Thanks be to the folks at Soul Jazz for offering the world a seemingly innumerable amount of sub-genre synopses via their commitment to the compilation. Their history is great, their contributions plentiful, and their collective soul… for sure, on its way to the brighter side of purgatory.
You’re probably at least marginally familiar with Soul Jazz’s New York Noise series, for instance, and a couple of years ago, I was personally grooving to the dynamic digital dancehall tunes of Invasion of the Mysteron Killer Sounds in 3-D, compiled by Kevin Martin (a.k.a. The Bug) and Soul Jazz founder, Stuart Baker. On April 8, the mysterons will formally continue their scorched earth campaign with the release of Acid - Mysterons Invade The Jackin’ Zone: Chicago Acid and Experimental House 1986-1993.
Common sense would tell you that acid (both the techno and house varieties) wasn’t a genre spontaneously coined by the likes of AFX and Rephlex, so I’m particularly excited to dive into this come April. The album will be released on both heavyweight 180g vinyl and as a double CD set, both of which will be accompanied by stickers, posters, and according to Resident Advisor, a graphic novel by Italian artist Paulo Parsi documenting the history of Chicago house.
All of the tracks on the album have been digitally remastered. Oh look! Here’s a non-remastered version of “Slam” from Phuture, the group credited with popularizing both the “acid” name and its distinct *wiggity werp werp werp* sound — just so you know what you’re getting into.
Acid - Mysterons Invade The Jackin’ Zone: Chicago Acid and Experimental House 1986-1993 tracklisting:
Disc 1
01. Acid Wash – Hallucinate
02. Risqué Rythum Team – The Jacking Zone
03. Armando – 151
04. A Black Man, A Black Man and Another Black Man (Farley ‘Jackmaster’ Funk) – I Believe
05. Phuture – Slam
06. Fingers – Can You Feel It
07. JM Silk – Music Is The Key (Basement mix)
08. Pleasure Zone – I Can’t Understand
09. Jack Rabbit – Rabbit Trax
10. The Children – Freedom (Factory mix)
11. Fingers – Ecstasy
Disc 2
01. Acid Wash – Love Trak
02. Devotion – Strength of Bass
03. Virgo – Go Wild Rhythm Trax No 3
04. The Housemaster Boyz – House Nation
05. Cool McCool – World Turns Around
06. Mr Fingers – Washing Machine
07. Rocky Jones – Choice of a New Generation (Choice of the Underground)
08. Adonis – No Way Back
09. The Unknown – Abstract Expressionism
10. Fingers – The Juice
11. Bizzy B – The Night Calls
• Soul Jazz: http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk