808 State remastered & reissued

Four albums by seminal Madchester outfit 808 State are to be remastered and reissued as deluxe editions in March.

The acid house group rose to rave prominence on the back of their 1989 anthem "Pacific State," and although their last album was released eight years ago, they are still very active on the touring and DJ circuit.

Each of the four remastered album packages—808:90, ex:el, Gorgeous and Don Solaris—contains additional liner notes, expanded and restored artwork, and a bonus disc of rare and previously unreleased tracks compiled by 808 State founder Graham Massey.

1989's 808:90 album includes the original "Pacific 202" version of their best-known track plus an additional Britmix version, and 1991's ex:el includes collaborations with New Order's Bernard Sumner and Björk. 1993's Gorgeous features the band's crossover pop hit "One in Ten" (as 808 State vs. UB40) and Joy Division mash-up "Contrique," and 1996's Don Solaris includes a rare Brian Eno remix.

Tracklists 90 CD1: 90 Remastered

1. Magical Dream
2. Ancodia
3. Cobra Bora
4. Pacific 202
5. Donkey Doctor
6. 808080808
7. Sunrise
8. The Fat Shadow (Pointy Head Mix)

CD2: 808 Archives, Part I

1. Pacific (Britmix)
2. Cobra Bora (Call The Cops Mix)
3. Donkey Doctor (Gmex Mix)
4. Boneyween
5. Kinky National
6. State To State
7. Revenge Of The Girlie Men
8. Magical Dream (Instrumental)

ex:el CD1: ex:el Remastered

1. San Francisco
2. Spanish Heart (Featuring Bernard Sumner)
3. Leo Leo
4. Qmart (Featuring Björk)
5. Nephatiti
6. Lift
7. Ooops (Featuring Björk)
8. Empire
9. In Yer Face (In Yer Face Mix)
10. Cübik
11. Lambrusco Cowboy
12. Techno Bell
13. Olympic

CD2: 808 Archives, Part II

1. In Yer Face (Facially Yours Remix)
2. Olympic (Euro Bass Mix)
3. Lift (Heavy Mix)
4. Cübik (State To Pan Am Mix)
5. Open Your Mind (Sound Garden Mix)
6. Lambrusco Cowboy (Alt Mix)
7. Ski Family
8. Ooops (Mellow Birds Mix)
9. In Yer Face (Cheadle Royal Mix)
10. Olympic (Unreleased Mix)

Union Square Music's collector's label Salvo will release 808:90, ex:el, Gorgeous and Don Solaris on March 23rd, 2010

http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=11538

http://www.unionsquaremusic.co.uk/news.php?NEWS_ID=231

Did they no bring out their back cat; with extra bonus cds last year?

OutofOrder wrote: Did they no bring out their back cat; with extra bonus cds last year?

They did - I have two of them. Maybe that news item was dated last year?

£50 Note wrote:

OutofOrder wrote: Did they no bring out their back cat; with extra bonus cds last year?

They did - I have two of them. Maybe that news item was dated last year?

They've be re-packaged since ZTT got taken over by Union Square last year - the reissues last year were apparently only in the shops for a month or so...

I've got the first two of these - 90 & ex:el - and the packaging is a lot better than the ones from last year (imho).

Musically, they're the same, though! :p

NICKOS - does that mean that the initial re-releases are wortha few bob now, cos if not i'll flog em n buy new new ones (as one does)

Andrew Sayer wrote: NICKOS - does that mean that the initial re-releases are wortha few bob now, cos if not i'll flog em n buy new new ones (as one does)

Good question - doubt whether they'll be worth much, though? :p

Andrew Sayer wrote: NICKOS - does that mean that the initial re-releases are wortha few bob now, cos if not i'll flog em n buy new new ones (as one does)

I'll give ye 20 Regal for them

Gazman wrote:

Andrew Sayer wrote: NICKOS - does that mean that the initial re-releases are wortha few bob now, cos if not i'll flog em n buy new new ones (as one does)

I'll give ye 20 Regal for them

Even Nick would smoke more than 20tabs while listening to em all, ive still got newbuild n prebuild on my flash bastard car 6cd changer. Fook ipods n the Like

Nickos - cannot remember if you like em / or Black Dog but Autechre got new lp out March n some gigs. Jolly good news eh, cos im all set to rediscover the joys of electronic music this year. Even dug me old Tresor & R&S 12"s at the wkend. (Well apart from maccabbes, delphic n freebass (yeh)!!)

Andrew Sayer wrote: Nickos - cannot remember if you like em / or Black Dog but Autechre got new lp out March n some gigs. Jolly good news eh, cos im all set to rediscover the joys of electronic music this year. Even dug me old Tresor & R&S 12"s at the wkend. (Well apart from maccabbes, delphic n freebass (yeh)!!)

Yup, pre-ordered the new Autechre album and will most likely end up going to see them in London in April. :)

Andrew Sayer wrote:

Gazman wrote:

Andrew Sayer wrote: NICKOS - does that mean that the initial re-releases are wortha few bob now, cos if not i'll flog em n buy new new ones (as one does)

I'll give ye 20 Regal for them

Even Nick would smoke more than 20tabs while listening to em all,

40 (Reagal not £ )

Andrew Sayer wrote: ive still got newbuild n prebuild on my flash bastard car 6cd changer. Fook ipods n the Like

Ive still got 'Quadrastate' and 'Extended Pleasures of Dance'ep on even flashier vinyl

808 State to Reunite Original Line-Up, A Guy Called Gerald Says 2/17/2010 By Dimitri Nasrallah

Drum & bass innovator A Guy Called Gerald has revealed at a recent Red Bull Music Academy interview that he and Graham Massey have had serious discussion about reforming the original line-up of seminal British dance act 808 State.

A founding member of the group back in its halcyon acid house days, A Guy Called Gerald (aka Gerald Simpson) was around for 808 State's first album, 1988's Newbuild, before departing over creative differences. At that time, Simpson was eager to push the group's sound into more experimental directions, while Massey had it in mind to make 808 more accessible to a wider public.

Ironically, after leaving the group to make more experimental music, Simpson scored chart-topping successes with early dance hits such as "Voodoo Ray." For their part, Massey and a reconfigured 808 State went on to release a series of well-received albums that were more stridently melodic, putting them on the same playing field with acts like Orbital and the Prodigy, all of whom were making steady inroads into the UK mainstream in the early- to mid-'90s.

Simpson's contributions to 808 State have long been obscured by his solo career as a drum & bass innovator. His 1994 album Black Secret Technology was widely considered the first serious jungle full-length, and it established the genre as a more serious undertaking, setting up the path for acts like Goldie and Roni Size to break through in the late '90s.

The clubby and uncompromising Newbuild has been long out of print and ignored by subsequent incarnation of 808 State. It wasn't until 808's '90s peaks subsided and the group went into semi-hibernation that attention began to come back to the original line-up of the band, a movement spurred on by Rephlex Records, who reissued Newbuild and a companion set called Prebuild, which collected 808's early tracks from before the Newbuild era.

Given a renewed interest in acid techno, the reissues were greeted as pioneering efforts in the genre and have since taken up their place as classics of early techno, overshadowing much of the later work released by 808 State.

At this point, it is not clear whether the reunion of Simpson and Massey would involve just live shows or recorded output as well. Simpson has stated that an official announcement will be made in the months to come.

http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1=123&csid2=844&fid1=44430

Erm... It's one gig, and it's not 808 State! :p