- Audio CD (6 Dec 2004)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Original recording reissued
- Label: S.R.D
- ASIN: B00000IN51
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 207,469 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Sync/Swim |
| 2. Flow Coma |
| 3. Dr. Lowfruit (4 A.M. Mix) |
| 4. Headhunters |
| 5. Narcossa |
| 6. E Talk |
| 7. Compulsion |
Product Description
Album Description
This was 808 State's first ever album released on Creed in 1988. At the time it only was available as a single piece of vinyl Back then the members of the band were Graham Massey, Martin Price & A Guy Called Gerald (Simpson). For the past 10 years the Aphex Twin has had this record in his record box. THE DEFINITIVE ACID HOUSE ALBUM FROM THE UK
About the Artist
Rip off or straight-up cultural exchange between the USA and Manchester? Graham Massey was never entirely sure. But one thing remains certain. A glitch occurred in the Transatlantic transfer of ideas and 1988s Newbuild was the product. As a group Massey, Martin Price and (a guy called) Gerald Simpson were never primarily interested in the increasing amount of dance music that was making its way out of Chicago and Detroit and towards Manchester between e86 and e88. The idea of ejackingf records meant little to 808 State. It was only with the advent of the full-on mental weirdness of the acid that the real connection was made and flashpoint achieved.
These were alien sounds. Sounds without cultural baggage. Sounds that didn't feel the need to sound real. These were the days before Roland had its renaissance. No-one wanted drum machines that sounded like drum machines. 808s, 909s and 303s were the slices of redundant technology youfd easily find at Johnny Roadhouse and other second-hand music shops around Manchester. 808fs technology on this album was far from eHif. Hi-tech meant expensive which meant out of the question. Original acid house like this became a necessity for three simple reasons: Inspiration, affordability, and availability.
Music of the future made by virtually redundant boxes might seem quite quaint now. But Newbuild was made before computers dominated production. All the sounds on this album, bar a few, are triggered by the drum machine. This is why you can hear mistakes on the album as it was laid down live to two-track tape recorder. Incidently the master tape, long since disintergrated, was nicked out of a skip from the back of the BBC, Manchester. It had been spliced and diced heavily enough to get binned even before 808 got their hands on it. The great thing about Newbuild now is that it hasnft been diminished by the passage of time. Itfs still dirty, cavernous, messy, full of mistakes and profoundly f***** up. Acid house from a brief period before it all went loved up, blissed out, whatever. Newbuild is unhinged, genuinely lysergic even made all the more vivid by the overwhelming sense of optimism that a new music was being formed right here and right now. The tyranny of formula had not yet made its presence felt on the scene.
The injustice, if you're looking for it, is that out of that whole Manchester scene of the time The Inspiral Carpets and The Stone Roses are seen as historyfs heroes. All the while Geraldfs Voodoo Ray and 808fs Newbuild were championing a whole new way of making music. A music that had no reference and didn't need or want anything to do with guitars. Listening to Newbuild today it still sound righteous, necessary, and inspired- The blueprint for any musician looking to start off on the right foot. Not even Acid Tracks itself sounds as good today as a track like Narcossa.
Not bad for an album named after a housing project in Bolton. Richard Hector-Jones
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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
I AGREE!!!
16 Jan 2004
Format:Audio CD
I agree with everything that's been said below. This is a classic album. It's energetic and fun. It's not an accessible album, it's lo-fi, and full of flaws. When I first got it, I agreed with the reviewer who gave it 1 star. (Nice to have, not to listen to.) A yaer later, I listen to it all the time. It's charmingly old-school, and right at the forefront of the creation of acid house as a genre. This is a fresh sound brewed with cheap, second-hand electronic boxes that, as the liner notes say, wants nothing to do with guitars. Yeah, it's dated, but so's Public Enemy and the Eurythmics and a lot of other stuff from the '80s. Good music can be flagrantly dated but still hold up and impress years later. This album is like that.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
The definitive acid house album
3 Dec 2009
Format:Audio CD
LIFE IN A SCOTCH RECORD SHOP VOLUME 2
[DATE: Saturday 28 January 1989, late afternoon]
ME (tentatively, hoping for "Voodoo Ray", not knowing it was called "Voodoo Ray" at that point): "D'ye have anything by A Guy Called Gerald"?
FAT BOB: "Naw, but we've got State 808 FEATURING A Guy Called Gerald?"
ME (tentatively, noting the £5.69 price tag is marginally over-budget): "Aye, alright then, looks pretty cool, I'll take it"
LATER back at home...
