808 State – Pacific

After the mellow techno theme "Pacific State" from the Quadrastate EP made a splash, 808 State signed to ZTT and released remixes under the title "Pacific".

1989 versions:
Pacific State (origin) is the original version from Quadrastate, and Pacific B is an edit thereof. Pacific 202 is the popular remix featured on the 90 album, and Pacific 707 is an edit of it. Pacific 303 has stronger percussion than 202 & 707, but is otherwise not that different. 202, 707 and 303 all pitch up the song's signature chords and loon samples, replace the original's saxophone with a clarinet, redo the percussion in a softer yet more frenetic style, and replace the original's deep bassline with a vaguely "acid"-style synth line in a higher . Pacific 909 and the bonus bird beats together form one long, "deep" house remix with more improvised parts and atmospheric effects, but feature the original saxophone and a lower-pitch version of the 202 synth line.

1990 versions:
Pacific 0101, 212, and 516 are Justin Strauss remixes which all use the clarinet and loon samples from 202, but restore and more prominently feature the original bassline, and use percussion more akin to the original. Pacific 718 and Pacific Break, both by Musto & Bones, ditch most of the improvisational elements altogether, and rework the song's chords and background elements into a dense, hypnotic arrangement of layered loops, with the 718 version including a new bassline and new, rhythmic keyboard parts which follow the background chords.