Stabbing Westward cover "bizarre love triangle", this cover is part of the soundtrack for the new movie "NOT ANOTHER TEEN MOVIE" http://www.spe.sony.com/movies/notanotherteen/

www.monaco.uk.net

The Wilding: 4:12
Glass Box: 4:38
Microbes: 4:40
Smoothie: 1:38

New Order single "SOMEONE LIKE YOU" was finally released today in UK Dec 24, 2001.

Someone Like You (Part 1) UK, 2x12"
Tracks: 1.Someone Like You Future Shock Vocal Remix 8:04 2.Someone Like You Gabriel + Dresden 911 Vocal Mix 11:13 3.Someone Like You Future Shock Strip Down Mix 7:49 4.Someone Like You Gabriel + Dresden 911 Voco-Tech Dub 11:10
Someone Like You (Part 2) UK, 12"
Tracks: 1.Someone Like You Future James Holden heavy Dub 2.Someone Like You Funk D'Vod remix  

NME's Top 50 singles 2001: Crystal #18

New Order's walloping comeback single 'Crystal' hits the ground running on a crashing wave of Bernard Sumner's pumped up power chords and oddly deadpan intensity. This is a defiant affirmation of love, charged with risk & regret, and more guitar laden than anything New Order have done since Joy Division. Some of the mystery has gone, but the passionate punk spirit still remains.

 

NME's Top 50 albums 2001: Get Ready #31

With the Haçienda and Factory Records long gone, no-one thought that New Order would ever be seen again, but with the bailiffs meetings and solo projects all grinding to a halt, they somehow managed the improbable feat of making a great comeback album. Featuring Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and former Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan, 'Get Ready' sounds more like New Order than any other New Order record. Still unique. Still brilliant.

The full list can be viewed at NME.Com

Here's a small bit of information you may find interesting. Get Ready made Entertainment Weekly's 10 best of 2001 list. Coming in at #7.

In its January edition, German music mag "Musikexpress" has voted Get Ready on number 13 of the best 50 new records of 2001.

The accompanying text:
"The comeback of the year: The 80s-revival has also brought New Order together again. After the '93 "Republic" nobody thought that the Madchester pioneers would dare anything anymore. And then "Get Ready" - for that the mid-fourties hired Steve Osborne (Happy Mondays) and produced a determining post-Manchester-rave-album. Post punk a la Joy Division, mixed with computer pop and nice melodies.
With that New Order proved how right they were at the times to tear down the walls between guitars and club beats."

The 12 nominees ahead are:
Travis
The Strokes
Air
Starsailor
Iggy Pop
Weezer
Gorillaz
Goldfrapp
Muse
Turin Brakes
Radiohead
Built To Spill

    New Order Down Under 94.7 The Zone wants to give you a Big Day Out!

If you've ever dreamt of going down under, here's your chance to win a trip to see New Order at the Big Day Out in Sydney, Australia.
We're sending one Club Zone member and guest to Sydney, Australia for the Big Day Out festival. The winner will receive round-trip air from Chicago to Sydney, airport transfers, half-day Sydney sightseeing tour and two tickets to the show.

As if New Order isn't enough, the winner will get to check out tons of other great bands including Prodigy, Garbage, Alien Ant Farm, Silverchair and The Crystal Method.

The winner and five second-place winners will pick up a very cool silver New Order Messenger Bag that contains the following CD's:

    Joy Division - Substance
    Joy Division - Closer
    Joy Division - Still
    Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
    New Order - Get Ready
    New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies
    New Order - Brotherhood
    New Order - Low-Life
    New Order - Movement
    New Order - Technique
    New Order - Substance (2CD)
    New Order - "Crystal" DVD

New Order Down Under...only from Club Zone and The New Alternative,94.7 The Zone.

