52-573: Adam Paul Tinley (born 4 December 1967), known professionally as Adamski , as well as Sonny Eriksson , is an English DJ, musician, singer and record producer, prominent at the time of acid house for his tracks " N-R-G " and " Killer ", a collaboration with Seal , which was a No. 1 song in the UK in 1990. Tinley was born in Lymington , Hampshire , England. As a youngster, influenced by punk rock and John Peel , he formed his first band The Stupid Babies when he
104-586: A collection of his best work on Soul Jazz Records entitled Kiss the Future . Stewart was well known in several European countries and Japan. He was involved in a documentary filmed by Tøni Schifer, "On/Off – Mark Stewart – from The Pop Group to the Maffia", which included interviews with Nick Cave , Daniel Miller , former Pop Group members, Adrian Sherwood , Skip McDonald , Doug Wimbish , Keith LeBlanc , Fritz Catlin ( 23 Skidoo ) and others. The premiere took place at
156-569: A collective featuring a host of artists and associates, including John Sinclair (poet) , Youth (musician) , David Tibet , Penny Rimbaud & Eve Libertine . Their sole output to date, entitled " Mammon ", was released in 2011. Stewart released his next solo single through Future Noise Music on Black Friday 25 November 2011. The double A-side "Children of the Revolution " / "Nothing Is Sacred " features The Bug , Crass 's Eve Libertine , Berlin's Slope and Pop Group bassist Dan Catsis. This paved
208-402: A free 4-track 7" vinyl single given away with the music paper Record Mirror in 1989. The cover of the single "N-R-G" featured a mocked up Lucozade bottle with the word "Lucozade" replaced with "N-R-G". Adamski toured many clubs with his portable keyboard set up, playing long sets, with an MC , Daddy Chester, and later with Seal . In front of his keyboard was a UK car number plate with
260-447: A number of other solo projects and collaborations. 2013 saw him write and contribute vocals to Primal Scream 's " Culturecide ", a track featured on More Light and in 2014 he produced and provided vocals for "Shame & Pain", a track which featured Thurston Moore and was collected on a Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project compilation. The next year saw Stewart remix both "Space Junk" by The Membranes and "Death Trip To Tulsa" by
312-416: A producer, his songs at that time also included a collaboration with musician Danny Williams . In 2007, he released a remake of The Pop Group 's 1979 single "We Are All Prostitutes" with Mark Stewart , which appeared on a number of compilations. His single "ApeX" was released on Kitsuné Music in 2006. In 2009, he began to release more material on Shir Khan's record label. In 2009, he found his way back to
364-560: A reality by using club drugs such as ecstasy and LSD . The association of acid house, MDMA , and smiley faces was observed in New York City by late 1988. This coincided with an increasing level of scrutiny and sensationalism in the mainstream press, although conflicting accounts about the degree of connection between acid house music and drugs continued to surface. Acid house was also popular in Manchester . The Thunderdome (which
416-632: A rhythmic dance sensibility. Adamski's Thing spawned two singles, "Intravenous Venus" and "One of the People" (a record featuring dance vocalist Gerideau, that got to No. 56 in the UK Singles Chart). Throughout the late 1990s, Tinley shifted focus to his DJ career. He soon adopted a new moniker, Adam Sky, touring Europe, and making the odd UK appearance such as playing at the electroclash night Nag Nag Nag in London in 2002 – run by his old friend Jonny Slut . As
468-426: A sampler. When alternative BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel started playing their song "Babysitters" the band caused quite a stir, receiving positive write-ups in music magazines like Smash Hits and Melody Maker . He performed with his brother Mark Tinley , and Johnny Slut of the band Specimen , as Diskord Datkord. They released their only single in 1988, an electroid cover of "Identity" by punk band X-Ray Spex . It
520-531: A show entitled "I AM THE LAW" displayed at Ritter/Zamet gallery in New York and London from January until March 2012. Dazed described the show as "an expo where found objects, wall paintings and scrawled writings come together in a ritualistic pile-on of references...an effort to explore cultural myths , symbols , signs and 'radical brands' – the power of representation, charged with dystopian views, prison gates and rioting crowds." Stewart remained active in
572-526: Is a subgenre of house music developed around the mid-1980s by DJs from Chicago . The style is defined primarily by the squelching sounds and basslines of the Roland TB-303 electronic bass synthesizer-sequencer, an innovation attributed to Chicago artists Phuture and Sleezy D circa 1986. Acid house soon became popular in the United Kingdom and continental Europe , where it was played by DJs in
