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.

 

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New stone laid at Curtis memorial

Karen Britton

A 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.

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Exclusive: Limited Edition Joy Division Zune Player Revealed

 

On June 17, Zune will release a limited edition, Joy Division-themed 80GB media player designed by legendary Factory Records artist Peter Saville and we've got the exclusive, never-before-seen photo of the special device, pictured above.

The Zune player, which utilizes an adaptation of Saville's artwork for Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures, will honor the DVD release of Joy Division, a much-anticipated documentary chronicling the life of the influential but short-lived Brit post-punkers. The film will be preloaded into the special edition player.

 

The 80GB Joy Division player -- only 500 of whom will be sold -- will retail for $399, and will be available through zuneoriginals.net.

 

"Joy Division and Peter Saville share a story full of innovation," Tom Atencio, producer of the Joy Division documentary, told SPIN.com. "The band made history with their pioneering digital music. Peter Saville placed the music and the band in a visual context equally as innovative. It is completely in character for the film to be a debut Zune preload."

"Zune's involvement with the Joy Division documentary is a way of saying 'Thank You' to the band for doing what they did, and is not only a tribute to them but to an entire musical journey through Factory Records and the artists and movements it spawned," Chris Stephenson, GM Global Marketing, Zune, told SPIN.com. "It's a tribute to deep respect for graphic design that lives on through artists like Peter Saville, and to independent film-makers that believe in more than just commercial success. Ultimately it's a tribute to the self-belief and self-expression that inspires true authentic art."

 

 

LOS ANGELES -- After sitting out much of the late '90s, New Order came back in a big way in 2001 with Get Ready. On tour for the band's 2005 follow-up, Waiting For The Sirens' Call, the influential synth-pop group made a rare two-night stand at Glasgow's Carling Academy in October 2006. The celebratory shows were filmed, capturing songs that span the band's extraordinary career, including several rare performances of Joy Division favorites. Rhino highlights the very best moments from the shows with LIVE IN GLASGOW. The collection also contains a bonus disc of unreleased footage from the band's personal archives, including classic live performances filmed between 1981 and 2006. On June 24, this two-disc DVD set will be available from Rhino at all physical outlets.

 

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Featuring 5.1 Surround Sound, LIVE IN GLASGOW highlights songs from New Order's entire career, from the band's first single "Ceremony" and its biggest hits: "Blue Monday," "Temptation" and "Bizarre Love Triangle," to a trio of Joy Division classics: "Love Will Tear Us Apart," "Transmission" and "Shadowplay." Interspersed with the live footage are short interviews with the three band members, filmed exclusively for this DVD. This release follows hot on the heels of the acclaimed Joy Division documentary, biopic Control and the recent Best Of Joy Division release from Rhino.

The bonus DVD is a treasure trove for the New Order's longtime fans, containing tracks selected from the band's archive by its drummer, Stephen Morris. Favoring shows from the band's first decade, the collection includes performances from eight different concerts, including six songs recorded at festivals in 1981 - just a year after the untimely death of Joy Division singer, Ian Curtis. Three tracks -- "Senses," "Procession" and "The Him" -- are taken from New Order's first appearance at the Glastonbury Festival.

Four more concerts from the '80s are represented on the bonus disc, such as "Ultraviolence" from Rome in 1982; "Everything's Gone Green" from the following year in Cork; seven songs from New Order's 1985 shows in Rotterdam and Toronto, including "The Village," "Age of Consent" and "Temptation"; as well as "Dream Attack" and "1963" from the band's 1989 stop at Shoreline. The bonus disc concludes with a pair of songs from the band's stunning headlining appearance at Hyde Park in 2006, including "Run Wild" and Joy Division's "She's Lost Control."

In 1980, New Order rose from the ashes of Joy Division -- one of the most important British bands of all time. In the face of adversity, and against all odds, New Order went on to release eight seminal,
era-defining albums.

LIVE IN GLASGOW
DVD Track Listing:

 Disc 1
1. "Crystal"
2. "Turn"
3. "True Faith"
4. "Regret"
5. "Ceremony"
6. "Who's Joe"
7. "These Days"
8. "Krafty"
9. "Waiting For The Sirens Call"
10. "Your Silent Face"
11. "Guilt Is A Useless Emotion"
12. "Bizarre Love Triangle"
13. "Temptation"
14. "Perfect Kiss"
15. "Blue Monday"
16. "Transmission" (Joy Division)
17. "Shadowplay" (Joy Division)
18. "Love Will Tear Us Apart" (Joy Division)

