Newbuild (album)

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Newbuild
Newbuild (808 State album - cover art).png
Studio album by
808 State
ReleasedSeptember 1988
RecordedJanuary 1988
GenreAcid house[1]
Length39:39
LabelCreed
Producer
808 State chronology
Newbuild
(1988) 		Quadrastate
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic4.5/5 stars[1]
Alternative Press4/5[2]
OffBeat4/5 stars[3]
Pitchfork9.8/10[4]

Newbuild is the debut studio album by English electronic music group 808 State, released in September 1988 by Creed Records.[5] It was the only album recorded with founding member Gerald Simpson, who departed shortly afterward.[1]

The group recorded the album on tape found discarded outside the BBC's Manchester studios because it did not meet the organization's quality requirements.[4] The album was named after a local council housing project.[4]

Release[]

In a 1988 review, OffBeat described the album as "compulsive stuff, you don't exactly listen to it, more like feeel the frequencies... and respond."[3] In 1999, Alternative Press called it an "artificial dystopia" in which the tracks "strip away the soul of Detroit techno and replace it with a cold and rhythmic paranoia."[2]

Later techno artists Aphex Twin and Autechre have saluted the album as a major influence.[1] The former reissued the album on his Rephlex label in 1999.[1] He stated: "It was the next step after Chicago acid, and as much as I loved that, I could relate much better to 808 State. It seemed colder and more human at the same time."[6]

A collection of unreleased material from the era was released in 2004 as Prebuild.

Track listing[]

  1. "Sync/Swim" – 6:20
  2. "Flow Coma" – 6:01
  3. "Dr. Lowfruit (4 A.M. Mix])" – 7:36
  4. "Headhunters" – 5:02
  5. "Narcossa" – 5:17
  6. "E Talk" – 4:01
  7. "Compulsion" – 5:22

Personnel[]

  • Performer, writer – Gerald Simpson, Graham Massey, Martin Price
  • Engineer – Graham Massey
  • Artwork – Metropark
  • Design – Johnson & Panas

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Bush, John. "Newbuild – 808 State". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Hampton, Justin (September 1999). "808 State: Newbuild". Alternative Press (134): 97. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Mellor, Christopher (November 1988). "808 State: Newbuild". OffBeat (3). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Cooper, Paul. "808 State: Newbuild". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 17 June 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. ^ "808 State Discography". 808State.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. ^ Stuart Aitken (February 2005). "Acid Muthas Mental". Mojo Magazine.



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