[LAU] acid techno test

Julien Claassen julien at c-lab.de
Mon May 16 21:13:15 UTC 2011


Hello James!
   I'm not sure, if I ever came in much contact with acid techno, but I 
certainly met the species called good, ol' 90s techno. :-) And I missed a few 
things here. So if my basic comparison is the wrong genre, just stop reading 
here. :-)
   Maybe a start at the tempo: It's probably not WAY too slow, but perhaps way 
too slow. :-) Mind you, what I associate with acid, seems to be more slow 
going and chillout. I remember, that techno round that time could be happy 
with tempi up to 180 BPM, but certainly over 140 BPM. It seemed, tat illegal 
substances were quite well in trade at that time, so people somehow managed to 
dance through a night of that. No particular ill will intended, but that's 
what some people from the scene complained about at tat time.
   The bass drum: I miss the good old kick your arse and make your neighbours 
house collapse bass drum. Either a typical Roland one or the distorted, 
compressed and sub-bass EQ'ed criminal offense, that somehow feels rather 
good.
   The mangled hihats were a nice touch and certainly fitted into the techno of 
that time, especially the part of techno, that was not on unspeakable 
samplers, which still exist today and poison the minds of unsuspecting young 
people. :-) The same goes for sound right at the beginning, can't really tell 
what it is, but it sounds disfigured enough to fit in. Don't get me wrong, I'm 
nt totally against it, it takes me back, yes I listened to that sort of music 
occasionally and enjoyed it quite a bit. It's rather liberating, I suppose I 
just came in toomuch contact with satirical and comic writing of late. 
difficult to get it out of ones system.
   The rest of the electro/industry reminiscent sounds in there are also very 
good and proper, but I miss some screetching, smoothcing TB303-ish weird 
arpeggio sound in there, that makes sure to fill the upper reaches of the 
frequency spectrum. Either that, or easing up on the hihats, so they can tear 
ones ears to shreads with their high spectra.
   Again slight appologies for the tone, but it's an earnest oppinion, at least 
if compared to normal techno from the early to mid 90s. Well if the acid-bit 
introduces something vital to the genre you were playing with, excuse me and 
forget you read this.
   Kindest regards
            Julien

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