Personally, in early days 88-89 when 808state included a guy called gerald they were pretty damn goos ... He left after the whole pacific state thing in 1990 after which I thought 808 state were pretty attrocious
p > 808 State is basically Pacific 707 - I tend to think of their New > Build-era material as passable but generic early techno, and their post > Ex:El material as noodly, overproduced "electronica", but the Pacific > track is an absolute classic. In many ways it is underrated by a lot of > Detroit techno fans, because it was a really early appearance of the > jazz-techno sound that eventually became more widespread after Nation 2 > Nation, World 2 World etc, and I don't think it receives its fair dues > in that respect. > > If you own Ex:El then you get Pacific but also quite a few tracks which > have dated really badly. If you own "State 2 State" (a US mini-album > release from just after Ex:El) you get a really nice mix of Pacific, and > a bunch of other tracks that actually haven't dated badly at all. > There's a track on there with the strings from Pacific running over the > "Welcome to techno city" Cybotron sample! I'd love to have that on > vinyl... > > Brendan > > | -----Original Message----- > | From: Toby Frith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > | Sent: 13 December 2002 10:05 > | To: Mann, Ravinder [CCS]; '313' > | Subject: Re: (313) 808 State > | > | > | The Quadrastate EP from 88/89 is good - "Ex:El" from '91 is > | ok. Some of > | their material has dated rather badly though IMHO. > | > | > | > | ----- Original Message ----- > | From: Mann, Ravinder [CCS] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | To: '313' <313@hyperreal.org> > | Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 10:03 AM > | Subject: (313) 808 State > | > | > | > Just been reading the Blake Baxter interview on Overloads > | and there seems > | to > | > be an loads of references to 808 State in Detroit techno, > | so I like to > | hear > | > some of thier material - which albums would you readers recomend ? > | > > | > thanks > | > > | > > | > |
