy Blake – Welcome to the Grindhouse (Music for a World Unknown)
Cave Paintings Label Boss Andy Blake drops by The Acid House and leaves with us his latest mix for the Music For A World Unknown series ahead of his monthly night this coming Friday in Brixton. Andy managed to squeeze the mix into his busy schedule between his recent European gigs to give The Acid [...]