Acid House : Exclusive Feature

Issue 29 of Clash, out now kids, celebrates the twentieth anniversary of the Second Summer of Love with a special retrospective documenting the incredible boom of dance music in the late Eighties.

Firstly, to kick things off in style, a foreword from the ultimate acid orchestrator, Andrew Weatherall.

‘Eye Witness Account No.1,988’

Politics
Orbital’s Paul Hartnoll dips a toe into the sullied political waters of the ’80s.

The Road To Acid House
Map? Family tree? Don’t ask me! It’s not even supposed to be definitive - it can’t be in two pages! Just a passionately-scribbled rough guide to what led up to the 1988 acid house revolution and some of the repercussions afterwards. There was simply no room to list all the major players: New York alone could’ve taken up a whole page, let alone the UK. I’m a writer not an architect, but I hope it blasts the eyes and blows a bit of your mind.
Click to view Kris Needs' Acid House Family Tree Pt. 1
Click to view Kris Needs' Acid House Family Tree Pt. 2

Detroit
The architects of Techno exposed to time’s revealing forces.

Chicago
The key city in the US acid influence gets rabid.

New York
All the players from the musical melting pot uncovered before your eyes.

Alfredo
Balearic Beats: The Ibiza don tells his own tale.

London Scene
Mark Moore reports from the chart-topping front line. Take a Trip!

Acid House, Manchester Reminisces
Acid House Reminiscences from Peter Hook, Mike Pickering, Graham Park, Jon Dasilva, A Guy Called Gerald, 808 States and more who were there.

Mike Pickering - The Northern knife edge
As the resident DJ of the Hacienda and the brains behind the music policy, Pickering was one of the godfathers of Acid House in the UK.

Scotland Soul - Slam, Glasgow, Aberdeen & Chicago acid.
Even more northern? Bordering on mayhem.

Southern Soul - The Impact of Southern Soul
A slice of the oft overlooked soul cousin that
turned the dance scene on its head.

Oakenfold - Remix culture and ‘dance’ bands.
One of the biggest products of the explosion returns to his roots.

Myth Busting - What did you do in the Acid Wars,Daddy?
Rose tinted specs and ‘best new mates’ – Clash gets objective on some of the legends. Watch out older brothers!

Bobby Gillspie - Cause or Effect?
There is no other band that epitomises the sea change in attitude, direction or influence of acid house than Primal Scream. Having been uncompromising Punks from Glasgow they were quickly seduced by the drugs, sounds and community to embody THE shift in idealogy, music and social habit.