Tales from the Rave
Step into the time machine with "Tales from the Rave," a musical journey that transports you back to the second summer of love and beyond.
As a founding member of Rhythm Quest, renowned for the timeless club anthem "Closer To All Your Dreams," our host invites you to relive the exhilarating moments when electronic music was at its peak.
Join us as we reunite with old and new friends who shaped the electronic music landscape, offering you an exclusive glimpse into the thoughts of true pioneers from the inception of the scene. Each guest takes you on a thrilling voyage of musical discovery, delving into their carefully curated record collection, sharing the tracks that defined a musical era. Along the way, they'll unveil captivating "Tales from the Rave" – stories of underground raves, mesmerizing acid lines, and mind-bending experiences.
Explore the birth of the international touring DJ, from the euphoria of the dance floor to what really went down behind the scenes. It's all here, unveiled for your listening pleasure. So kick back, crank up the volume, watch your bass bins, I'm telling ya!!! and prepare to immerse yourself in the electrifying world of "Tales from the Rave." Get ready for a journey through the sounds of HOUSE...
Tales from the Rave
#009 - 808 State - Andy Barker - Tony Ross - part one (of two) - Tales from the Rave
In this episode, I shall be chatting with 808 State's, Andy Barker and his DJ partner Tony Ross.
About their musical journey, their early experiences at the legendary Hacienda,
lifetime friendships, networking, a sea of ideas flown in on the back of a white dove,
In The Corner at Fac 51 the Hacienda and how a collective of them went on to help shape what later became known as the Internationally renowned Madchester,
How they came to meet John the one who never speaks,
And after being book to play a gig in Amsterdam,
they spent a full day driving around trying to score weed for an Acid House legend.
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Andy Barker is a founding band member of 808 State.
The band where Initially fuelled by the emergent music technology of the late Eighties or as Andy puts it "It's all about the machines."
808 State love affair with their machines came to define their style and sound. Taking the Roland TR-808 drum machine and intertwining into the band's name.
It was adding human warmth, to modern machine music to creating abstract, artistic techno with harder melodic edges that has remained timeless.
With their breakthrough singles Pacific, Cubik and In Yer Face, released across labels such as ZTT and Tommy Boy in the United States, the band were the first electronica band to craft long-form dance music albums.
Tony Ross Djing since 87 inspired by the early House sounds which were filtering through from the United States. A regular at the Hacienda where Gramham Park and Jon Da Silva would stimulate his musical education.
Tony found himself DJing along with Sasha both becoming residents at the legendary Shelleys and playing out at far many more discerning club nights up and down the country, later going on to tour the world stage with Sasha and supporting 808 State with his DJ skills.