-
Play on Mog
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Spotify
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Rdio
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
-
Play on Hype Machine
Yes, it scrobbles! Learn more
About This Track
Considered the earliest Acid House tune ever, “Acid Tracks” story begins with the friendship of two friends which later were behind Phuture - DJ Pierre and Earl Spanky Smith. Very close to each other since the high school, they grew up together in a very strong musical environment, until a day when DJ Pierre got surprised by his friend Spanky when he came on his house while he was DJing and told something like “Hey, I bought a drum machine, it’s time to produce!”, back in 1984.
Since Earl Smith had a job, he could afford the expensive equipments necessary to do it. But at the first moment, it was just a Drum Machine, which made them do drum solos – cleverly used by Pierre on his DJ sets. Earl Spanky had a natural hability with kicks, snares & hi-hats, so he quickly turned himself into an amazing drum line maker.
One day, Earl Spanky bought a Roland 303 acid bassline, and they both tried with their friend Herbert J to manipulate those sounds, and that acid loop seemed to be already there, but at that time they really did not know yet how to create different ones. “We didn’t know how to program. When we plugged it, it was already making that sound. It had plenty of different acid loops. As we didn’t know how to ‘create’, we worked on the only one that sounded good. No one really invented it, it was already in there. We sequenced it, and Spanky made the beats”, said Pierre, trying to remember his first steps as a producer, about 21 years ago. Boof, the “Acid Tracks” was ready.
Since Earl Smith had a job, he could afford the expensive equipments necessary to do it. But at the first moment, it was just a Drum Machine, which made them do drum solos – cleverly used by Pierre on his DJ sets. Earl Spanky had a natural hability with kicks, snares & hi-hats, so he quickly turned himself into an amazing drum line maker.
One day, Earl Spanky bought a Roland 303 acid bassline, and they both tried with their friend Herbert J to manipulate those sounds, and that acid loop seemed to be already there, but at that time they really did not know yet how to create different ones. “We didn’t know how to program. When we plugged it, it was already making that sound. It had plenty of different acid loops. As we didn’t know how to ‘create’, we worked on the only one that sounded good. No one really invented it, it was already in there. We sequenced it, and Spanky made the beats”, said Pierre, trying to remember his first steps as a producer, about 21 years ago. Boof, the “Acid Tracks” was ready.
Send Ringtones to Cell Similar Music
Play Phuture RadioWith: Phortune, Pierre's Pfantasy Club, Tyree, Fast Eddie and more…
Albums featuring this track
-
Marshall Jefferson - Move Your Body
PhutureBuy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
-
Warp 10+1: Influences (disc 1)
Various Artists
Buy- Download Album
- Amazon MP3 Search
- 7digital Search
- iTunes Search
- Buy Album
- Amazon Search
- eBay Search
Shouts
-
BISCOOP wrote:
Nobody expected that Roland TB 303, a cheap bass guitar emulator will cause such a revolution in dance music.
-
humaniac wrote:
acieed!11
-
GFX101 wrote:
<3 <3 <3
-
AbdQuadir wrote:
he aint lieing.....
-
paola_tess wrote:
cocaine wanted
-
zor77ro wrote:
ne runde um die häuser ziehen
-
famkeZ wrote:
I just noticed that too.. that this is "Your Only Friend"
-
RosesOfTomorrow wrote:
Dizziz Cocane speakin'
-
crystaltrips wrote:
This is 'Your Only Friend' by Phuture, not Acid Trax. Sort it out people!
-
uncle_aubrey wrote:
The real "Acid Trax" is a 10+ minute acid odyssey. This is some kind of cheap knock-off - too bad
-
christianchinas wrote:
una pieza maestra
-
gustavo888 wrote:
claro pex.
-
crystaltrips wrote:
This is 'Your Only Friend'... Let's get our tags in order, hmm?
-
McFly2Space wrote:
i lol'd at the vocals but still pretty fresh track
-
changethetrack wrote:
WTF
-
clockey wrote:
THE FULL TRACK ON THIS PAGE IS NOT ACID TRACKS. Damn.. wtf? It's been this way for more than a year now. Last.fm.. anyone home?
-
protoparodoxein wrote:
azid zong dear old timez
-
Detuner wrote:
accciiiiidd !!!!!....... xox oxo xox zzzzzzzz
-
marcstolz wrote:
McYaballow is right, this is not Acid Trax, because if you listen to Acid Trax you know why it is called like that. no doubt!
-
basskebab wrote:
big love
Track Stats
21,856 Scrobbles
10,358 Listeners
Recent Listening Trend
Top Listeners
See more
Recent Activity
-
gsj1977 added Acid Tracks to his Loved Tracks. yesterday evening
-
jazzchilli tagged Acid Tracks with ‘house’. Saturday morning
-
woodear added Acid Tracks to his Loved Tracks. last week
-
wonder_al tagged Acid Tracks with ‘over 10’. last month
-
Kimberley-anne added Acid Tracks to the playlist Kim's songs. last month
-
Kimberley-anne, dr3tri, TwinEgoUK and 4 other people loved Phuture – Acid Tracks. last month
-
adidaskiller tagged Acid Tracks with ‘3o3’. November 2011
-
petorep and ribitten loved Phuture – Acid Tracks. November 2011
-
tinchen60 shared Acid Tracks with Smakaveli. November 2011
-
k3LastPL, AurelianoNile, jseraf and 1 other person loved Phuture – Acid Tracks. October 2011
Related Journals
-
Ocean of sound
by fru-n-quiz |
6 Feb 2010
-
Soundtrack of My Life
by muzikizum |
8 May 2008
-
i am a party girl here is my soundtrack -- update
by scarebear |
6 Mar 2008
| 1 comment
