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There has been an association between intoxicants and music probably since time immemorial and certainly since the illegal speakeasies in America’s prohibition era. Different drugs are popularly associated with different cultures and subcultures within Britain: Mods and amphetamines, hippies and LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethyl amide) amongst others, Rastafarians and Cannabis and most recently Ecstasy and Dance Music. Is there something specific about the culture, which then chooses the drug it adopts, or does the presence of a particular drug shape the music and culture? Techno music developed from House Music in the late 1980s. Frankie Knuckles, a Chicago DJ, experimented with beat mixing, allowing him to segue one number imperceptibly into the next, allowing the crowd to dance non-stop all night. In Detroit, via gay clubs, the music became darker and harder until in England, with courtesy partly to the Roland TB303 bass unit and it’s squelches, also used in America, Acid House was born. The early overall term of Techno, used for the harder, faster style, splintered into a myriad different offspring, each with a slightly different rhythm and tempo. Trance, Hardcore, Drum and Bass amongst others still persist and are still splint