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Nov 2nd, 2008 |
Rhino reissue a Decade of New Order
Double-Disc Collector's Editions of Movement, Power, Corruption & Lies, Low-Life, Brotherhood and Technique Feature Original Factory Records Releases Remastered and Expanded with Non-Album Singles, B-Sides andRemixes
Each Available from Rhino November 11
LOS ANGELES -- After forming in 1980, New Order went on to develop a groundbreaking sound that mixed synthesizer-driven pop with electronic dance beats on a series of acclaimed and influential albums. The band -- Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert -- released a total of five albums during the '80s that helped blaze a trail for the alternative music movement that would peak a decade later.
Rhino pays tribute to these musical pioneers with Collector's Editions of the band's first five albums: MOVEMENT, POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES, LOW-LIFE, BROTHERHOOD and TECHNIQUE. On November 11, all five will be available at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com
Each will be reissued as a double-disc that contains a remastered version of the original Factory Records recording on the first disc, along with a bonus disc that collects the band's numerous non-album singles, b-sides and remixes.
After the tragic death of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, the band's surviving members, Sumner, Hook and Morris, founded New Order with Gilbert and released its darkly melodic debut, MOVEMENT (1981). The album's eight songs show the band moving away from the past and embracing a new sound on "Truth," "Denial" and the opening track, "Dreams Never End." Among the bonus disc highlights is "Ceremony," a song written by Joy Division but never recorded in the studio that New
Order recorded as its first single. Also included are later singles ("Temptation" and "Everything's Gone Green") that foreshadow the band's more dance-oriented direction.
New Order found its voice on the group's sophomore effort, POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES (1983). Featuring the original eight songs on the British release, the first disc offers exceptional dance-pop with "Your Silent Face" and "Age Of Consent." The bonus disc includes "Blue Monday" and its b-side "The Beach," which were released exclusively as a single in the U.K., but included on the U.S. version of Power, Corruption & Lies. The single became the best-selling, independently released 12" single of all time in the U.K.
The group achieved a high-water mark with its third release LOW-LIFE (1985), an eight-song album that perfected New Order's cutting-edge electronic sound with the singles "The Perfect Kiss" and "Sub-Culture."
The bonus disc contains songs the band contributed to the popular film Pretty In Pink, including "Shellshock" (from the soundtrack) as well as an instrumental version of the album track "Elegia" that was heard in the film, but not on the soundtrack.
The band returned a year later with BROTHERHOOD (1986), an album highlighted by the brilliant single "Bizarre Love Triangle" along with the fan favorite "Weirdo" and the ballad "All Day Long." The bonus disc offers the 12" single versions of "Touched By The Hand Of God" and "Bizarre Love Triangle" as well as two remixes of "True Faith"; its b-side "1963"; and a new version of "Blue Monday" released in 1988.
New Order closed the decade with TECHNIQUE (1989), a nine-song album influenced by the exploding popularity of the acid house scene in Great Britain. Debuting at #1 in the U.K., the album delivered the singles "Run," "Fine Time" and "Round & Round" as well as "Vanishing Point," a song later used as the theme for a popular British television show. The bonus disc features the 12" single "World In Motion," the official song of the English national football team in 1990's World Cup competition. Also featured is "Fine Line," an instrumental version of the album track "Fine Time," as well as b-sides "Best & Marsh" and "MTO."
MOVEMENT
Disc One
1. "Dreams Never End"
2. "Truth"
3. "Senses"
4. "Chosen Time"
5. "I.C.B."
6. "The Him"
7. "Doubts Even Here"
8. "Denial"
Disc Two
1. "Ceremony" - 12" Version
2. "Temptation" - 12" Version
3. "In A Lonely Place" - 7" Version
4. "Everything's Gone Green" - 12" Version 5. "Procession" - 7" Version
6. "Cries and Whispers"
7. "Hurt" - 12" Version
8. "Mesh"- 12" Version
9. "Ceremony" - Alternate Version
10. "Temptation" - Alternate 12" Version
POWER, CORRUPTION & LIES
Disc One
1. "Age Of Consent"
2. "We All Stand"
3. "The Village"
4. "5 8 6"
5. "Your Silent Face"
6. "Ultraviolence"
7. "Ecstacy"
8. "Leave Me Alone"
Disc Two
1. "Blue Monday" - 12" Version
2. "The Beach" - 12" Version
3. "Confusion" - 12" Version
4. "Thieves Like Us" - 12" Version
5. "Lonesome Tonight" - 12" Version
6. "Murder" - 12" Version
7. "Thieves Like Us" - Instrumental
8. "Confusion" - Instrumental
LOW-LIFE
Disc One
1. "Love Vigilantes"
2. "The Perfect Kiss"
3. "This Time Of Night"
4. "Sunrise"
5. "Elegia"
6. "Sooner Than You Think"
7. "Sub-Culture"
8. "Face Up"
Disc Two
1. "The Perfect Kiss" - 12" Version
2. "Sub-Culture" - 12" Version
3. "Shellshock" - John Robie Remix, 12" Version 4. "Shame Of The Nation"
5. "Elegia"
6. "Lets Go (From Salvation)"
7. "Salvation Theme"
8. "Dub Vulture"
BROTHERHOOD
Disc One
1. "Paradise"
2. "Weirdo"
3. "As It Was When It Was"
4. "Broken Promise"
5. "Way Of Life"
6. "Bizarre Love Triangle"
7. "All Day Long"
8. "Angel Dust"
9. "Every Little Counts"
10. "State Of The Nation"
Disc Two
1. "Bizarre Love Triangle" - 12" Version 2. "1963" - 12" Version 3.
"True Faith" - Shep Pettibone Remix, 12" Version 4. "Touched By The Hand
Of God" - 12" Version 5. "Blue Monday '88"
6. "Evil Dust"
7. "True Faith" - True Dub
8. "Beach Buggy"
TECHNIQUE
Disc One
1. "Fine Time"
2. "All The Way"
3. "Love Less"
4. "Round & Round"
5. "Guilty Partner"
6. "Run"
7. "Mr. Disco"
8. "Vanishing Point"
9. "Dream Attack"
Disc Two
1. "Don't Do It" - 12" Version
2. "Fine Line" - 12" Version
3. "Round and Round" - 12" Version
4. "Best & Marsh" - 12" Version
5. "Run 2" - 12" Version
6. "MTO"
7. "Fine Time" - Silk Mix
8. "Vanishing Point" - Instrumental, 12" Version 9. "World In Motion" -
Cabinieri Mix, 12" Version
LISTENING PARTY LINKS:
http://rhino.edgeboss.net/qtime/rhino/listeningparties/neworder/1108_bender.mov
http://rhino.edgeboss.net/wmedia/rhino/listeningparties/neworder/1108_bender_56.wax
http://rhino.edgeboss.net/wmedia/rhino/listeningparties/neworder/1108_bender_100.wax
http://rhino.edgeboss.net/real/rhino/listeningparties/neworder/1108_bender.smi
LISTENING PARTY TRACKLIST:
1 Dreams Never End
2 Procession
3 Age of Consent
4 Blue Monday
5 The Perfect Kiss
6 Salvation Theme
7 Bizarre Love Triangle
8 1963
9 Round & Round
10 Don't Do It
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22nd, 2008 |
Bernard Sumner collaborates with Oakwood High School, Salford
Bernard is embarking on his third successful collaborative project with pupils from Oakwood High Special School, in Salford.
Pupils will be exploring the designs of New Order album covers, particularly work by Peter Saville and the American contemporary artist Lawrence Weiner.
Recently staff from the school, have visited New York, where they met Mike Shamberg, who ran the Factory Transatlantic office in the Eighties. A group will be visiting New York early next year, when it is hoped Bernard will be able to join the party, to share his experiences of New Order in New York.
Work produced by the pupils will be exhibited under the project title ‘Aspirations and Originality’, on Mike Shambergs Turtle/Kinoteca web site and at The Lowry Theatre in September 09.
Bernard’s relationship with ‘So Many Words Theatre Company’ and Oakwood High School began with a fabulous New Order performance at the school in 2005.
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Sept
21st, 2008 |
'1 Top Class Manager'
The Notebooks of Joy Division's Manager 1978-1980
Notebooks of Joy Division manager Rob Gretton to be published by his widow, shedding new light on one of the most talked-about bands and music scenes in recent history.
