Notable Artists
- 808 State - A group of house/techno musicians from Manchester formed in 1988. The group's first album, Newbuild, was acid house, and occasional acid house influences appear in later tracks
- A Guy Called Gerald - 808 State cofounder, for the single "Voodoo Ray"
- Adonis - Another Chicago house musician, for "We're Rockin Down The House"
- Alaska y Dinarama - Spanish acid group, for the single "Diez" (1988) and "Fanfatal" (1989)
- Armando - Chicago acid house musician, for "Land of Confusion" and many other seminal tracks
- Baby Ford - English producer Peter Frank Adshead. 1988 release "Oochy Koochy" and first album, "Fordtrax", influenced by acid house
- Bam Bam - Another Chicago house musician, for "Where Is Your Child" and "Give It To Me"
- DJ Pierre - A member of Phuture, released various solo acid house tracks and remixes
- D Mob - Best known for 1988 UK #3 hit "We Call It Acieed"
- Fast Eddie - Another Chicago house musician, for "Acid Thunder"
- The KLF - For "What Time Is Love?" and their self-described "stadium house" sound, which mixes acid house with hip-hop, pop, and stadium rock/chant influences
- Lil Louis - Another Chicago house musician, for "Frequency"
- Mr. Lee - Another Chicago house musician who released several acid house tracks in 1988
- Maurice - Chicago house musician best known for the 1988–1989 hit "This Is Acid"
- Phuture - Chicago-based group of acid-house pioneers, formed in 1985 and best known for its classic 1987 single "Acid Tracks," which is considered to be the 12-inch single that gave birth to the acid house movement
- Psychic TV - Released early albums of acid house music in 1988 as fake compilations
- Kevin Saunderson - Detroit house musician known as Reese & Santonio with his hit "Rock To the Beat", covered by 101
- S'Express - Brought acid house to number one in the United Kingdom
- The Shamen - Psychedelic techno act formed as a rock band in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1986. One of the first groups to bring acid house and techno into the pop mainstream
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