Of all the mix shows out there, few have the prestige of Solid Steel. Having started out through the Ninja Tune label, it's the worlds longest running mix show; 25 years of underground music, online, for all. It's kind of wild to think just how much electronic music has grown in that time, and Solid Steel is a rare beast in its longevity, willingness to experiment - and ability to keep inspired after all these years.Their latest effort is an absolute blinder: a '30 Years of Acid' retrospective mixed by Posthuman, to mark the last ever outing of renowned rave club night I Love Acid. True to it's name, it spans quite literally a generation of the genre. Starting off with classic Chicago house (in the year that Roland stopped making the TR-303, no less), it moves through Detroit techno, the evolution of the acid sound in the UK and Europe, the weirder sounds of the late 90s via labels such as Warp and Rephlex, right up to the present day.A generation on from the heyday of acid, it's only more apparent now just how radical this sound really was - and still is.Tracklist:1984 - Chris & Cosey - Dancing Ghosts [Doublevision]1985 - Knight Action - R-Trax (Special Mix) [Let's Dance]1986 - Sleazy D - I've Lost Control [Trax]1987 - Phuture - Acid Tracks [Trax]1988 - 808 State - Flow Coma [Creed]1989 - Gene Hunt - Living In A Land [Housetime]1990 - Bobby Konders - Nervous Acid [Nu Groove]1991 - UR - 303 Sunset [Underground Resistance]1992 - Acid Junkies – Short On Acid [Djax-Up Beats]1993 - Fred Gianelli – Eloquence [Telepathic]1994 - Armando - Pleasuredome [Trax]1995 - Link & E621 - Antacid [Warp]1996 - Woody Mc Bride – The Birdman [Communique]1997 - Ege Bam Yasi – Acid C.I.D. (Sub Version) [Subversive]1998 - Plastikman - Rekall [Minus]1999 - The Black Dog - Psycosyin [Warp]2000 - Luke Vibert - Analord [Planet Mu]2001 - Phuture - Box Energy (AFX Remix) [Rephlex]2002 - Dr Derek F - Chrome Tear [Skam]2003 - Luke Vibert - I Love Acid [Warp]2004 - DK7 - Slipstream [Output]2005 - AFX – Boxing Day [Rephlex]2006 - The Doubtful Guest – Snoutful (Posthuman Remix) [Seed]2007 - Syntheme – Easy [Planet Mu]2008 - Mark Archer – Riser [Mutate]2009 - Legowelt – Zompy Land [Crème Organization]2010 - Global Goon – Craehzrhd [Balkan Vinyl]2011 - Affie Yusuf - Acid Playground [Balkan Vinyl]2012 - Cassegrain & Tin Man – Sear [Killekill]2013 - Mark Archer – Cogzy [Anecdote]2014 - Posthuman - Back To Acid [Body Work]
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