Dirty Bass - Pendulum Days - Acid Techno

I was on a bit of a nostalgia trip recently, and decided, for fun, to try and make the music I used to play live when I ran Pendulum Soundsystem during the good old days of Londons United Systems squat party network.

I threw the tune into a live pa recently for giggles, and rather surprisingly, people went nuts. Sooooo I`ve decided to make an entire acid techno live pa, which I`ll try out somewhere in the near future.

Anyway, here is the tune that I made, I thought it might entertain some of you acid heads.

http://iterativemusic.com/db/Dirty%2...20(Master).mp3

thats luuurrvely man, really like it alot, the whole sound is so feckin warm!

more like this you evil man!! :;

hey i just thought, i still have a couple of your CDs from years ago, you gave me them at Joes place in rhyl...i think one cd was called 'hardfunk' and the other 'high city grooves' the music was totally shit but the artwork was good hahaha!! only jokin man, might dig them out and post em on here hehe!! :briggin:

Christ, blasts from the past there.
Ouch.

cheers anyway you cheeky bugger.

:;

thanks mate, liking this track!!

Nice little track. Taa for posting it :cool:

Hope you post the set too :)

really liked everything about the track except the "trancey" synth thing in it.. the acid is lovely and bubbly and overall production is smooth.. just that synth gets on my nerves a touch.

great job otherwise.

Well, it`s just pure cheese innit.
I didn`t do it to be clever.
Bloody thing works on the floor though, which makes me feel slightly odd.

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Originally Posted by dirty_bass

Well, it`s just pure cheese innit.
I didn`t do it to be clever.
Bloody thing works on the floor though, which makes me feel slightly odd.

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people just love a good acid line, i don't know why, they just do, me included, and i've still no idea why

WEll I didn`t really think anyone would still be into this early acid techno trance kinda thing when I played it.
Everything else has made a come back, maybe it`s time for london acid to come back too?

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Originally Posted by dirty_bass

WEll I didn`t really think anyone would still be into this early acid techno trance kinda thing when I played it.
Everything else has made a come back, maybe it`s time for london acid to come back too?

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yeeeeeeeey!!!!

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Originally Posted by dirty_bass

WEll I didn`t really think anyone would still be into this early acid techno trance kinda thing when I played it.
Everything else has made a come back, maybe it`s time for london acid to come back too?

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Dirty Bass for Prime Minister!! :cheese:


It is reckon coming back anyway,there's been a couple of "old school london acid" things over the last year or 2. And there's another on the 29th of december (303 abuse) I've never got bored of it,I've always loved a 303 line. Just hope they become more frequent,and I hope even more that it urges producers to make more squelchy squelchy sexy acid.

Well I think the problem is that the old sound was always the best.
Minimal content, big kicks, simple structure, MELODY, and HOOKS.
The new stuff is just badly compressed loopy cheese, verging on being hard house.

There seems to be a resurgence of hook and riff based simplified techno in the mainstream scene, so why not in acid as well.

I`ll certainly start making it a playing it.

my tuppeneth -

excellent - get it out on vinyl

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Originally Posted by dirty_bass

Well I think the problem is that the old sound was always the best.
Minimal content, big kicks, simple structure, MELODY, and HOOKS.
The new stuff is just badly compressed loopy cheese, verging on being hard house.

There seems to be a resurgence of hook and riff based simplified techno in the mainstream scene, so why not in acid as well.

I`ll certainly start making it a playing it.

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My thoughts exactly. 100% spot on IMO.

Oh yes...nice work mate, very nice work indeed!

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Originally Posted by Aratron

my tuppeneth -

excellent - get it out on vinyl

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Haha, well I doubt any of the acid stuff I`m doing will make it to vinyl, unless someone wants it, but it won`t make any of my labels.

Anyway, once the PA is finished I`ll see if anyone wants me to play it out at a club, if not, I`ll no doubt bang it out at a free party and get the recording up on here.

I am currently commiting sacrilege and remixing one of my fave ever acid tech tunes, so I`ll post that up here when it`s done

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Originally Posted by dirty_bass

I was on a bit of a nostalgia trip recently, and decided, for fun, to try and make the music I used to play live when I ran Pendulum Soundsystem during the good old days of Londons United Systems squat party network.

I threw the tune into a live pa recently for giggles, and rather surprisingly, people went nuts. Sooooo I`ve decided to make an entire acid techno live pa, which I`ll try out somewhere in the near future.

Anyway, here is the tune that I made, I thought it might entertain some of you acid heads.

http://iterativemusic.com/db/Dirty%2...20(Master).mp3

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absolute legend....takes me back to when insanity were still going as well (wipes a tear from eye)

i think you should put the acid p.a up too.....for our expert opinions of course.

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Originally Posted by dirty_bass

Well I think the problem is that the old sound was always the best.
Minimal content, big kicks, simple structure, MELODY, and HOOKS.
The new stuff is just badly compressed loopy cheese, verging on being hard house.

There seems to be a resurgence of hook and riff based simplified techno in the mainstream scene, so why not in acid as well.

I`ll certainly start making it a playing it.

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Yeah, why not acid??? I look back and think,'Bloody hell, some of the best experiences in my life, on the dance floor as well as in front of mi decks at home, were when listening to Acid Techno...

The producers at the time pioneered the sound and as you say, did it soooo well...

Fusing with Hard House did the scene no favours, imo, although this wasn't the only factor which contributed to the scene losing it's identity and sense of purpose...:mrmyagi:

loving this. Please more of this...

Nice one, look forward to hearing the whole PA.

this is kinda like Mux stuff. that euphoric raw acid sound.

Really nice, man....

I like that a lot!

I`ll have an acid techno pa online soon.
Anyone in london can see me playing live acid techno on the 28th at Underground Unity

aarrgghh,the 28th is next door to the 29th,which is 303 abuse. :(

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Originally Posted by dirty_bass

I`ll have an acid techno pa online soon.
Anyone in london can see me playing live acid techno on the 28th at Underground Unity

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Where's that? Korsan bar by any chance?