ElectricSun

‘I Love Acid’ T-shirt by ElectricSun… Available now!
Cast your mind back, if you can, to 1988 and the (second) ‘Summer of Love’. Illegal parties were being hosted in inconspicuous venues up and down the country and the headline-grabbing acid house phenomenon was everywhere. Drug use and police raids fuelled negative press coverage, but the psychedelic sound of acid house had a defining role in the development of electronic music and became a part of music history.

Rather than focusing on the narcotic, this ElectricSun T-shirt is dedicated to the machine that made it all possible over 20 years ago – the Roland TB-303. The unique squelchy sound of the 303 dominated the latter part of the 80′s club and rave culture, and still continues to appear on tracks to this day. As well as acid house, 303 basslines could also be heard on more radio-friendly tunes such as Shannon’s ‘Let the Music Play‘,

Heaven 17′s ‘Let Me Go‘,

and Orange Juice’s ‘Rip It Up‘.

Explore the acid sound… listen to these four classic tracks in the player below:
01: Phuture Phantasy Club – Slam
02: Fast Eddie – Acid Thunder
03: Humanoid – Stakker Humanoid
04: A Guy Called Gerald – Voodoo Ray

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This heavyweight T-shirt (185 gsm) is made from 100% pre-shrunk ring-spun cotton and has a soft, quality feel. It is crisp white and has two screen-printed colours (black & red) on the front and one colour (black) on the back… check out the photos of this being printed on Flickr. This design has had an initial print run of only 50 Tees, each one individually numbered and available exclusively online.

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Price: £17.99 (+ P&P)