808state cubic differences on versions of ex:el

[Pacific707]

anybody know what version that has the light intro?

btw the remasters bonus cd's are amazing

[Fugitive1979]

1991 - UK release:

Cubik (Original Mix), 3:34

1991 - US release:

Cubik (Tomix), 9:28

2008 Re-release:

Disc 1:
Cubik (Original Mix), 3:34

Disc 2:
Cubik (State to Pan Am Mix), 4:29


Yes, the remasters are excellent.

[One of the crowd]

Magic Stuff!!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O37zPZAopCE

[transforce]

Magic Stuff!!
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=O37zPZAopCE

Woah, wicked! There's nothing like a good old beepy remix.

[Deschanel]

I had the original of this- it may have been a UK import. It's cool to listen to as a nostalgia trip.

Is it really that brilliant? I don't know. I can enjoy it as memory. But it's pretty loud and repetitive and bang-a-can, with echoey diva whoops swirling. It was avant-garde when it came out but sounds pretty tired now.
Not their fault. But this is numbing repetitive drug music at heart. (As if there was heart to this music- there's no heart at all.)

Young people today wouldn't believe it, but in 1991 sympathetic journalists in the UK and US found digital music making incredible rocket science, and thought any new electronic band were somehow techno-geniuses. 808 State actually did well because they had great PR contacts, I think. The songs don't hold up, because they're not songs.
Chilly, soulless stuff, in 2008. I listen now, and what the big deal was about 808 State was escapes me.

It was fascinating music if you were high on drugs, basically. Mediocre electronica in retrospect.

[DJ_Couture]

Nah, I'm no pillhead, I didn't go raving in 1991 (I was 4 through most of it), but I dig the State.

[Fugitive1979]

I had the original of this- it may have been a UK import. It's cool to listen to as a nostalgia trip.

Is it really that brilliant? I don't know. I can enjoy it as memory. But it's pretty loud and repetitive and bang-a-can, with echoey diva whoops swirling. It was avant-garde when it came out but sounds pretty tired now.
Not their fault. But this is numbing repetitive drug music at heart. (As if there was heart to this music- there's no heart at all.)

Young people today wouldn't believe it, but in 1991 sympathetic journalists in the UK and US found digital music making incredible rocket science, and thought any new electronic band were somehow techno-geniuses. 808 State actually did well because they had great PR contacts, I think. The songs don't hold up, because they're not songs.
Chilly, soulless stuff, in 2008. I listen now, and what the big deal was about 808 State was escapes me.

It was fascinating music if you were high on drugs, basically. Mediocre electronica in retrospect.

Did you get any of their albums?

If you just got the singles, then I can understand your' sentiment as the US release of Pacific contained a raft of remixes produced by American remixers and only released in the US. The same applies to Cubik (Tomix). These remixes weren't the best, but to say they are soulless, mediocre and not songs is a tad harsh, in my opinion.

Why did 808 State do well? Because they are a damn good band. Notice I said "are", because they are still active. They don't record albums anymore, but they still do production work and main-man Graham Massey still churns out the odd solo effort. 21 years after they formed, they can still pull a crowd. Who else from that period (apart from The Prodigy) can manage that? Answer: no-one.

I haven't taken a pill in my life, yet I love their music.

808 are f*** great!

[StevePSB]

808 are f***ing great!

Amen to that!


StevePSB

[transforce]

I have also lived my life completely drug free, but 808 State rock! Bring back the beepy house/techno of the early nineties. Bassline....