Support 88Nine And This Artist:
808 State are an
electronic music outfit formed in 1988 in Manchester, England taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of
acid house, they were formed by
Graham Massey (from ex-
factory records band
Biting Tongues), Martin Price and
Gerald Simpson (later to record as
A Guy Called Gerald). They released their debut
Newbuild in 1988.
Autechre and
Aphex Twin have often cited the album as being enormously influential, and the group achieved some degree of chart success in the UK in the early 1990s with releases
Pacific State...
Read more about 808 State on Last.fm.
User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.
Tracks We Played
Last Played on March 07, 2013 6:41am