Disc 2
Celebration 1981
1. "Ceremony"
2. "I.C.B."
3. "Chosen Time"
Glastonbury 1981
4. "Senses"
5. "Procession"
6. "The Him"
Rome 1982
7. "Ultraviolence"
8. "Hurt"
Cork 1983
9. "Leave Me Alone"
10. "Everything's Gone Green"
Rotterdam 1985
11. "Sunrise"
12. "As It Is When It Was"
13. "The Village"
14. "This Time Of Night"
Toronto 1985
15. "We All Stand"
16. "Age Of Consent"
17. "Temptation"
Shoreline, Bay Area 1989
18. "Dream Attack"
19. "1963"
 Hyde Park, London, 2006
20. "Run Wild"
21. "She's Lost Control" (Joy Division)

 

 

Blank & Jones

Feat:

Bernard Sumner

Miracle Cure

Maelstrom Records

Release: 21^st July in UK

Video is at...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bI3IsgP28k

 

On the eve of the release of their hot new album The Logic Of Pleasure, wizards of the sonic Blank & Jones return to the worlds dance floors this summer with a brand new scorching single Miracle Cure featuring perhaps one of the most iconic vocalists of our time Bernard Sumner.

 

Blank & Jones AKA Piet Blank and Jaspa Jones first hit club land over ten years ago with the smash Sunrise which saw the duo propelled into the forefront of trance scene and since then theyve produced, remixed, DJd, traversed the globe, put on wild parties and generally had an amazing time of it all. Describing themselves as lifestyle organisers, sonic theorists, mood arrangers and audacious electro-explorers Blank & Jones are sure-fire purveyors of sonic pleasure and here they return on top from.

 

Bernard Sumner of Joy Division, New Order and Electronic is high on the list, if not the highest of those musicians, writers and singers that have influenced our legendary duo over the years. Meeting via the wonderful virtual reality world that is the world-world web and involving sharing various MP3s set up during 2007, Bernard was suitably inspired by Blank & Jones output that he penned after completing work with New Order on the soundtrack for Anton Corbijns award winning Joy Division biopic, Control.

 

The track appears with various mixes (take a deep breath) including: Radio Edit / Radient Radio Mix / Extended Mix / Wundermittel Remix / Glenn Morrison Vox / Martin Roth Nu Style Remix / Progressive Remix / Lulu Rouge Remix / Martin Roth Nu Style Dub / Glenn Morrison Dub / Lulu Rouge Dub / One Two Mix and breath!

 

Blank & Jones forthcoming album The Logic Of Pleasure is expected to drop on Maelstrom in July watch this space for more info!

 

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www.myspace.com/blankandjonesinfo

 

 

IAN CURTIS 1956 - 1980

 

Ian Curtis - Gone but not forgotten

It was 28 years ago today that IAN CURTIS ended his life, aged 23.

The driving force behind Joy Division's dark vision, he hanged himself in his Macclesfield home as the band rested between a European and American tour. Iggy Pop's 'The Idiot' was found on his turntable alongside a note which read "at this very moment, I wish I were dead. I just can't cope anymore".

Joy Division ceased to be - they had always said they would draw a line beneath the band if any member left. The three remaining members( Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris) regrouped as New Order during early 1981 (Morris girlfriend Gillian Gilbert joined on keyboards) and continue to enjoy commercial success and critical acclaim.

 

In March 2005 with Peter Hook in Macclesfield visiting Ian Curtis grave, Some Pictures for you.

 

 

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 21^st 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.

 

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. 

 

Disc: 1
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

 

Disc: 2 (UK Edition only)
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

 

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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

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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.

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 band's 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'.

 

Anton Corbijn: 'It's beautiful 'Control' has stayed in people's hearts'

 

Joy Division directors says thanks after Shockwaves NME Award

 

Control director Anton Corbijn has admitted to being completely stunned by the reaction to his Joy Division biopic.

Picking up the Shockwaves NME Award for Best Film yesterday (February 28) at the ceremony in London the legendary photographer said he had been nave about the film industry, but was very pleased with the reaction to his movie.

I made the film without thinking, because I was naive about the film industry. This is nice you can do this with your first film, its going to be harder for the second one as everything is a surprise first time around, he told NME.COM.

He added: Its beautiful to have been able to make something that stays in peoples hearts. Its an incredible feeling. I honestly didnt expect the reaction the film has got Id hoped people would want to see the film but I always aimed to make a proper film, not just a music film. I tried to make a film with a broader theme, a more universal theme but you would have great music in the film. So I think that my movie connected with people.

Corbijn who was an NME photographer during the 1980s, also paid tribute to the magazine and its readers for voting for him.

For me NME was a very big thing. When I first came to the United Kingdom I started taking pictures for them and I became their main photographer for five years, and thats really been the basis of everything Ive been doing since, he explained. We did fall out different times, different people but I feel very loved by the NME at the moment. The paper has a really good attitude and the fact it was voted for by the readers really means a lot to me.

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Joy Division Best Of to be released