Monday, June 15, 2020

Day 0652 - 90

808 State "90" (1989)


Another album that the book refers to as "Manchester/Madchester" and "Acid House", even though it sounds completely different from the other two on the list that classed under that heading.  I guess it's similar to Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden all being labelled as 'grunge' in the 90s, even though they were playing fairly different styles of music (with one or two common factors).

This to me is early electronic/EDM: thumping beats, interesting synth sounds.  There are minimal vocals, and when they are there, they seem more like a looped instrument rather than the central 'feature' of the tracks.   Great album, really interesting stuff.

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