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This is something i have wanted to post for a long time.
Im mostly into acid techno because i think the music is incredibly dark.
stuff with camp samples form boring films really kills me.
so anyway i have a fav tunes which i consider to be dark , but here's one which i have been obsessed with in the past: -
You make me Laugh - Rowland Being a Real Bastard
Routemaster - Kektex..............2 lines of k and a bag of brown!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
squat rock , lawrie immersion
NO No NO
A1X - Creeper - Sidewalk Theory!
nothing beats that NOTHING!!!!!!!
I think these records are some of the darkest records I've heard in awhile.
Fabulous 23's - Ghost Town
Fabulous 23's - What the f*ck is going on?
A&E Dept - Experiment 4
Almost ALL Sidewalk Theory releases
Cid records are 'kin well dark, harder than the conventional acid techno, but the Acid Bath label is certainly acid at it's darkest imo.
yeah, that relentless synth is arker than dark, great tune.Quote:
Originally Posted by davethedrummer
i'd also put brown nunn in there too, dark acid lines, with poundong dark toms, and that scary noise, whatever it is .
Fabulous 23's - Ghost Town
Dave The Drummer - Compactor
Chris Liberator - Black Star Rising
Kektex - Hackney Council Are A Bunch Of Cunts
ya skank stay in bed forever is 2nd all time for me besides sidewalk theory
Nothings darker than that Drummer release on Smitten Limited (green vinyl)
WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!
has everyone forgotten about "acid pit" on boscaland????? EEEEEVVVVVVIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
What about that really really fu*ked up "Take up the Slack" on Boscaland by DAVE the Drummer. Proper creepy shit!
acid pit is wacky but it's no way darker than smitten nor xsxsx nor skank tunes nor sidewalk theory sorry..
ahhhh heres one - Kektex "the treatment"
now thats dark!
ant- possession thats quite creepy
anyway, what i'm trying to say ( and will prob get shot down for ) is that i don't think they are many dark tunes these days, so if anyone can point in the right direction to get osme new dark tunes, i'll happily shut my mouth and carry on in my ignorance
new stayupforever is quite dark (darker than the last few releases anyway), although i'm not 100% sure of the 303 sound on the a-side. sounds a little too hollow and over processed, no raw edge to it.
have you heard it in a club, or on vinyl, or are you basing that judgement on an mp3 clipQuote:
Originally Posted by rhythmtech
first few times i heard that played, i thought it was saying take out the trash :oops:Quote:
Originally Posted by Si the Sigh
no i'm going on the original. i just think it sounds a little odd. the b-side 303 is a nicer sound. dont get me wrong, i love it - best stayupforever in ages...Quote:
Originally Posted by dan the acid man
[quote="Aratron"
i don't think they are many dark tunes these days, so if anyone can point in the right direction to get osme new dark tunes, i'll happily shut my mouth and carry on in my ignorance[/quote]
I'd probably agree with you there mate, there aren't nearly as many. However, that mobile dogwash one on dirtbomb was pretty grimey and some of the earlier ones on getafix were pretty dark. The one with the sample about 'the more powerful technology'.
spot on there mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trip Head
Mobile Dogwash are awesome, Chimp Fiddler is an killer tune.
And i am bang into Getafix Funking Junky is awesome, Technokardia is awesome, haven't heard that powerful technology tho :cry:
I just haven't heard owt with a really dark line running thro it for ages, i thowt Amphetamine / Cocaine has some dark riffsa in it
squat rock gets my vote.......darkside, goes on for ages, starts halfway through (if you know what I mean)......just keeps building........first time I heard it in a club off my tits blew me away............awesome.
Arkatek on cluster -can't remember the name of the tune
A couple of the tunes on the jon peel album on sufr are quite dark as well, i agree that the older stuff is darker, squat roc & 3 lines of k and a bag of brown definately qualify
Not really acid though is it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Aratron
Does Getafix use a 303?
I could roll off quite a lot of dark tunes, but wouldn't really class any of them as acid tbh.