New Order tribute out on Tuesday
The tribute to New Order will be officially released on December 19, 2001. Synthphony Records is accepting pre-orders now. Included on the 14-track album "True Faith - A Tribute to New Order" are tracks by Intact featuring Robert Enforsen, Hungry Lucy, Days of Fate, Seabound, Shades of Grey, Atlantic Popes, Invisible Limits, Wave In Head, Paradoxx, Equatronic, Provision, D'Woolve, Persona and Dark Distant Spaces. All proceeds from the sales of the tribute will be donated to the Red Cross.
- Synthphony Records -
http://www.synthphonyrecords.com

The magazine produced by well-known shoe retailer (well-known in IRL and GB anyway) SCHUH has, in its November issue (No. 14), a four page feature on NEW ORDER.

its got a couple of live pics (from Glasgow on the Sunday apparently) and it's worth a look.

BTW...
At the end of the piece there's a list of NO related websites...
Included: www.worldinmotion.net
 

http://www.schuhmagazine.co.uk/issue14/index_fs.html

New Order Remix Contest - WINNER!
Announced 12/12/2001.
http://www.acidplanet.com/contests/neworder/default.asp

 

Grand Prize Winner:

 

ara simonian - with new order crystal

  

Runners Up:

 

Changeling - with Crystal (changeling mix)

303dreams - with New Order - Crystal (303Dreams Remix)

Darren Ottery - with CRYSTAL (break easy dub)

intervox - with Crystal (Intervox Seasons Mix

 

 

Prizes

The New Order winner will receive either ACID Pro 3.0 or Vegas Audio 2.0 (winner's choice), and five loop libraries. 1 grand prize winner will be chosen by the Reprise promotional staff, and will receive New Order merchandise and other surprises. Several runners-up will also be selected. All winners will receive "Crystal" promotional 12" singles, and in addition, an autographed New Order lithograph.

A preview of the Cover version of "Bizarre Love triangle" by Days of Fate from a tribute record, which should release next year, is available under the follow link:

 

http://www.days-of-fate.de/mp3/new-order-sampler/days_of_fate_-_Bizarre_Love_Triangle.mp3

Special TV show about "Le Festival 2001 des Inrockuptibles" including New Order in Paris, Friday December 14th 7pm GMT+1 on ARTE (French/German channel).

New Order's Get Ready was narrowly beaten to the most critically acclaimed album of the year by The Strokes the poll was carried out by Amazon.co.uk the poll asked editors and writers of UK music magazines, The Avalanches were 3rd. Last years winner was Kid A by Radiohead. For more info check amazon.co.uk

 

Amazon.co.uk's Best of 2001

• Strokes "Is This It"
• New Order "Get Ready"
• Avalances "Since I Left You"
• White Stripes "White Blood Cell"
• Pulp "We Love Life"
• Roots Manuva "Run Come Save Me"
• N*E*R*D "In Search Of"
• Radiohead "Amnesiac"
• Kylie Minogue "Fever"
• Missy Elliot "Miss E...So Addictive"

Amazon.co.uk Review
On Get Ready, New Order, the band who wrote the immediate future of electronic dance music on 1983's omnipotent "Blue Monday", return ready to rock--there's nothing vaguely Arthur Baker or Balearic here. For the most part, Get Ready keeps the keyboards trim and unobtrusive and revels in raw drums and wires; Bernard Sumner's funk-inclined, scratchy dog-with-fleas guitars; Peter Hook's shin-level punk bass lines; sinuous human greyhound Steve Morris--possibly the thinnest chap ever to grace a drum stool--kicking the machines into touch and keeping time with clockwork proficiency. All that, and those finely conceived bittersweet melodies, plus some questionable phrases: "It's like honey, you can't buy it with money" sings Sumner on the otherwise splendid "Crystal", a natural, guitar-rock pop-song successor to the mighty "Regret". And if "60 Miles an Hour" is a mite melodically predictable, then "Primitive Notion" is a thrilling throwback to Joy Division's "Heart and Soul". Try humming that bass line, tapping out that drum pattern and then compare the line "Don't look at me with your critical smile" to Ian Curtis's "I observe with a critical eye". Whatever, there's a cracking chorus right up there in the naggingly memorable "True Faith" / "Love Will Tear Us Apart" category. Of the much-publicized collaborations (the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie) it's the lusty half-Stones/half-Stooges leather-trousered swagger of "Rock the Shack"--with the Primal Scream frontman mewing like a lecherous tomcat--which steals the limelight. But in the grand old tradition of leaving the best until last, "Run Wild" is perhaps New Order's most touching moment--folky acoustic guitar, lonesome sentiment, teardrop melodica, the line "If Jesus comes to take your hand, I won't let go" and warm strings sweeping in to offer support like the touch of a much-cherished comfort blanket. Get Ready is a great album, one which secures New Order's future far further than they could have imagined. --Kevin Maidment

