808 State Discussion

Marcus, I hope this doesn't turn into another one of the (many) 'have 808 State lost their way posts'.

Just to say that some of the material in the tunes could have been stretched into 2 or 3.

PS La luz is a crackin wee tune.

The melodic element was the crux in differentiating between regular acid of the early days and 808.

Is magical dream a casual reference to 'e'?

Anyone hear Vernon kay on R1 last Sunday? - played pacific and stated that "808 state is how dance music should be!"

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All the best!

I think alot of the tracks on DS are over-engineered. In yer face, cubik, magical dream etc are examples of tunes that were not 'over-crowded'
Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting 808 should 'dumb down' their music, but sometimes I feel too many ideas are fused into one track...Just my opinion ...

Interesting...

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Does anyone feel that some 808 tracks are 'over-cooked'? I personally think there is a fine line in having lots of layers in your tunes and counter-rhythms etc but sometimes a simple riff would suffice? The most successful 808 tunes have simple tunes which u can whistle in your head.

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How about an atmospheric track from 808 in a movie? To accompany one of the matrix fights scenes perhaps...or a car chase. What do you guys think? what would you like to see done?

Nice one John 0 groats. Nice wee touches to cubik. Must get to see them sometime.

I originally bought Gorgeous on tape so I could play it in the car. I later went and bought the CD version for the extra bonus tracks - sexy synth et al. - DOH!!

Yep Belfast could do with a bit of real peace...But basically we fight over land and money.
People are tribal in nature; erroneous religeous beliefs contribute to divisions as much as ignorant views on ethnicity etc.
Remove the gap in natural resources and we might have a chance. But to be honest ...

Yep Belfast could do with a bit of real peace...But basically we fight over land and money.
People are tribal in nature; erroneous religeous beliefs contribute to divisions as much as ignorant views on ethnicity etc.
Remove the gap in natural resources and we might have a chance. But to be honest ...