808 State

Initially fuelled by the emergent music technology of the late Eighties, 808 State came to define their inimitable style and sounds, combining human warmth and delicacy to modern machine music to create abstract, artistic techno with harder melodic edges that has remained timeless throughout their career. Initially defined to many with their breakthrough singles “Pacific”, “Cubik” and “In Yer Face”, released across fine imprints such as ZTT and the Tommy Boy in the United States, the band were the first electronica band to craft long form dance music albums, well before the likes of Leftfield and Orbital to whom they are often compared released their debut LPs.