MICK MIDDLES will re-release 'From Joy Division To New Order', the true story of Anthony H. Wilson and Factory Records March 7, 2002  (Paperback - 320 pages Virgin Books; ISBN: 0753506386)

DEBORAH CURTIS re-released 'Touching From A Distance' June 4, 2001 ( Paperback - 212 pages 2nd revised edition Faber and Faber; ISBN: 0571207391)

Released on: Mon 17 Dec 2001
NEW ORDER - 'SOMEONE LIKE YOU (MIXES)' (LONDON)
They've been running the race a long time, consistently sprinting away from the pack, and leaving their contemporaries behind.

The mixes are usually strong, and these two mighty re-workings are no exception. Funk D'Void's mix is a crowning glory to a successful year. It hammers down the thundering beats that seem to throw Sumner's vocal in and out of a wave of distortion.

It brings out a tough edge, but retains the feel of the original by making excellent use of the vocal. James Holden's 'Heavy Dub' rides on a tribal feel with a deep, funky bassline, leaving just enough room for an atmospheric breakdown.

Go ahead and flip, because either side's a winner.

Ben Osborne

Just a quick note to pass on an additional New Order live date in Australia that I found at the Beat Magazine website
(http://www.beat.com.au/beattours.shtml) which lists the band as playing at the Metro in Melbourne on January 30, 2002.
Another has been confirmed too:

Wed 23rd Jan, 2002 - Hordern Pavillion, SYDNEY

Bernard Sumner (New Order singer) presented with Sara Cox, Saturday Dec 1, 2001, the award for "best tour" to Kylie Minogue at The TOP OF THE POPS award ceremony.


 

New Order Live @ Columbiahalle [Berlin, Germany 15.11.2001]

This is for your own pleasure the photos taken by Sebastian L.

               

               

               

Vote For New Order!

 

http://www.nmecarlingawards.com/

 

Report from Peter V.:

I found a review on the net about New Order's latest cd
http://www.winamp.com/news.jhtml?articleid=9128
There is also a link to 'Crystal' on this site:
http://download.nullsoft.com/pub/music/New_Order-Crystal.wma
and you can download a New Order skin for your copy of Winamp
 

There will be a New Order party in Sao Paulo (Nov 23), It will be a Radio Brasil2000 fm party, where they'll choose by lot 50 get ready cds.

They chose a DJ (we had to send our play list  to the radio) and so, they would choose one of us. A 15 years old girl was chosen. By the way, it will be a nice party. Get Ready really rules here in Brazil.

   
 

New Order Live @ Palladium [Cologne, Germany 16.11.2001]

 

Tracklisting:

Crystal
Transmission
Regret
Ceremony
60 Miles An Hour
Your Silent Face
Atmosphere
Close Range
Touched by the Hand of God
Bizarre Love Triangle
True Faith
Temptation
Love Will Tear Us Apart
Rock The Shack [encore]
Blue Monday [encore]
Ruined In A Day [encore]

This is for your own pleasure the photos taken by Peter V..

               

               

           

New Order single "60 Miles An Hour" was released today in UK Nov 19, 2001.

