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Here at Acid909 we have decided to compile a list of who to watch in 2014 in the very active Acid Techno scene.  We have compiled this from emails from you our visitors and friends around the web 😉  If you haven’t contacted us yet please do so and we can update the list.  we are going by what people have told us, so to make it more accurate please email us who you think will be the movers and shakers in 2014 at info@acidtechno.co.uk.

A lot of Stay up people have come up in your emails, 1 has got into the list.  SUF are still after being at the forefront of the industry since the early days are still doing Fantastic stuff, we have bundled them together on the list, have named 1 of them as he has recently joined SUF.

1. Steve Mills – now on Stay Up Forever & also owner of Braingravy, brought out some of the biggest releases last year. As he’s new on SUF he is listed seperately
2. Birinight & The Geezer
3. The Stay Up Forever Collective (We have bundled as a whole everyone there rather than making the list over long!)
4. Trooper
5. Mobile Dogwash
6. OB1
7. Batman
8. Benji303
9. DJ Bacid
10. Acid Corp
11. Miro
12. Spliffy B
13. MK303
14. Tassid
15. Jack Wax
16. Pzylo
17. Austin Corrosive

As said above we have gone by what we have been told by people.  If there’s anyone who you don’t see up there but think should be let us know.  There are a few producer\DJs we are a little surprised not to see up there, but we want a reflection on what you guys think 😉

We highly encourage people who haven’t contacted us to do so 🙂

Mobile Dogwash

It was 1997 when Mobile Dogwash starting producing Acid Techno in his hometown of Sheffield.
Not satisfied with the trappings of his studio, he soon earned himself a resident slot at the legendary Headcharge, the club responsible for playing the north’s most banging techno.
Mobile Dogwash honed his sound, his ears never far away from a speaker with London techno pouring from it. Six years after the project started, he collaborated with The Pranksterz, earning him his first release on Acid Test.
Since then, Mobile Dogwash has had releases on some of techno’s most reputable labels. Abusive 303, Acid Test, Acid Test Remix, Brain Gravy, Chase Yer Tail, Cluster, Corrosive, DIP, Injector, Scythe Squadron, Stay Up Forever Remix & Stay Up Forever have all put out his work, with Chase Yer Tail, Interstate One, Project 303 and Wah Wah all following suit in the coming months.
Not the lone star that some DJs tend to be, Mobile Dogwash has regular company in the studio in varying forms; Ron Atomizer (who was a part of and helped develop the sound of Mobile Dogwash in the earlier days), Dave Atomizer (Twisted Tyrants), Si McLean (Acid Kazuals), Pablo Sonic Terrorist (Orgy of Distortion), Fabulous 23s and OB1, plus future collaborations planned with Steve Mills, Tassid and Tik Tok.
Recently he has been back in the studio with Dynamic Intervention (results out soon on Chase Yer Tail) and has just returned from banging out some ‘avin’ it sounds with London Acid Techno legend The Geezer (two tracks due out soon on Wah Wah).
Mobile Dogwash rocks the dance floor with his fat rolling hard acid sound and plays regularly across the width and breadth of UK and abroad. Highlights of Mobile Dogwash’s last year include playing at Boomtown Festival (Acidic/Raveyard) and across the sea in Ireland (Transformer Sounds).
This year looks set to be no less special with forthcoming gigs from Venezuela (Invasion 303) to London (Loud n Lairy) and Derby (Sounds of Wasps).

