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Newbuild is the debut studio album by English electronic music group 808 State, released in September 1988 by Creed Records.[5] It was the only album recorded with founding member Gerald Simpson, who departed shortly afterward for a solo career.[1]

Newbuild
Studio album by 808 State
Released	September 1988
Recorded	January 1988
Genre	Acid house[1]
Length	39:39
Label	Creed
Producer	Graham Massey Martin Price Gerald Simpson
808 State chronology
Newbuild (1988) Quadrastate (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Alternative Press	4/5[2]
OffBeat	[3]
Pitchfork	9.8/10[4]

The group recorded the album on tape found discarded outside the BBC's Manchester studios because it did not meet the organization's quality requirements.[4] The album was named after a local council housing project.[4]

Release

In a 1988 review, OffBeat described the album as "compulsive stuff, you don't exactly listen to it, more like feeel the frequencies... and respond."[3] In 1999, Alternative Press called it an "artificial dystopia" in which the tracks "strip away the soul of Detroit techno and replace it with a cold and rhythmic paranoia."[2]

Later techno artists Aphex Twin and Autechre have saluted the album as a major influence.[1] The former reissued the album on his Rephlex label in 1999.[1] He stated: "It was the next step after Chicago acid, and as much as I loved that, I could relate much better to 808 State. It seemed colder and more human at the same time."[6] He also made a remix of "Flow Coma" in his 2001 EP 2 Remixes by AFX.[7]

A collection of unreleased material from the era was released in 2004 as Prebuild.

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Performer, writer – Gerald Simpson, Graham Massey, Martin Price
• Engineer – Graham Massey
• Artwork – Metropark
• Design – Johnson & Panas

References

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