Lords of Acid


Lords of Acid is a Belgian/American electronic music group, led by musician Praga Khan. They debuted with the new beat single "I Sit on Acid" in 1988. Created by Praga Khan, Olivier Adams, and Jade 4U; their debut album, 1991's Lust, were critically acclaimed within the electronic music and dance music communities for their outrageously sexual lyrics and sound samples. Their second album was Voodoo-U, which featured a more industrial sound. This was followed by Our Little Secret, Heaven Is an Orgasm and Expand Your Head. In 2000 they released a more rock-influenced album titled Farstucker and in 2003, after being in the business for fifteen years, released a greatest hits album called Greatest T*ts.
In 2010, after almost ten years without a release, Khan announced a new EP, Little Mighty Rabbit, was in the works with a September 2011 release date. Their latest album Deep Chills was released on 10 April 2012. Tracks on the album included "Children of Acid", "Paranormal Energy" with Zak Bagans, and "Pop That Tooshie" with Alana Evans.
In October 2013, Lords of Acid announced on their social media accounts that a new album was in the works.
In 2017, Lords of Acid Re-Released their back catalogue of albums through Metropolis Records as Special Remastered Band Editions, the albums featured bonus tracks selected from B-sides from singles with artwork re-designed by artist/producer Jo-Z Lords.
Lords of Acid's soundtrack credits include , Sliver, Strange Days, Bad Lieutenant, Paparazzi, Virtuosity and Sucker Punch.

Band members

Current members

Further information

Olivier Adams and Praga Khan are also known for their work on ', based on the controversial video game performing as The Immortals. Jade 4U provided backing vocals on the track "Kano ".
Lords of Acid also performed under the pseudonyms Channel X, Digital Orgasm and 101''', with a less sex-based and more rave-influenced sound.
Lords of Acid has also explored various other genres of music such as hip hop and R&B, disco, pop, jazz, Latin, reggae, folk and country.
Although being named the "Queen of New Beat", Jade 4U had expressed her distaste for the genre in the beginning.
On February 27, 2015, almost two decades after leaving Lords of Acid, Jade 4U made a guest appearance with Simi Nah to perform "I Sit on Acid" live.

Discography