808 State 'Pacific State' (greg wilson electric chair edit) by gregwilson published on 2011-07-14T08:18:37Z 808 State ‘Pacific State’ (greg wilson electric chair edit) 130 bpm Never previously shared. Madchester anthem from 1989, which, along with ‘WFL’ by the Happy Mondays, ‘Voodoo Ray’ by A Guy Called Gerald and ‘Fools Gold’ by the Stone Roses, encapsulates the time when the rainy city was at the epicentre of the dance universe. Twenty years later I included it as the closing track on my Essential Mix (http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/essential-mix-greg-wilson-mix-for-bbc-radio-1), and, as with the opening track, the Dimitri From Paris edit of ‘Down To Love Town’ by The Originals, it features Jesse Jackson’s invocation from the 1972 Wattstax festival (which had previously been used to such great effect by Andrew Weatherall in his remix of ‘Come Together’ by Primal Scream). However, I originally put this together not for the Essential Mix, but to open my appearance at the Electric Chair Last Supper on December 29th 2007. A number of previous guests had been invited to play for half an hour each, as the decision had been made to close this Manchester institution whilst it was still at the height of its popularity. As things worked out, I was the final guest to deejay at this cherished club night - only the residents played after me. I wanted to pay my respects in a proper manner, evoking the spirit of Manchester past, back through the halcyon late 80’s days of The Haçienda to my own time there in ’83, and at Legend beforehand, via a handful of track selections that reflected the spirit of this great music city, for which the Electric Chair, soon to be no more, had written a further chapter. You can stream / download the mix here: http://soundcloud.com/gregwilson/electric-chair-last-supper-29 The purpose of this edit was purely to extend the intro of the ‘Pacific 707’ version to suitably build into Jesse Jackson's poignant words before the beats kick in, whilst adding some subtle ambience to add to the overall atmospheric of this wonderful track, which always struck me as a ‘Stranger On The Shore’ for the Rave generation (the evocative 1961 single by clarinettist Acker Bilk, the first British recording to reach #1 in the USA). Greg Wilson – July 2011 Genre Edit Comment by amber7…Grooves…☯️🙏🏽👌🏼👍🏽👌🏼☮️🍀🍀😳😳🌈🌈🌈😎🎶🎶🍄🍄🍄 💚💚💚💚💚 2023-11-05T07:27:16Z Comment by JAKARTA ✮ This track is gold 2023-09-15T00:24:33Z Comment by moxx touches my heart so much ♥️♥️♥️ 2023-08-04T22:49:38Z Comment by Jayavarman44 EpiC💫 2023-06-15T09:08:10Z Comment by Geeman79 🎧 this version of a timeless classic is fucking brilliant and it's lit, brother 🔥 2023-03-04T14:17:29Z Comment by kenny_e68 Absolute Joy This Track 2022-12-19T16:15:28Z Comment by Noodles 🔥1989, Pordenone, Italia, forever emblazed!🔥 2022-12-16T21:03:07Z Comment by Chammie pebby thank you 😊 💓 ☺️ 💗 💛 2022-12-02T21:15:37Z Comment by MichaelJames81 ❤️✝️ 2022-11-16T08:17:19Z Comment by MichaelJames81 8010 2022-11-08T08:10:21Z Comment by Sarah Nelson 39 goosebumps 2022-11-06T18:55:56Z Comment by Alex McFifth(Funky lover) lucky to hear this when it came out 2022-08-02T05:32:01Z Comment by International continental....😎 Good daze🤩 2022-06-18T23:25:37Z Comment by Andre Makell 808 State is the best song ever !!! 2022-01-09T01:19:55Z Comment by E Rah 8 El placebo entertained 2021-11-28T16:10:07Z Comment by jr 808 2021-10-14T01:12:13Z Comment by wez This is by far the most greatest entro 2021-08-10T00:11:31Z Comment by Me11:11ow Always loved this tune! 2021-04-25T13:27:42Z Comment by Mark Picton Sssweeeeeet chooooooon x 2021-03-03T19:03:11Z Comment by Mark Picton Fukn choooon 2021-03-01T20:52:18Z Comment by jr 808 state....YEP. 2021-02-22T16:24:26Z Comment by Tanya Viteri Brilliant! 2021-02-19T01:00:59Z Comment by jr Badass.. 2020-12-24T15:46:09Z Comment by ihateblonde HEAVENLY 2020-11-06T22:33:55Z Comment by Rhea 🙌🏼✨ 2020-10-24T12:56:26Z Comment by User 769155364 the feelz. 2020-08-31T11:01:56Z Comment by CHANNƎL I do remember well the day i was at the chair and we all pulled down the camom ontop of us all.. - thanks to manchester and the people at the electric./.. SHARE 2020-05-19T08:00:09Z Comment by Telfa just awesome.... 2020-02-16T08:55:06Z Comment by Stephen Hope Arghhhhhggg mate 2020-02-15T21:55:19Z Comment by Peter Hughes Still here 2019-12-12T19:49:19Z