As an aspiring DJ and firm believer in the power of communal dance the following audio paper will explore two forms of shamanist ritual with particular focus on how each have been harnessed as a form of protest. The basis of my paper discusses Haitian Voodoo and the Acid House Movement of the late 1980s, one being sacred the other secular however I believe each share similar qualities and both have been hugely misinterpreted negatively as occult and satanic. Examining these misinterpretations, I will emphasise the use and affect of percussion in both practices and how the true desired outcomes of healing, transcendence and unity are shared by both.