60 Miles An Hour, DVD (Format: DVD-Rgn 2:Europe, Cat #: NUDVD9, UPC #: 0927429069)
Tracks: 1.60 Miles An Hour Radio Edit 2.Sabotage 3.60 Miles An Hour Video
60 Miles An Hour (Part 1) UK, CDS (Cat #: NUOCD9, UPC #: 0809274249524)
Tracks: 1.60 Miles An Hour Radio Edit 2.Sabotage 3.Someone Like You Fun D'Void Remix
60 Miles An Hour (Part 2) UK, CDS (Cat #: NUCDP9, UPC #: 0809274272928 )
Tracks: 1.60 Miles An Hour Supermen Lovers Remix 2.Someone Like You James Holden Dub 3.Someone Like You Future Shock

NO Concert in Cologne (Nov 16, 2001) will be Webcast TODAY this Monday (From 20:00 - 22:00 Germany Time)!

http://www.popkomm.de/dyn/tv/tv/webcast

Press Release: New order concert as Webcast Press release # 26_PopOnline (with the request for publication) new order concert as Webcast PopStream records new order concert - to Webcast with AOL.de, POPKOMM.de and VIVA.tv on 19 November starting from 20.00 o'clock Cologne, which 16 November 2001 the cult tape from Manchester is bake. With the new album GET ready impressed Bernhard Sumner and Co. not only the press, but inspired also their fans world-wide. The single uncoupling " 60 Miles at Hour " rises at present into the international Charts. In the context of its European tour new order is only for two Gigs in Germany. For all fans, that create it neither to Berlin nor to Cologne, PopStream records the concert from the palladium in Cologne. AOL, PopOnline and VIVA show the Gig in full length as Webcast. Under the URLs http://www.aol.de, http://www.popkomm.de http://www.viva.tv  is the concert on Monday to experience 19 November 2001 starting from 20.00 o'clock as Webcast of the special class. Additionally the concert with cut is available starting from Tuesday, 20 November under http://www.popkomm.de/tv for six weeks OnDemand. PopStream is a Servicedienstleister of the PopOnline GmbH, Betreiberin by among other things popkomm.de and popflirt.de and implemented that new order Webcast. If you need further information or pictorial material, we are to you gladly at the disposal. PopOnline GmbH abbott communication Hansemannstr. 17-21 50823 Cologne Tel. 0221/990 48 10, fax 0221/990 48 48 mailto:contact@poponline.de http://www.poponline.de .

New Order did play in Paris last week(Olympia Nov 11th and 12th). This is for your own pleasure the photos taken.

               

               

              
 

Happily for Anglo-German relations, New Order did not play 'World in Motion', the song they wrote with Keith Allen for England's World Cup soccer campaign in 1990.

Report from Tim W.:

Get Ready is #4 on Billboard's charts for "Electronic" albums.

http://www.billboard.com/billboard/charts/electronic.jsp

Report from Vincent:

The new New Order video for 60 MPH can be seen on Dotmusic

http://www.dotmusic.com/news//November2001/news22756.asp

Just found this while searching for good stuff on Euro Satellite, a interview with the band on the German sat channel VIVA on 23.11.2001 at 19.00 (German Time) this can be received on Astra Analogue or Digital in Europe and I think will be repeated on VIVA ZWEI the week after.

 www.viva.tv

Fast Forward - Musikshow/Pop

Freitag, 23.11.2001

Beginn: 19.00 Uhr

Ende: 20.00 Uhr

Länge: 60 Min.

Moderation:

Charlotte Grace Roche

Fast Forward
"Interview mit New Order"

 Nicht wenige Menschen waren am 11. August zum Robbie Williams-Konzert ins Müngersdorfer Stadion nach Köln gekommen, um die Vorgruppe zu sehen. Der Name der Band: New Order. Doch die vielleicht wichtigste Pop-Formation der 80er soff in einem grottenschlechten Klangbrei ab. Keine Chance, um Klassiker wie "Blue Monday" oder "True Faith" angemessen zu würdigen. Die Musiker aus Manchester waren unschuldig, doch die Fans enttäuscht. Aber Mitte November kehren Bernard Sumner und Co. nach Deutschland zurück. Am 16. November spielen sie im Kölner Palladium, wo sie Charlotte Roche zum Intervierw treffen werden. Und genau eine Woche später zeigt FAST FORWARD das Gespräch bei VIVA. Den Termin sollten sich alle merken, die sich nur irgendwie für Popmusik interessieren. Schließlich gelten New Order auch im Jahr 2001 als die Band, die das Prinzip Pop mit Prägnanz und Perfektion am besten auf den Punkt bringt. Das in diesem Jahr veröffentlichte Album "Get Ready" wurde jedenfalls von Kritik und Publikum begeistert aufgenommen.