Trooper

DJ Trooper is an electric force to be reckoned with. His broad musical expertise spanning three decades comes alive in his mixes, bringing the party vibes alive. Never failing to smash the techno and old skool, it’s rave time when Trooper’s in the house.
Trooper has contributed to the legacy of the London party circuit, playing at club nights such as Smash Techno, Stay Up Forever 100, Stay Up Forever after parties, Philanthropy, Braingravy and Lucid, and alongside DJs such Chris Liberator, Aaron Liberator, Julian Liberator, DDR, Geezer, Steve Mills, Gizelle Rebel Yelle, D.A.V.E the Drummer, Rachel Rackitt, Sterling Moss, Birinight, DJ Ant, Jerome Hill, Thermobee, James Kinetec, Syber Symon, Redmond, Tassid, A.P, OB1, Austin Corrosive, Bad Boy Pete, MAXX and many more.
On to top all of this, Trooper has recently returned to the studio, writing tracks with DDR, Steve Mills and The Geezer. His tracks have been released on the
legendary ‘Hazchem’ label, Abusive 303, Project 303 and Project 909 with more tracks ready to go. Keep your ear to the dance floor and listen out for Trooper’s unique energy and sounds.
Over the past 10 years, Trooper has gone from raver on the dance floor to playing on many sound systems including Freebase, E1S, Malfaiteurs, Manik, Storm, Hub, Krysis, Hackney Sounds and plays regularly for Stinky Pink as a resident DJ storming the dance floor with his own take on Acid Techno, also enjoying pushing the speakers to the limits on various rigs at Frenchtek dropping the beats that captured his heart all those years ago. He played at illusive festival in 2015 dropping a back to the old Skool 92 set that had the whole arena bouncing and smiling hard.
But with Trooper’s personal history of dance music and broad musical knowledge, you can also hear him playing a broad spectrum of sounds such as Old Skool 91/92 Rave, Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, Progressive House,
Acid House, Breakbeat and Electro.
Trooper’s journey with dance music began in 1991 when he was just 16 years of age and was taken out by some older mates to legendary raves such as Elevation, Dance 91, Raindance, Fantazia, Yikes and Interdance, as well as Spiral Tribal and Bedlam sound system parties on the underground free party scene.
The next year, he was introduced to mixing vinyl on the 1210’s by DJ SDR, owner of Shoebox Records. From that point, there was no turning back.
In 1994, Trooper started getting involved with the local music scene and began working at Ruffhouse Records in Slough, who ran Menace sound system.
Always up for a party, he was given the title nickname ‘Trooper’. He was always the last man standing, shortly establishing his turntable skills as ‘DJ Trooper’ on the underground party circuit, playing Jungle and Drum & Bass at parties in London and the South East.
Music House in Holloway Road, London, played a big part
in Trooper’s life. Top Drum & Bass DJ’s went there regularly to cut their latest tracks onto dub plate fresh for the weekend raves. Trooper got involved distributing the ‘Ravescene’ magazine and writing party reviews for raves such as Telepathy, AWOL, Roast, Innersense and Jungle Fever.
Trooper and fellow music comrade, DJ SDR, started the record label ‘Freestyle Flava’ in 1996, experimenting with different styles and beats in the studio under the guise ‘Point 2’. They produced some rockers including ‘Wait 1 Minute’, which was featured on Tony de Vit’s ‘Live in Tokyo’ album. In the studio, they wrote Trip Hop and Broken Beats inspired by Ninja Tune club nights at the legendary Blue Note in Hoxton, London.
After taking a few years out at the end of the 90’s, Trooper returned to the dance floor in the new millennium and got involved with the Hard House scene. The hard beats and vibes reignited the fire in his rave heart, but something was
definitely missing until he discovered the underground London squat party Techno scene and from that point it was full steam ahead.
Keep your ear to the dance floor and listen out for Trooper’s unique energy and sounds at festivals and raves in the future including Freekuency in Portugal, No Mans Land and Boomtown plus a few others already booked for 2016! Let the good times roll.

Stay Up Forever as you can tell from our label Focus several weeks back is one of the most innovative, forward pushing UK Acid Techno labels and has been at the forefront of the genre since early on. You can easily

If you like your Acid Techno it is very much worthwhile checking out their Vinyl store. Their releases is like a back catalogue of a whose who of the most innovative names on the UK acid scene.

Vinyl is far from dead. As the music industry is currently in decline as people are downloading more through free downloads Vinyl is actually bucking the trend. Vinyl sales are currently up year on year

Brush off your Technics 1210s and get in your vinyl and play some of the best acid around!

Stayup Forever Website
Read our label focus here

OB1 (Olly Berry) is a techno producer, performer and DJ from Bristol, UK.

He has been a regular fixture on the Bristol free party and underground club scene since 1996, entertaining the crowds with his own special blend of banging, warehouse-style techno and acid.

OB1 has been playing live techno since 1998, when he played his first live sets at Bristol’s Freakency club night.

He went on to form the Irritant live p.a. with Dr. Chill (MJ12) in 1999. Together they played many club nights, free parties and warehouse raves all over the UK and in Europe.

He has continued to take his solo live act out to underground clubs, parties and festivals in the UK and Europe, playing techno, acid and hardtechno.

OB1 has focused more on studio production in the last couple of years in addition to playing live acid techno and has enjoyed releases on Isotope Recordings, Sketcha Traxx, Corrosive Records, Coaxial, Braingravy Records, CDJ303 and Soitiz with more forthcoming on Stay Up Forever Projects, Acid Test, Chase Yer Tail and UK Ruff.

2013 promises to be a great year for OB1, with several new releases in the pipeline on all formats, radio appearances on various internet stations and live gigs at festivals, parties and clubs throughout the year.

OB1′ website. You can book him through here