My favourite recent totally "underground" acid techno tune !

[Gus]

Some of you were asking if theres any underground acid techno tunes still being made around London. Well I think the word "underground" has become a subtle marketing ploy in its own right but anyway - you wont find this in the shops, totally genuine, 100% 24 carrot genuiiine pure acid techno from somewhere in London. Guy called Pete North - love this tune wish it was better quality though - to me this pisses on most vinyl labels recent releases :


http://216.120.252.101/%7Eumbrell/music/nuts.mp3

Tunes called "nuts"

[rhythmtech]

:lol:

[rhythmtech]

sorry for the laugh.. but pete "acidtrash" north is a bit of a .. lets say erm.. legend around these parts!

[Aratron]

Some of you were asking if theres any underground acid techno tunes still being made around London. Well I think the word "underground" has become a subtle marketing ploy in its own right but anyway - you wont find this in the shops, totally genuine, 100% 24 carrot genuiiine pure acid techno from somewhere in London. Guy called Pete North - love this tune wish it was better quality though - to me this pisses on most vinyl labels recent releases :


http://216.120.252.101/%7Eumbrell/music/nuts.mp3

Tunes called "nuts"

Yeah Pete is a legend. He posts on here as Acidtrash, alot of people are very jealous of his prodigous talents.

[force]

He posts on here as Acidtrash, alot of people are very jealous of his prodigous talents.

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

[Aratron]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

:lol: dude im being serious, pete is a very talented bloke, he can dj, produce, write music to a very high level.
he's also got a strong opinion on most subjects known to man, it's just a pity most of them are about wind energy and the EU, but hey who's perfect?

[dan the acid man]

with an ego the size of the universe to boot

[Aratron]

with an ego the size of the universe to boot

you dont know him well enough to comment.
the part of him i know, is sensitive, self-effacing and complex.
if only more people were like him the world wouldnt be such a ****ed up, ugly place.

[force]

:lol: dude im being serious, pete is a very talented bloke, he can dj, produce, write music to a very high level.
he's also got a strong opinion on most subjects known to man, it's just a pity most of them are about wind energy and the EU, but hey who's perfect?

Well, thats an opinion i suppose

[zyclone]

**** me!!! I've lost all my acidtrash tunes!! HELP!

[tOM B]

i thought he was from bradford not london?

[rhythmtech]

london is a state of mind :lol: .. anyway he's scotland now

[Gus]

london is a state of mind :lol: .. anyway he's scotland now

The UK is in London not the other way round remember !

[fatcollective]

i met pete once, thought he was a nice guy...bit quiet, but generally nice bloke with plenty to talk about!

[davethedrummer]

i met pete once, thought he was a nice guy...bit quiet, but generally nice bloke with plenty to talk about!

a quiet bloke with plenty to talk about ?

I see......


and a Leg end too, apparently

whatever next.

[fatcollective]

a quiet bloke with plenty to talk about ?

I see......


and a Leg end too, apparently

whatever next.

doh! i know what i meant, just didnt come out right haha!!

[AcidTrash]

What fun.

I think the words you guys might be looking for are "exceptionally arrogant prick with over inflated sense of achievement" OR
"snooty bastard with no time for people and convinced of his own righteousness".

It all fits. But most of it stems from having to tolerate daily rejection for having an IQ above that of your average walnut in a country that spits on talent and worships mediocrity. (present company accepted)

The arrogance is not entirely unfounded. Yes I admit I am "a very talented bloke" but that, in life and indeed this scene, is not enough when you have the social skills of a mouldy dishcloth. ( I blame the government, my parents, my self and some bloke called Asperger)

But going back on topic, yes nuts.mp3 is rockin and yes the production quality is lousy but hey, this whole scene went tits up the moment the beard scratchers demanded production excellence from producers with attitude. (see dirty bass)

Don't know who yhou are Gus but many thanks for your comments. They are appreciated.

