Acid Brass

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Acid Brass is an art and music project by Jeremy Deller in which traditional British brass bands perform acid house and rave tracks, exploring the intersection of working-class culture and electronic music.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art and music project
conceptual art project
associatedWith British brass bands
commissionedBy Artangel
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Jeremy Deller
explores collective experience in music
intersection of brass band tradition and club culture
relationship between popular music and class politics
genre acid house
brass band music
rave music
hasPart art documentation
live performances
sound recordings
hasType collaborative project
site-specific performance
influencedBy Northern working-class traditions
miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom
surface form: UK miners' strike

acid house culture
language English
locationOfFirstPerformance United Kingdom
mainSubject electronic dance music
industrial decline in Britain
rave culture
working-class culture
medium installation documentation
live music performance
sound recording
movement contemporary art
relational aesthetics
socially engaged art
notableFor bridging contemporary art and popular music
having brass bands perform acid house tracks
reframing rave music as folk music
notableWork brass band arrangement of "Acid Trax"
brass band arrangement of "Can You Feel It"
brass band arrangement of "Pacific State"
brass band arrangement of "Voodoo Ray"
brass band arrangement of "What Time Is Love?"
partOf Jeremy Deller’s artistic practice
performer Williams Fairey Brass Band
recordLabel Blast First
startTime 1997
subjectOf academic writing on contemporary art
art criticism
music journalism

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Jeremy Deller notableWork Acid Brass