Jars Of Fun!

Andrew Barker, 9th March 1968 - 6th November 2021. 

 

Side One

1) Can You Fly Like You Mean It? (Gungadin) (808 State Mix): Intastella ft. Shaun Ryder (1993)

2) Trailer Music (808 State Remix): Pizzicato Five (1997)

3) Pacific 303 (Remix): 808 State (1989)

4) Ooops (Utsula Head Remix): 808 State ft. Björk (1991)

5) Dedicated To Glam (Icehouse/808 Showdown) (Remix By 808 State): Icehouse (1993)

Side Two

1) Plan 9 (Guitars On Fire Mix): 808 State (1993)

2) Sound And Vision (808 Giftmix By 808 State): David Bowie (1991)

3) Halo (808 Dub) (Remix By 808 State): Texas (1997)

4) Body To Body (Vox Mix By 808 State): Soft Ballet (1992)

5) In Yer Face (Mancunian Delight): 808 State (1990)*

 

* This remix is from the US 12" of Cubik and to these ears sounds identical to the In Yer Face Mix on the UK single, bar a slight repeat of the looped ending.

Side One (23:05)

Side Two (22:57)

Sonic Shuffle

Yesterday's post on Billie Ray Martin and reference to Electribe 101 got me thinking about the confusion allegedly caused by "Finitribe 101" in 1991 (no, me neither). 

Any self-respecting John Peel listener would already be familar with Edinburgh's Finitribe, but 101 was - and is - personally their finest moment, particularly the remix by Andrew Weatherall which still sends a tingle down my spine whenever I hear it.

 

My 12" single is well-loved, very battered, crackly but not yet unplayable, not bad considering it's now 30 years old and has had hundreds of outings. The vinyl rip is also my most played Andrew Weatherall remix, according to my Apple Music playlist.

 

I was a little gutted at the time that the CD single and the otherwise excellent album An Unexpected Groovy Treat featured the Sonic Shuffle Edit rather the glorious full length 7-minute version and, to the best of my knowledge, the latter has never received a digital release. 

Whilst the Edit and Intensity mixes by Andrew Weatherall are head and shoulders above the other remixes by Graham Massey and Finitribe, the unedited Sonic Shuffle will always be the definitive version for me. I've included a less crackly rip, available on You Tube, for your listening pleasure.

101 (Sonic Shuffle) (Remix By Andrew Weatherall & Hugo Nicholson): Finitribe (1991)

Mass(ey) Production

Mondays (Part 1): 808 State (1997) (You Tube) (4:56)

 

The full length version of this song originally appeared on the excellent 1997 compilation, Foundations: Coming Up From The Streets, in support of The Big Issue Foundation.