Blog: Beats Per Minute

It's not hard to imagine how an album like On Acid would come out of something like Acid Test. The Absurd Recordings sub-label/side-project is almost cutely self-explanatory. Founder Oliver Bristow gathered a formidable stable of artists led by California-based producer Tin Man and then limited the imprint's output to the use of the infamous, scene-consuming TB-303 bass synth. Acid Test has since become, in microcosm, to acid house a little like what Autonomic is to drum'n'bass; subverting old cliches by inverting emotional expectations and setting sights on more ambitious and experimental outcomes. After a neat string of releases [...]