Newbuild

by 808 State

Newbuild cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: September 1988
  • Label: Creed
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 39:41
  • Community rating: 3.43/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Graham Massey, Martin Price, Gerald Simpson

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Recorded largely live in the studio using vintage Roland equipment, this influential release is widely cited as the first British acid house album. The raw, squelching basslines and hypnotic drum machine rhythms were instrumental in shaping the emerging Manchester dance music scene.

Genres

Descriptors: repetitive, rhythmic, instrumental, sampling, minimalistic

Tracklist

  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)

Credits

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