New Beats The House 12”

“New Beats the House” is peak sampledelia, based on a synthesizer line taken from Kraftwerk “It’s More Fun To Compute” and vocal samples from Kraze “The Party” (Gimme a fat beat), Art of Noise “Opus 4” (No sun, no shade), Ice-T “The Hunted Child” (Bangin’ for the thrill, man), and Ian McShane reading an excerpt from Ian Penman’s essay ”The Annihilation of Rhythm”.

Weaved throughout is the TB-303 line that made this song an Acid House anthem. The song also features one of the very first appearances of Jochem Paap aka Speedy J, credited for scratches. This reissue is backed with a 1989 remix by Marcel Hol that adds additional synthesizers and removes some of the vocal samples.

On the B-side is Detroit’s Jared Wilson with his 7777 Acid Remix full of modulated 303, reverberated snap-claps, and a sample from Jesse Jackson’s speech ‘I Am Somebody’ from Wattstax Music Festival in 1972.

Also included is “Move Your Assit” (Acid Version), the second single by Greyhouse. The track was originally released in 1989, and showcases a searing acid line over a beat from Stock, Aitken, & Waterman’s “S.S. Paparazzi”.