Newbuild (album)

Newbuild is the debut studio album by English electronic music group 808 State, released in September 1988 by Creed Records.[5] It was the only album recorded with founding member Gerald Simpson, who departed shortly afterward.[1]

Newbuild
Studio album by
808 State
ReleasedSeptember 1988
RecordedJanuary 1988
GenreAcid house[1]
Length39:39
LabelCreed
Producer
808 State chronology
Newbuild
(1988)		 Quadrastate
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Alternative Press4/5[2]
OffBeat[3]
Pitchfork9.8/10[4]

The group recorded the album on tape found discarded outside the BBC's Manchester studios because it did not meet the organization's quality requirements.[6] The album was named after a local council housing project.[7]

Release

In a 1988 review, OffBeat described the album as "compulsive stuff, you don't exactly listen to it, more like feeel the frequencies... and respond."[8] In 1999, Alternative Press called it an "artificial dystopia" in which the tracks "strip away the soul of Detroit techno and replace it with a cold and rhythmic paranoia."[9]

Later techno artists Aphex Twin and Autechre have saluted the album as a major influence.[1] The former reissued the album on his Rephlex label in 1999.[1]

A collection of unreleased material from the sessions was released in 2004 as Prebuild.

Track listing
  1. "Sync/Swim" – 6:20
  2. "Flow Coma" – 6:01
  3. "Dr. Lowfruit (4 A.M. Mix])" – 7:36
  4. "Headhunters" – 5:02
  5. "Narcossa" – 5:17
  6. "E Talk" – 4:01
  7. "Compulsion" – 5:22

Personnel
  • Performer, writer – Gerald Simpson, Graham Massey, Martin Price
  • Engineer – Graham Massey
  • Artwork – Metropark
  • Design – Johnson & Panas

References
  1. Bush, John. "Newbuild – 808 State". AllMusic. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  2. Hampton, Justin (September 1999). "808 State: Newbuild". Alternative Press (134): 97. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  3. Mellor, Christopher (November 1988). "808 State: Newbuild". OffBeat (3). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  4. Cooper, Paul. "808 State: Newbuild". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 17 June 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  5. "808 State Discography". 808State.com. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  6. Cooper, Paul. "808 State: Newbuild". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 17 June 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  7. Cooper, Paul. "808 State: Newbuild". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 17 June 2002. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  8. Mellor, Christopher (November 1988). "808 State: Newbuild". OffBeat (3). Retrieved 26 August 2017.
  9. Hampton, Justin (September 1999). "808 State: Newbuild". Alternative Press (134): 97. Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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