Following a string of explosive releases on labels like Acid Artists In Action (Triple A), Stay Up Forever, Hydraulix, and Cluster, ACERBIC is raising the stakes with a colossal triple-vinyl, limited-edition LP on the SUF/Hydraulix collaboration label. Packed with nothing but high-energy, dancefloor-destroying cuts, it kicks off with the anthemic 'Acid Way Of Life' and powers through a relentless selection of techno and acid techno bangers that push the boundaries of both genres. No filler, just pure, peaktime fire. Already road-tested by scene legends D.A.V.E. The Drummer and Chris Liberator, this one is sure to rip up rulebooks and dancefloors alike.

BIG FAST SUPER BUZZ

D2 Seraphic Steps (Preview) - ACERBIC - BIG FAST SUPER BUZZ [SUFHYDRO002]

Melbourne-based acid techno, hard groove, hard techno/schranz, and electronic music DJ, Producer, & Performer. 

Bookings, demos for Tension Music, and promos for both my sets at clubs, events, and festivals, as well as my radio podcast on Fnoob Techno Radio UK: info@tension-music.com and djhellraiser@tension-music.com

- Follow my SoundCloud for all new uploads, including Tension Music releases and Intense Frequencies shows each month. Thank you in advance, I appreciate your support! Respect!

- Label owner, manager, and producer at Tension Music.
- Producer/Remixer at DJ Hellraiser (active) - began in 1995 and is the current and ongoing main project, including all collaborations on Tracid Traxxx, StraightOn Black Recordings, Theracords/Therabyte, Stealth Industries/Third Movement, and Q-Dance.
- Producer/Remixer at Ad Nauseam, aka ADN (this project is no longer active) - 2003 as "Ad Nauseam," for one release on Schalldruck/Überdruck Records and then the project stopped for almost two decades; "Ad Nauseam" - was then rebooted and was active again producing and remixing hard acid techno including a collaboration with "Jack Wax" (NL), from 2020 to 2024 on Tension Music, Flatlife Records, Zodiak Commune Records, Disrupt The Surge, and the Stay Up Forever & Flatlife Records collaborative imprint "We Are Acid Family." Two remixes were released under the abbreviated moniker "ADN" which were, "Mauro Picotto - The Twilight Zone," on Alchemy Records in late-2023 (a hard acid techno remix of the 1999 underground techno hit Megamind - Taub), and "Andreas Kraemer & Jon Connor - Catch," on Sonaxx Records in mid-2024 (a hard techno/schranz remix featuring the vocal from Kosheen's chart topping club hit "Catch"). Both "Ad Nauseam" and "ADN" ceased being active projects in mid-2024 and are now defunct, with the two producers opting to pursue different creative directions under their solo monikers. A final release, as "Ad Nauseam," called the "Rave System E.P.," was released in early 2025, and included two new 90's rave inspired hard acid techno tracks, "Omega System," and "Alpha System," plus the previously unreleased 2004 hard acid techno track "Always Acid," due to high demand for its release on SoundCloud. The "Rave System E.P." was released on extremely limited edition yellow vinyl in a full-color picture sleeve and digital through Flatlife Records, and topped techno vinyl sales charts, and received major support from techno and acid techno DJs around the world.
- DJ, Producer, PR & Australian rep for Flatlife Records & Distribution NL.
- Creator of the "Noise Collective" Group for music lovers worldwide on Facebook with over 1K members and growing.

- If you want to send demos for potential release on Tension Music, send a SoundCloud or WeTranser link (please send uncompressed tracks, not compressed zip or rar files) to demos@tension-music.com or info@tension-music.com - We would love to hear your hard acid techno, hard groove, and hard techno/schranz tracks for potential release on vinyl and digital, and we would also love to hear your peaktime acid and bigroom techno tracks for potential release on vinyl and digital; ultimately, we support and release any good acid, techno, acid techno, hard groove, hard techno, and schranz we feel suits the label, so please send us your tracks to check out if you are interested!

COMING SOON:

[TENSE006] "Always Acid 02" - The acid story continues with another four thumping hits of hard acid techno and hard techno grooves featuring UK's legendary Acerbic (aka Chicago Loop) "we are very excited about this one", Marcio M., and more TBA...

OUT NOW:

[FLAT023] Ad Nauseam - Rave System EP (the final Ad Nauseam release), featuring the massive 90s inspired hard acid techno track  "Omega System" and on the flipside the faster Roland Alpha Juno 2 mentasm stab driven hard acid techno track "Alpha System", plus, as a special bonus for the many people that have asked on SoundCloud, the previously unreleased 2004 track "Always Acid," remastered! Out now on Flatlife Records on extremely limited edition yellow vinyl in a special full-color picture sleeve! Copies of this will sell out soon - grab your copy from the Flatlife Records Label Group Bandcamp, Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Stay Up Forever Records Store, Juno Records, Discogs, and all other good record stores, download sites, and streaming platforms!

