― piscesboy, Tuesday, 20 August 2002 12:28 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Tuesday, 20 August 2002 12:55 (twenty-one years ago) link
But Ex:El remains my favourite. Sort of weird futurist techno jazz-fusion, with a really alien feel, yet tropical and ethnic sounding at the same time.
Gorgeous is lovely sounding, but lacks depth, and it sounds like they're on auto-pilot in a few places.
Don Solaris has some pretty amazing stuff on it, but is that wee bit more conventional sounding than Ex:El. Best track has to be "Joyrider".
What really amazes me about Ex:El, is they've manged to create an album which sidesteps so many electronic music cliches by, utilising jazz; seeking out idiosyncratic synth patches (it's all chimes and drones, rather than the typical sawtooth pads and acid squelches); and clever use of 'real' instruments (clarinet and sax rather than the power chords favoured by The Shamen/KLF etc).
And the MC Tunes stuff wasn't *that* bad ;-)
― McGazz, Tuesday, 20 August 2002 14:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blueski, Tuesday, 20 August 2002 21:20 (twenty-one years ago) link
― richee, Wednesday, 21 August 2002 02:44 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Siegbran Hetteson (eofor), Wednesday, 21 August 2002 12:04 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 21 August 2002 12:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blueski, Friday, 23 August 2002 18:23 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 23 August 2002 18:40 (twenty-one years ago) link
weakest thing 808 State ever did is 'Crash' - the appalling track tacked onto their greatest hits...
― blueski, Friday, 23 August 2002 19:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Saturday, 24 August 2002 11:03 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blueski, Saturday, 24 August 2002 13:49 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 25 August 2002 01:01 (twenty-one years ago) link
― blueski, Monday, 26 August 2002 17:51 (twenty-one years ago) link
― willem (willem), Thursday, 3 April 2003 18:42 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 April 2003 18:53 (twenty-one years ago) link
http://www.808state.com/news/news.htm has more details, and they do put a lot of tunes up for people to download as well - esp. demos, live stuff, unreleased shit, bonus tracks from Japan-only editions etc. - top geezers still
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 3 April 2003 18:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― willem (willem), Thursday, 3 April 2003 18:59 (twenty-one years ago) link
my Pick 10 Only:
Pacific (all 18 or so versions of it)CubikOlympic (Flutey mix)Ski FamilyLiftSunriseAzuraPlanet Rock remix (cos it sounds just like Plan 9)Cobra Bora (Call The Cops mix)Qmart (ft Bjork)
hardest POX i'll ever compile tho
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:02 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lukas (lukas), Thursday, 3 April 2003 19:48 (twenty-one years ago) link
― kephm, Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:43 (twenty-one years ago) link
Some of my fondest memories are of being in one of my brothers friends cellars aged about 13 whilst he DJ'ed 808 State and loads of other stuff and people from all over the country "partied down". I didn't figure out why they were all so friendly for years and years.
― Lynskey (Lynskey), Thursday, 3 April 2003 20:54 (twenty-one years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 December 2003 17:53 (twenty years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Thursday, 18 December 2003 18:22 (twenty years ago) link
Aaaaah, yes! Here we go...
http://www.artistdirect.com/Images/Sources/AMGCOVERS/music/cover200/drd000/d055/d055538d407.jpg
Hahahahahaha!
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 December 2003 23:33 (twenty years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 18 December 2003 23:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 20 July 2006 13:24 (seventeen years ago) link
― wogan lenin (dog latin), Thursday, 20 July 2006 13:50 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Thursday, 20 July 2006 15:29 (seventeen years ago) link
― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 20 July 2006 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 20 July 2006 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link
― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Thursday, 20 July 2006 17:11 (seventeen years ago) link
― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 20 July 2006 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― less-than three's Christiane F. (drowned in milk), Thursday, 20 July 2006 23:26 (seventeen years ago) link
― MY NAME IS FREEZER BURN (Bimble...), Sunday, 11 February 2007 16:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 21 February 2007 20:18 (seventeen years ago) link
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― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 21 February 2007 22:47 (seventeen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 21 February 2007 22:48 (seventeen years ago) link
― Spencer Chow, Wednesday, 21 February 2007 22:53 (seventeen years ago) link
― Stevie D, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 06:20 (seventeen years ago) link
― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 09:57 (seventeen years ago) link
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 12:09 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 12:34 (seventeen years ago) link
― blueski, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:30 (seventeen years ago) link
― HI DERE, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 13:55 (seventeen years ago) link
― am0n, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 14:18 (seventeen years ago) link
― henry s, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 14:22 (seventeen years ago) link
― dan selzer, Wednesday, 2 May 2007 14:32 (seventeen years ago) link
sometimes I think this song is the justification of the ride cymbal
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qS2hOFNWqPY
I remember vividly hearing this for the first time in 1990 and basically being like "YES ALL MUSIC SHOULD SOUND LIKE THIS"
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, there are a lot of people on this thread with absolutely terrible taste in electronic music.
