There were half a dozen bands that I discovered by watching the Video Jukebox Channel in the early 1990’s. Of these, my favorite has to be 808 State. The video was Cübik.
808 State was one of the early electronic Techno bands that I heard. The music was for the most part lyric free and looking at the video was made on a few computers in addition to actual musical instruments. It feels like a mash up of video games and club music with a dash of spacey sound effects. I really enjoy it.
I don’t know anybody else that had heard of 808 State. People seem to like them when I play some. It is hard to believe that I’ve had this album for 20 years. I can definitely see the progression from Switched-On Bach, to Tomita, to 808 State and onto the Techno and Dubstep that would follow.
Sadly this is another of those bands that I never really researched further. I bought their follow up Ex:El a couple years later but that is about it. I still enjoy 90. If you like some good beats and high energy electronic music you need to check out 808 State.
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