Favorite use of the 808?

VCO8 · Post by **VCO8** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 11:12 am

Some of my favorites:

Yazoo - Only You (1982)

Doctor's Cat - Feel The Drive (1983)

Tangerine Dream - Poland (1984)

Genesis - Man on the Corner (1981)

Harold Faltermeyer - Top Gun Anthem (1986)

antilles · Post by **antilles** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:10 pm

Duran Duran - The Chauffeur (1982)

joeboy · Post by **joeboy** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 1:41 pm

Post by **Blue Monster 65** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:20 pm

One of many ...

EDIT: Man! I hadn't heard that Section 25 cut in ages. Sounded really good to me.

Walter Ego · Post by **Walter Ego** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 3:45 pm

Oppenheimer Analysis (and minimal wave in general). More restrained use--not using the hip-hop/high decay 808 kicks. I really like the snares on this one too.

elsongs · Post by **elsongs** » Thu Feb 19, 2015 8:58 pm

Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing."

Whenever people say, "Drum machines have no soul," I play this song to them, and they shut up.

ppg_wavecomputer · Post by **ppg_wavecomputer** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 12:30 am

VCO8 wrote:Tangerine Dream - Poland (1984)

The first 15 and final 6 minutes (although the final 6 minutes would be DMX almost exclusively).

In fact, this album prompted me to buy an 808 again (and acquire a DMX as well).

Stephen

commodorejohn · Post by **commodorejohn** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 3:50 am

I think mine has to be that one song. You know, the one where it goes boomp-tick-tick-tick-kchk-tick-tick-tick over and over and over.

mute · Post by **mute** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 5:22 am

here you go then john,

Mr Knesh · Post by **Mr Knesh** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 6:49 am

Holy frux Mute, that track is awesome as tits!

joeboy · Post by **joeboy** » Fri Feb 20, 2015 8:54 am

Blue Monster 65 wrote:Man! I hadn't heard that Section 25 cut in ages. Sounded really good to me.

It's even better on album because "Beneath the Blade" segues perfectly into it. Even if I'm just cherrypicking tracks I'll usually listen to them as one piece.

Best Factory band by far imo.

kalide · Post by **kalide** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 12:35 am

Single Cell Orchestra - Knockout Drops. 808 as percussion, and lead in so many ways.

Jabberwalky · Post by **Jabberwalky** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:47 am

nvbrkr · Post by **nvbrkr** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 10:14 am

Oh, yeah. "Sexual Healing".

I don't really like the snare. At least it should be doubled with something else. I often have hard time believing the 808 when used as such has been so popular even in mainstream radio, because it's about as lofi as it gets for snare sounds.

funbytes · Post by **funbytes** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 9:33 pm

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