
Artist
808 State
808 State is a techno artist from Manchester, England, UK formed in 1988. 69 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Techno · Manchester, England, UK · Best techno albums
- 69
- Releases
- 1988–2026
- Active years
- 1988
- Formed

Artist
808 State is a techno artist from Manchester, England, UK formed in 1988. 69 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
Techno · Manchester, England, UK · Best techno albums

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Ninety
1989 · 8 tracks

Ex:el
1991

808:88:98
1998

Utd. State 90
1990

Don Solaris
1996

Gorgeous
1992

Forecast
1993

Outpost Transmission
2002
Hypnotic State
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Voiceprint - MC Tunes Vs. 808 State's Greatest Bits
2022

Pacific (The Tommy Boy Mixes)
2021

ESP: The 808 State Effect
2021

10x10
2021

Azura
2021

Lopez
2021

Cübik / Olympic
2021

Pacific808:98.Cübik98
2021

10x10 (The Tommy Boy Mixes)
2021

Pacific
2021

808 Archives (Pt. I)
2020

808 Archives (Pt. II)
2020

808 Archives (Pt. III)
2020

808 Archives (Pt. IV)
2020

Transmission Suite
2019

One In Ten
2018

Thermo Kings
2018

State to State 2
2016

The North At Its Heights (Expanded Edition)
2014
Blueprint
2011

State to State 3
2011

State to State 1
1994
Newbuild
1988

Island energy
Single · 2026

Kahalu'u boys
Single · 2025

Hawaii kai
Single · 2025

Dead bird drip
Single · 2025

Longshore pride
Single · 2025

Hk roots
Single · 2025

Hawaii kai born & raised
Single · 2025

New years eve in hawaii
Single · 2025

Hk phillies
Single · 2025

Dance Yourself To Death (The Dust Brothers Mixes)
EP · 2022

Primary Rhyming
EP · 2022

Pump
EP · 2022

Tunes Splits The Atom (The Creamatomic Alternative)
EP · 2022

Death04 (808 State Remix)
Single · 2022

The Only Rhyme That Bites
Single · 2022

Tunes Splits The Atom
Single · 2022

The Only Rhyme That Bites 99
Single · 2022

Bond
Single · 2021

Sawnoff Dali
EP · 2021

Bombadin (The Tommy Boy Remixes)
EP · 2021

Bombadin
EP · 2021

TimeBomb
EP · 2021

Insane Lover / Freak
EP · 2021

Plan 9
EP · 2021

Cübik (The Tommy Boy Mixes)
EP · 2021

Lift (The Tommy Boy Mixes)
EP · 2021

Lift / Open Your Mind
EP · 2021

The Extended Pleasure of Dance
EP · 2021

Moments In Love (The Massey Mixes)
Single · 2021

In Yer Face
Single · 2021

Initial Granada Report
EP · 2019

Subsequent Granada Report
EP · 2019

Ooops
Single · 2018

In Yer Face (Bicep Remixes)
Single · 2016

Sound And Vision Remix E.P.
EP · 2010
Prebuild
EP · 2004
Quadrastate
EP · 1989
808 State are an English electronic music group, formed in 1987 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine. They were formed by Graham Massey, Martin Price and Gerald Simpson, and they released their debut album, Newbuild, in September 1988. The band secured commercial success in 1989, when their song "Pacific State" was picked up by BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies. History Martin Price was the owner of a record shop, Eastern Bloc, and was also the founder of the independent record label, Creed. Customers Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson joined with Price to form a hip hop group called Hit Squad Manchester. Soon after, the band shifted to an acid house sound, recording the debut Newbuild in 1988, while using the name 808 State for the first time. Newbuild was released on Price's own record label. In an interview with Mojo magazine in 2005, Graham Massey explained that the album was recorded over the course of a winter weekend in January 1988 at Spirit Studios, Manchester. The album was named after a Bolton housing co-operative. The record was re-released in 2005 on Aphex Twin's Rephlex Records. Aphex Twin was a huge fan of the record: "It was the next step a…