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First Acid Techno Compilation on the mighty AKR with great artists. Only for Acid Techno Lovers. A.P, Acid Tester , Ben Fraser , Benji303 , G8 , Ganez The Terrible , John Rowe , OB1 , Skaivox and Tassid. Enjoy!

Tracklisting:

A.P. – Skankin Out
Acid Tester – The Tester
Ben Fraser – Tail Spin
Benji303 – You makeme feelso good
G8 – Terrorist
Ganez The Terrible – Do You Want Acid
John Rowe- Identify
OB1 – Acid Machine
Skaivox – Lab Rat
Tasid – Psxilocybin Refix

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Round about 2005 i bought my 1st set of decks and started mixing hard house/trance at house partys normally with my mate MARTIN BRADLEY. I then went on to set up my own club night (All mixed up) at a venue in southampton Finally 2 yrs later i got my first gig away from All mixed up,for another southampton based event called debauchery-by this time not only had my music taste changed but i was also part of a duo known as INFINITE LOOPS! alongside Justin Edwards.(Justin E) The DEBAUCHERY gig went well and although i was by now into techno i was booked as a solo to play a warm up set of hardhouse-and HARD it certainly was! Myself and Justin quickly became main residant djs for DEBAUCHERY headlining most of there events………….banging out HARD/ACID TECHNOOOOOO! We went on to play many other small events over the next couple of yrs mainly around southampton-headlining most of them-with the odd trip to portsmouth. Then in 2010 got our biggest gig to date playing for the now legendary OVERLOAD @ THE FORT for MATT HANDY. That was the highlight but also the end of INFINITE LOOPS! as Justin wanted to move into production and play out less and i just wanted bigger and better gigs! Having played twice @ the FORT i was convinced this was a turning point however this was not the case and it all went abit dead,partly due to an hectic personal life and partly due to myself not promoting myself properly,anyhow after abit of a downer and a lot of moping about i finally decided to pull my socks up and relaunch myself as a solo artist and so was born TECHNO STEVE! After throwing a few demos about i got my comeback gig at a little place in pompey called the barn for an event called TECHNO THERAPY,playing b2b with my old mate MARTIN BRADLEY in the main room with DDR on after us! I returned to the barn for various other events playing alongside the likes of CHRIS LIBERATOR,DDR & DAVE THE DRUMMER and am now the proud new residant for FECTIC MAYHEM @ THE BARN. InBetween all of this i have played for countless internet radio stations inc NARCOTIC RADIO,NTP and most recently DANCETRANSMISSION.COM often joined by housemaster JAMES PIEATERSON. however i have now quit radio to concentrate on my live gigs. Headlining for FECTIC MAYHEM 20TH APRIL 2012 and many more since feeds the hunger for more gigs! Up next in May 2012 was my debut London gig playing alongside Birinight,Acid Steve and Aaron liberator for the mighty smash Techno @ the 414 in Brixton Then a 2 page article written by myself and about my life as a dj and what it means to me was published in an online New forest arts magazine called Park Culture. Its now 2013 and although I still Dj myself I also run a dance tent for an New forest based charity music festival raising funds mainly for local youth causes and regular small dance night style events raising funds for various good causes. 31st 2013 saw the release of my first Tune!- A collab with producer/Dj and label owner Nesbit. Track-Project x avail for download here: http://audioeargasmrecords.bandcamp.com/track/project-x Info and bookings: technostevebookings@gmail.com or message https://www.facebook.com/technostevebridges?ref=hl http://soundcloud.com/techno-stevie

How would it feel to hear an oldskool hard track on mainstream radio again?  How about if heaven forbid it should penetrate the charts?  This is the ambition of oldskool legends Altern8.

Since 2000 6 Christmas number 1s have been either x factor or Popstars finalists.

Altern8 have rereleased Activ8 (come with me) to compete for the Christmas number 1.  Its not the first time such a campaign has been mounted.  In 2009 Rage against the machine re released killing in the name and managed to get to number 1 after a highly successful Facebook campaign.  This was the first song to hit Christmas number 1 spot through downloads alone.

In the same way as Rage against the machine, Altern8 have launched a facebook campaign.  As of writing this article they had 27,333 likes, and had reached number 30 with no radio play from Radio 1! which is a hug achievement in itself.  The Facebook page is here https://www.facebook.com/altern8xmas and twitter campaign is @Altern8Xmas

They have released 10 different versions of the track which all contribute to the chart position.

Why are well established acts doing this?  There is a divide within the music industry about the effect X factor has.  The bias seems to be more towards criticising the ITV show.

On  http://www.altern8xmas.com/ it says “Every year it’s the same old F-Factor dross in the Xmas charts.
Corporate cronies and their performing puppets doing cover versions, multi-millionaire international rock bands, celebrity offspring singing advert music…”

Many major names have been vocal about their dislike for the show.   Following are a few of many people who have criticised X factor.

