Acid Reignin

At the peak of London's infatuation with Acid House music last summer, the clubbers' password, "AreU-on-One-Matey?" became a telling question, as revelers often found Acid House's electronic beat more appealing with a boost from the hallucinogen Ecstasy. Arm flailing toward the strobe light, smiley faces, and fluorescent makeup were London additions, but the music itself originated in Chicago in 1986 with DJ. Frankie Knuckles. Recent police busts and English clubbers' famously short attention spans have weakened the cult's hold in London, but now the British strain of Acid House is making its way home, not to Chicago but to Manhatto the strobe stro Rudolf has reserved the main dance floor of his multilevel extravaganza, Mars, exclusively for Acid House music.'S.

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