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#1732916300970624-465: Is a tribute to Mina Smallman 's daughters Nicole and Bibaa, with all proceeds donated to the charity Million Women Rise . Remixes by done by Captain Mustache, Leeroy Thornhil ( The Prodigy ), Mr. C (Superfreq), and Shadow Child . In October 2022, Adamski released "Black Star Acid" on Boys Noize Records. Acid house Psychedelic film Acid house (also simply known as just " acid ")
676-502: Is credited with having been the first to use the TB-303 in house music (the instrument had been used earlier in disco records by the earlier mentioned Charanjit Singh in 1982, in hi-NRG, Alexander Robotnick in 1983). The group's 12-minute " Acid Tracks " was recorded to tape and was played by DJ Ron Hardy at the Music Box, where Hardy was resident DJ. Hardy once played it four times over
728-433: Is impossible to know which track was created first. In the 21st century, attention was drawn to Charanjit Singh 's album Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat , featuring Indian ragas fused with disco . The album released as early as 1982, featured a TB-303 prominently, Singh being one of the earliest musicians to use it on a commercial release. The record predates the famously known "Acid Trax" by 5 years. It
780-492: The Mark Lanegan band whilst also providing vocals for "Schizoid Fairytale", a track by Jim Johnston . A couple of years later, in 2017, Stewart wrote several tracks for "London Town", an album released by ex- Sugarhill Gang and regular On-U Sound Records cohort Little Axe . In 2018, Stewart remixed "Ndrangheta Allotment" by Meatraffle and wrote and featured on the track " Stratosphere Girl" on More Disco Songs About Love ,
832-772: The New Age Steppers . On-U became a focal point of a diverse set of networks – punks , reggae players from both the UK and Jamaica and free- jazzers . His first post-Pop Group release was as 'Mouth 2', the 1982 single "Who's Hot". Two releases followed with On-U associates under the name 'Mark Stewart & The Maffia' – the Jerusalem EP in 1983, and the 1983 album Learning to Cope with Cowardice . Stewart made several albums under his own name as well as collaborating with artists such as Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame, Tricky , Massive Attack , Chicks on Speed , ADULT. , Algiers and Primal Scream . In 2005, he released
884-562: The Bristol kids. It happens all the time. I've got this nonchalance that nothing is sacred so I'll crash a Slayer guitar line with Rotterdam gabba beats. For me, it's like colours. I grew up doing montages; like I did this collage of Ronald Reagan 's head on this gay porno cowboy. In fact, I've never really grown up at all. I'm still trying to put round things into square holes." In 2011, Stewart collaborated with New York-based artist-writer Rupert Goldsworthy, forming The New Banalists Orchestra,
936-638: The East End Film Festival in April 2009. Mark's work prompted Nick Cave to declare that, as a member of the Pop Group , Stewart "changed everything". Reflecting on his influence, Mark says, "I thought I was making funk music, but a track on Veneer of Democracy supposedly inspired all the American [ Sic ] industrialists, like Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy , while another track supposedly inspired
988-431: The Future". They advertised huge sound systems, fairground rides, foreign DJs, and other attractions. Many articles were written sensationalizing these parties and the results of them, focusing especially on the drug use and out-of-control nature that the media perceived. Once the term acid house became more widely used, participants at acid house-themed events in the UK and Ibiza made the psychedelic drug connotations
1040-596: The Mancunian rock scene. Prominent Madchester bands include the Stone Roses , Happy Mondays , the Charlatans and Inspiral Carpets . In the late 1980s and early 1990s, British news media and tabloids devoted an increasing amount of coverage to the hedonistic acid house/rave scene, focusing increasingly on its association with psychedelic drugs and club drugs . At first, promoters like Tony Colston-Hayter tried to monetize
1092-551: The UK to start his Futurewaltz project, working in the 3/4 time signature. Tinley’s latest alter ego is cyberbilly Sonny Eriksson - a self-styled Teddy Boy fusing rockabilly and psychobilly styles with the hypnotic, strange and electronic sounds of today and beyond. In 2020, Adamski released Free to Kill Again , featuring 10 new interpretations of "Killer" with guest features by Boy George , Nina Hagen , Adrian Sherwood , Mykki Blanco , Hannah Hu and others. In 2022, Adamski released "Black Butterfly", featuring Robert Owens . The track
