808 Dot Pop

 

808 Dot Pop is a new project started by Passenger S of Metroland and is something Gary Hunter (KRAFTman) has been involved with right from the start, in an unofficial capacity, hearing initial demo's of songs right through to the finished music for the album and then had the pleasure of making video's for 3 singles to be released by 808 Dot Pop, including the debut single "Blackbodies", which was released in 2 parts, "Blackbodies (Pulsation)" EP, which features the lead track and a track called "Cie1960 (Color Space)" . "Blackbodies (Variation)" EP, featured the variation version of "Blackbodies", Cie1960 (Expanded Color Space) and "Kelvin 3500", providing a fabulous taster for the forthcoming album "The Colour Temperature", due out in the summer of 2020

 

Gary has made a video for 2 versions of Blackbodies, you can view the video for "Blackbodies (Pulsation)" here.

 

 

808 Dot Pop recently announced further "Blackbodies" releases, a special 7 Inch vinyl record, which features "Blackbodies (Dislocation)" on the 'A' side and "Kelvin (3500) on the 'B' side, again Gary made a video for this version of "Blackbodies", which can be viewed here. Also available is a special 5 track Digital Download "Blackbodies (Radiation) EP", which featured the lead track, 2 versions of a new track called "RGB", the B side "Gamma Rays" and a KRAFTman remix of "Gamma Rays", Gary's first ever official remix.

 

The album "The Colour Temperature" was released on June 5th and will features 12 tracks in total, the digital download edition has a bonus track "The Colour Mix", a 20 minute mega-mix of tracks featured on the album.

 

The CD is available to order here and the Digital Download edition can be pre-ordered here

 

The Colour Temperature Track Listing:

 1. Planck's H

2. Illuminants

3. Radiation Laws

4. The Tungsten Filament

5. Blackbodies (Radiation) (Ft Noemi Aurora)

6. Kelvin (2700)

7. Thermal Contact

8. The White Tone Of Lamps

9. Ultraviolet

10. Incandescent (Iridium)

11. Thermodynamica

12. Inside The Light Bulb

13. The Colour Mix (Digital Download Only)

On the 18th June 2020, 808 Dot Pop released their second single "Incandescent", a track off their recent album "The Colour Temperature".

The 2 track digital download "Incandescent (Chromium) EP", features the tracks "Incandescent (Chromium)" and the non album track "Metal Halide".

 

The 3 track digital download "Incandescent (Platinum) EP", features the tracks "Incandescent (Platinum)", Metal Halide (Mercury" and another new track "Seeing Heat".

 

In addition a special 7 inch vinyl single is also available, which is strictly limited and features the tracks ""Incandescent (Tantalum)" and "Seeing Heat", the single also comes with a special postcard.

 

    On November 5th 2020, 808 Dot Pop released a further single called "Kelvin (4200)", which was released on 7 Inch Vinyl featuring 2 tracks, the A side "Kelvin (4200)" and the B side "Planck's H (Boltzmann Edit)". You can view the official promo video for the single on YouTube here, In addition a 2 track Digital Download edition was released, which featured the tracks "Kelvin (5600)" and "Boltzmann's K" and finally a 3 track Digital Download edition was released, that featured the tracks "Kelvin (7300)", "Planck's H (Boltzmann mix)" and "Kelvin (4500)

     

    On the 4th March 2021, 808 Dot Pop released the single "Ultraviolet", a single off the album "The Cubic Temperature", an album of re-worked versions of tracks by fellow Belgian musician Cubic, that featured on the album "The Colour Temperature". The single features 3 Digital Download packages, "Ultraviolet (Phototonic)" featured 4 remixes of Ultraviolet by my.cosmo and Implant as well as 2 mixes by 808 Dot Pop. "Ultraviolet (Pentatonic)", featured 2 mixes of "Ultraviolet". The 3rd Digital Download "Ultraviolet (Diatonic)" features a collection of classical tracks, my.cosmo's p[iano version of "Ultraviolet" and 808 Dot Pop's take on the classical tracks "Trois Gymnopedies No1" and "Canon In D"

    The album "The Cubic Temperature" was released on March 26th 2021, this is a remix album, fellow Belgian musician Cubic was approached to remix various tracks from the album "The Colour Temperature" as well as tracks from associated releases, including B sides and is the final release for this particular project. The album features 11 tracks (12 on the digital dlownload edition) and is available on both CD and as a digital download.

