808 State是英国的电子乐队，在曼彻斯特成立于1988年。他们的名字来源于Roland TR-808这个鼓器和成员间所共有的"意志"之意 。 　　这个名字的第二个意思，在美国，"808 State"代表的是夏威夷，"808"来自于它的电话区号。第二个可能性是这是他们第一首单曲的名字。 “808族”1988年组建于英国的曼彻斯特。在近十年来，他们已是英国最长命的泰克诺乐队之一，而至今听起来还是那么新潮。他们以1989年的单曲仟口平局面》(PacificState)一炮打晌，跨越欧洲，而他们的《爱之夏》(SummerofLove)则成为了乐队的经典名曲。紧随单曲而至的是两张专辑《新建设》(Newbuild，1988)和1989年的<四维区》(Qua&os—rate)，专辑在曼彻斯特传奇性的EasternBloc唱片店发行。后来，“808族”以独特的制作手法形成了自成一派的风格，更加商业化，也成了大多数俱乐部的主题歌。 　　808 State are an English electronic music group, formed in 1987 in Manchester, taking their name from the Roland TR-808 drum machine. They were formed by Graham Massey, Martin Price and Gerald Simpson, and they released their debut album, Newbuild, in September 1988. 　　The band secured commercial success in 1989, when their song "Pacific State" was picked up by BBC Radio 1 DJ Gary Davies。 　　Newbuild was released on Price's own record label. In an interview with Mojo magazine in 2005, Graham Massey explained that the album was recorded over the course of a winter weekend in January 1988 at Spirit Studios, Manchester. The album was named after a Bolton housing co-operative. The record was re-released in 2005 on Aphex Twin's Rephlex Records. Aphex Twin was a huge fan of the record: "It was the next step after Chicago acid, and as much as I loved that, I could relate much better to 808 State. It seemed colder and more human at the same time." 　　Around the same time, the band also recorded an acid house version of New Order's "Blue Monday". A favourite at The Haçienda's Hot Night, the recording was believed lost until Autechre's Sean Booth asked Massey to dig through his archive of old material. The record was released in 2004 by Rephlex Records. "We didn’t put a lot of thought into it but maybe that’s its charm," said Massey at the time.