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#17329163009701144-542: The acid house and later rave scenes. By the late 1980s, acid house had moved into the British mainstream, where it had some influence on pop and dance styles. Acid house brought house music to a worldwide audience. The influence of acid house can be heard in later styles of dance music including trance , hardcore , jungle , big beat , techno and trip hop . Acid house's minimalist sound combined house music's ubiquitous programmed four-on-the-floor 4/4 beat with
1196-515: The after-hour parties, so the groups began to assemble inside warehouses and other inconspicuous venues in secret, hence also marking the first developments of the rave . Raves were well attended at this time and consisted of single events or moving series of parties thrown by production companies or unlicensed clubs. Two well-known groups at this point were Sunrise , who held particularly massive outdoor events, and Revolution in Progress (RIP), known for
1248-466: The banning of acid house during its heyday from radio, television, and retail outlets in the United Kingdom. The moral panic of the press began in late 1988, when a UK 'red-top' tabloid called The Sun , which only days earlier on October 12 had promoted acid house as "cool and groovy" while running an offer on acid smiley face t-shirts, abruptly turned on the scene. On October 19, The Sun ran with
1300-555: The course of an evening until the crowd responded favorably. Chicago's house music scene suffered a crackdown on parties and events by the police. Sales of house records dwindled and, by 1988, the genre was selling less than a tenth as many records as at the height of the style's popularity. However, house and especially acid house was beginning to experience a surge in popularity in Britain. London 's club Shoom opened in November 1987 and
1352-684: The dark atmosphere and hard music at events which were usually thrown in warehouses or at Clink Street, a South East London nightclub housed in a former jail. Promoters like (The Big Lad) Shane McKenzie and the gang back in 1987 were doing small parties in NW London, moving raves from the streets and the fields to the clubs of London 1990–2005 which saw the future of raves in clubs all over the UK and Spain. The Sunrise group threw several large acid house raves in Britain which gathered serious press attention. In 1988 they threw "Burn It Up", 1989 brought "Early Summer Madness", "Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Back to
1404-406: The electronic squelch sound produced by the Roland TB-303 electronic synthesizer-sequencer. The sound is commonly produced by raising the filter resonance and lowering the cutoff frequency of the synthesizer, along with programming the 303's accent, slide, and octave parameters, to create variation in otherwise simple bass patterns. "Exploration of texture" is preferred over melody; "a refusal of
1456-507: The headline "Evils of Ecstasy ", linking the acid house scene with the newly popular and relatively unknown drug. The resultant panic incited by the tabloids eventually led to a crackdown on clubs and venues that played acid house and had a profound negative impact on the scene. Any records that mentioned the word acid, such as Dancin' Danny D's record with scene promoter Gary Haisman (D Mob's " We Call It Acieed "), were taken off radio and television playlists just as they were climbing towards
1508-450: The metaphysical priorities of western music discourse." Other elements, such as synthetic strings and stabs , were usually minimal. Sometimes tracks were instrumentals such as Phuture 's " Acid Tracks ", or contained full vocal performances such as Pierre's Pfantasy Club's "Fantasy Girl", while others were essentially instrumentals complemented by the odd spoken word 'drop-in', such as Phuture's "Slam". There are conflicting accounts about
1560-720: The name Baby Ford , the record peaked at number 58 on the UK Singles Chart on September 24, 1988, and was followed by Baby Ford's "Chikki Chikki Ahh Ahh" hit. The genre was extremely popular with the city's football hooligans . According to Manchester United football hooligan Colin Blaney in Hotshot: The Story of a Little Red Devil , the acid house venues were the only place where rival hooligan gangs would mix, without coming to blows with one another. The Madchester and baggy movements saw acid house influences bleed into
1612-489: The origin of the term acid . One self claimed account by members of Phuture points to their own " Acid Tracks ". Before the song was given a title for commercial release, it was played by DJ Ron Hardy at a nightclub where psychedelic drugs were reportedly used. The club's patrons called the song "Ron Hardy's Acid Track" (or "Ron Hardy's Acid Trax"). The song was released with the title "Acid Tracks" on Larry Sherman's label Trax Records in 1987. Sources differ on whether it
