Altern-8 is the hardcore/breakbeat rave duo consisting of Mark Archer and C… Read Full Bio ↴Altern-8 is the hardcore/breakbeat rave duo consisting of Mark Archer and Chris Peat. In their day they helped to set trends in hardcore techno style, with several anthems, and a style of music that became progressively faster, with more bass, and definitely more noise. During this period, hardcore techno was moving away from the style of house music that was already around, and Altern-8 were moving with it. However, in 1993 Mark Archer started to prefer the house sounds. That is when he decided to produce as Slo Moshun with Danny Taurus, responsible for "Bells of N.Y.", and Xen Mantra, his solo project.
When Altern-8 put on their masks and their weird chemist uniforms for a performance, everything seemed to be out of control. Their kind of music really seemed to be a melting pot where you couldn't define exactly the different styles frontiers. After all, it was all lumped into hardcore. So many influences made up the English movement, and later even other ones, such as Jungle and Drum and Bass, were then influenced by it.
Even though the Detroit Techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson was considered a reference to all rave style with a track named "Truth of Self Evidence" (as Reese & Santonio), he had never made hardcore, and one day he met the Altern-8 duo at Stafford aka Techno City, and they recorded the "Let it Reign" tune together with Inner City: that's when Mark explained the basic ingredients of hardcore to Kevin, resulting in what he did later, like Tronikhouse's "Uptempo".
Altern-8 started in 1989 as Nexus 21, because they just liked it. It sounded 'technoey', and they were both 21 at that time. According to Archer, it was already a proto-hardcore project. Nothing to do with the unborn bleep techno. They definitely were aiming for something more dancefloor, more breakbeat. Anyway, the "Rhythm Of Life"'s sales did not go well, and they decided to change. So, they choose the best option in 1990: to Altern 8!
Influenced by the musical elements of the Detroit techno artists Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, as well as the Chicago sound of Phuture and early techno heroes Kraftwerk, the Altern-8 tunes changed the world of dance music, bringing these influences to all over the place, in a mixture of 303, 808 and 909. This was, in fact, "the sound of the Altern-8!".
Notable Altern-8 tracks include "Activ8", "E-vapor-8", "Frequency", "Hypnotic St-8" and "Infiltrate 202". The duo produced an album on the Network Records Label in 1992 called Full On .. Mask Hysteria. After their single "Everybody", the duo split up. Mark Archer is still DJing now, doing live shows all over the world.
In 1992, Peat entered as a candidate for the Stafford constituency in the General Election representing the Hardcore (Altern8-ive) party. He polled 158 votes and finished in fourth place.
When Altern-8 put on their masks and their weird chemist uniforms for a performance, everything seemed to be out of control. Their kind of music really seemed to be a melting pot where you couldn't define exactly the different styles frontiers. After all, it was all lumped into hardcore. So many influences made up the English movement, and later even other ones, such as Jungle and Drum and Bass, were then influenced by it.
Even though the Detroit Techno pioneer Kevin Saunderson was considered a reference to all rave style with a track named "Truth of Self Evidence" (as Reese & Santonio), he had never made hardcore, and one day he met the Altern-8 duo at Stafford aka Techno City, and they recorded the "Let it Reign" tune together with Inner City: that's when Mark explained the basic ingredients of hardcore to Kevin, resulting in what he did later, like Tronikhouse's "Uptempo".
Altern-8 started in 1989 as Nexus 21, because they just liked it. It sounded 'technoey', and they were both 21 at that time. According to Archer, it was already a proto-hardcore project. Nothing to do with the unborn bleep techno. They definitely were aiming for something more dancefloor, more breakbeat. Anyway, the "Rhythm Of Life"'s sales did not go well, and they decided to change. So, they choose the best option in 1990: to Altern 8!
Influenced by the musical elements of the Detroit techno artists Derrick May, Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson, as well as the Chicago sound of Phuture and early techno heroes Kraftwerk, the Altern-8 tunes changed the world of dance music, bringing these influences to all over the place, in a mixture of 303, 808 and 909. This was, in fact, "the sound of the Altern-8!".
Notable Altern-8 tracks include "Activ8", "E-vapor-8", "Frequency", "Hypnotic St-8" and "Infiltrate 202". The duo produced an album on the Network Records Label in 1992 called Full On .. Mask Hysteria. After their single "Everybody", the duo split up. Mark Archer is still DJing now, doing live shows all over the world.
In 1992, Peat entered as a candidate for the Stafford constituency in the General Election representing the Hardcore (Altern8-ive) party. He polled 158 votes and finished in fourth place.
LFO
Altern 8 Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'LFO' by these artists:
Grandaddy Lasting hopes for love will try again Goodbye creatures, goo…
Helado Negro Ayer fui a tu casa Me perdí en un jardín Sin…
LFO I'm wishing on a falling star Wondering where you are .…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Altern 8:
Activ 8 Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance A Passage In Time (Dead Can…
Activ 8 (Come With Me) (Hardcore Holocaust Mix) Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance A Passage In Time (Dead Can…
Activ-8 Dead Can Dance Dead Can Dance A Passage In Time (Dead Can…
E-Vapor 8 Dave Matthews Band Miscellaneous Proudest Monkey (in album L…
E-Vapor-8 (Inciner-8 mix) Dave Matthews Band Miscellaneous Proudest Monkey (in album L…
Evapor 8 Dave Matthews Band Miscellaneous Proudest Monkey (in album L…
Evapor 8 (Inciner 8 mix) Dave Matthews Band Miscellaneous Proudest Monkey (in album L…
Evapor-8 Dave Matthews Band Miscellaneous Proudest Monkey (in album…
Infiltrate 202 譲れないのさ何がなんでも 夢は叶えるためにある さぁ行こう１人じゃないんだ （狙いBang Bang 飛ばせGang G…
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Vital Hostage
I'll be 40 tomorrow I was 15 when this tune came out, I thank god when I was a teenager when I was and the truly epic music that developed during that time. I was able to be a part of something truly special. It's difficult to put into words how innovative those times were. Everything from about 1995 onwards seems to have been a rinse and repeat, but there were some years when what was happening in music was beyond the commercial gain of money or the music business and beyond the long arm of the law, was just an unprecedented wave of something new that nobody could really control. Good times. God I wish I had a fucking time machine. I'd be right back there in an instant. Make a good film!
LifeFitTraining
steven johnson ... agreed mate - i was into this music and jungle from 1988/1989 up to 1995 then it was all commercial and no longer underground ..
MrLien2U
+steven johnson Funny age being 40..... I remember going out raving back in the day & meeting people who were in there 40's & thinking how cool they were. I hope I have became one of them 40 year olds :)
Offon tv
+steven johnson yes - it was the last none contrived youth movement -
Benjamin Barraclough
+steven johnson Could not agree more brother. I was 20, on the dance floor when I first heard this... MASSIVE impact, ...massive, ...Comon' you'All! you know the score
Geoff Hughes
steven johnson you are so correct . i was there .
stickyfinngaz
I miss the90's. Amazing raves, music and pills. Best era of my life :-)
John O' Grady
Here,here
Trancetechniqueradio
Out Of This World ! 🙂
A M
😀 Too true! Those where amazing times. We were lucky to live through them🤪