October 7th will see the release of '1 Top Class Manager' The Notebooks of Joy Division's Manager 1978-1980.
Published by Rob Gretton's widow, Lesley Gilbert, with a foreword by Jon Savage, the book condenses over twenty working notebooks into one volume, and contains posters, letters, diaries and studio notes,all dating from August 1978 to late 1980 – the Joy Division years.
Editor Abigail Ward said, "Rob Gretton remains one of Manchester music's most influential, yet elusive, characters. '1 Top Class Manager' allows us a glimpse of his thought processes and working methods during the Joy Division period."
"It gives us a new perspective on post-punk Manchester and the birth of Factory Records, and retells the Joy Division story through a collage of 'to do' lists, gig plans, artistic manifestos"
and scribbled ideas."
'1 Top Class Manager' is strictly limited to 1500 copies and is available to buy online at www.1topclassmanager.co.uk or over the counter at Vinyl Exchange, 18 Oldham Street, Manchester from October 7th. It is published in association with Manchester District Music Archive. www.mdmarchive.co.uk
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August
27th, 2008 |
Warners To Release Re-mastered, Re-issues of
New Order’s five seminal ‘80s albums
On
28th September (US release Oct 14) Rhino Records will re-issue one of the most consistent and influential music catalogues of the 1980s, that of New Order. All five albums will come with bonus discs featuring extended versions, b-sides and remixes, as well as extensive sleevenotes, including interviews with all four band members.
Rising from the ashes of legendary British post-punks Joy Division, New Order triumphed over tragedy to emerge as one of the most acclaimed bands of the 1980s. Embracing the electronic textures and disco rhythms of the underground club culture years in advance of their contemporaries, the group's pioneering fusion of new wave aesthetics and dance music successfully bridged the gap between the two worlds, creating a distinctively thoughtful brand of synth pop.
Released in 1981, New Order’s debut album Movement - produced by Joy Division collaborator Martin Hannett - is the sound of a young band testing new waters after the loss of their singer. The bonus disc features alternative versions and b-sides, with examples of transitional tracks, such as In A Lonely Place and Cries And Whispers, and those that point unequivocally forward as Bernard Sumner finds his own vocal personality, such as non-album singles Everything’s Gone Green and Temptation, a song that spanned generations with it’s triumphant standout on the Trainspotting OST.
On 1983’s Power, Corruption & Lies the band established their own unique and innovative identity, perfectly mixing their love of Kraftwerk with New York’s underground club scene - helped to fruition by producer Arthur Baker. The album featured the state-of-the-art dance classic Confusion. The bonus disc features a song that can truly be described as legendary: Blue Monday, the best-selling 12” of 1983 and a song that defines an era. Also featured are instrumental and alternative versions of Thieves Like Us and Confusion.
1985’s Low-Life further proved the band’s talent for creating dance-pop gems, such as Sub-Culture and The Perfect Kiss. A propulsive, smart and edgy album, it combined lush synth patterns and programmed beats with a level of emotion that keeps the music fresh. The bonus disc features extended mix versions of several album tracks as well as the John Robie remix of Shellshock - the song that brought the band to prominence in the US after it appeared on the Pretty In Pink OST.
Just a year after Low-Life, the band released Brotherhood. The album showed the band’s diversity – it’s one of the least synthesized albums in their catalogue – and their ability to write hook-filled songs, such as the Bizarre Love Triangle single. The bonus disc features extended versions of album tracks, as well as the 1988 version of Blue Monday and Shep Pettibone Remix of True Faith, as well as the True Dub version.
In 1988 the band travelled to Ibiza, and the island’s Baleric and Acid House scenes heavily influenced their 1989 album Technique. Yet again showcasing their talent for writing brilliant left-field pop songs, the album further blurred the line between electronic dance and alternative pop. The driving singles - Fine Time, Run, Round & Round - helped make Technique the band's most dance-oriented record yet, though rockier album tracks - Love Less and All The Way - revealed the band’s on-going versatility. The bonus disc features b-sides and extended versions of album tracks, as well as remixes, including Fine Time (Silk Mix) and the 1990 England World Cup anthem, World In Motion (Cabinieri Mix).
