Graham Massey

808 State was named after Massey's favourite drum machine, the Roland TR-808, ironically later admitting that until the late 1980s they thought Roland drum machines were "severely uncool."[1] Massey had also been a member of the D.I.Y. band Danny and the Dressmakers doing a mixture of "bad" music and Gong covers (living up to their tagline "We don't play our instruments, we abuse them") and also bubblegum pop band Aqua in the early 1990s, along with violinist Graham Clark (also later of Gong).

Massey co-wrote and co-produced the tracks "Army of Me" and "The Modern Things" for Björk's album Post. Initially recorded in 1992 for her album Debut, they were not released until her second album Post in 1995. "Army of Me" was the first single off Post in May 1995, reaching number 10 in the UK Singles Chart.

Massey released the solo album Subtracks under the name Massonix on Skam Records. He has side projects with 'Toolshed' and 'Sisters of Transistors', he also recently remixed Brian Dougans's (of The Future Sound of London) track "Stakker Humanoid" for the remix album, "Your Body Sub Atomic". He has also remixed FSOL before on "Papua New Guinea".

In 2004 he worked as a composer for the score of the movie "It's All Gone Pete Tong"[2]

2008 saw the realization of a research project as the keyboard quartet Sisters of Transistors with whom he also plays live drums.[3] Massey provided lyrics and music to much of their debut album released in 2009.

Massey is part of the Part Time Heliocentric Cosmo Drama After School Club, a Sun Ra tribute band formed in 2013 by Paddy Steer.[4] The group performed at the BBC 6 Music Festival in March 2014.[5]

• Graham Massey discography at Discogs