Paranoid London

Paranoid London have become synonymous with stripping acid house back down to its basics. Rescuing the sound from smiley faces, rave, and sugary excess. Referencing instead its gay, black, American roots. Taking the underground overground. Knocking out not hands-in-the-air anthems, but rough, rude, raw jack. Not safe, slick, or soulless, but joints purposely over-driven, distorted, and full of tape hiss. The duo, of Gerardo Delgado and Quinn Whalley, met in 2004, nearly 20 years ago. They confess that, in the studio, initially they were chasing other people’s sounds - ballroom vogues from Derrick Carter to Danny Tenaglia - and much of the results are unreleased. It wasn’t until Quinn asked Del, “Mate, what are you really into?” and the answer was “Banging acid house”, that things really took shape. As