Racetrax is quite dark, 'ravey, but dark with that acid tinge to it.'
Darkest acid label (i think) at the mo' is probably Smitten is Dead or Skankadelic.
**** The War was pretty f'kin hard/dark acid an' all!
I am going to go with.... Sin Drome by Charlie dont surf on Havok 10 :rambo:
yea i think im gonna vote sidewalk theory was well, echoes sounds well dark. Science of Acid on VCF is prity dark as well.
you just reminded me why it was the original of destruction i wanted and not the remix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aratron
well i think everyone's perceptions of what is a good tune or a dark tune are different, which is a relief tbh.Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurian
Where as you would consider Smitten is Dead and Skank to be dark acid label i would probably think they were not dark at all, but excellent acid techno all the same esp Skank, Smitten is Dead , IMO is a joke.
**** the War again IMO totally boring not dark at all just commercial and annoying.
I don't necessarily think you have to have a pronounced 303 sound , for a tune to be acidic.
what do i know tho?
yep , the remixes don't do anything for me im afraid the original was spot on in the first place.Quote:
Originally Posted by analog tactic
"acid techno" by Immersion
"44 calibre" by Magnum Force
"frontier" by Digital Destroyer
"buzz saw" by Dogs On Rope
pounding grooves set is dark as ****
"it's f*cking dark" Fabulous 23's
i think can't go darker then any of A&E Dept records...
Yeah A&E dept are quite dark. And what's the one with the sample that goes "if you don't wanna come with us, you don'thave to" - one of my fav's and forgotton the name. I reckon that's quite dark in a creepy kind of way.
Also, not acid techno, but I was listening to Empirion yesterday and that's quite dark in a different kind of way.
gg rides again by darc marc springs to mide
A&E Dept and D.O.M are allways dark and twisted to me
last stay up forever was last sheet acid 3?
nope.. new dynamo city - bomb in yer assQuote:
Originally Posted by nihilist
I see what you're saying, that was just an example of the more (not so) recent stuff really. You're right you don't really need an acid line for a tune to be acid techno, it was just a generalisation really and can be debatable as to what makes acid techno. You could argue that if you take the acid line away from an acid techno tune then you're left with a techno record.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aratron
Secret Hero - Control was quite dark acid.
Psycho ThrillQuote:
Originally Posted by acidsaturation
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Originally Posted by Centurian
agreed mate ;) brilliant innit
kektex - mecanatron
very dark and the 303 is quite evil
sorry for being a twat but i can't resist ... most of my records are pretty darn dark, being made from black vinyl
:oops:
badoom tish :doh:
twat :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Metadog
that mix you sent me is pretty bloody dark in places :cool:
THat's the one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Centurian
Gonna listen to it now actually!
they don't make em like they used to . . . .
acid techno has become more of a comedy genre now , tis bizarre
Acid techno has always been a bit of a comedy genre, just look at the names of some of the records...
Your Mother Wouldn't Like It
Hackney Council Are A Bunch Of Cunts
Bad Day At Black Frog Creek
Loves gotta hold of my gonads
I do believe you've spilled my pint
etc etc
well i think this tune but it's old and very dark
havok 08........... charlie don't surf .........route 666/hold up
how about "Dark Lite" on Havok? it does have dark in the name after all... just kidding, its a great track but not "the darkest" by a long shot.
In thinking about dark acid tracks like Immersion's "In the Freeze" on Routemaster or Site Breaker's "Hash Fudge Dave" on SUF come to mind. These two are plenty moody and both have monstaa acid riffs that will make you want to molest the speaker cabinets
The Sidewalk Theory releases have some dark moments, but I believe Andrew and Jodie were inspired by stuff from Europe in the early and mid 90's, raw 909 and 303 tracks (and maybe some Goa).
There are labels like Acid Assault that are WAY darker than the tunes mentioned above.
Also the early Routemaster "Its always better to put a bullet into the back of the head - straight through to the bridge of the nose...."
Spazpekker Route 51 - A side i thonk. now thats one dark journey