The Melody Web what each genre heard, and what it passed on

heard passed on Click or tap a node to recenter. Use a connecting line, or Influence, for the story.

Heard

House genre · 1984–

Acid house is house with the 303 as the lead voice.

Influence

Acid house

style · 1987–

Also called acid

Kind of House

Late-1980s Chicago house dialect: the TB-303’s squelch as the lead (Phuture, Acid Tracks). It is a style of House. The 1988–89 UK explosion is spread of this style, not a second node. The 303 goes into UK Breakbeat hardcore and into Trance, and into Madchester as club pulse under guitar songs. Rave remains a leftover circuit name. Acid techno stays on Techno.

Listen

  1. Acid Tracks Phuture (1987) YouTube · Spotify
  2. I've Lost Control Sleezy D (1986) YouTube
  3. Your Only Friend Phuture (1987) YouTube · Spotify
  4. Acid Man Jolly Roger (1988) YouTube
  5. This Is Acid Maurice (1988) YouTube · Spotify · Amazon

Passed on

Breakbeat hardcore style · 1990–1993

UK breakbeat hardcore keeps acid house’s 303 lead and warehouse four and puts breaks under it.

Influence
Madchester scene · 1988–1991

Madchester takes acid house’s four-on-the-floor club pulse and 303 climate and puts guitar songs on it.

Influence
Trance genre · 1991–

Early trance takes acid house’s 303 line as a hypnotic ostinato.

Influence

House → Acid house

meter and groovetimbre and productionfunction and contextstrength: highscholarly consensus1986–1988recordingoraldance

Mechanism

Acid house is house with the 303 as the lead voice. Strength high. Same Chicago clubs; a new timbre.

Evidence

Acid Tracks (1987); Grove on the named dialect.

Debate

Whether it is only a sound, not a style. The 1988–89 name and the rave afterlife make a node.

Mediators

artist: Phuture

Acid house → Breakbeat hardcore

timbre and productionmeter and groovefunction and contextstrength: highscholarly consensus1988–1992recordingdanceradio

Mechanism

UK breakbeat hardcore keeps acid house’s 303 lead and warehouse four and puts breaks under it. Strength high. “Rave” stays a leftover circuit name; this hop is the named 303-into-hardcore job.

Evidence

Second Summer of Love into 1991–92 hardcore 12-inches (Grove, Starr).

Debate

Whether this is still acid house. The 303 is acid house’s; the chopped-break grid is hardcore’s.

Mediators

community: UK rave

Acid house → Madchester

meter and groovetimbre and productionfunction and contextstrength: highscholarly consensus1988–1991recordingdanceradio

Mechanism

Madchester takes acid house’s four-on-the-floor club pulse and 303 climate and puts guitar songs on it. Strength high. indie rock madchester is the song parent; this hop is the warehouse groove. Rave leftover as a circuit name, not a second parent.

Evidence

Happy Mondays’ shuffle-and-house singles; Hacienda programming of Chicago acid beside Manchester guitar bands (Grove, Starr).

Debate

Whether this is already acid house with a singer. The 303 warehouse 12-inch remains acid house’s; the named guitar-and-club Manchester scene is Madchester’s.

Mediators

artist: Happy Mondays; institution: The Haçienda

Acid house → Trance

timbre and productionmelodystrength: mediumscholarly consensus1991–1995recordingdance

Mechanism

Early trance takes acid house’s 303 line as a hypnotic ostinato. Strength medium. Techno remains the four-on-the-floor parent; this hop is the acid timbre.

Evidence

Jam & Spoon and allied Frankfurt 12-inches (Grove).

Debate

Whether the 303 is already techno. Acid house named the squelch; techno named the Detroit machine four.

Mediators

artist: Jam & Spoon