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- Date Released: June 1, 1989
- Genre: Electronic
- Label: ZTT Records / ZTT
A riveting introduction to New Age house
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808 State's Graham Massey had been in the Manchester industrial outfit Biting Tongues. He hooked up with Martin Price, owner of the city's premier underground dance record store Eastern Bloc, and a teenage DJ duo, Andrew Barker and Darren Partington, who, as the Spinmasters, played hip-hop on Manchester pirate radio. 808's first hit "Pacific State" (here as "Pacific 202") was hailed as "New Age house" on account of its soothing sax sample and chorus of sampled bird-trills — perfect "coming down" music for outdoor raves as the sun rises. Highlights of Ninety, their third album but first for a major label, include the poignant "Ancodia," which turns samples of close-harmony soul into a heavenly host hovering over a dense undergrowth of rainforest rhythms, and "Sunrise," whose tendrils of flute and lambent horizons of synth evoke a Polynesian island at dawn. Overall, 808 State's vibe is Detroit techno meets Weather Report-style jazz fusion.
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| 01. |  |
Magical Dream |
3:52 |  |
| 02. | |
Ancodia |
5:46 | |
| 03. | |
Cobra Bora |
6:35 | |
| 04. | |
Pacific 202 |
5:41 | |
| 05. | |
Donkey Doctor |
5:23 | |
| 06. | |
808080808 |
4:20 | |
| 07. | |
Sunrise |
6:33 | |
| 08. | |
The Fat Shadow (Pointy Head Mix) |
0:58 | |
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