Movement (1981)
1. Dreams Never End (03.13)
2. Truth (04.36)
3. Senses (04.45)
4. Chosen Time (04.06)
5. I.C.B (04.33)
6. The Him (05.27)
7. Doubts Even Here (04.17)
8. Denial (04.21)
Movement – bonus disc
1. Ceremony (04.25)
2. Temptation (7.01)
3. In A Lonely Place (06.14)
4. Everything’s Gone Green (05.32)
5. Procession (04.29)
6. Mesh (03.27)
7. Hurt (08.07)
8. Cries And Whispers (03.03)
9. Ceremony (Alt. Version) (04.36)
10. Temptation
Power, Corruption & Lies (1983)
1. Age Of Consent (05.14)
2. We All Stand (05.14)
3. The Village (04.37)
4. 5 8 6 (07.29)
5. Your Silent Face (05.59)
6. Ultraviolence (04.49)
7. Ecstasy (04.24)
8. Leave Me Alone (04.39)
Power, Corruption & Lies – bonus disc
1. Blue Monday (07.32)
2. The Beach (07.22)
3. Confusion (08.15)
4. Thieves Like Us (06.38)
5. Lonesome Tonight (05.13)
6. Murder (03.57)
7. Thieves Like Us (Instrumental) (06.59)
8. Confusion (Alt Version) (07.36)
Low-Life (1985)
1. Love Vigilantes (04.18)
2. The Perfect Kiss (04.50)
3. This Time of Night (04.45)
4. Sunrise (05.59)
5. Elegia (04.55)
6. Sooner Than You Think (05.12)
7. Sub-culture (04.56)
8. Face Up (05.06)
Low-Life – bonus disc
1. The Perfect Kiss (08.49)
2. Subculture (07.26)
3. Shellshock (John Robie Remix) (06.28)
4. State Of The Nation (06.33)
5. Elegia (17.28)
6. Let’s Go (03.43)
7. Salvation Theme (2.16)
8. Dub Vulture (07.56)
Brotherhood (1986)
1. Paradise (03.49)
2. Weirdo (03.51)
3. As It Is When It Was (03.43)
4. Broken Promise (03.46)
5. Way Of Life (04.04)
6. Bizarre Love Triangle (04.20)
7. All Day Long (05.10)
8. Angel Dust (03.41)
9. Every Little Counts (04.26)
10. State Of The Nation (06.32)
Brotherhood – bonus disc
1. Bizarre Love Triangle (06.43)
2. 1963 (05.37)
3. True Faith (Shep Pettibone Remix) (09.03)
4. Touched By The Hand Of God (07.06)
5. Blue Monday '88 (07.10)
6. Evil Dust (03.43)
7. True Faith - True Dub (07.51)
8. Beach Buggy (07.20)
Technique (1989)
1. Fine Time (04.43)
2. All The Way (03.23)
3. Love Less (03.02)
4. Round & Round (04.30)
5. Guilty Partner (04.45)
6. Run (04.29)
7. Mr Disco (04.21)
8. Vanishing Point (05.24)
9. Dream Attack (05.14)
Technique – bonus disc
1. Don't Do It (04.33)
2. Fine Line (04.45)
3. Round And Round (06.51)
4. Best & Marsh (04.32)
5. Run (II) (05.26)
6. MTO (05.27)
7. Fine Time (Silk Mix) (06.19)
8. Vanishing Point Instrumental (5.12)
9. World In Motion (Cabinieri Mix) (5.55)
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August
25th, 2008 |
Joy Division documentary gets release date in UK
The eagerly awaited new documentary about Joy Division is released on DVD in the UK today August 25th.
Joy Division was directed by Grant Gee, previously responsible for the acclaimed Radiohead OK Computer tour documentary Meeting People Is Easy.
The new documentary follows hot on the heels of Anton Corbijn s movie Control, which was released in 2007, and concentrated its story on the bands tragic frontman Ian Curtis, who committed suicide in 1980.
"Joy Division" Documentary trailer
The new documentary examines the bands story through never-before-seen live performance footage, personal photos, period films and newly discovered audiotapes.
There are also interviews with Tony Wilson, the boss of the bands label Factory Records, who died last year. The rest of the band also contribute, as does Annik Honore, the Belgian journalist who Curtis was having an affair with.
