| Acid House was branded by Chicago DJs who | | | | introduce the acid house sound to the clubbers of |
| were experimenting with the Roland TB-303 | | | | England in 1987. The club was run by DJ Danny |
| electronic synthesiser-sequencer in the mid-1980s. | | | | Rampling and his wife Jenny in Southwark, |
| The TB (Transistor Bass) was originally developed | | | | London, to an exclusive, small number of |
| with guitarists in mind, to provide them with bass | | | | devotees. But a secret that good, could not be |
| accompaniment for when they were practicing. | | | | contained and acid house spread like wildfire |
| The word acid was used to describe the acid, | | | | through the city of London and out into the |
| squelchy sound that the synthesiser produced. | | | | counties and throughout England, kicking off what |
| From Chicago, the sound spread to the United | | | | became known as the Second Summer of Love. |
| Kingdom, Europe and Australia through the | | | | It was a sociological phenomenon, transforming |
| growing rave scene. | | | | youth culture, as people united under the banner |
| It differed to the prevalent other sounds of the | | | | of acid house, taking ecstasy, throwing illegal |
| rave scene such as house and techno. Acid house | | | | raves, everything was harmonious, all was love, |
| was more minimalist, absent of much | | | | just like San Francisco two decades previously, |
| instrumentation, creating a harder sound. It shared | | | | ergo The Second Summer of Love. Another club, |
| the common 4/4 rhythm of house and techno | | | | Trip opened in 1988, droves flocked into it, |
| but it was pounded into much harder rhythms. | | | | partying until the early hours, the scene was |
| The London club Shoom was one of the first to | | | | grabbing headlines for hedonism and decadence. |