808 State Discussion

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 ...

Asked at Rough Trade Nottingham today. They're selling it for £50, and have ordered only three copies, so they'll get three maximum. Same price and number re. the Propaganda 4x12". So, thanks to Graham, we know it'll be cheaper in Manchester.

It occurred to me – and this is a long shot, but bearing ...

Contrique isn't really a versus track. Maybe Lopez would have been more at home on that 12" and they could have swapped places.

Yes, much more sensible. "Contrique" is no more a collaboration than, say, 808 using a sample of The Jam's "Start" or Bowie's "Chant of the ever-circling skeletal family ...

How is Jon Hopkins so high up the bill? He's a complete nonentity.

By the way, it's very nice to see Markus, NickKing and Ancodia still online for 808 after all these years. You lot are hardcore die-hards and keepers of the flame.