     

    The CD is available to order here and the Digital Download edition is available here

     

    The Cubik Temperature Track Listing:

     1. Cie 1960 (Chromaticity)

    2. Kelvin (4500)

    3. Blackbodies (Lampblack)

    4. Thermodynamica (Neon)

    5. Illuminants (Measured)

    6. Ultraviolet (Photonic)

    7. Thermal Contact (Cryogenic)

    8. Planck's H (Boltzmann)

    9. The White Tone Of Lamps (Halogen)

    10. Seeing Heat (Peripheral)

    11. Inside The Light Bulb (Porcelain)

    12. Inside The Light Bulb

    13. The Cubic Mix (Digital Download Only)

    On the 4th March 2022 808 Dot Pop released a new EP called "Sun Catcher", in total 4 EP's were released, including extended versions EP, a Remix EP and another EP that featured remixes by Metroland's Passenger A.

    Suncatcher

     1. Catching The Sun

    2. As Stars Go The Sun Is Just Right

    3. Looking for the sun

    (Extended) Suncatcher

     1. Catching The Sun (Extended Version)

    2. As Stars Go The Sun Is Just Right (Extended Version)

    3. Looking For The Sun (Extended Version)

    (Remixed) Suncatcher

     1. Catching The Sun (Tom Bro Remix)

    2. As Stars Go The Sun Is Just Right (Elektrostaub Remix)

    3. Looking For The Sun (Rector Scanner Remix)

    (Lectreau) Suncatcher

     1. Catching The Sun (Eclipse Mix Edit By Lectreau)

    2.Catching The Sun (Eclipse Mix By Lectreau)

    3. Catching The Sun (Eclipse Mix Dub By Lectreau)

    808 Dot Pop released 2 brand new EP's on the 20th January 2023, a taster for the new album all about the world of radio, the 2 EPs AM685 and FM 101.4 both feature different versions of the lead track "Marconi" as well as, other new songs.

     

    AM 685 Digital Download Track Listing

      1. Marconi (Large Scale Measurements)

     2. The Detector (Bypassed)

     3. Voices

     4. Marconi (VS 580-12)

    FM 101.4 Digital Download Track Listing

      1. Marconi (On The Radio)

     2. The Detector

     3. RCA AR 88 LF

    On March 25th 808 Dot Pop released 2 albums, with the concept of the World of Radio, the albums "AM1350" and "FM 88.2". Both albums have been released on CD, with a special Digital Download album called "AM 720" On this set of albums Kraftman has co-written a few of the tracks!

     

    FM 88.2 CD Track Listing

      1. Pop Radio FM

     2. RCA Ar-812

     3. A Cycle Per Second

     4. Heinrich Hertz

     5. Osterreich 3

     6. Distant Voices (On The Radio)

     7. Cat’s Whisker

     8. Galena

     9. Modulation

    10. Capacitor

     11.  Marconi

    12. Morse Code

    13. Antenna

    14. Closedown FM

     

    AM 1350 CD Track Listing

      1. Pop Radio AM

     2. AM/FM

     3. Sing

     4. Distant Voices

     5. Syntonic Telegraphy

     6. Marconi (On The Radio)

     7. Radio Waves

     8. Jan Moedwil (Radio Belgie)

     9. The Detector

    10. Schumann Resonanz

     11. Crystal Radio

    12. Germanium

    13. Sinpo

    14. Closedown Am

    AM 720 CD Track Listing

      1. Pop Radio MW

     2. Marconi (On The Radio)

     3. Antenna

     4. Cat's Whisker

     5. Modulation

     6. Syntonic Telegraphy

     7. Schumann Resonanz

     8. Crystal Radio

     9. Capacitor

    10. Distant Voices (On The Radio)

     11. SINPO

    12. Closedown MW

    808 Dot Pop released 2 EP's on the 2nd June 2023, "FM96.9" and "AM 1040" both feature different versions of the lead track "Marconi" as well as, other new songs.

    AM 1040 Digital Download Track Listing

      1. Distant Voices (Long Distance Transmission)

     2. Modulation (Encoded)

     3. FM/AM

     4. Distant Voices (Sequence 5 Edit)

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    FM 96.9 Digital Download Track Listing

      1. Distant Voices (On The Radio)

     2. Modulation (On The Radio)

     3. The Boys Of Wireless

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    808 Dot Pop were featured in an Audio Documentary on White Lion Radio, you can listen to the documentary here