It's 1991, the height of the Madchester' phenomenon, and 808 State have released four albums, two of which go on to become acid house classics (including 90 - SALVOMDCD04), with the fourth breaking through to the Radio 1 playlist and mass media appeal. The first single from that fourth album ex:el - Cubik/Olympic - reached number ten in November 1990. For Graham Massey, 808 State's head honcho, Cubik was a progression musically, again giving him the chance to add real' instruments across the technology of techno. The band may have been famous for taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine but, for Graham, the instrument that coloured a great deal of ex:el was the newest Roland keyboard of the time, the JD-800.
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