Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Intro 2. Bond - (featuring M Doughty) 3. Bird 4. Azura - (featuring Louise Rhodes) 5. Black Dartangnon 6. Joyrider 7. Lopez - (featuring James Dean Bradfield) 8. Balboa 9. Kohoutek 10. Mooz - (featuring Ragga) 11. Jerusahat 12. Banacheq
DISC 2: 1. Spanish Marching [Fonphone Mix] - (remix) 2. Joyrider [A Natural Mix] - (remix) 3. Baton Rouge [Cajun Mix] - (remix) 4. Lopez [Instrumental] 5. Mondays [Part One] 6. Relay [Wool Hall Mix One] - (remix) 7. Goa 8. Bonded 9. Paradan 10. Chisler, The 11. Lopez [Brian Eno Mix] - (remix) 12. Joyrider [Sure Is Pure Remix] - (remix)
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | James Dean Bradfield, Louise Rhodes, M Doughty, Ragga | | Producer: | Andy Barker (Reissue), Darren Partington (Reissue), Graham Massey (Reissue) | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes 808 State: Darren Partington, Graham Massey, Andy Barker. Personnel: M Doughty (vocals). Audio Mixers: 808 State; Al Stone. Easily the most diverse and experimental album in 808 State's eclectic catalog, DON SOLARIS seemed to fall on deaf ears at the time of its release. A pity, because repeated listenings reveal that here the band digs further into its electronic arsenal to come up with a multi-hued and varied album. "Bond," for instance, opens with angelic synth bells and trills, then morphs into a traditionally 808 State-style thumping bassline, featuring the kind of vocals first brought to prominence on the previous GORGEOUS. "Azura" is a simply beautiful piece, with whispery, floating electronics eventually giving way to a calvacade of pumping drum-and-bass rhythms and diva vocals. "Kohoutek" distills the dense arrangements that are at the center of this inventive recording. Here, strange environmental sounds clash with clattering steel pans, house-y piano rhythms, and gelatinous bass grooves, as 808 State merges exotica with contemporary electronic dance music.
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