Gerald Simpson was the only member of 808 State with any talent and they never did anything worth listening to after he left. GS had a great post-808 solo career, while they just carried on with utterly half-baked funkless dreck.
― casanova808, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:46 (thirteen years ago) link
808:90 is great — EX:EL is okay, kind of boring
― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
in what universe is it impossible to like both A Guy Called Gerald and 808 State
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:48 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah, they aren't that freakin' different
also lol @ randomers first post saying everyone has bad taste, good start
― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:50 (thirteen years ago) link
If you're looking for funk, clearly you aren't looking for 808 State, whose entire steez is built around taking mechanized stomp to the most emotional place possible; the entire point is that they are finding emotion in stiff rigidity and you kind of have to be trying to miss that.
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 21:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Then again, I was once emotionally 18 so I really shouldn't be too hard on the little guy with the ironic name.
Gorgeous is a great album.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:16 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3xPTPaEnmw
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:17 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv9oWNRYrOQ
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:18 (thirteen years ago) link
I can't find "Southern Cross" very easily on Youtube ;_;
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d4nIfGe1UQ
i rest my case
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Wow, it's like second rate Orbital!
― casanova808, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:38 (thirteen years ago) link
Also, camping out in clowntown for a decade doesn't mean your opinions hold any weight. xpost corey
― casanova808, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:40 (thirteen years ago) link
I got Gorgeous and Orbital Green right around the same time. Still think Gorgeous is the better album. Belfast is the best thing on either but i'd rather listen to Gorgeous than Green.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 18 January 2011 22:44 (thirteen years ago) link
xp i'm sure lots of ppl are impressed by yr impeccable taste but "clowntown" doesn't need you
― =(^ • ‿‿ • ^)= (corey), Tuesday, 18 January 2011 23:10 (thirteen years ago) link
why did I wait until today to listen to Outpost Transmission
I mean, it does have many of the problems of latter-day 808 State re: trend-chasing and a sense of lost vitality, but there is still a good chunk of beauty to be found there (a la "Long Orange (Testa)")
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Thursday, 2 February 2012 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
http://open.spotify.com/user/djperry1973/playlist/5dRSDZ9YttPxipG4LwjGcY
I made a playlist of the Utd. State 90 track list since the album doesn't exist in that form on Spotify
― God, Music and Romeo and Juliet (DJP), Tuesday, 10 April 2012 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
you know what track gets constantly underrated, is "Cobra Bora"
― The Owls of Ja Rule (DJP), Thursday, 11 October 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
Oof. Darren Partington has been jailed and the whole thing sounds atrocious.
http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/former-808-state-dj-locked-8409159#ICID=sharebar_twitter
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 9 January 2015 00:26 (nine years ago) link
Holy shit! :/
― You’re being too simplistic and you’re insulting my poor heart (Turrican), Friday, 9 January 2015 22:11 (nine years ago) link
tried listening to Newbuild in the car this morning and I used to love it SO MUCH but my gosh does it just sound like a bunch of noodley sketches w/o any actual songs. It's like an album made entirely of deluxe-edition bonus track demos.
