| 18:04:08 Future Music and Radio Show |
Florida State University's college radio station WVFS Tallahassee 89.7FM has dedicated one of their artist specials entirely to 808 State. Celebrating 20 years of 808 in an excellent two hour show hosted by dj Sean Michaels. Please find the stream at the Club Convergence website. The show will be available here on 808state.com for your download pleasure shortly. |
| 03:04:08 Quadrastate release news! |
CD tracklisting (2x12" may not include bonus tracks) : 01. Pacific State
Label: Rephlex In other news 808 and A Guy Called Gerald performed fantastic live sets at the sold out Hacienda Warehouse Rave over Easter in Manchester. Graham is now off to the States and Canada as Massonix supporting Autechre. Check out a nice fan mix of In Yer Face by Jedeye. |
| 25:02:08 Bestival & mix |
The live dates keep coming in; 808 State will be playing the Bestival on the Isle of Wigth between 5 and 7 September 2008. Still waiting for full confirmation and exact date. Discussion. Our regular contributor Don 'Dee3' has completed another top mix from his excellent 'Compiling a Network' series. This latest mix, the seventh of the series, includes Graham Massey's 'Store St.'. Download. Discussion. |
| 20:02:08 Barcelona live date confirmed & Artwork |
It's now been confirmed that 808 will be playing the Primavera festival in Barcelona on the Saturday (31 May). The live section has been updated accordingly. Regular contributor Nick Johnson has created some nice sleeve artwork to print your own sleeve for download tracks. See the sounds section. |
| 19:02:08 Barcelona live date & ZTT re-issues |
The 2008 Estrella Damm Primavera Sound Festival (29-31 May) has announced that 808 State will be performing live in Barcelona. We're still waiting on confirmation which day 808 State will be on, but it's believed to be Saturday 31 May. Discussion. Tickets (discounted until 21 February). In other good news, work on the four ZTT album re-releases with bonus discs is in progress! |
| 15:02:08 Another live date |
Another live date has been confirmed: 808 State will be playing live at the Gatecrasher Summer Sound System at the Turweston Aerodrome near Brackley on 25 May. Discussion. Tickets. Yet another live date will be announced early next week! |
| 01:02:08 Live date announced |
808 State will be playing live at the The Hacienda Warehouse Party on Sunday 23 March! Also on the amazing line-up: A Guy Called Gerald (live), Shaun Ryder (live PA), Peter Hook, Mike Pickering & Graeme Park. Location: beneath Piccadilly Train Station, Manchester. Discussion. Tickets. |
| 01:01:08 Happy 08! |
What will 2008 have in stock? There has been no news on the Rephlex Quadrastate album release and the ZTT album re-issues with bonus discs (Ninety, EX:EL, Gorgeous and Don Solaris). Let's hope we can celebrate 20 years of 808 State with these releases! 808 State will be playing a live gig in Europe, to be officially announced early February. Maybe they will play a few more festival dates. A possible party is being planned for 08:08:08 to celebrate 808's 20th birthday. Releases in 2008 may include: Graham's remix of 'Pronoid' by Chrome Hoof and production of some tracks for Clarky Cat. Then there's the Danger Global Warming theme track by Black Smoke that Graham remixed. And of course it would be great if Graham's Sisters Of Transistors project got a release. There were no 808 live performances in 2007 but the highlight of the year surely was Gerald Simpson and Graham Massey performing live together for the first time since 1989 at Club Wang in London! Recordings were made (audio & video), whether they will ever see the light of day remains unclear. The production / remix discography was radically revamped by Nick King and we are in the progress of doing the same with the visual 808 State discography. Noteworthy 808-related releases in 2007 included:
Keep the faith. Markus. |
The May issue of Future Music magazine (Issue 200, UK edition) features a three page interview with Graham on Ninety in their 'Classic Album' section. Very nice indeed. The article also mentions that the four ZTT albums with bonus discs will be released on 08.08.08...
Quadrastate looks to be released in May! This project has taken years in the making and of course it's the first time ever this album will be released on CD. It's been lovingly remastered and includes bonus tracks from that era. Quadrastate completes the 808 trilogy on Rephlex, which also included the Newbuild and Prebuild albums and was accompanied by the Acid House Mixes of New Order.