808 State: Electro Therapy
John Robb, Sounds, 2 March 1991
808 STATE are one of the few genuine 'pop groups' of the underground scene. Not for them a bunch of hairy '60s riffs or ideologies, 808 State have capitalised on dance music's forward march and, with Ex El, they're destined to be massive. JOHN ROBB goes into overdrive.
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