I agree with these 2 reviews above, although I always found it really hard to mix Acperience 1 because after the long breakdown the BPM increase a little bit and I would always forget this... anyway, it was such a classic that people would be bouncing off the walls when it got played so there was no need to mix out quickly anyhow!

Definately a genre defining record and a classic to boot. I haven't heard it for some time but I'll dig it out again soon.

I wouldn't even attempt to tell the hardfloor acperience story better than that (and it is a story). It encapsulates all that is acid trance in 12 minutes, it's sheer ecstacy! The intro lets you in to no secrets about what is to come, rolling beautifully along until the first acid beeps arrive letting you a little further into what it's about. They never disappear, but hang like bats in a cave for the entirity of the track. Building, building and furthermore building until the wall of music that stands before you is overwhelming more than you've ever heard. The same beeps, tweets and synth drums taking over your senses until at last and finally they disappear into the distance, leaving you emancipated and drenched with excitement for the next track. But, alas the next track will not fuel your desire for freedom and wetness and will disappoint, as it will not be and never be, as good as this one.

I totally agree with the review above,at a time when everyone who had a drum machine was trying there best to put together a 12" with there cheetah drum machines and Roland 303s or 909s and when we all drove to certain car parks for after hours raves and partys in warehouses.When this tune came on it was a sure fire winner..
You cant fault the build up and it set me off on my tour to find venues that played this style(leeds and manchester)..
I remember carl cox playing this at the Angels in Burnley and dragging out the build up by doubling it up on the decks for ages and the Lads on the dancefloor going mental waiting for the Bass to come back in.Cause lets face it its a lads tune girls loved piano the lads loved 303s and twisted ruff beats back then...
It was where i was at anyway...
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The Duck

Essentially ‘Acperience 1’ didn’t feature anything new. Acid had been done to death in the late 1980s, notably in Chicago, Detroit, London, and Manchester. All the sounds and samples used on ‘Acperience 1’ had been heard before, and this track even bears more than just a passing resemblance to ‘Acid Thunder’ by Fast Eddie. Yet when this E.P was released in 1992, no one had ever heard anything quite like it before, and in the years to pass this has proved to be possibly the most influential dance record released in the 1990s.

‘Acperience 1’ builds with ominous pounding kick drums, becoming meatier as the distinctive groove builds. The bass line drops in, and echoed clicking samples are expertly woven in as the acid drawl starts to make an appearance. The track builds and builds, adding layers, and becoming growlier and the 303s ever more tweaked. The caries on for several minutes, captivating the listener into a groovy hypnotic trance. The track then breaks for the most famous of breakdowns. It is here that the track truly reveals itself. A high pitched tonal atmospheric synth line which up until then had been running unheard in the background now comes to the fore. This builds the tension, which eventually erupts in a hail of huge snare rolls that even Wagner couldn’t have imagined. The track comes back with a vengeance and let’s rips with 303s tweaked to frequencies that could split a diamond in half. Finally it all comes crashing down for the cliff-hanger finale and winds itself down with superbly echoed acid bubbles and bleeps aplenty, until all that is heard is that tonal atmospheric synth line again. Perfect listening for the home and the dancefloor. It would take a very brave or foolish DJ to mix this one out.

So many years down the line, and ‘Acperience 1’ has not aged one iota. Thanks to its simplicity and masterful production, it probably never will.

Look out for the live performance of ‘Acperience 1’ that Hardfloor did for MTV Europe. It features a slight rearrangement, some echoed ‘Acid Acperience’ vocals at the intro, and extra tweaking at the end. Watching them at play with their hardware, you’ll also be able to appreciate the technical wizardry that went into this producing track.

A note to anybody learning to mix. At a definite 125bpm with steady and well defined beats, ‘Acperience 1’ is the perfect track for learning beat mixing. Buy yourself two copies.

Whereas ‘Acperience 1’ is an acid trance track that is most cherished by the techno fraternity, the remaining tracks on this E.P veer away from trance.

‘Acperience 2’ is mechnaoid acid techno. It boasts meaty but flat rattling deep technoid beats with tripomatic hints, quirky jazz soundscapes, and the 303 is of the drippy variety.

‘Acperience 3’ is raw acid house, much like the sort of material that would later be released on the Important imprint. This track is possibly a bit dated now.

‘Acperience 4’ is the fastest track on this E.P, and has a quick corrosive acid line over meaty banging beats. In typical Hardfloor fashion, this track displays some quirky behaviour, and would suit those latter set moments.

The only criticism I could level at this record is that it wasn’t released as a double 12” pack as it so obviously deserved to be.

This is the sort of record that changes people’s lives.

This represented an interesting turn in what is commonly referred to as dance music.

In the UK Acid House had come and gone in the late 80's to be surplanted by House, Italo House, Hip House, Garage, Techno, Rave, Bleep, Hardcore Techno and a myriad of other styles.
It was a period of hyper intensity where almost every new record seemed to spin off into a whole new genre and the sense of a tangible developing artform both musically and technologically was iminent in the form of Jungle Techno.

Yet here was Hardfloor releasing what could only be described as a retro acid house record, but one of such epic proportions that it was actually better than any other acid house record ever made, proving that sometimes you have to go back to the phuture...

For me this tune is one of the best acid tunes ever in EDM history.
Hardfloor has done so many timeless records but this one is their best work if you ask me.
The build up is simply a masterpeice and the break is massive.
No matter how many years will pass by this song will always be in my heart...

I can still exactly remember the first time I heard that tune: It was in February 1993 and I was listening every week to the Steve Mason Experience on BFBS. Back that time the UK-Dance-Charts were really great with some serious Underground Records in there. And this was the first release on Harthouse UK in association with Rising High and it made it from nowhere to Number 2 on the UK-dance charts. I had never heard something like that before because a lot of popular records from the UK were Breakbeat/Hardcore or some really deep progressive stuff. Acid wasn't very big that time. I was really blown away: It is very slow (about 125 bpm), totally minimal but it builds and builds, getting more and more intense and then at about 8 minutes it comes to a real musical orgasm! I also love the ending with those nice bubbling acid sounds, slightly dying. Strangely enough, one of my best friends at that time was into Punk-Rock, but he also loved this track and everytime we meet I put on that record after a few beers. A true masterpiece of a record and in my opinion a really influential tune. If you love this record check out the David Holmes Remix of "Like a motorway" from Saint Etienne or "Wheels of motion" from Exit-EEE.

I was suprised to see that this record has not had any comment, although, on reflection, understandable as it is a daunting task because this is one of those tunes that is widely regarded as boardering on a PERFECT piece of music and conciquently difficult to do justice in writing. Like Nasty Habits 'Shadow Boxing', or Awsome 3s 'Don't go' this track could be described as reprosenting both a genre and a point in time but at the same time is timeless and genre defying.
Put simply Hardtrance Acperience would be a healthy contender in a 'biggest and best acid house tunes ever made' compitition.