Newbuild
Rephlex
ELECTRONIC
This was 808 STATE\'s first ever album released on CREED in 1988. At the time it only was available as a single piece of vinyl. Back then, the members of the band were GRAHAM MASSEY, MARTIN PRICE and GERALD SIMPSON aka A GUY CALLED GERALD. For the past 10 years the APHEX TWIN has had this record in his record box. 808 State were one of the UK\'s if not the world pioneers on of the dance music in the 1980\'s and undoubtabley one of the biggest sellers As a group Massey, Martin Price and Gerald Simpson were never primarily interested in the increasing amount of dance music that was making its way out of Chicago and Detroit and towards Manchester between 1986 and 88. The idea of \'jacking\' records meant little to 808 State. It was only with the advent of the fullon mental weirdness of acid that the real connection was made and flashpoint achieved. Music of the future made by virtually redundant boxes might seem quite quaint now. But \'Newbuild\' was made before computers dominated production. All the sounds on this album, bar a few, are triggered by the drum machine. A music that had no reference nd didn\'t need or want anything to do with guitars. Listening to
\'Newbuild\' today it still sound righteous, necessary, and inspired the blueprint for any musician looking to start off on the right foot. Not even Acid Tracks itself sounds as good today as a track like \"Narcossa\".
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