[TENSE005] "Always Acid 01" featuring four cuts of dark and twisted hard acid techno from Tassid & Eski, "Bad Boy" Pete, Minus 25, and David Oblivion - pure hard underground slammin' acid techno and hard techno madness! This may be the hardest release on the label yet! Available on limited editon vinyl on Tension Music (this has sold out at the distributor so grab your copy before they are all gone) from the Flatlife Records Label Group Bandcamp, Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Stay Up Forever Records Store, Juno Records, Discogs, and all other good record stores, download sites, and streaming platforms!

"Andreas Kraemer & Jon Connor - Catch (Ad Nauseam aka ADN Remix)" - a hard techno/schranz rework of the Kosheen classic "Catch" out through Sonaxx Records and available through the Sonaxx Records Bandcamp, Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all other download and streaming sites!

"Mauro Picotto - The Twilight Zone (ADN aka Ad Nauseam Mix)" - a hard acid techno remix of the 1999 classic "Megamind - Taub" out through Alchemy Records and available on Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all other download and streaming platforms!

[WAAF002] "Flatlife Records & Stay Up Forever presents - We Are Acid Family 2" featuring Acid Vigilantes, Chris Liberator, Sam DFL, & Tab K, Ad Nauseam, and "Bad Boy" Pete & Jack Wax - Out now on limited edition yellow vinyl and digitally available through Flatlife Records Bandcamp, Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Stay Up Forever Records UK, Discogs, and all other good record stores!

[TENSEDIG666] "Ad Nauseam - The House Of 1000 Corpses (Remastered)" - the first time it has been available digitally, the hard, dark, and acid fueled horror inspired two tracker originally released on vinyl only on Uberdruck Records sub label Schalldruck is out now featuring the remastered 303 Carnival Mix and the remastered and uncensored Tenebrarum Mix - available on the Flatlife Records Bandcamp and Flatlife Australia Bandcamp exclusively!

[TENSE004] "Various Artists - Tense Trax 02" - featuring another four doses of high octane hard acid techno from Dica (FR), "Bad Boy" Pete (UK), The Southside Warriors (BR), and Marcio M (BR) - Out now on Tension Music in a label sleeve on limited edition crystal clear vinyl (Limited copies left!) and digital from the Flatlife Records Bandcamp, Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Stay Up Forever Record Store, Discogs, Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all other good record stores, download, and streaming sites!

[DTS001] "Illiya Korniyenko - Gumball 3000" - Featuring remixes by Ad Nauseam & SWART (BE) - Out now on Disrupt The Surge on transparent green vinyl (SOLD OUT!) and digital from the Flatlife Records Bandcamp, Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Discogs, Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all other good record stores, download, and streaming sites!

[TENSEDIG002] "Accentbuster & Florain Breidenbach - Beacon (A Maritime Psychonaut Journey)" - A brilliant mini-LP of pure analog acid that will take you on a mental trip. Out now on digital through the Flatlife Australia Bandcamp and all other good download and streaming sites!

[TENSE003] "Various Artists - Tense Trax 01" - featuring four doses of slamming hard techno and hard acid techno from Chris Liberator & Sam DFL (UK), AnD (UK), Alexey Kotlyar "RIP" (UA), Jack Wax (NL), and OB1 (UK) - Out now on Tension Music on turquoise blue transparent colored vinyl (SOLD OUT!) and digital from the Flatlife Records Bandcamp, Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Discogs, Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all good record stores, download, and streaming sites!

[TENSEDIG001] "Dernaj - The Fundamentals Of Allegory" - Epic peak time acidic techno perfect for main room big systems. Out now on digital through the Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all other good download and streaming sites!

[ZC023] "Various Artists - Red Eye EP" featuring three slices of hard-hitting warehouse acid techno, including a slamming and dark monster from Ad Nauseam - "Telomerase," a special dark and pounding acidic collaboration from Ad Nauseam & Jack Wax - "Dissonant Realms," as well as a hard industrial edged acid banger by Ruffneck Prime - "Sharper Than A Sword And Finer Than A Hair" - Out now on Zodiak Commune Records on limited edition solid white vinyl (SOLD OUT!) and digital from the Zodiak Commune Records Bandcamp store, Discogs, and all other good record stores, download, and streaming sites!

[FLAT018] "Alici - Theme Of Roarr 2020 Edition" - The 1993 underground warehouse acid classic originally released on Brooklyn New York imprint Direct Drive gets re-released and perfectly remastered for the new generation and also features three new remixes from Alici under his Neme$is alias, Ad Nauseam, and Chris Liberator & the Geezer - out now on limited edition cool blue colored vinyl and digital from the Flatlife Records Bandcamp store, the Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Stay Up Forever Records Store, Discogs, Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all other good record stores, download, and streaming sites!

[TENSE002] "Ad Nauseam - Fear Unknown" - Out now on Tension Music on limited edition transparent blood red and black smoke marbled vinyl (SOLD OUT!) and digital featuring dark and pounding remixes by Ruffneck Prime (NL), Disk Space (NL), Dean Gustavsson (SW), and DJ Wank (SW) - available through the Flatlife Records Bandcamp, Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Discogs, Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all other good record stores, download, and streaming sites!

