#009 - 808 State - Andy Barker - Tony Ross - part one (of two) - Tales from the Rave

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03/26/20 • 49 min

Tales from the Rave

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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.

I have been building a website at derickkarma.com

Where you will be able to receive extra content related to Tales from the Rave, Dj mixes & And free exclusive remixes from me of some classic track from back in the day and links to all my social media feeds.

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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.

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derickkarma.com

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.

I have been building a website at derickkarma.com

Please give me alike, and a follow, check it at all out at derickkarma.com

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.

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#MIX001-Tales from the Rave Update-Derick Karma In The Mix

I just thought I would give you all an update about what I have been doing;

Since the first run of shows ended. I have been building a website.
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I am still adding content to the site at the moment, you will get to see all the content relating to Tales from the Rave and so much more, please check it out while you are listing to my Podcast.

Speaking about the first run of shows, I would like to thank the guests who showed a tremendous amount of faith by letting me interview them.

Listing them in the podcasts running order

#001 Brandon Block

DJ legend and man of the people.

#002 Rob Tissera

One of the most beautiful people you will ever meet and always willing to lend a helping hand.

#003 #004 Jay Wearden

Thanks, Jay you have been incredible , not only recording your episodes #003 and #004 but all the hard work you have put in in the background. Helping me secure some new future guests for Tales from the Rave and pushing Tales from the Rave on launch day the day after Boxing Day, Christmas week, giving up some of your family time it truly appreciated Jay,

Along with Danny Savage the main man himself at DJ Growth Lab, DJ Career Acadamy,

We all worked really hard that day and managed to get the Podcast into the iTunes Music podcast charts as a new entre straight in at number 4,

We were up against some really well-established podcasts that day and were the best performing dance music podcast,

Thanks, everyone for all your hard work,

I would also like to thank you, the listener for downloading, listening to, rating and leaving your reviews. They really helped with the chart position. I have loved reading them.

#005 #006 Nick Hussey,

Someone who I have been friends with for many, many years,

thanks for recording your episodes, Nick.

#007 #008 Rhythm Quest - Mark Hadfield

And finally, the guy who I swapped toy cars with at school know him since he was about five,

My old writing partner from our Rhythm Quest days and friend for life Mark Hadfield,

Thank you for everything you do for me, Mark, you are always willing to help me out,

I have got some fascinating guests coming up recorded and ready to let you hear their Tales from the Rave.

Starting with next weeks show where Andy Barker from 808 State. He shall be joining me along with his DJing partner Tony Ross, and We had such a laugh recording this one by far the funniest Tales from the Rave to date,

In the meantime here's a little DJ Mix I have recorded on my half live hybrid DJ setup, containing a few of my bootlegs which you can pick up for free on my website, along with the full tracklisting for the DJ mix.
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#010 - 808 State - Andy Barker - Tony Ross - part two (of two) - Tales from the Rave

derickkarma.com

In this episode, I shall be chatting with 808 States, Andy Barker and his DJ partner Tony Ross.

About 808 States legendary sell-out concert at GMEX Manchester at the height of Madchester,

Flying sheep and the show with the mighty KLF which never happened.

The 808 State Radio Show, from its early days at Sunset Radio to being taken off the air while having the most robust rates across the Galaxy Network and how they passed on messages live on air to the inmates in jail when the Manchester Strangeways riot was happening.

I have been building a website at derickkarma.com

Please give me alike, and a follow, check it at all out at derickkarma.com

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 up the Roland 808 and intertwining into the band's name.

Adding human warmth, to modern machine music to creating abstract, artistic techno with harder melodic edges that has remained timeless.

Tony Ross Djing since 87 inspired by the early house sounds which were filtering through from the USA. 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 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 sets.

Support the show