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Title: Phuture - Acid Tracks (1987)
Added: Sep 26, 2009
Author: CraazyAcid
Duration: 10:54
Description:
Profile: Phuture only released a handful of tracks (plus an album a full decade after their debut), but have remained a legendary act in the development of Chicago house for their stomping 1987 single "Acid Trax", the track that began and defined the acid house sound. The group was formed by DJ Pierre, synthesizer fan Spanky and Herb J in 1985 as a recording entity to produce records for Pierre to mix into his sets at several crucial Chicago clubs. After being turned on to the high-pitched squelch of the Roland TB-303 synthesizer (marketed as a bassline machine for solo guitarists), the trio emerged from the studio with a track they called "In Your Mind". Ron Hardy previewed the track at his legendary club the Music Box - where it became known as "Ron Hardy's Acid Track" - and Phuture re-made the cut with production by Marshall Jefferson. Released on Trax Records in 1987, the single created a dividing point between the Chicago sound before and after it, with hundreds of "Acid Trax" imitations flooding the local market. After it caught on in Britain as well, the single soundtracked the wave of club madness which coalesced in the rave movement by the end of the decade. Despite recording one single with immense influence on dancefloors around the world, Phuture etched a rocky path during the rest of the 1980s. Herb J left after their follow-up single "We Are Phuture", and was replaced by an up-and-coming producer, Roy Davis, Jr. DJ Pierre left several singles later, and was himself replaced by Damon Neloms (aka Professor Trax). The lineup of Spanky, Davis, Jr. and Neloms recorded 1992's "Inside Out" but then the group lay dormant for several years. In 1996, Phuture returned as Phuture 303 (with the addition of L.A. Williams) and released the album Alpha & Omega one year later.
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Youtube Comments: 284
bigstu542000 Says:
Apr 20, 2012 - Phuture were the most hardcore acid creators at the time and before commercialisation were for the hardcore only! Was16yrs old and this rocked and still send shivers up my spine!
dahDougieBoy Says:
May 1, 2012 - Is it a 707? Sounds good. A little bit too much reverb.
johnykgr Says:
May 2, 2012 - Made in 1987? Hahahaha definetely timeless quality!!
alexparty2002 Says:
May 4, 2012 - todays stupid djs dont know what TB 303 is!!!
Miguelvasconcellos Says:
May 5, 2012 - So true..., many todays dj's I know have never heard of the Roland TB 303 or MIDI.They ask "is that in ableton?? or Fruity ??"Times are changing...
artsfestoriginals Says:
May 6, 2012 - october 1987 i was born.
NKingTotoro Says:
May 7, 2012 - Yeah, it's a shame that more DJs and producers of today don't bother to study up on the past. I'm a young'un, but I love oldschool tunes. With that being said, I've heard people make amazing things on their laptops as well. The best way to live life is with an open mind and an open heart, amirite? :D
DJPsylum Says:
May 7, 2012 - try checking out some of the future techno stuff released by labels like Badlife, Turbo & GNR don't let the name fool you, it's all reinvented Detroit Techno & Chicago house
LRoddds Says:
May 9, 2012 - lol I was in high school :)
XingStar07 Says:
May 10, 2012 - 1000 likes
willetts18 Says:
May 12, 2012 - Aceeeeeeeeeeeed
imalrockme Says:
May 15, 2012 - House Nation 2 !!!!!!!! Beautiful! Born in 1980, but remember seeing MARS' Pump Up the Volume on TV, and since then, house music lover forever and ever.
KushPizzaSleep Says:
May 16, 2012 - thats why u use reason its built in :P
divegirl1211 Says:
May 16, 2012 - Close your eyes and focus on a spot.......
1Pete2W3 Says:
May 17, 2012 - 303 isnt just a sound... it's in your soul! Many DJ's today are bringing back acid, Joy Orbison, Boddika, Blawan, Surgeon to name a few! Chicago and Detroit forever, and i'm 19! This is a staple of my sets!
Max Wheeler Says:
May 17, 2012 - I encourage you to look up Chitos Revenge.Oracion.Bomb Records, CO-JACK "NightShift", DJ ESP - Slow-Mo these were big early 90's.
Max Wheeler Says:
May 17, 2012 - also tan-ru changeling (its expensive though on discogs)
fcforeverfc Says:
May 20, 2012 - cant say I'm a fan but my god... this is genius!
Jagged85 Says:
May 22, 2012 - In that case, the credit should probably go to Tadao Kikumoto, the Roland employee who invented both the TR-909 and the TB-303.
un7ucky Says:
May 23, 2012 - i cant argue with that one at all :D
LittleBabyBum Says:
May 23, 2012 - simply put: if you make a tune that creates a new genre you're a genius...such a rare thing! Acid still sounds great 25 years later...new school and old. it's all good!
Jagged85 Says:
May 24, 2012 - Charanjit Singh may not have influenced later acid house artists (until recently), but it's still remarkable how ahead of his time he was, independently creating acid house before even house music itself was created in Chicago. It just goes to show that, if you covered Indian ragas on a TB-303 and put it to a disco beat on a TR-808, you'd end up with a sound remarkably similar to acid house.
pant1979 Says:
May 25, 2012 - Got this - the vinyl is wrecked. bought it off HTFR, the first few minutes have been played so much, that its just like the vinyl scratch effect maxed out on Ableton for a few minutes. You can't make out the whistle, the cowbell etc, after about 3 minutes, you can start to hear that squelch, that filthy 303 squelch............... Best piece of vinyl I own :D
Atetrakz Says:
May 27, 2012 - Still the grittiest fucking acid track to ever come out. pure trance mode when this is played
macdjango Says:
Apr 18, 2012 - makes my skin crawl