As ever, when the mood takes me I will continue to splurge wonky but fun acid techno and post it hereabouts for free and I still wont give a bugger what you all think of me...

http://www.umbrellog.com/music/

Now thats keepin' it real. Losers. ;)

[Gus]

What fun.

I think the words you guys might be looking for are "exceptionally arrogant prick with over inflated sense of achievement" OR
"snooty bastard with no time for people and convinced of his own righteousness".

It all fits. But most of it stems from having to tolerate daily rejection for having an IQ above that of your average walnut in a country that spits on talent and worships mediocrity. (present company accepted)

The arrogance is not entirely unfounded. Yes I admit I am "a very talented bloke" but that, in life and indeed this scene, is not enough when you have the social skills of a mouldy dishcloth. ( I blame the government, my parents, my self and some bloke called Asperger)

But going back on topic, yes nuts.mp3 is rockin and yes the production quality is lousy but hey, this whole scene went tits up the moment the beard scratchers demanded production excellence from producers with attitude. (see dirty bass)

Don't know who yhou are Gus but many thanks for your comments. They are appreciated.

As ever, when the mood takes me I will continue to splurge wonky but fun acid techno and post it hereabouts for free and I still wont give a bugger what you all think of me...

http://www.umbrellog.com/music/

Now thats keepin' it real. Losers. ;)

Hi Pete,
I dont think your production is lousy , all I meant is that I wish I had a copy that was better than 128 or 192 kbs per second mp3 . I like your tunes when you let the 303 let rip, once upon a time there were many people making good acid that was that standard now theres few so you stick out . You have never seemed arrogant in our communications and obviously since most people into acid techno have a penchant for anarchic behaviour, affecting an air of superiority is probably not appropriate albeit funny .
Yes in America they seem to spur you on if you are good whereas in England they will try to put you down as they dont like to be outshone. Anyway I definately prefer your stuff to most of the ketamine misery shite that was on smitten and most stuf SUF released after "Its not intelligent and its not from detroit but its ****ing haveing it", I like to see people having a laugh when they dance to techno not to look miserable and angry - I think your tunes are a good laugh to dance too.
Asta luego.

[force]

Yes I admit I am "a very talented bloke"

SORRY, but

.

@Acidtrash

I'd love to read this thread where you claim Hardfloor suck compared to early Skankadelic/wahwah releases. can you dig out the thread for me?

I very much doubt Hardfloor would even class themselves as acid techno, so your comparison is deeply flawed for a start.
Hardfloor make, bouncy, happy, sometimes cheesy dance music that puts a smile on your face. They just happen to use 303's, doesn't make them acid techno tho.

[AcidTrash]

Well thats the whole point isnt it. If its not for fun, what is it for?

I've always tried to keep that in mind when producing. I've watched the acid scene eat itself from overintellectualising it and gradually seen everything that was fun braded as cliche or cheesy and the sheeple went along with it until everything was one long immacculately produced loop in a scene where what you play is more important than what you want to play.

The more machismo that infected the scene the smaller the audiences got until acid nights became monthly DJ conferences and all the pretty girls were in the house room.
I have nothing against deviation form formulas but this is one scene that threw the baby out with the bathwater.

But less of the badmouthing Smitten. Fck Goa or at least the remixes were the very essence of big room clattering acid.
If I could have hit that sound quality perhaps I would still be in the game and not a hobbyist. Or maybe not, some people have to grow up.

As for all the bollocks here above, there is a history of intense debate here where I was very much out on my own in my opinions but that was back when I gave a f?ck and thought influential people frequented this forum and not the self important prigs they turned out to be.

I seem to recall the worst of it being when I was trying to argue that Hardfloor, pioneers though they may be, still suck when comapred with the early Skankadelic releases and some of the Wahwahs. I remember saying that Henry Ford mght have been the pioneer of automobiles but I still wouldnt trade my Focus for a Model T. However, vociferously disagreeing with Mr the Drummer is not the done thing in these parts. Where he leads, the herd follows. Hence the current cul-de-sac the scene now occupies.

Understandable though. You have to admit... he IS very good.