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808 State
808 State are an English electronic music group formed in 1987 in Manchester [ 2 ] by Graham Massey , Martin Price and Gerald Simpson .
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| Years active | 1987–present |
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808 State are an English electronic music group formed in 1987 in Manchester[2] by Graham Massey, Martin Price and Gerald Simpson. Taking their name from the Roland TR-808drum machine and the "state of mind" the members shared, they released their debut album Newbuild in September 1988.[2] They secured commercial success in 1989, when their song "Pacific State" was picked up by BBC Radio 1DJGary Davies and charted for 11 weeks in the UK.[3]
The group's early work influenced the UK's burgeoning acid house scene.[4]AllMusic called them "one of the most important dance music acts of all time," and noted their influence on subsequent techno, IDM, and alternative dance artists.[4]
History
Martin Price owned Manchester's influential Eastern Bloc Records[5] and was also the founder of the independent record label, Creed.[2] Customers Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson joined with Price to form a hip hop group called Hit Squad Manchester.[5] The group shifted to an acid house sound and recorded their debut Newbuild in 1988, under the name 808 State.[5]
Newbuild was released on Price's own record label. In an interview with Mojo magazine in 2005, Graham Massey explained that the album was recorded over a weekend in January 1988 at Spirit Studios, Manchester. Named after a Bolton housing co-operative, the record was re-released in 2005 on Aphex Twin's Rephlex Records. Aphex Twin was a huge fan of the record: "It was the next step after Chicago acid, and as much as I loved that, I could relate much better to 808 State. It seemed colder and more human at the same time."[6]
Around the same time, the band also recorded an acid house version of New Order's "Blue Monday". A favourite at The Haçienda's 'Hot' night, the recording was believed lost until Autechre's Sean Booth asked Massey to dig through his archive of old material. The record was released in 2004 by Rephlex Records. "We didn't put a lot of thought into it but maybe that's its charm," said Massey at the time.[7]
The band's song "Pacific State" became the band's breakthrough single, peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.[2] Simpson left the group in 1989 to form his own solo project, A Guy Called Gerald.[8] At this point, the remaining personnel enlisted DJs Andrew Barker and Darren Partington, known as the Spinmasters, and recorded the mini-albumQuadrastate in July 1989.[2] The group signed to ZTT records,[5] and 90 was released in December 1989.[8]
แร็ปเปอร์MC Tunesร่วมงานกับวงในอัลบั้มThe North at Its Heights ใน ปี 1990 อัลบั้มนี้ประสบความสำเร็จในระดับปานกลาง โดยขึ้นถึงอันดับ 26 ในชาร์ตอัลบั้มของสหราชอาณาจักร [ 9 ]และยังวางจำหน่ายในยุโรปและญี่ปุ่นด้วย อัลบั้มนี้มีซิงเกิลในสหราชอาณาจักร 3 เพลง ได้แก่ "The Only Rhyme That Bites" ซึ่งมีการนำตัวอย่างเพลง "The Big Country" ที่บรรเลงโดยวงดุริยางค์ฟิลฮาร์โมนิกแห่งเมืองปรากมาใช้ (อันดับ 10 ในสหราชอาณาจักร), "Tunes Splits the Atom" (อันดับ 18 ในสหราชอาณาจักร) และ "Primary Rhyming" (อันดับ 67 ในสหราชอาณาจักร) [ 2 ]สองฉบับแรกระบุชื่อ MC Tunes เทียบกับ 808 State [ 8 ]ในขณะที่ฉบับหลังระบุเพียง MC Tunes [ 9 ]ต่อมา Tunes กลับมาร่วมงานกับวงอีกครั้งในปี 1996 ในเพลงใหม่ "Pump" ซึ่งมาจากอัลบั้มThermo Kings ของ 808 State
อัลบั้มถัดไปของ 808 State ในปี 1991 ชื่อ ex:elมีเสียงร้องของBernard SumnerและBjörkและมีซิงเกิล " In Yer Face " (อันดับ 9 ในสหราชอาณาจักร), "Cübik" (อันดับ 10 ในสหราชอาณาจักร) และ "Lift" (อันดับ 38 ในสหราชอาณาจักร) [ 8 ] [ 2 ]
ในเดือนตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2534 ไพรซ์ออกจากวงเพื่อไปทำงานโปรดิวซ์เดี่ยว และในที่สุดก็ก่อตั้งค่ายเพลงของตัวเองชื่อ Sun Text [ 8 ]สมาชิกที่เหลือได้ออกอัลบั้มชุดที่สี่ชื่อGorgeousและหลังจากนั้นก็ได้ทำรีมิกซ์ให้กับDavid Bowie , Soundgardenและศิลปินอื่นๆ ก่อนที่จะกลับมาพร้อมกับอัลบั้มชื่อDon Solarisในปี พ.ศ. 2539 ซึ่งมีเสียงร้องของJames Dean Bradfieldในเพลง "Lopez" ซึ่งติดอันดับที่ 20 ในชาร์ตซิงเกิลของสหราชอาณาจักร[ 2 ]และได้รับการรีมิกซ์โดยBrian Enoในปี พ.ศ. 2540 พวกเขารีมิกซ์เพลง " Skin Up Pin Up " ของ Mansunสำหรับซาวด์แทร็ก Spawnเพลง "Bond" มีเสียงร้องของMike DoughtyจากวงSoul Coughingและ "Azura" มีLou Rhodesจากวง Lambพวกเขาออกอัลบั้มรวมฮิต808:88:98ในปี พ.ศ. 2541 ในปี พ.ศ. 2543 อัลบั้มNewbuildได้ถูกนำมาวางจำหน่ายอีกครั้ง
Some of the band's work, particularly in the albums ex:el and Gorgeous show their new wave influences by sampling or featuring new wave icons such as Bernard Sumner on the song "Spanish Heart" and Ian McCulloch on "Moses". The song "Contrique" samples the bassline to Joy Division's "She's Lost Control" and "10 X 10" is a gospel-house track built on the foundation of the Jam's "Start!".[10]
In 2003, they released Outpost Transmission which featured guest collaborations from Alabama 3 and Guy Garvey from Elbow.