[TENSE001] & [TENSE001RP] "The Outer Limits 2020 Remixes" - Out now on Tension Music on limited edition sci-fi green-colored vinyl (SOLD OUT!), limited edition black vinyl, and digital featuring pounding hard acid and hard techno remixes by Ad Nauseam (AU), Mickey Nox (AU), Jack Wax (NL), Pzylo (FR), Krismix (FR), Drumsauw (UK), and includes the remastered 2004 original hard acid classic initially released on Tracid Traxxx - available from the Flatlife Records Bandcamp, Flatlife Australia Bandcamp, Stay Up Forever Records Store, Discogs, Juno Download, Beatport, Traxsource, and all good record stores, download, and streaming sites!

ACID GUMI aka Two Thousand Three


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Acerbic 
(Stay Up Forever/Hydraulix/Cluster/Perc Trax)

Acerbic is the exciting new acid and hard techno project from Ant Wilson, aka Chicago Loop (Tronic/Respekt/Toolroom) and formerly known as DJ ANT (Powertools Records/Stay Up Forever Collective). 

After a 10 year hiatus from acid and hard techno, writing and performing more mainstream techno under the name Chicago Loop, Ant felt that in 2023 it was high time to revisit a scene that he knew and loved so much, the London Underground scene, and therefore created an exciting new project to fulfil this desire. And so Acerbic was born.

Poised to take on the acid and hard techno scene with full force, ACERBIC launched in 2023 with a well received 4-track vinyl release on 'Stay Up Forever’s' sister acid label, ‘Acid Artists in Action’, with the lead track, ‘XXX’, becoming the acid techno anthem of the summer after causing huge scenes at both Glastonbury Festival and Boomtown Fair. This was closely followed by a huge 3 track digital EP on D.A.V.E. The Drummer’s infamous ‘Hydraulix Records’, released to coincide with his main room set at the Hydraulix party with Slam at Club Fold in London last October. Then at the end of the year, two more 4-track vinyl releases were sent to the cutting room and readied for release for 2024. The first one being the hard hitting ‘In Your Face EP’ on the collective's main imprint itself, ’Stay Up Forever’, which was released in March and a storming techno release on ‘Cluster Records’, called 'Ready Player One', released a couple of months later in May. In addition to the SUF and Cluster vinyl releases, he also dropped a slamming 2 track 303 driven acid techno EP, called 'High-Voltage', on Mark Sherry’s 'Techburst Records', a full-force techno slammer on vinyl on Ireland's ‘Interruption Recs’, a killer 4 track digital EP on Belgium's ‘Arkham XXX’, a huge 2 track EP on Canada's ‘Resilient Recordings’, a monster rave anthem on Skirra’s Mechanikal' and finally a slamming remix of Krissmix's' 'Pills Of The 90's' on 'Stay Up Forever'.

It has already been a busy year for ACERBIC releases, but there's more big news yet to be announced! SUFHYDRO (a collaboration label between Stay Up Forever and Hydraulix) is set to release a huge 12 track Acerbic triple vinyl and digital album. Exactly when the release date will be set for is unknown as of yet, but the process of manufacturing has begun on this massive project, so watch this space! Additionally, watch out for a slamming remix of 'Perc's 'Imperial Leather' on  'Perc Trax', due for both vinyl and digital release in February 2025.
Ant’s long-awaited return to the acid and hard techno family is in full effect!

Chicago Loop
(Tronic/Phobiq/Respekt/Riot/Toolroom/Funk'N Deep)

https://linktr.ee/chicagoloop
Bookings - loudbydesigndjs@gmail.com
Promos - chicagolooptechno@gmail.com


The name Chicago Loop has now been firmly stamped throughout the modern world of techno, albeit within a fairly short space of time. The man behind this relatively new alias however, is certainly not a newcomer to the scene. Ant Wilson, or Ant to his friends, has been producing electronic music and traveling the globe playing clubs, events and festivals for the last 25 years from Japan to North and South America, Russia, South Africa, Europe and everywhere in between.

Within just a few years of launching this project, Chicago Loop has secured releases on major labels such as Phobiq, Respekt, Toolroom, Riot, Funk’N Deep, Renesanz and Techburst and his tracks have received continued support from some of the scenes biggest players. His 2016 techno hit, “Use Me” on Techburst Records enjoyed over 200 days in the Beatport Hard Techno chart and sat at the No.1 spot for over 25 days. In addition to the many successes with releases, Chicago Loop has also showcased his sound around the world, playing events in places such as Asia, South America and across Europe. Some highlights have included the legendary “Techno Tuesday Amsterdam” and the sold out “Welcome To The Future Festival” events. 

Always busy in the studio continually writing more techno and with many high profile releases currently being secured, Chicago Loop is certainly making some big waves in the techno scene right now.

D2 Seraphic Steps (Preview) - ACERBIC - BIG FAST SUPER BUZZ [SUFHYDRO002]

Acerbic aka Chicago Loop