The Anglo-Belgian quintet Lords Of Acid represented perhaps better than any other Belgian ensemble the golden age of techno music. Formed by four producers (mainly Prague Khan, a.k.a. Maurice Engelen) and vocalist Nathalie Delaet, the Lords Of Acid fine-tuned an explosive blend of indemonious rhythms and messianic chanting, self-deprecating, and vital energy that served as an antidote to the exponents of frigid, decadent techno.

The album Lust (Caroline, 1991) caused a sensation with its insistent apologia for drug addiction and fornication, but the real novelty was the sweeping cadences of Take Control and Pump My Body, propelled by cosmic quivers and hallucinatory African-derived polyrhythms.
Dionysian anthems such as Rough Sex, The Most Beautiful Girl, Spacy Bitch, stand exclusively on infernal atmospheres, constructed by kneading torrential rhythmic patterns with shrewd sampling of symphony orchestras, gospel choirs, orgasmic warbles and electronic dissonances. Within that narrow paradigm, Lords Of Acid manage to chisel out sounds somewhere between neurotic and demented, as in I Sit On Acid (their first single), designed precisely to accompany unbridled ceremonies of sex and drugs. Turning the knob to full scale, Let's Get High touches the apex of electro-rhythmic paroxysm.

Even in the equally provocative/provocative singles that preceded it (1989's I Sit On Acid, 1990's Hey Ho, 1991's Take Control), and in those that followed (1992's Rough Sex and I Must Increase My Bust), gimmicks abound, in an attempt to make dazzling and flashy what according to techno doctrine should be merely depressing dreariness.

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Tracklist:


A1 Take Control - 0:00
A2 Rough Sex - 4:43
A3 Let's Get High - 9:36
A4 The Most Wonderful Girl - 14:55
B1 I Sit On Acid (Original Version) - 19:43
B2 Spacy Bitch - 25:38
B3 Pump My Body To The Top - 31:13
B4 Mixed Emotions - 36:24
C1 Lessons In Love - 40:54
C2 Hey Ho! - 45:17
C3 I Must Increase My Bust - 50:03
C4 I Sit On Acid (Remix) - 54:37
D1 Let's Get High (Reach Out And Touch The Sky Mix) - 1:00:01
D2 Rough Sex (The All Night Grinder Mix) - 1:03:17
D3 I Must Increase My Bust (MNO Remix) - 1:08:06
D4 I Sit On Acid (Soulwax Remix) - 1:15:22

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