House-, Rave- und HipHop-Mischung: 808 STATE

Ja was hab ich denn da wieder gefunden, ganz oben links im CD-Regal

808 State (Eight O Eight State)

AMG schreibt dazu:
A pioneer of the acid house sound, 808 State formed in Manchester,
England in 1988 when Martin Price, the owner of the city's legendary
record store Eastern Bloc and the founder of the independent label
Creed, first joined forces with local musician and producer Graham
Massey. After teaming with collaborator Gerald Simpson, 808 State
recorded its debut EP Newbuild in 1988, and also began remixing tracks
for groups like the Inspiral Carpets. After Simpson exited to form his
solo project A Guy Called Gerald, Price and Massey enlisted DJs Andrew
Barker and Darren Partington (known together as the Spinmasters) for
the recording of 1989's Quadrastate EP, which earned the group a huge
club hit with the track "Pacific." After signing with ZTT, they released
the album 808:90, which was embraced by the burgeoning rave culture.
808 State's next single, "The Only Rhyme That Bites," recorded with
hip-hopper MC Tunes, marked a dramatic shift into hardcore rap, but
was another huge hit. A series of diverse singles followed, culminating
in the 1991 album Ex: El, which featured guest vocals from New Order's
Bernard Sumner and Bjork; the same year, 808 State also wrote, produced
and performed the music for the MC Tunes LP The North at Its Heights.
In 1992, Price left to work as a solo producer, later forming his own
label, Sun Text. The remaining trio continued on in 1993 with Gorgeous,
and handled remix work for the likes of David Bowie, Soundgarden and
Bomb the Bass before returning with the experimental Don Solaris in 1996.
The 808:88-98 compilation followed two years later.



Die erste Platte von 808 State ist mit Sicherheit auch ihre beste.
Ihre größtenteils instrumentale Mischung aus House-, Rave- und
HipHop-Elementen ist bis heute in dieser Weise sicherlich unerreicht.
Es ist schon einwandfrei einmalig, wie sich die verschiedenen Rhythmen
und kleinen Melodien miteinander verzahnen etwa in "Ancodia".
Daneben tauchen immer wieder Samples (z.B."The Hustle" von Van McCoy
oder "Techno City" von Cybotron) und Zitate (in "Sunrise" wird
plötzlich das Thema des Bacharach-Titels "San José" angespielt) auf,
die einem einen gewissen Flashback ermöglichen. Aber hier ist nichts
retro, alles klingt frisch und unverbraucht und innovativ (!).
Tolle Platte




1. Magical Dream - 3:52
2. Ancodia - 5:46
3. Cobra Bora - 6:35
4. Pacific 202 - 5:37
5. Donkey Doctor - 5:23
6. 808080808 - 4:20
7. Sunrise - 6:32
8. The Fat Shadow (Pointy Head Mix) - 0:58


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808 State - EX:EL



1. San Francisco - 4:56
2. Spanish Heart - 3:51
3. Leo Leo - 4:01
4. Qmart - 4:58
5. Nephatiti - 4:49
6. Lift - 5:12
7. Ooops - 4:41 (mit Björk)
8. Empire - 4:21
9. In Yer Face - 5:12 (mit Björk)
10. Cübik - 3:18
11. Lambrusco Cowboy - 4:05
12. Techno Bell - 4:56
13. Olympic - 4:21


808 State - Gorgeous

AMG EXPERT REVIEW: Gorgeous is 808 State's most vocal-oriented
effort, and features a number of fairly anonymous and forgettable
guest singers. The record is most successful when it sticks to
the group's trademark atmospheric dance instrumentals, although
even those are fairly run-of-the-mill. —



1. Plan 9 (Eight O Eight State) - 4:02
2. Moses (Eight O Eight State/McCulloch) - 2:54
3. Contrique (Curtis/Eight O Eight State/Hook/Morris/Sumner) - 3:40
4. 10 X 10 (Eight O Eight State/Weller) - 3:33
5. One in Ten (Eight O Eight State/UB Forty) - 2:40
6. Europa (Eight O Eight State/Seaman) - 4:16
7. Orbit (Eight O Eight State) - 4:01
8. Black Morpheus (Eight O Eight State) - 4:04
9. Southern Cross (Eight O Eight State) - 5:03
10. Nimbus (Eight O Eight State) - 4:34
11. Colony (Eight O Eight State) - 4:45
12. Timebomb (Eight O Eight State) - 2:55
13. Stormin Norman (Eight O Eight State) - 3:23
14. Sexy Dancer (Eight O Eight State) - 3:00
15. Sexy Synthesizer (Eight O Eight State) - 3:39

Diese drei wunderschönen Alben können gegen Übersendung einer
PN auf den heimischen PC übertragen werden

Wie schön, wie schön, die Alben habe ich schon seit einiger Zeit gesucht und nun kommst du daher. Mein Retter,hehe!!

Ich möchte die Zugangsdaten haben, bitteschön, aber schicke dir noch ne PN!!!

Zusteuern könnte ich noch das Album "808 State - 808-88-98".
Eine Best of Compilation sozusagen gerippt mit 224kbit/s!!

Bei Bedarf werde ich es hochladen