Joy Division bass player Peter Hook has already praised the documentary, calling it "the perfect answer" to Control.
ORDER HERE UK DVD
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July
30th, 2008 |
New stone laid at Curtis
memorial
Karen Britton
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NEW memorial has been laid to replace Ian
Curtis’ stolen headstone but the search goes on
for the original.
Fans of the late Joy Division lead singer
were shocked when his memorial stone was taken
from Macclesfield Cemetery a month ago with
police appealing for its return.
But since a fruitless raid on a house in
Winsford there have been no new clues as to its
whereabouts.
Ian’s wife, Deborah Curtis, was "in a state
of disbelief and shock" after the stone was
stolen from the Prestbury Road site and laid the
replacement. Her husband hanged himself in a
Barton Street flat in 1980.
But former Joy Division and New Order
drummer, Stephen Morris, from Rainow, said that
it’s a shame for fans that the original is gone.
According to the council, the stone attracted
1,000 visitors to the town each year from around
the world.
Stephen, who was a pupil at King‘s School
alongside Ian, said: "I can’t understand what
has happened to the stone but it’s an awful
thing for someone to do.
"People go around nicking road signs but a
person’s gravestone is very personal and the
person who took it needs help. I suspect it
could be on someone’s mantlepiece and that one
day they may try and sell it back to us but it’s
hard to say.
"The person who took it cannot be a true fan
and it’s a shame for the people who come a long
way to see the grave and put flowers on it.
"I am glad there is a replacement as I often
go to visit the cemetery but it was a shock that
the old one had gone."
Beverly Richardson, bereavement services
officer at Macclesfield Cemetery, said: "People
haven’t stopped coming to visit the site, even
with no stone, and they come from all over the
world.
"Like the rest of us, the fans think that
it’s sad that the thief didn’t show more
respect."
Inspector Gareth Woods, head of Macclesfield
Neighbourhood Policing Unit, said:
"Unfortunately we have nothing more to go on at
the moment.
"It’s strange as we thought the stone would
turn up or we would get information as the theft
has had so much publicity. It’s a global news
story so I’m sure we would know if someone had
tried to sell it on. Whoever has the stone
obviously intends to keep it but if anyone knows
anything it could still help the investigation."
The memorial was taken between lunchtime on
Monday, July 1, and the following morning.
Contact Cheshire Constabulary on 0845 458
0000 or anonymously via Crimestoppers on 0800
555111 with any information.
www.macclesfield-express.co.uk
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April
24th, 2008 |
Warner Music Entertainment to release "New Order: Live in Glasgow
 On 2nd June (UK) Warner Music Entertainment will release "New Order: Live in Glasgow", a live DVD of the bands celebratory concert filmed at Carling Academy,
Glasgow in October 2006. Filmed over two nights it features tracks and footage highlighting the band's extraordinary career, as well as including a number of Joy Division songs. In addition to this concert, there will be a bonus disc featuring never-seen-before footage from bands personal archive and live performances from throughout the 1980s, showcasing the bands early Glastonbury
performance through to their self-assured big tour concerts of later years, climaxing in their stunning performance headlining Wireless 2006.
This DVD brings all these elements together for the first time, into one comprehensive package. It follows hot on the heels of the acclaimed Joy Division biopic Control and their recent Best Of.
New Order rose from the ashes of Joy Division - one of the most important British bands of all time after the tragic death of their singer, Ian Curtis. In the face of adversity, and against all odds for a band whod lost such a charismatic frontman, they went on to release eight seminal, era-defining albums. To achieve this status once, is an incredible feat, but to achieve it twice, which they did with the success of Joy Division and New Order, is truly remarkable.
