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Campaign to bring back Roland TB-303

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acidtechno.co.uk & acid909.co.uk have launched on Facebook a campaign to get Roland to bring back into production the iconic Roland TB-303

What is the TB-303 and what was its importance?

It was a synthesizer that was produced between 1982 and 1984 by Roland. It was promoted to alongside the TR-606 drum machine. They produced 10000 units in 18 months. Its had a defining role in the development contemporary dance music. Even today many musicians try to have its unique sound in their music.

It was originally designed for guitarists to have bass accompaniment while playing by themselves, but never took off due to the difficulty of programming the device, and didnt sound like a bass guitar. It took off when DJs and producers in Chicago used it to develop the hugely popular house music genre in a new direction. Acid house was born. The unique sound of the TB-303 created the iconic Acidline\acid squelch sound.

Its popularity started in 1985 when DJ Peirre picked one up and started experimenting with it and sent it to the legendary Ron Hardy.

The unique sound is mainly due its low pass filter. Roland made their ‘ladder’ style filter that it utilized unique by using a 3-pole 18db filter instead of 24db that the Moog used.

This little silver box of magic has a very heavy following and is very highly respected within the electronic music industry. It still a lot of music which is produced by this musical instrument and still a dedicated movement trying to simulate the sound through clones and software, but very few if any give the true authentic sound of the original.

Very few musical instruments if any have created entire genres of music like the 303 has & had such an influence on modern music.

R2 aka Artur

R2 aka Artur T

Artur is one of Stay Up Forever’s closest associates, travelling far and wide with the SUF Collective to gigs around the UK and beyond. His slick mixing and choice tune selection has featured at underground parties and clubs for many years. With a vast knowledge of Techno and Acid comprising the backbone of his sets, Artur always rocks the dancefloor wherever he goes.

Batman

Batman is a true Acid warrior. His journey has began in 2005 in infamous Crossed club in Poland. There he has played many parties among Chris Liberator, Patric DSP and many more. He is restless on the decks. Playing, mixing, and cutting like a true champion. In 2012 he has moved to London where he begin playing on many squat parties. Please check his sound at

STAY UP FOREVER (SUF)

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Stay Up Forever

Taken from SUF facebook page ( link here https://www.facebook.com/stayupforever/info) Scroll to bottom of page for website links for the label.

STAY UP FOREVER REACH 100 IN 2011!!!

This year STAY UP FOREVER RECORDS will release the first part of their 100th release, and celebrate 18 years of being at the forefront of the U.K. Acid Techno scene. It will also be 20 years since the Liberator DJ’s(Chris, Julian and Aaron) the squat party pioneers and creators of Stay Up Forever and the Acid Techno sound began their mission to bring the hard and dirty sound of the London techno underground to the world.

And what a history…

Growing into a worldwide movement from Sao Paulo to Tokyo, Warsaw to Melbourne, Caracas to Johannesburg, with soundsystems, parties and clubnights dedicated to the sound and ethos appearing like viruses, inspired by the dirty,energetic music, and the punkish, “Fuck-You” context of the London squat scene, the scene erupted with little fanfare and virtually no hype. Non-fashionable, overtly political and anti-establishment, and truly D.I.Y. in attitude, the sound was reflected in these urban parties that thrived in London every weekend, a place to try out new tracks and see the music’s influence on the dancefloor directly. Producers and musicians like D.D.R., D.A.V.E.the Drummer, Lawrie Immersion, Geezer, Gizelle and Ant (to name but a few) joined the fold, and in the late nineties with more labels and input the Stay Up Forever Collective was born to reflect what was now a vibrant musical force across the whole Techno spectrum. Championed by such luminaries as John Peel and Kriss Needs, their D.I.Y. counter-culture ethic appealed to those who saw beyond the glitzy Mixmag coated media circus that the U.K. dance scene became, but also outlawed them from both the traditional dance media, and the po-faced “proper” techno scene which often gravitated heavily towards whatever was fashionable or intellectually appropriate. STAY UP FOREVER refused to play the game and continued with the music they loved, but developed it heavily through various channels, never following the mainstream penchants for Progressive, Hard House, Electro, Minimal or whatever other sound dominated. Totally dedicated to what they believe in, they have outlived most, forging an almost legendary status in the techno scene, without having virtually any media coverage in the mainstream.

Now, with stalwarts Chris Liberator and Aaron Liberator still at the helm, the Stay Up Forever Collective continues to pump out vinyl with a catalogue of new releases from Stay Up Forever, Hydraulix, R.A.W., Cluster, WahWah, Maximum Minimum, Hive, Yolk, Scythe Squadron and 99.9, as well as digital releases through the new london909.com website. With original producers like D.D.R., Lawrie Immersion, Chris Liberator and Ant back and on fire, and newer, younger producers like A.P., Sterling Moss, and Osmo kicking up a storm, there is a definite new wave of Acid Techno happening, with new free party rigs championing the sound across the U.K., bored of the establishment and disillusioned with the status quo of a tired music scene.

ACID TECHNO : A WAY OF LIFE NOT A FASHION STATEMENT

http://stayupforeverrecords.com/

sufbookings.com

https://soundcloud.com/stay-up-forever-previews

http://www.london-underground-united.co.uk/

DJ Birinight

BIRI AKA DJBIRINIGHT is a natural born musician from Portugal with a gift for making noise, and being social! After a lifetime playing various instruments, he discovered electronic music in May 1996, and raved most of the weekends away in Portugal, as well as making outdoor parties(in the process he meet Spiral Tribe in Portugal(COSTA CAPARICA). He then after few months decided to go to London, and slowly got involved in the UK dance scene as continuation from hes music life. Its now 15 years that he has toiled behind the decks as a DJ, and has recently started to have fun, producing a few tracks.

DJBIRINIGHT is the very first number 01 DJ and when comes to EVERY1SOUND SYSTEM activity in LONDON any questions feel free to ask the name came from a little place in London called Dalston
He is a resident of SMASH TECHNO every second friday of the month in collaboration with STAY UP FOREVER LEGEND AND ACID TECHNO PIONEER AARON LIBERATOR
-You also can find him involved with other parties
http://www.myspace.com/djbirinight

.http://uforecordings.co.uk/

https://www.facebook.com/birinight