808 State are an English electronic music group formed in 1987 in Manchester by Graham Massey, Martin Price and Gerald Simpson. Taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine and the "state of mind" the members shared, they released their debut album Newbuild in September 1988. They secured commercial success in 1989, when their song "Pacific State" was picked up by BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies and charted for 11 weeks in the UK.
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Pacific808:98.Cübik9827 Aug 2021Vinyl
Pacific6 Aug 2021Vinyl
Azura19 Jul 2021Vinyl
Lopez25 Jun 2021Vinyl
10x10 (The Tommy Boy Mixes)28 May 2021Vinyl
Cübik / Olympic2 Apr 2021Vinyl
Transmission Suite11 Oct 2019Vinyl
Utd. State 901 Apr 2018Vinyl
State to State 226 Aug 2016Vinyl
The North At Its Heights (Expanded Edition)28 Jan 2014Vinyl
Outpost Transmission7 Nov 2002Vinyl
Don Solaris17 Jun 1996Vinyl
Gorgeous1 Feb 1993VinylListening Party
Ex:el2 Mar 1991VinylListening Party
Ninety4 Dec 1989Vinyl
Pump11 Nov 2022 · EPVinyl
Dance Yourself To Death (The Dust Brothers Mixes)4 Nov 2022 · EPVinyl
Primary Rhyming28 Oct 2022 · EPVinyl
Tunes Splits The Atom (The Creamatomic Alternative)21 Oct 2022 · EPVinyl
Bombadin23 Jul 2021 · EPVinyl
Plan 914 May 2021 · EPVinyl
TimeBomb7 May 2021 · EPVinyl
Cübik (The Tommy Boy Mixes)23 Apr 2021 · EPVinyl
Lift / Open Your Mind16 Apr 2021 · EPVinyl
Call Me Wrong (Remixed)21 Feb 2020 · EPVinyl
Subsequent Granada Report30 Aug 2019 · EPVinyl
Initial Granada Report12 Jul 2019 · EPVinyl
One In Ten1 Apr 2018 · EPVinyl
Sawnoff DaliMay 1996 · EPVinyl
Insane Lover / Freak28 Nov 1994 · EPVinyl
One In Ten (feat. UB40)30 Nov 1992 · EPVinyl
The Extended Pleasure of Dance EPFeb 1990 · EPVinyl
Island energy26 Feb 2026 · SingleVinyl
New years eve in hawaii31 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Hawaii kai born & raised29 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Kahalu'u boys29 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Hk roots29 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Longshore pride29 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Hk phillies29 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Hawaii kai28 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Dead bird drip28 Dec 2025 · SingleVinyl
Insane Lover / Freak31 Jul 2021 · SingleVinyl
Moments in Love9 Jul 2021 · SingleVinyl
The Only Rhyme That Bites 9922 Feb 1999 · SingleVinyl
Bond17 Jun 1996 · SingleVinyl
Ooops5 Apr 1991 · SingleVinyl
In Yer Face2 Feb 1991 · SingleVinyl
Tunes Splits the Atom3 Sep 1990 · SingleVinyl
The Only Rhyme That Bites21 May 1990 · SingleVinylRecords from MusicBrainz, completed with the release lists of Deezer and Apple. Sleeves from the Cover Art Archive and the same lists.
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TIM’S LISTENING PARTY
2 albums by 808 State, played together at the same time, with the band’s own stories as the songs go by.
Tim Burgess’s Listening Parties. Replays on timstwitterlisteningparty.com.
Members past and present, each with their own page. From MusicBrainz and Discogs.
Records by other artists with 808 State in the credits, from the song and record credits of MusicBrainz and Discogs. Their own bands are above.
Playlists with 808 State in them: Sonic Architects selections and Pause & Record tapes from linr listeners, Deezer’s editors and curators, radio shows on Mixcloud and ListenBrainz playlists. Every tile opens on linr first, with the original one link away.
Where the listeners of ListenBrainz, Last.fm and Deezer agree, with the circle of 808 State’s own bands. A source that names other people with the same name is left out.
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