808 State Discussion

Just thought I would share my brief report from last week's Planet of Love Festival here in Finland, which featured Hacienda Room and many Mancunain songs and influences, including 808's "Pacific". Planet of Love, Helsinki (05/12/2006) Main Hall I Planet Of Love (1) Mr A; Orkidea; Der Drit...

Their website has just been updated with some info about the opening weekend... It's all been refurbished and they now have 3 different rooms: Basement, Bar, Boutique Friday 22 September (11pm - 5am) £8 Greg Vickers, Plump DJ's, Iain Taylor, Pony-Jamie Jones, Frenchie & Friends, Nutopians (Tony ...

Does anybody know when Sankey's is re-opening...?

(Last time I heard it was sometime September/October)

Anyone else seen/heard this new compilation album? Disc 1 Happy Mondays - Step On The Charlatans - The Only One I Know James - Come Home New Order - Blue Monday '88 The Stone Roses - Sally Cinnamon The Farm - Groovy Train Shamen - Move Any Mountain 808 State - Pacific State Adamski - N-R-G The Belov...

Can you mix mp3 tunes on this too? or just midi files? Or can anyone else suggest an alternative...?? I've been trying a few different mixing progs, but haven't found the right one for me yet. I'm only an amature/beginner DJ, so don't want anything too complicated/difficult to learn. I just want to ...

Brilliant night!!!! :D I'm still recovering now, my legs are aching and I'm still really tired. The tunage was excellent from The 808 Boys and all the other acts/DJ's. I'm just trying to think of some of the different songs that everyone played now, but here's what i can remember so far (in no parti...

I was at the Manchester Arena too - The Prodge were absolutely awesome!! I have seen them live 4 times now and that night was the best yet. I like all their songs, but I do prefer some of there early stuff, so it was really cool to hear Charly & Out Of Space at the end. I didn't think that Audio...

it depends on your budget, as you can spend a lot of money on really good quality headphones. But I got a pair of "Numark HF125" headphones for under £10 and have been very impressed with them.

Whatever happened to Matt Thompson? Does he still DJ on Radio / in clubs? I used to love listening to him (and of course the 808 State Boys before/afterwards) DJ'ing back in the day of Kiss 102. Especially the crossover bits, where the the 808 boys would just take the mic out of Matt all the time (l...

nikking wrote:

TurboManc wrote:
I'm coming...

It'll be the 4th time that i've seen 808 State... I can't wait!!

A DJ set, not a live set, though...

Sorry for posting in the wrong section, i knew that it was a DJ set on Saturday, rather than a "LIVE" set.

I have experienced both and enjoyed both!!

I'm coming...

It'll be the 4th time that i've seen 808 State... I can't wait!!