Altern 8 -- The Vertigo EP Label: Network Records Catalog#: NWKT 24 Format: Vinyl, 12", EP, Limited Edition, Silver Country: UK Released: 1991 Style: Breakbeat, Techno Tracklist A: Infiltrate 202 Sampler [Guest] -- Astrix & Space, James Hamilton 7:08 B1: Real Time Status (Hand Of God Remix) 5:15 B2: The 1st Of May 5:42 Credits: Producer, Written-By -- Chris Peat, Mark Archer Notes: Mastered at JTS Studios, Produced for Nexus 21 Productions. Track A samples 808 state 'Pacific State', 'I Know' by Candi Staton and Jungle Crew 'Elektric Dance'. Track B1 samples vocal from 'You Have To Understand' by Liz Torres. Silver disc release is probably a mispressing. Side B runs at about 116 BPM whereas it should be about 125 BPM. The right durations are about 4:48 for B1 and 5:12 for B2. Altern 8 Profile: Altern-8 is an Early UK Rave music duo band featuring Mark Archer and Chris Peat. They were one of the UK rave bands of the late 1980s and early 1990s whose trademark was loud electroni! c tracks with a heavy bass line. Altern-8's members wore facemasks and chemical warfare suits. The band was signed to Network Records based in Stratford House, Birmingham, England. Altern-8 was formed in Stafford in 1990, as a side project to the already successful Nexus 21 (a name chosen because of its "futuristic House sound), when both members were 21. From the outset the band's objective was to develop their style which was heavily influenced by the musical elements of other Detroit House music ...
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