Time Tunnel 10 main artist 808 State Djs.   H.A.N.D productions has signed legendary 808state dj:s  Darren Partington and Andrew Barker aka The Spinmasters to headline this year's Time Tunnel 10 Anniversary. 808 State members are true pioneers of electronic music, having influenced electronic genre since late 80's. In addition to numerous own productions, they have remixed, produced and written music for Björk, David Bowie, Future Sound Of London and Shamen to name but a few. See 808 State bio below. Ten years of quality electronic music in Time Tunnel event is an achievement in Finnish club scene and what is a better way to celebrate the big 10, than bringing in some legends to party with us. Other artists and timetables with detailed information will be released in june/july 2003. Date 30.08.2003 Time 22-04 Place Ravintola Foxia, Oulu Agelimit K-18 Manchester, England's finest acid music combo of the early 90s was founded by Martin Price, owner of the city's influential Eastern Bloc record shop, and Graham Massey, who had previously worked in a café opposite the shop. Together with Gerald Simpson, they began recording as a loose electro/house collective, releasing “Newbuild” in 1988. Simpson subsequently left to form his own ”A Guy Called Gerald” vehicle, and was replaced by Darren Partington and Andrew Barker. These two young DJs were working together as the “Spin Masters” and were regular visitors to Eastern Bloc, proffering a variety of tapes in the hope of securing a deal with Price's Creed label. “Quadrastate”, which included some input from Simpson, helped to establish the new line-up as premier exponents of UK dance music, with the attendant "Pacific State" single becoming a massive underground hit which crossed over to the UK Top 10 at the end of 1989. “Ninety”, the band's debut for ZTT, became an instant rave classic and established them as a commercial force. Further UK hits followed with "Cubik/Olympic" (number 10, November 1990) and "In Yer Face" (number 9, February 1991). Ex:El featured guest vocals from New Order's Bernard Sumner on "Spanish Heart", and Sugarcubes vocalist Björk on "Oops" and "Qmart". In October 1991, Price declined to tour the USA with the band, electing to work on solo projects instead. 808 State persevered with another fine album, 1993's Gorgeous, which saw a new rash of collaborations. Featured this time were Ian McCulloch (Echo And The Bunnymen) adding vocals to "Moses", and samples from the Jam's "Start', UB40's "One In Ten” and even Star Wars "Darth Vader”. Massey occupied himself with co-writing Björk's "Army Of Me" single and other material on her 1995 collection, “Post”, before 808 State regrouped for the following year's Don Solaris album. Adopting a more experimental approach than the early 90s work, the album featured guest vocalists from Manic Street Preacher's James Dean Bradfield and Ragga. In late 90’s the 808:88:98 compilation was released including several new mixes. Since the release of this album, Massey, Partington and Barker have continued to work on new material while undertaking various remix projects. In late 2002 a long waited new 808 State album “Outpost Transmission” came out on Shadow Records. Nothing much has changed - 808 State are still producing machine music that’s as mind-blowing as it is catchy. Much like their southern contemporaries Orbital, this is brain massaging music that can make you feel jazzy, dance - whirring effects, solid beats and layer upon layer of warm synths. What about 808 djs sets then? By Andrew Barkers own words: "We mix it up. It is a mixture of tuff house, breaks and techno. Between me and Darren, you’ll get a cross section of every type of dance music you hear or have heard, the best of it. Basically, we play a party set so, if you’re there in the crowd, don’t bother staring at us ’cause we’re not going to entertain you. We just want to see you dance!" And last a list of artists 808 State and Graham Massey have remixed, worked together or produced. Been there - done that. What a remix CV! A Certain Ratio - Art of Noise - Audioweb - Arthur Baker - Afrika Bambaataa - Edward Barton - Biting Tongues - Björk - Blue Pearl - Bomb the Bass - David Bowie - Naomi Campbell- Candyflip - Compulsion - DJ Evolution - Electronic - Finitribe - Frankie goes to Hollywood - Future Sound of London - Gong - Jon Hassel - Heitor - Haruomi Hosono - Hooverphonic - Icehouse - Inspiral Carpets - Intastella - James - Quincy Jones - Tom Jones - K Klass - Lamb - Lynda Law - Locust - Magga Stina - Mansun - Massonix - MC Tunes - Mohamed - Robert Owens - Pizzicato 5 - Primal Scream - R.E.M. - Rolf Harris - Santa Cruz - Shamen - Shimmer - Siouxsie & the Banshees - Something Wonderful - Soundgarden - Sub Sub - Sugarcubes - Suns of Arqa - Sunsonic - Surf Coasters - Takahashi - TC 1995 - Texas - Wendel Williams - Yellow Magic Orchestra - YES. More about 808 State. Date 30.08.2003 Time 22-04 Place Ravintola Foxia, Oulu Agelimit K-18