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 20:52 (eight years ago) link
I've never really gotten into Newbuild in and of itself; Utd State 90 served as a much better entry point into their world for me
― its subtle brume (DJP), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:06 (eight years ago) link
otm, that and even Quadrastate
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:23 (eight years ago) link
Quadrastate the near mythical sweet spot b/w Newbuild and Ninety IMO.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:25 (eight years ago) link
DJP did you ever hear this? omg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfM-BsBhmhw
― police patrol felt the smell of smoke and found that goat burns (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 20 January 2016 21:26 (eight years ago) link
this new 808 State album really feelin like one of those fake leaks you'd get on Kazaa back in the day
― frogbs, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 19:29 (four years ago) link
Wasn't aware there was a new one. Will have to investigate, despite your discouraging (but likely accurate) description. Coincidentally, I pulled out he Cubik 12" last week and remembered how much I liked it.
― Paul Ponzi, Wednesday, 23 October 2019 19:52 (four years ago) link
They're finally putting all of the old singles with b-sides and mixes on Spotify and it's fucking glorious
"Open Your Mind (Open Mix)" for example: https://open.spotify.com/track/2doL5gTiCITQaMPIYfwUjV?si=oFksJTmsSI-rwVZ88MSg1w
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Friday, 16 April 2021 14:25 (three years ago) link
omg omg omg
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 16 April 2021 16:01 (three years ago) link
It's been so patchy with them! For a while the 2CD deluxe editions were all on there, and then suddenly they weren't
― Warmed Regards, (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 16 April 2021 16:02 (three years ago) link
also Don Solaris is massively underrated― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:57 PM bookmarkflaglink
― Indolence Mission (DJP), Tuesday, January 18, 2011 3:57 PM bookmarkflaglink
I would like to point out that I was OTM in this thread
― an eco-conscious Music Box (DJP), Thursday, 24 June 2021 14:51 (two years ago) link
Black Dartangnon is so dreamy I could listen to it forever
― Diggin Holes (Ste), Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:04 (two years ago) link
i pretty much like everything they did up to gorgeous where i actually started with them and they pretty much lost me afterwards!
― xzanfar, Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
Its with a heavy heart to inform you of the passing of Andrew Barker . "His family and friends asks that people respect their privacy at this time but remember him for the joy he brought through his personality and music. You’ll be sadly missed” pic.twitter.com/cPR8W3byJl— 808 State (@state808) November 7, 2021
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Sunday, 7 November 2021 15:01 (two years ago) link
i gave don solaris another chance for andrews sake but after the 20th listen now it is pretty much garbage but bond and azura are ok but that is not saying much!
― xzanfar, Sunday, 7 November 2021 19:29 (two years ago) link
classy post
― Paul Ponzi, Sunday, 7 November 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
now i am listening to prebuild most is poor quality!
― xzanfar, Monday, 8 November 2021 00:29 (two years ago) link
newbuild is fantastic though.
― toxic psycho "gifted child" asshole (RobbiePires), Monday, 8 November 2021 00:30 (two years ago) link
not sure why rephlex put that out, newbuild is a perfectly formed document, all killer no filler. prebuild just sounds like outtakes, and it should have stayed that way. Curious enough for die hard acid heads like myself, but for historical purposes.
― toxic psycho "gifted child" asshole (RobbiePires), Monday, 8 November 2021 00:36 (two years ago) link
yes everything from newbuild to gorgeous is great!
― xzanfar, Monday, 8 November 2021 00:36 (two years ago) link
utd state 90 is the best after newbuild before exel
― xzanfar, Monday, 8 November 2021 00:42 (two years ago) link
sad news. he used to work in eastern bloc in manchester circa 1990 when he was half of the spinmasters dj crew with darren partington. i used to buy records over the phone from eastern bloc. i'd phone up once a week and he'd play the latest belgian imports over the phone and i'd buy some, which nowadays seems an insane way to do record shopping. anyway, he was a lovely guy and would always refer to a particularly great belgian techno 12" as a "stormtrooper". i always got a kick out of that. gone too soon!
― stirmonster, Monday, 8 November 2021 02:40 (two years ago) link
I saw them supported by K Klass and MC Tunes at Sheffield Octagon in '90 and was tripping at the time and it was a fun stupid night. Never really rated them that highly tbh but that memory was good!
― calzino, Monday, 8 November 2021 03:27 (two years ago) link
Love that, stirmonsterThey just finished a short UK tour as well. FFS only 53
― nashwan, Monday, 8 November 2021 09:33 (two years ago) link