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1664-611: The other club attendees in a peaceful movement that has been compared to the Summer of Love in San Francisco in 1967. Another club called Trip was opened in June 1988 by Nicky Holloway at the Astoria in London's West End. Trip was geared directly towards the acid house music scene. It was known for its intensity and stayed open until 3 AM. The patrons would spill into the streets chanting and drew
1716-405: The police on regular occasions. The reputation that occurrences like this created along with the UK's strong anti-club laws started to make it increasingly difficult to offer events in the conventional club atmosphere. Considered illegal in London during the late '80s, after-hour clubbing was against the law. However, this did not stop the club-goers from continuing after-hours dancing. Police raided
1768-407: The popular club drug Ecstasy ( MDMA ). According to Professor Hillegonda Rietveld, a researcher specializing in electronic dance music , it was the house sensibility of Chicago, in a club like Hardy's The Music Box , that afforded it its initial meaning. In her view " acid connotes the fragmentation of experience and dislocation of meaning due to the unstructuring effects on thought patterns which
1820-470: The psychedelic drug LSD or 'Acid' can bring about. In the context of the creation of "Acid Tracks" it indicated a concept rather than the use of psychedelic drugs in itself. Some accounts disavow psychedelic connotations. One theory, holding that acid was a derogatory reference towards the use of samples in acid house music, was repeated in the press and in the British House of Commons . In this theory,
1872-465: The scene by promoting his Apocalypse Now parties (organised with Roger Goodman) on the ITV News (ITN) in the same way that a latter-day popstar such as Gary Barlow would promote his album on the news (generally in the "...And Finally" part of the programme). However, these reports soon changed from positive promotion to a negative viewpoint, with the sensationalist nature of the coverage contributing to
1924-491: The term acid came from the slang term "acid burning," which the Oxford Dictionary of New Words calls "a term for stealing." In 1991, UK Libertarian advocate Paul Staines claimed that he had coined this theory to discourage the government from adopting anti-rave party legislation. The name of acid jazz is derived from that of acid house, which served as one of the inspirations for the genre's development. Before
1976-411: The term "acid house" was introduced, rawer early acid house was " hi-NRG ", a type of bassline-driven electronic music that began with disco music that discarded its funk element, starting with Giorgio Moroder productions for Donna Summer . However, the earliest recorded examples of acid house are a matter of debate. Sleezy D 's "I've Lost Control" (1986) was the first to be released on vinyl, but it
2028-589: The third LP from Los Angeles duo De Lux . He also featured on the track "Fight Fire With Fire" by Lay Llamas. In 2021, Stewart collaborated with Algiers on their Nun Gun project where he featured heavily on both the Mondo Decay and Stealth Empire (In Dub) albums. He collaborated with several artists in the mashup album VS , released in 2022. That same year, Stewart featured on the 12" vinyl EP "! WASTED !", released by tribal/industrial band Lampredonto on Italian cult label UR Suoni. Stewart sang lead vocals on
2080-520: The top of the UK chart. By the time Colston-Hayter had invited another ITV news team down to promote his latest party (this time from Granada's current affairs show World in Action ), acid house was being described as a "sinister and evil cult" that was just encouraging people to take drugs. Despite this, one tune broke through into the mainstream in November 1988. " Stakker Humanoid ", produced by Brian Dougans (later of Future Sound of London ),
2132-482: The way for Stewart's 2012 album, The Politics of Envy , released on 26 March 2012, also on Future Noise Music. Tackling mass media , modern capitalism and consumer apathy , it features a cast including Kenneth Anger , Lee 'Scratch' Perry , Richard Hell , The Raincoats ' Gina Birch , Primal Scream , and Clash / PiL guitarist Keith Levene . As well as music, Stewart has been involved in conceptual art . He collaborated once again with Rupert Goldsworthy on
