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Although Manchester's first breakthrough acid house band hadn't disappeared entirely from the production scene, their sporadic recordings following 1993's Gorgeous were limited either to Japanese-only pressings or to members of their fan club, State to State. Don Solaris, the group's first widely available album in more than four years, is thus something of a return for the group. And somewhat surprisingly, it's accomplished stuff, successfully avoiding the twin slumps of blandness and derivativeness that so often attend the post-hiatus of once innovative groups. The album roams freely from anthemic acid house to trip-hop to jungle to dense, warping electro, with studio chops that raise well-written songs to a higher level of listenability. Although vocal contributions from the likes of M. Doughty of Soul Coughing, Louise Rhodes of Lamb, and James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers occasionally prove intrusive, the group deftly integrate pop song structure with a focused experimentalism.
© Sean Cooper /TiVo
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808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
M. DOUGHTY, FeaturedArtist - Danny Kadar, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Doughty, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
Aidan Love, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
Lou Rhodes, ComposerLyricist - 808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Louise Rhodes, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
John Phillips, ComposerLyricist - 808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Fisch, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
James Dean Bradfield, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicholas Jones, ComposerLyricist - 808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
Al Stone, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 Universal Music Operations Limited
808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
Ragnhildur Gísladóttir, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer - Al Stone, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - 808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ragga, FeaturedArtist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
808 State, MainArtist - Andrew Barker, ComposerLyricist - Graham Massey, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Darren Partington, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Andy Barker, Producer, Music Production, AssociatedPerformer - Edda Gisladottir, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
Album review
Although Manchester's first breakthrough acid house band hadn't disappeared entirely from the production scene, their sporadic recordings following 1993's Gorgeous were limited either to Japanese-only pressings or to members of their fan club, State to State. Don Solaris, the group's first widely available album in more than four years, is thus something of a return for the group. And somewhat surprisingly, it's accomplished stuff, successfully avoiding the twin slumps of blandness and derivativeness that so often attend the post-hiatus of once innovative groups. The album roams freely from anthemic acid house to trip-hop to jungle to dense, warping electro, with studio chops that raise well-written songs to a higher level of listenability. Although vocal contributions from the likes of M. Doughty of Soul Coughing, Louise Rhodes of Lamb, and James Dean Bradfield of the Manic Street Preachers occasionally prove intrusive, the group deftly integrate pop song structure with a focused experimentalism.
© Sean Cooper /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:55:46
- Main artists: 808 State
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ZTT Records
- Genre: Electronic
© 1996 ZTT Records Limited ℗ 2008 ZTT Records Limited
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