# Humanoid — Stakker Humanoid

Humanoid’s Stakker Humanoid (1988) is No. 4 in our Acid House ranking. The full verdict, and where to hear it.

- **Released:** 1988
- **Label:** Westside
- **On one list:** Acid House
- **Updated:** 2026-08-29
- **Artist:** [Humanoid](https://waxonia.com/artist/humanoid/)
- **Canonical page:** https://waxonia.com/track/humanoid--stakker-humanoid/

## What we say

### No. 4 in [Acid House](https://waxonia.com/genre/acid-house/)

Brian Dougans making the most aggressive 303 record of the era and taking it into the UK top twenty. Britain's answer arrived louder and faster than the question.

## Analysis

9 sections, the first drop at 1:55, 39% of the way in, 25% of it spent climbing.

- **Tempo:** 123 BPM — holds throughout
- **Key:** B minor
- **Dynamic range:** 6.3 dB — moderate range, typical of a modern master
- **Length:** 4:56

- `0:00` A · **intro**, instrumental — opens the record below its own average energy — playing: drums, bass
- `0:54` B · **steady** (bar 28), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass
- `1:48` B · **build** (bar 56), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass
- `2:26` C · **build** (bar 75), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass
- `2:40` C · **steady** (bar 82), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass, other
- `2:57` C · **steady** (bar 91), instrumental — holding a level — the groove, neither rising nor falling — playing: drums, bass
- `3:43` C · **build** (bar 115), instrumental — energy and brightness climbing without a break — playing: drums, bass
- `4:04` C · **peak** (bar 125), instrumental — sits at the top of this record's range — playing: drums, bass
- `4:16` D · **outro** (bar 132), instrumental — the closing fall — playing: drums, bass

**Drop** at 1:55 (bar 59). A drop is a moment, not a stretch.

**What is playing.** Separated into parts by a source-separation model, so each lane is the instrument it names.

- **drums:** the drum kit, separated from the mix
- **bass:** the bass part, separated from the mix
- **vocals:** the voice, separated from the mix
- **other:** everything else — synths, guitars, keys, strings

Measured from the YouTube master on 2026-08-29. Section labels describe how the energy
moves, not musical form. Anything we were not confident enough to state is omitted
rather than hedged.

## Listen

[Search Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/search/Humanoid%20Stakker%20Humanoid) · [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=30Xi9HMrovk)

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