British electronic music group
808 State
Get to know the artist
808 State come from Manchester, an English electronic group founded by Martin Price, Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson, and named after Roland's TR-808 drum machine. Their debut album Newbuild came out in 1988, and Pacific State charted in the UK in 1989. In 1990 they joined ZTT and released the album 808:90. Their early work fed into the UK acid house scene.
- Line-up
The Spinmasters, a DJ duo of Andrew Barker and Darren Partington, came in during 1989 once Simpson had left to start A Guy Called Gerald.
- Formed in
- Manchester
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Active since
- 1987
- Plays
- Acid
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