808 State Discussion

Not to be confused with -Graham Massey & Umut Caglar -Kicked From The Stars -another album also recorded at Islington Mill (Aug /Sep 2017)
which is coming out in October 2018.
ltd Vinyl .Samarbeta Label.

thanks for the heads up..I think he s pretty on it with most of this . He s put a lot of listening into it !
I like that he thinks Outpost T is like "an evil stir fry restaurant that wants to kill you"

http://www.6towns.co.uk/2017/12/new-yea ... -schedule/

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/60 ... -the-state

Part of a project I did with Nendie last year at UAL .
Note proposed Flexi Disc of a studio recording of "Woodford"

In Yer Face
Donkey Doctor
Cobra Bora
Metaluna
Spiral Arms
Pacific
Invader
Quincy
Cubic
Marconi /extended Jam .

interview about it on BBC 6 about 30 mins in. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08vk7c1#play

also this from BBC2 that uses some of the music.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... ne-welcome

New tracks were 'Spiral Arms" & "Marconi" The dancing girls were an unsolicited stage invasion ,I did nt get the impression they were into the music but I could be wrong..

some one has put the original radio doc up on You Tube..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4gPc2wlTdg&t=4s

Im not sure if this will play in the USA , but it is from a radio doc I did for BBC radio 4 a couple of years back. Around about the same time as the Aira came out . http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39471567 I might be doing a piece on Mr K for BBC World Service next week , that will be ...

6 .15 is our stage time ..and I don't mean AM ..I mean Tea Time.

https://www.mixcloud.com/otwradio/808-state-guy-called-gerald-the-ritz-manchester-1988-on-the-wire/ A recording of The On The Wire Christmas Party has appeared on Sound Cloud . (Thanks to Nick for pointing this out) I guess this was possibly broadcast at the time . seems like a desk recording. firs...

It references Surf Music & 1960s Drag Racing Records (example Boss Hoss by the Sonics) Reset in multicultural (Asian dominated Rusholme/Levenshulme is where we lived at the time) The asian boy racer culture favoured imported far eastern cars such as The Toyota & Datsun. The sample voice is from a Sa...

Sunrise
IYF
Donkey Doctor
Cobra Bora
Timebomb
San Fran
Metaluna
PACIFIC
INVADER
CUBIK
DOCTORS & NURSES.