DJ Pierre, one of Chicago’s acid house pioneers and Paul van Dyk, a German trance legend, have joined forces on a new three-track EP called “ACID TRAXXX.” The record features two solo tracks from the artists, as well as a collaborative title-track featuring DJ Pierre’s Phuture group, running for almost nine minutes in length. The EP was released on October 13, just ahead of the Amsterdam Dance Event.
Van Dyk has expressed his admiration for DJ Pierre, stating that “working with DJ Pierre has been a dream come true. He’s a founding member of music as we know it, and revolutionized electronic music with his innovative use of the Roland TB-303.” He continues that they wanted to create a track that pays homage to the roots of electronic music while pushing boundaries and taking listeners on a sonic journey.
DJ Pierre has been credited with inventing acid house music, with his group, Phuture, releasing the first-ever acid track, “Acid Tracks,” in 1987. The group took a Roland TR-303 synthesizer and the rest is history.
The EP’s release was timed perfectly, ahead of the Amsterdam Dance Event where both artists spoke to Mixmag’s Megan Townsend about the new record and their first time using a Roland TB-303 to create the original acid sound. This is an exciting collaboration between two legends of electronic music which has been highly anticipated by fans of both artists
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