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2184-483: The word ADAMSKI on it. Early versions of future singles " Killer " and " Future Love Paradise " were played on some of the Seal dates. The album, Adamski's Thing , was issued in late 1998 on Trevor Horn 's ZTT Records label, recorded at Adrian Sherwood ’s On-U Sound studios. The style followed the trend started with his 1992 album Naughty , with guitars, strings , raw vocals and introspective lyrics , but maintaining
2236-530: Was 11 and living in New Forest in England. He persuaded his 5-year-old brother Dominic to sing while he strummed a small guitar, and sent a demo tape to the indie label Fast Product , run by The Human League 's manager Bob Last. "Everyone thought that was a really precocious and strange thing for an 11 year-old to do," Adamski recalls "but I just thought that's what everybody did". The kiddie-punk tracks were released on
2288-451: Was Phuture or Sherman who chose the title; Phuture's DJ Pierre says the group did because the song was already known by that title, but DJ Pierre says he chose the title because the song reminded him of acid rock . Regardless, after the release of Phuture's song, the term acid house came into common parlance. Some accounts say the reference to "acid" may be a celebratory reference to psychedelic drugs in general, such as LSD , as well as
2340-538: Was a hit not just at influential clubs like The Haçienda in Manchester or Shoom in London, but was championed by mainstream stalwarts such as BBC Radio DJ Bruno Brookes and record producer, Pete Waterman . It went on to reach number 17 in the UK in November 1988, leading to Dougans' appearance on Top of the Pops on December 1, 1988. Mark Stewart (English musician) Mark Stewart (10 August 1960 – 21 April 2023)
2392-414: Was an English singer and founding member of the Pop Group . A pioneer of post-punk and industrial music , he recorded for On-U Sound Records , Mute Records , and Future Noise Music, and released solo and collaborative output on several other independent labels such as Crippled Dick Hot Wax! and eMERGENCY heARTS. Stewart was educated at Bristol Grammar School , one of Bristol's private schools , and
2444-522: Was generally advertised as a techno night) in Miles Platting was at the epicenter of the scene and gave rise to acts like A Guy Called Gerald , 808 State , Jam MC's, Steve Williams and Jay Wearden. A Greater Manchester-based producer called Peter Ford teamed up with Richard Salt and recorded a record called "Oochy Koochy", regarded as the first British acid house track. Released by dance indie Rhythm King Records as "Oochy Koochy (FU Baby Yeah Yeah)" under
2496-547: Was in the same year as guitarist Nick Sheppard , who went on to play with the Clash and the Cortinas . Stewart began his music career in 1977 as a founder of the Pop Group , a band notable for sonic experimentation, political conviction and a willingness to collaborate. The Pop Group split in 1981, with Stewart and two other members heading off to London to hook up with the emerging On-U Sound " conspiracy of outsiders" as part of
2548-547: Was initially a commercial failure in India and eventually forgotten. Following its rediscovery and eventual re-release in early 2010 some music journalists compared the music to that of acid house music, even suggesting it might be the first example of the style. The first acid house records were produced in Chicago, Illinois . Phuture , a group founded by Nathan " DJ Pierre " Jones, Earl "Spanky" Smith Jr., and Herbert "Herb J" Jackson,
2600-550: Was one of the first clubs to introduce acid house to the clubbing public of the UK . It was opened by Danny Rampling and his wife, Jenny. The club was extremely exclusive and featured thick fog, a dreamy atmosphere and acid house. This period began what some call the Second Summer of Love , a movement credited with a reduction in football hooliganism : instead of fights, football fans were listening to music, taking ecstasy , and joining
2652-405: Was playing to 8,000 people at Sunrise Festival at Santa Pod Raceway and, after a bidding war, signed to MCA Records , producing the first rave record on MCA called Liveandirect . He had success with this first release, which was a collection of tracks recorded live at various raves. It contained a short, live version of his first single " N-R-G ", as well as "I Dream of You", which appeared on
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#17329163009702704-512: Was single of the week in NME . In March 1989, Adamski was booked for his first solo gig at Le Petit Prince Restaurant in Kentish Town, run by his manager Phil Smith. Lenny D, promoter of nightclub Heaven, happened to be walking past, and was convinced by Smith to book Adamski for an all-dayer at Heaven. He quickly catapulted into the upper echelons of the nascent rave scene. Within a few weeks, Adamski
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