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board name:
Nick King
Full name:
Nick King
Born:
29 April 1971 in Welwyn Garden City, UK
Nationality:
British
Living
in:
Welwyn Garden City, UK
Favourite
808 album:
Ex:el
Favourite
808 track:
Timebomb
How
did you get into 808:
I wasn't really aware of their existence until Pacific was
issued on ZTT (although I'd heard some tracks on John Peel's
show). However I was aware of A Guy Called Gerald beforehand
due to his Peel Sessions and subsequent 'Hot Lemonade' &
'Automanikk' albums. Since early 808 was (obviously) very
similar to Gerald's stuff at the time, it immediately appealed,
and thus went to see them live at the G-Mex in 1991 together
with some friends whilst still at university. Since then,
I've been following them with avid interest, together with
A Guy Called Gerald, of whom I run an unofficial web
site on.
Greatest
moments:
- Live,
obviously, the G-Mex gig in 1991 with Bjork (was a big
fan of the Sugarcubes) and N-Joi (loved - still do! -
'Anthem') as support.
- Meeting
Gerald at a couple of gigs in both London & Germany,
and being asked to help with the upcoming official site.
808
Live gigs attended:
- 16 Mar
1991 G-Mex, Manchester
- 11 Nov
2001 Circus Club, Dundee, Scotland
- 02 Jun
2002 Coloursfest, Glasgow, Scotland
- 03 Aug
2002 Castlefield, Manchester
- 02 Jul 2005 Traffic Festival, Turin, Italy
- 28 Jan 2006 MCr vs Cancer, Manchester
- 13 Aug 2006 Bloom Festival, Salisbury
- 23 Mar 2008 The Hacienda Warehouse Party, Manchester
- 25 May 2008 Gatecrasher Summer Sound System, Brackley, Northants
- 14 Nov 2008 Bestival Reunion, Dublin, Ireland
- 25 Apr 2009 Camden Crawl, Koko, London
- 19 Jun 2010 Masstival, Brixton Mass, London
- 25 Sep 2010 Massey's 50th, Salford
- 14 May 2011 O2 Academy, Glasgow, Scotland
- 27 Jan 2012 Village Underground, London
808-related gigs attended:
- 10 Nov 2001 808 State DJ's, Lava Club, Aberdeen, Scotland
- 29 May 2003 Biting Tongues, ICA, London
- 16 Sep 2004 Homelife, ICA, London
- 18 Dec 2004 808 State DJ's, Concorde 2, Brighton
- 05 Nov 2005 Toolshed, Cornerhouse, Manchester
- 27 Jan 2006 Graham Massey DJ, British Art Show, Urbis, Manchester
- 05 May 2006 Massonix, The Poke, Jacks, London
- 17 May 2006 Toolshed, Hoxton Bar & Kitchen, London
- 22 Jul 2006 Dr. X, Biting Tongues, Museum Of Science & Industry, Manchester
- 04 Nov 2006 Toolshed Lite, Gong Unconvention, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- 24 Nov 2006 Massonix, The Warehouse Project, Manchester
- 08 Dec 2006 Toolshed Trio, Club Integral, Canterbury Arms, London
- 23 Feb 2007 Biting Tongues, Islington Mill Studios, Salford
- 06 Jul 2007 Sisters Of Transisters, The Roadhouse, Manchester
- 06 Oct 2007 Rebuild (Graham/Gerald), Wang, London
- 01 Dec 2007 Sisters Of Transistors, The George Tavern, London
- 03 May 2008 808 State DJ's, Junction, Cambridge
- 28 Jun 2008 Massonix, Glastonbury Festival
- 29 Jun 2008 Toolshed, Hackney Empire, London
- 08 Aug 2008 808 State DJ's, Nitefreq, Jacks, London
- 19-22 Oct 2008 Mondo Mancunia, Shunt Lounge, London
- 18 Jul 2009 Biting Tongues Moonlanding Party, Islington Mill, Salford (inc. Paddy Steer, Ken Hollings, and Mayming)
- 28 Nov 2009 Sisters Of Transistors Album Launch Party (w/Paddy Steer), Deaf Institute, Manchester
- 12 Dec 2009 Biting Tongues, Factory Night Once Again, Plan K, Brussels
- 25 Sep 2010 Sisters Of Transistors / Toolshed, Massey's 50th, Salford
- 07 Nov 2010 The Manhatten Research Project, De-Constructing Dad, The Soup Kitchen, Manchester
- 13 April 2011 MC Tunes Documentary, Green Room, Manchester
- 29 May 2011 Sisters Of Transistors, St Clements Church, Chorlton
Most
prized 808 items:
Hit Squad MCr 12" and the US Pacific promo
CD single.
Most
wanted 808 item:
The Extended Pleasures of Dance CD Single - probably doesn't exist!
Also
listen to:
- A Guy called
Gerald
- New Order
- Orbital
- The Orb
- KLF
- Bomb The
Bass
- REM
- Queen
Last updated:
09-Mar-2012
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