808 State Discussion

Thanks for posting this.

It's interesting that Graham says that he "was very ex[c]ited to be in the place where Bowie did some of Diamond Dogs. These were the last years of these grand temples to music.In a few years we would be all clicking away on our laptops and slashing the budgets."

The epilogue track of Diamond Dogs ...

Fab, thanks Markus.

Awesome. Aside from Graham, who is in the 808 live lineup now? Or is he performing alone?

markus wrote: 14 May 2021 17:07 Plan 9

ZTT:

the highlight of Gorgeous’s Disco Disc, Nbambi (The April Showers Mix)

I don't recall that being on the Disco Disc.

In Yer Face

ZTT's announcement:

They’re backed up with the In Yer Face Mix (which, for those with an eye for the finer details, sits somewhere between the Mancunian Delight mix and the album version)


For those with an eye for the "finer details", I seem to recall that the (in yer face mix ...

Pretty amazed that this has happened. Wish I'd been commissioned to design the cover.

I'm replying to this thread, 23 years later, purely because it still occasionally comes to mind. I was never entirely sure what constituted an "in-car" compilation – whether the tracks were selected particularly because they'd sound good despite road noise, for instance. Although the original poster ...

Aside from Graham, who are the members of the live act now? Would be interested to know.

Does anyone know what the band lineup is for this gig?

Thanks for the heads up. What form does 808 State take at gigs now? Is it Graham on his own?

Have only just found out about Andy Barker's death. What a shock – that he'd died at all; that it happened so many months ago. I haven't read about this anywhere other than here and on Discogs. Very, very sorry to hear about it.

808 ∞ and ∞ and ∞

Apologies if you already know about this double-album. According to Juno, it's due for release on Monday 6 July – tomorrow – and includes 'Flow coma' and other tracks that might be of interest:
https://www.juno.co.uk/products/mixmag- ... 717229-01/

So instead, I went down to Reckless Records on Berwick Street, and finally bought 'Let yourself go'/'Deepville', which I've never had on 12" (shameful, I know :( ), for £5. I'd forgotten just what a beautiful record this is. The ascending, whirling strings sample on 'Let yourself go' sounds like ...

The pre-release on ZTT's site did mention "hidden" tracks. But the text implied that the three previously unreleased tracks were in addition to any hidden bits. So it sounds as though Olympic (Euro bass gate mix) and Ancodiacobrabora are the two unreleased tracks, and maybe either the Moses 7 ...