It wasn't number one, but it was fairly successful in the charts. I can listen to it fairly easy, but prefer the versions without the synth-sax bit (which reminds me a bit of Guru Josh sometimes). Overexposure to the track is probably what makes it difficult for you to listen to!
It's the same with LFO "LFO", which did well in the charts and kind of suffered as a result - it's a brilliant track, but I never actually play it out because it's been somewhat overexposed. Did Cubic predate Technarchy? I wouldn't be surprised if they did copy it, though - at that time relatively few people in the UK were aware of what was coming out of the US, so a lot of early UK techno producers did plagiarise a bit... Brendan | -----Original Message----- | From: Odeluga, Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Sent: 13 December 2002 13:40 | To: Tristan Watkins; Brendan Nelson; Toby Frith; Mann, Ravinder [CCS]; | 313 | Subject: RE: (313) 808 State | | | Clearly I need to get with some more 808 state stuff - as for | myself, I can | barely listen to 'Pacific' anymore (wasn't it 'number one' in | the uk? Or am | I in a rare (!) obfuscated and horribly confused, er state. It was | overplayed imo. But there are similar-era things which I | could still go home | and put on now with pleasant anticipation (FSOL's 'Papua New | Guinea' comes | to mind.) | | As for 'Cubik', although I'm not sure if I made the | connection at the time, | I now think it's a poor copy of CyberSonik's 'Technarchy'. | | These factors, to me indicate a fragile legacy re. 808 State. | | But I need to hear much more of their stuff before I beg | 'ladies stay dead', | I admit. | k | | >-----Original Message----- | >From: Tristan Watkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | >Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 1:13 PM | >To: Brendan Nelson; Toby Frith; Mann, Ravinder [CCS]; 313 | >Subject: Re: (313) 808 State | > | > | >----- Original Message ----- | >From: "Brendan Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >To: "Toby Frith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Mann, Ravinder [CCS]" | ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <313@hyperreal.org> | >Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 12:41 PM | >Subject: RE: (313) 808 State | > | > | >> If you own Ex:El then you get Pacific but also quite a few | tracks which | >> have dated really badly. | > | >Have to agree except for 'Cleo Leo'. That song has always | stood out as the | >track on Ex:el for me, but no matter how much I try to enjoy | 'Oops' or | >'Spanish Heart', it just isn't happening. :( | > | >Cubik was a classic at Medusa's in Chicago around '90 and received | >consistent play well into '91. Probably the first techno other | >than New Beat | >I ever heard. | > | >Tristan | >===== | >Text/Mixes: http://phonopsia.tripod.com | >Music: http://www.mp313.com | >Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | >New Mix in mp3, 'Live in Iowa City' available for | >a short time from http://phonopsia.isoprax.com | > | > |