• Sting calls it “Televised karaoke” with contestants encouraged to “conform to stereotypes. “
• Damen Albarn (Blur & The Gorillaz) said “creating a mindset that suggests you can get something for nothing and that it’s easy to acquire status and fame”.
• Graham Coxon from Blur says “”being a musician is not something you can become overnight” and calls the voice and  X factor as disgraceful.
• Moby Says it “cheapens music”
• Calvin Harris says the X factor “”frightening stranglehold on the British charts” and shows lack of creativity
• MC Kinky said “shows like X Factor and Britains Got Talent reduce the art of making music and practising your craft to the level of a low rent game show with huge financial backing and support. It’s a means to make money, not a means to produce ground breaking or interesting artists that demonstrate what they are feeling or are compelled to do. It’s corporate.”

Who are Altern8?  Who are the men behind the masks?

Altern8 (also known as Nexus 21) one of the most well known and highly regarded duos of the oldskool hardcore scene, known for their heavy bassline tracks.  The Duo are made up of Mark Archer and Chris Peat.   Altern8 were very distinctive when performing in their chemical warfare suits & facemasks.

Classic Altern8 tracks include “Activ-8”, “E-vapor-8”, “Frequency”, “Brutal-8-E”, “Armageddon”, “Move My Body”, “Hypnotic St-8” and “Infiltrate 202”.

They also have a fantastic live PA which you really should go to see!

We caught up with the duo earlier and they said “We are totally blown away with how much love there is for Activ 8 and Altern 8 as a group, the track has captured the attention of a new generation of ravers as well as brought back wonderful memories to the ravers from back in the day”.

Activ-8 isn’t immune to chart success.  in 1991 when it was originally released it got to number 3 only beaten by the years best selling singles Black or White by Michael Jackson and Dizzy by the Wonderstuff.  Bizarre Inc interestingly got to number 4!

Acidtechno.co.uk & Acid909.co.uk are fully behind Altern8 on this campaign as we object to the negative effect that X factor has had on the music industry coupled with very high respect for the legendary Altern8

DJ Spliffy B makes the observation “Its very difficult and in some cases not worth releasing tracks around Christmas anymore as X factor has had weeks\months of constant TV promotion leading up to the release that other musicians just cant compete with.  Acts like Altern 8 and Rage against the machine are doing the music industry a service whilst keeping good music in the public eye.  I love this track by Altern8, I happen to have 2 copies of the original pressing and I have bought all the different versions of it this time round.”

If you would like to buy the single you can get it from

• Amazon: http:/www.tinyurl.com/altern8amazon
• iTunes: http://www.tinyurl.com/altern8itunes
• check out the official site for the campaign http://www.altern8xmas.com/

Leon Immense is a part of the 909 London Dj’s and Producers collective and Dirty Rotten Therapy.

Coming from the south coast of the UK and involved with the underground scene since 1995.

Leon jointly runs DIRTY ROTTEN THERAPY with Judda! (see above!)  D.R.T host nights (mainly in Dorset)of Filthy, Banging Techno!

Leon is now branching out to all other djs and producers so he can get some collaborations going and keep the techno vibe alive

Leon plays Clubs, Free Parties, Teknivals, Festivals and any Charity gigs.
Anywhere and any part of the world all you gota do is get in contact.

For all future digital releases follow the link http://www.909london.com/Leon_Immense/

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Fabulous 23s (real name Joe Young) has been making music since 1988 using analogue synthesizers drum machines 8bit and 16bit computers and samplers. He started DJing in 1992 and in 1995 started playing out spinning at free parties and later DJing and playing live at some of his own with various other artists such as Gaz (the Gareth Wilkins Band), The Gypsies Dog (Glue Rooms), Dannyrind (Bacon) and Jonnispeedbass.

In 1999 he released several mp3s on Terbo Teds Speedbass.com website resulting in tracks been released with Terbo Ted on his album “five” and white label vinyl releases in the USA. He currently has more speedbass tracks circulating then any other artist and has collaborated with artists such as Skeeter, Texas Noise Factory, Jonni Speedbass and Alex Porker. In 2000 Steve Smitten, from London’s famous techno label Smitten, launched his new label XS with 2 Hard Edged acid anthem tracks by the Fabulous 23s – “Over the limit / y2k” which quickly sold out and was repressed, followed by “It’s fucking dark / You’re a victim” and a favourite of Radio One’s Judge Jules, “Ghost town / It’s fucking dark”, which he like so much he used it as the final track of every set of his 2001 tour. Later he remixed for Dave the Drummer on the track “70mph” and amidst of all this he still found time to be playing out live at various raves by Havok / So It Is / Antimatter / Cabbage / NTA amongst others.

after a 13 year break the Fabulous 23s are riding back into town with a new live p.a. featuring new tracks and a few old classics. 303s all the way this is peak time acid to get your party rocking.. contact fabulous23s@gmail to book now.