Acid trance
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Acid trance | |
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Stylistic origins | |
Cultural origins | Early 1990s, Europe |
Derivative forms | Psychedelic trance |
Acid trance is a genre of
Acid trance may be considered a descendant of acid house, since the genre of trance had not yet been invented during the advent of acid house (or acidhouse).[citation needed]
Acid trance is typically a faster tempo than acid house music, which is a genre that came before the birth of trance. This specific subgenre has a more simplistic approach to arrangement than the trance music commonly associated with the late 1990s.[1]
The first volumes of
Acid trance is often associated with the rise of Goa Trance, another trance subgenre that focuses on spirituality and uses imagery that is very complex and existential in nature. Goa Trance was created in the Indian region of Goa. Goa Gil is thought to be the father of this genre.[2]
The term "psytrance" is often associated with acid trance, and these terms are used interchangeably (even though the genres are not the exact same). However, typical "acid" sounds and effects are found in both genres. Typically samples are used that reference psychadelic drugs and religious topics. The umbrella genre of acid tends to reference psychadelic drugs as a variable of electronic dance music that is inseparable from the genre. [3]
Drug use appears to be ingrained in the culture of Acid Trance and other genres that derive from acid. Percussion in the genre seems to be manufactured to allow listeners on perspective altering substances to have a psychological response. The steady beating of the drum samples in the genre provides a solid intense base for the overlapping lead melodies typically found in acid trance.[4]
Acid trance artists are often grouped with their classical and Goa counterparts. It is not uncommon to see many of the first acid trance artists featured on Goa trance compilation albums. However, some of these artists[who?] never considered themselves part of the Goa or psychedelic scene and these compilation albums were often done by their record labels who published acid trance alongside Goa artists.[citation needed]
Notable labels
- Attack Records
- Harthouse
- Le Petit Prince
- Moonshine Music
- Platipus Records
- Rising High Records
References
- ^ Palladev, George. "Brief story of acid trance". blog.12edit.com.
- ^ Clark, Brian. "12 Different Types of Trance Music". musicianwave.com.
- ^ Montano, Ed (2011). "Situating Popular Musics". IASPM. 16.
- ^ Lyttle, Thomas (1992). "Drugs, Music, and Ideology: A Social Pharmacological Interpretation of the Acid House Movement". International Journal of the Addictions. 27 (10).