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The gang convene for a milestone 50th Trip episode all about acid – as a drug, a music genre, a political concept, a mental tool and a thought corrosive. Nadia, Keir and Jem look back on six years of the podcast to decide if ‘acid’ is still a useful way of thinking about leftwing politics.

With music from Tricky, Pink Floyd and Phuture, they discuss anticapitalism, Acid Corbynism, Rimbaud, acid rock, Terence McKenna, mind-body dualism and plain old LSD.

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Music: Jimi Hendrix – ‘Purple Haze’ / Thatcher on Acid – ‘Sitting’ / Pink Floyd – ‘Interstellar Overdrive’ / Boredoms – ‘Acid Police’ / Phuture – ‘Acid Tracks’ / D Mob – ‘We Call It Acid’ / Funk, Inc. – ‘The Better Half’ / Tricky – ‘Overcome’

Books: Mark Fisher – K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished Writings / Mark Fisher – Postcapitalist Desire: The Final Lectures / Jay Stevens – Storming Heaven: LSD and the American Dream

ACFM Trip 50: Fifty Shades of Acid

The saga continues as we take a deeeeep and tech orientated journey of the Twenties! This set was played at the February 2025 Elements of Tech & Bass event.

1. Rift > Distance	> Four Corners			
2. Alix Perez > Ain't Nothing > 1985 Music		
3. Waeys > Similarities > Critical Music	
4. Monrroe > Your Lies > Shogun Audio	
5. Dash > 172 > Smooth N Groove Records	
6. EIJER > Fargo > The North Quarter	
7. Wagz > Scorpio > Exit Records	
8. Submorphics > Galattico > ThirtyOne Recordings	
9. Shaddows > Never The Same > Transparent Audio	
10. Bungle > Asymmetric > Influence Records	
11. Undefined > Oracle > Influence Records	
12. Jubei > Come To Me > Carbon Music	
13. Exult > Properly Vexed (Dub Mix) > Rebel Music	
14. Break > Zodiac > Symmetry Recordings	
15. Kyrist > Space Junkie > Kyrist Music	
16. Veak > Blazing (Bungle Remix) > Original Key Records	
17. Lynx, Jamm:n > Whiplash > Detail Recordings	
18. Martyn Nytram, E-Lisa > Inhibitions > Hardpoint Recordings	
19. Tyrone, Jubei > Broon Sauce > Carbon Music	
20. Zero T > Move & Flow > V Recordings	
21. Counter Culture > Showman > Prestige Music Group	
22. Fluidity > Ollika > Soul Trader Records	
23. Ed:It > Springs > Computer Integrated Audio	
24. LSB, Drs > Faded (Workforce Remix) > Footnotes	
25. Bungle > Layers > Influence Records	
26. Out Of Fuel > Deep Mist > Straight Up Breakbeat	
27. Calibre > Guide You Through > Signature	
28. Trail > Castell > Flexout Audio	
29. Nu:Tone, Duskee, Degs > Can We Talk? (Imo-Lu Remix) > Hospital Records	
30. Mystic State, Deviant > Things You Do > The Chikara Project

The Twenties - Volume 4

FASTLANE

In these days of constantly CCTV-surveilled, property over-developed London patrolled by health and safety wonks and paranoid private security forces, the wild world of the inner city squat party seems an impossibility. 
 
DJ, veteran of a thousand festivals and squat party promoter WILL WILES comes to the Bureau to tell tales of acid house daring do, breaking into a variety of buildings (including Newcastle's 19th century Tyne Bridge), rigging up electricity and lights and installing sound systems for DJs to thrill and delight a community of underground ravers dusk 'til dawn before vanishing again on Monday morning.
 
We hear of cooking up ketamine in the kitchen, police raids, psychic dance floor camaraderie and the exploits of tech-savvy wily, piratical, psychedelic pioneers carrying on their subversive activities right under the noses of the authorities and bemused neighbours - motivated by music, madness and a deep belief in the counter-cultural spirit...

https://bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/the-acid-techno-squat-party/

Bureau of Lost Culture - The Acid Techno Squat Party 19.07.21

They helped inspire a whole generation of young ravers and lit the fuse for what was to blow up with Technival and Burning Man as well as the more mainstream festivals across Europe and the US – though their (counter)cultural contribution remains largely unacknowledged in their home country.

Marc Angelo Harrison, one of the orginal founders of the people’s sound system, techno, free party, DJ collective Spiral Tribe came to the Bureau to tell some of their story – and about his own journey up and down the spiral. His book A Darker Electricty published by uber-cool electronic music publisher Velocity Press is a rollocking, rumbuctious, beautifully written testament to a deeply countercultural spirit and time. 

We dive deep into the free party scene of the early 90s and talk squatting, sound systems, Ladbroke Grove, doing things for free, police brutality, the ‘new age’ travellers, the tragedy of Castle Morton, ongoing inspiration, community – and the power of bass...

https://bureauoflostculture.podbean.com/e/the-adventures-of-the-spiral-tribe/



Bureau of Lost Culture - Forward The Revolution with Spiral Tribe 28.07.24

The story begins here...
Get a first taste of Cowboys & Aliens, the upcoming sci-fi western bass saga by Tripzy Leary.
This cinematic trailer sets the stage for an interdimensional escape—from Area 51 to the 51st State—featuring alien horses, glitchy transmissions, and outlaw energy.

Full EP drops September 12, 2025. Stay tuned.

COWBOYS AND ALIENS EP (TRAILER)

Infernal Bloom Lyrics:
 
"From the ashes... something blooms...
Rise... I Rise...

They buried me in silence
Drenched in chains of fear
But I fed the soil with vengeance
And now the bloom appears

Cursed seed, demonic stem
I twist the roots again
Watch me blossom in the shadows
With poison in my name...

INFERNAL BLOOM — I break the womb
Rising from the pit, reborn in gloom
Twisted vines, fire-fed bloom
No light, no love — I CHOOSE THE DOOM!

Photosynthesis of pain...
Blooming through the flame...
This garden is a grave...
Infernal... Bloom...
Unnatural... Doom...
I flower in fire
Your Eden consumed"

Infernal Bloom (Vocal Mix) by C3RN

Counter Culture with Next Door Records - 7 June 2025

Music from different guises, from different places and of different moods. 

Non Omnis Moriar

LUCIAN is a trailblazer in Sydney’s Drum & Bass scene, emerging in the late 1990s as a leading figure known for his deep, atmospheric, and tech-driven sound. His dynamic DJ sets, characterized by fast-paced, layered, and precise mixing, have made him a crowd favourite. This reputation earned him the opportunity to support some of the genre's most influential names, including Calibre, Total Science, Bad Company, Marcus Intalex, Jubei, Commix, Aphrodite, Moving Fusion, Bailey, Ray Keith, J Majik, Friction, A Sides, Delicat, Ulterior Motive, and Patife.

For over two decades, LUCIAN has been promoting in Sydney, creating successful club nights like Sonic Fiction, United, Momentum, Joined at the Bass, and Airbourne. These nights helped solidify Sydney's Drum & Bass culture, ensuring the genre’s underground roots continued to thrive and evolve. This dedication led to successful tours across Australia’s East Coast, including Melbourne, Canberra, and Brisbane.

After focusing on family in recent years, LUCIAN has returned with a renewed passion for the dancefloor, exploring a range of new styles, including Techno, House, Garage, Leftfield, Hip Hop, and Down Tempo.

Links: https://linktr.ee/tripzyleary 
Merch: https://www.Tripzyleary.com/
Bookings: Colton@prysmtalentagency.com
MGMT: Nirvana@dnr-productions.com

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