Click Here to Order New Order: Live in Glasgow UK DVD (Release June 2nd)
New Order: Live in Glasgow
Tracklist
Disc 1 Crystal Turn True Faith Regret Ceremony Who's Joe These Days Krafty Waiting for the Sirens Call Your Silent Face Guilt is a Useless Emotion Bizarre Love Triangle Temptation Perfect Kiss Blue Monday Transmission Shadowplay Love Will Tear us Apart
Disc 2 CELEBRATION 1981 Ceremony I.C.B Chosen Time GLASTONBURY 1981 Senses Procession The Him
ROME 1982 Ultraviolence Hurt CORK 1983 Leave Me Alone Everythings Gone Green
ROTTERDAM 1985 Sunrise As it is when it was The Village This time of night TORONTO 1985 We All Stand Age of Consent Temptation
SHORELINE 1989 Dream Attack 1963 HYDE PARK WIRELESS Run Wild Shes Lost Control
An interview with Stephen Morris
New Order, rock legends and inspiration to thousands of bands, are bringing out a new concert DVD. Compiled by Peter Hook and Stephen Morris, this DVD sees the band both at their 21st century best and also collects a unique selection of live performances from their extraordinary career. We filmed two nights in Glasgow, which is always a good idea with New Order, says Stephen Morris, explaining the DVDs warts-and-all feel. In the past when weve done live DVDs theres always been a bit of fixing up but weve not bothered with this one! Because as Rob Gretton our former manager used to say: its just a moment in time, caught forever. And sometimes the mistakes are more interesting.
The DVD is punctuated with a series of short, sharp interviews with band members. Watching an entire concert is a bit gruelling, says Stephen. And the idea of breaking it up by doing interviews was very interesting. We were all interviewed separately but we all ended up carrying on from what the other person was saying. Also Glasgow was where Bernard did smash up the dressing room in a fit of pique and we cant go back to Barrowlands! Banned from the clubs! Its very interesting the rocknroll banter of Bernard and Hooky and myself.
This concert is notable for a very large amount of Joy Division songs, something New Order once avoided strongly. When we first started as New Order, wed made this blanket decision that we werent going to play Joy Division songs and nobody could mention Joy Division in our presence, says Stephen, And so we just didnt play Joy Division numbers until 1998 when we decided to get back and do some gigs, and we all wondered why wed never played any Joy Division songs! Because theyre all great songs.
Much of the bonus material is from Morris own collection, if cupboard is another word for collection. But without this dusty archive, wed be deprived of some excellent footage. Im glad I found all that stuff. I bunged it onto DVD and me and Gillian sat down one Saturday and we thought, Oh, its good this! I could watch this all night. And its not very often you can say that.
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April
17th, 2008 |
The Best Of Joy Division
Release Date: 4/29/08 (US)
Rhino's new fourteen-track, single-disc anthology THE BEST OF JOY DIVISION collects cuts from their two landmark studio albums, Unknown Pleasures and Closer (#157 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time), as well as important singles from throughout the band's all too brief run.
Highlights include Joy Division's signature song, the single Love Will Tear Us Apart, which became their breakthrough hit after Curtis' death and is now #179 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time. Also featured are the classic tracks Digital, She's Lost Control, New Dawn Fades and Transmission.
| 1. Digital |
| 2. Disorder |
| 3. Shadowplay |
| 4. New Dawn Fades |
| 5. Transmission |
| 6. Atmosphere |
| 7. Dead Souls |
| 8. She's lost control |
| 9. Love will tear us apart |
| 10. These days |
| 11. 24 hours |
| 12. Incubation |
| 13. Isolation |
| 1. Exercice One (John Peel Show 31 Jan 79) |
| 2. Insight (John Peel Show 31 Jan 79) |
| 3. She's Lost Control (John Peel Show 31 Jan 79) |
| 4. Transmission (John Peel Show 31 Jan 79) |
| 5. Love Will Tear Us Apart (John Peel Show 26 Nov 79) |
| 6. Twenty Four Hours (John Peel Show 26 Nov 79) |
| 7. Colony (John Peel Show 26 Nov 79) |
| 8. Sound of Music (John Peel Show 26 Nov 79) |
| 9. Transmission (Recorded live for Something Else 4 Sept 79) |
| 10. She's Lost Control (Recorded live for Something Else 4 Sept 79) |
| 11. Ian Curtis and Stephen Morris Interviewed by Richard Skinner |
Click Here to Order "The Best of" Joy Division US import 2CD Limited edition
Click Here to Order "The Best of" Joy Division US 1CD edition
Click Here to Order "The Best of" Joy Division UK 2CD
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March
11th, 2008 |
The collaboration between blank+jones and Bernard Sumner, of Joy Division, New Order and Electronic, is called Miracle Cure, and it is the first song to be taken from this years very special blank+jones album of beats, treats and collaborations, The Logic of Pleasure.