Miraculously I've ALSO managed to acquire a copy of New Order's "Technique" a whole 48 hours before its official release (a big deal that, pre-internet) via my brother who worked in a record shop (a big deal that, pre-internet) and its cost me another £4 (brother's staff discount though I'll have to skip lunch for the rest of the week as I'm way over my record budget for the first quarter of 1989).
Naturally, as New Order are my favourite band I put Technique on first. "Fine Time" sounds groundbreaking and a bit mad but I'm underwhelmed by the Balearic-Smiths sound of the remainder...
Then I put on "Newbuild"...and it sounds like the best music I've ever heard. Every track sounds like "Fine Time". A life-changing record.
THE RESULT: I don't buy a non-electronic record for another 5 years (seemed like a long time then - but back then some people only bought one record every 5 years).
Section 25 and Bernard Sumner discovered the sound, and Phuture refined it and gave it a name, but Messrs. Simpson/Massey/Price saw the potential to use "acid" to create a work of modern art that ultimately defies any sort of categorisation. Newbuild should stand proudly in everyone's record collection (remember those?) - filed in between Circuses and Bread (Remastered) and Mozart: Symphonies Nos.35 "Haffner", 36 "Linzer", 38 "Prager", 39, 40, 41 "Jupiter".
All you really need to know is that Newbuild was the only album outing for the original line up of 808 State and within that line-up you have the meeting of minds of two geniuses in Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson. If your perception of 808 State is "Pacific", "Cubik", "In Yer Face" etc - well, whether you like those tracks or not Newbuild is a COMPLETELY different animal.
No further explanation is possible (at least, not from me) or required. You just have to listen.
An all-time classic. Doesn't have "Voodoo Ray" on it though.
[DATE: Saturday 28 January 1989, late afternoon]
ME (tentatively, hoping for "Voodoo Ray", not knowing it was called "Voodoo Ray" at that point): "D'ye have anything by A Guy Called Gerald"?
FAT BOB: "Naw, but we've got State 808 FEATURING A Guy Called Gerald?"
ME (tentatively, noting the £5.69 price tag is marginally over-budget): "Aye, alright then, looks pretty cool, I'll take it"
LATER back at home...
Miraculously I've ALSO managed to acquire a copy of New Order's "Technique" a whole 48 hours before its official release (a big deal that, pre-internet) via my brother who worked in a record shop (a big deal that, pre-internet) and its cost me another £4 (brother's staff discount though I'll have to skip lunch for the rest of the week as I'm way over my record budget for the first quarter of 1989).
Naturally, as New Order are my favourite band I put Technique on first. "Fine Time" sounds groundbreaking and a bit mad but I'm underwhelmed by the Balearic-Smiths sound of the remainder...
Then I put on "Newbuild"...and it sounds like the best music I've ever heard. Every track sounds like "Fine Time". A life-changing record.
THE RESULT: I don't buy a non-electronic record for another 5 years (seemed like a long time then - but back then some people only bought one record every 5 years).
Section 25 and Bernard Sumner discovered the sound, and Phuture refined it and gave it a name, but Messrs. Simpson/Massey/Price saw the potential to use "acid" to create a work of modern art that ultimately defies any sort of categorisation. Newbuild should stand proudly in everyone's record collection (remember those?) - filed in between Circuses and Bread (Remastered) and Mozart: Symphonies Nos.35 "Haffner", 36 "Linzer", 38 "Prager", 39, 40, 41 "Jupiter".
All you really need to know is that Newbuild was the only album outing for the original line up of 808 State and within that line-up you have the meeting of minds of two geniuses in Graham Massey and Gerald Simpson. If your perception of 808 State is "Pacific", "Cubik", "In Yer Face" etc - well, whether you like those tracks or not Newbuild is a COMPLETELY different animal.
No further explanation is possible (at least, not from me) or required. You just have to listen.
An all-time classic. Doesn't have "Voodoo Ray" on it though.
3 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Highlighting awesome transformation
9 Sep 1999
Format:Audio CD
I was shocked and amazed to find this title at my local dealer last night and picked it up. I have been an avid collector and fan of 808 State since 1990 with the release of the Utd. 90 album and just missed picking this up nearly 10 years ago. Now, having finally heard what I missed so long ago, I'm am just impressed with the progressive style of music coming from the 808 State group. This album, although it only has 7 tracks, contains examples of their early work which range from poor conglomerates of MIDI sound to electronica comparable to sounds heard even in TODAY's underground scene. 808 State is a group of visionary leaders, and they have my unending gratitude and respect for opening my mind to new possibilities. Peace - Love - Unity - Respect, All.
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