In May 2008, the re-issue of the mini-album Quadrastate completed a trilogy of pre-ZTT releases on CD for the first time.
Partington left the band after being jailed for 18 months in January 2015 for dealing heroin and crack cocaine.[11]
Barker died on 6 November 2021, leaving Massey as the sole remaining member of the group.[12]
Musical style
808 State's style has been labeled as techno[4] and house, and the band are regarded as "a pioneer of the acid house sound".[4] The band's album, Newbuild, was influential in the development of the Madchester and baggy scenes.[13]
Pseudonyms and side projects
In 1990, 808 State composed the theme tune to the Channel 4television programme, The Word.[14]
Partington and Barker presented the 808 State Radio Show, first on Sunset 102 from 1989 to 1993, and later on Kiss 102 from 1994 to 1997. In 2012, they reinvented the program as the 808 State Webio Show for a number of months on Mike Joyce's internet based BeatWolf Radio.
808 State and its various members have recorded under a variety of pseudonyms. An early EP, containing the tracks "Massage-a-Rama" and "Sex Mechanic", was released under the name Lounge Jays. These tracks have since been re-released by Rephlex Records on the Prebuild LP. Another early EP, Wax on the Melt, was released under the name Hit Squad Mcr. This is the only release on which all five members of the group (Massey, Price, Simpson, Barker, and Partington) contributed simultaneously.[15]
Massey released the solo album Subtracks under the name Massonix on Skam Records.[16] He was a member of Biting Tongues, an experimental jazz rock group once signed to Factory Records. He also created the big band project called Massey's Toolshed Allstars (eventually shortened to 'Toolshed').[17] Under the pseudonym Professor Vernon World, Massey as drummer/producer with the ladies combo organ quartet the Sisters of Transistors released an album, and is also a member of Sun Ra homage the Part-Time Heliocentric Cosmo Drama After School Club.[18]
Price released a couple of EPs under the name Switzerland. He also managed the band Kaliphz (later known as Kaleef) who had a hit with a hip-hop cover version of the Stranglers' "Golden Brown". Barker has produced a small number of tracks under the names Atlas and Benaco.[19] Partington has also recorded under the name Jeep.[20]
Band members
- Graham Massey (born 4 August 1960,[2]Manchester) – keyboards, programming, guitars, saxophone (1987–present)
Former members
- Gerald Simpson (born 16 February 1967, Manchester) – keyboards (1987–1989)
- Martin Price (born 26 March 1955, Farnworth)[2] – keyboards (1987–1991)
- Darren Partington (born 1 November 1969,[2]Manchester) – keyboards, congas, electronic drums (1989–2015)
- Andy Barker (9 March 1968, Manchester – 6 November 2021)[2][12] – keyboards, bass (1989–2021)
Discography
Studio albums
- Newbuild (1988)
- Quadrastate (mini-album) (1989)
- 90 (1989)
- ex:el (1991)
- Gorgeous (1993)
- Don Solaris (1996)
- Outpost Transmission (2002)
- Transmission Suite (2019)
External links
- Official website
- 808 State discography at Discogs
- Ian Peel: Warriors of Pop, 21 years of ZTTRecord Collector, September 2004 (copy at Zang Tuum Tumb and all that) Article about ZTT's history, and contains information about 808 State
- 808 State at IMDb
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808 State are an English electronic music group formed in 1987 in Manchester [ 2 ] by Graham Massey , Martin Price and Gerald Simpson .
History
Martin Price owned Manchester's influential Eastern Bloc Records [ 5 ] and was also the founder of the independent record label , Creed. [ 2 ] Customers Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson joined with Price to form a hip hop group called Hit Squad Manchester.
Musical style
808 State's style has been labeled as techno [ 4 ] and house , and the band are regarded as "a pioneer of the acid house sound". [ 4 ] The band's album, Newbuild , was influential in the development of the Madchester and baggy scenes. [ 13 ]
Pseudonyms and side projects
In 1990, 808 State composed the theme tune to the Channel 4 television programme , The Word . [ 14 ]