- Bernard Sumner is high on the list, if not the highest, of those musicians, writers and singers that have influenced blank+jones fascination with mood, intoxication, romance and rhythm.
- The combination of the sure, vibrant blank+jones and the enigmatic, iconic and tender voiced Bernard Sumner is naturally a dream, as Sumners fragile yet bouyant melancholia slips beautifully into, and out of, blank and jones very own electronic sense of the epic.
- The collaboration is the sensational result of electronic communication involving email and MP3 set up during 2007. Sumner wrote and sung his part after completing work with New Order on the soundtrack for Anton Corbijns award winning film about Joy Division, Control.
- Miracle Cure will appear as the song it is and also as a brilliantly arranged series of energising/lounging uptown, down town and across town mixes from the blank+jones studio, and also from Manchester born Berlin based hypno-trance pioneer Mark Reeder, the currently on fire electro-obsessive Canadian Glenn Morrison, the prolific trancefrenzied German master Martin Roth, the Anglo-German electro-adventurers Onetwo and Scandinavian chilltronica club kings Lulu Rouge.
- It says something about the reputation and ability of blank+jones that the discriminating Sumner, a genius of melody, wished to work with blank+jones, and that the collaboration has produced a song that can live with the best of Sumners ingenious, smart and infectious pop songs.
- More news soon about the ninth blank+jones album The Logic of Pleasure and the records various enterprising collaborations, including Miracle Cure with Bernard Sumner.
Release dates for Miracle Cure Single:
May 30 - Worldwide
June 2 - UK
Release dates for The Logic of Pleasure:
June 9 - UK
June 6 - Worldwide
www.blankandjones.com
www.myspace.com/blankandjonesinfo
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March
10th, 2008 |
The Gothic Wedding Collection
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 Its a nice day for a black wedding. You need a special soundtrack to walk down that candle-lit aisle. The Gothic Wedding Collection provides the perfect musical accompaniment with lush strung quartet instrumentals of such vital artists as The Smiths, The Cure, and Evanescence. Love may tear you apart, but these songs will bind you together. |
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March
10th, 2008 |
Best Newcomer
Sam Riley, Control
 The
Acceptance Speech
"Thank you very much the readers of Empire
for voting for me. I'd like to thank Anton
for giving me such an incredible opportunity
and Harry, James, Craig and Joe and Samantha
and, of course, Alexandra, for making my
first experience so enjoyable and I hope
that I'll be working with some of you again
or for the first time. You can tell I'm
nervous, thank you very much."
Also Nominated
Shia LaBeouf, Transformers
Saoirse Ronan, Atonement
Gemma Arterton, St. Trinians
Thomas Turgoose, This Is England
Sony Ericsson
Soundtrack Award
Control
 The
Acceptance Speech
Anton Corbjin
"Musically, I was very inspired by England -
it's the reason I ever moved here. The
soundtrack was a joy to put together, there
was so much choice of music, I even managed
to put a Dutch band in there, I'd like to
point that out. As far as the film goes, I
have to go back to New Order because not
only did we use existing music but we also
had a score that was done by Bernard and New
Order, which is very rare for them to do and
I'm very grateful to them. The last music
they ever made is one the CD.
"Also on the CD, we have real musicians,
New Order are real musicians I'm sorry, real
actors who became real musicians who
performed all the songs live and one of
those takes is also on the album. The movie
wouldn't have been half as good if they'd
played against playback and having James,
Sam and Joe playing everything live, I'd
especially like to thank them because they
really forced me to film them live and I
think that's one of the best things that
they did to me.
"Thank you very much, I really loved
making this film, thank you."
Also Nominated
Atonement
Once
Hairspray
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix
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Joy Division documentary gets release date
The eagerly awaited new documentary about Joy Division is to be released in the UK on May 2.
www.joydivisionmovie.co.uk
'Joy Division' was directed by Grant Gee, previously responsible for the acclaimed Radiohead 'OK Computer' tour documentary 'Meeting People Is Easy'.
The new documentary follows hot on the heels of Anton Corbijn s movie 'Control', which was released in 2007, and concentrated its story on the bands tragic frontman Ian Curtis, who committed suicide in 1980.
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