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Enjoy this? Please Subscribe: For more DJ PIERRE: The Lab NYC is BULLDOG Gin and Mixmag's weekly live stream and post-work unwind, where we showcase the finest DJs direct from our Brooklyn office. This Saturday, December 14, the UK house music aficionado, Richy Ahmed is stopping by the office to share his flaming hot house as part of a special Elrow takeover this weekend. Hailing from Chicago, DJ Pierre is easily known as one of house music’s pioneers. At the start of the house movement, he gained inspiration from founders such as Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and Farley “Jackmaster” Funk. Alongside Phuture members, DJ Spank Spank and Herb J, he managed to innovate an entirely new genre of house music with their infamous 1987 hit, ‘Acid Tracks’. Released on Trax Records, it featured the all-too-recognizable squelching sound of the Roland TB-303, setting the foundation for the acid sound. Since his initial breakthrough, Pierre has released inumerable tr