 

Report from Vince (France):

1 minute ago, MCM broadcasted a quick report of "Le Festival 2001 des Inrockuptibles", including 10 seconds from "Crystal" and 10 seconds from end of "Transmission" from New Order 12-11-2001. The report was broadcasted in the "Le J(ournal)D(e la)M(usique)". A new boradcast will be aired at 22h30 and tomorrow at midday.

New Order single "SOMEONE LIKE YOU" will be released in UK Dec 10, 2001.

Someone Like You (Part 1) UK, 2x12"
Tracks: 1.Someone Like You Future Shock Vocal Remix 8:04 2.Someone Like You Gabriel + Dresden 911 Vocal Mix 11:13 3.Someone Like You Future Shock Strip Down Mix 7:49 4.Someone Like You Gabriel + Dresden 911 Voco-Tech Dub 11:10
Someone Like You (Part 2) UK, 12"
Mixes from Funk D'Void & James Holden

NEW ORDER started their European tour last night (November 11th) with their first major PARIS show for nearly 14 years ( Last concert was December 1987).

The full New Order setlist was:

• 'Crystal'
• 'Transmission'
• 'Regret'
• 'Ceremony'
• '60mph'
• 'Your Silent Face'
• 'Atmosphere'
• 'Close Range'
• 'Touched By The Hand Of God'
• 'Bizarre Love Triangle'
• 'True Faith'
• 'Temptation'
• 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

encore

• 'Rock The Shack'
• 'Ruined In A Day'
• 'Blue Monday'

The band play Paris, Olympia again tonight. Both shows are sold out.

Report from Alejo:

New Order "Get Ready" reached 13 in Tower Records Argentina most popular records.
 

Report from Mojo ( info sent by Dean):

There were rumours that, due to fraying tempers, New Order's three October shows at London's Brixton Academy would be their last. Giving some flesh to this theory, gig-fanatic Hook stayed on stage when the rest of the band exited at the end of the set at the final Brixton show. He then proceeded to give a solo-bass rendition of venerable New Order track Age Of Consent. Encouraged by the rapturous response, he then played a solo Dreams Never End after the encores. After the show, however, New Order rallied and went on to play their European dates.

Bernard Lenoir (Famous DJ) will be live at the New Order concert in Paris between 9-11PM, November 12th broadcasting at the radio station France Inter.

if you've ever wondered, and liked Live365.com for their bit to enjoy us all, well, here it is:

www.neworderradio.com

Not yet really working but definitely to be observed.

Report from Dana N.:

Here's a Review of "Get Ready"from Dallas.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/issues/2001-11-01/hearthere2.html

Report from Marc J.:

There was this review of "Get Ready":
http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/neworder/getready
 

Report from Sebastian L.:

New Order single "60 Miles An Hour" will be released in UK Nov 19, 2001.

60 Miles An Hour, DVD (Format: DVD-Rgn 2:Europe, Cat #: NUDVD9, UPC #: 0927429069)
Tracks: 1.60 Miles An Hour Radio Edit 2.Sabotage 3.60 Miles An Hour Video
60 Miles An Hour (Part 1) UK, CDS (Cat #: NUOCD9, UPC #: 0809274249524)
Tracks: 1.60 Miles An Hour Radio Edit 2.Sabotage 3.Someone Like You Fun D'Void Remix
60 Miles An Hour (Part 2) UK, CDS (Cat #: NUCDP9, UPC #: 0809274272928 )
Tracks: 1.60 Miles An Hour Supermen Lovers Remix 2.Someone Like You James Holden Dub 3.Someone Like You Future Shock

Australian alternative radio station JJJ recently recorded an interview with Peter Hook. First part of the interview is now available online (Second part should be up next week):

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/2001/default.htm
 

Report from Jack:

I've reviewed "Get Ready" for my webzine, FAC193.
Here's the link:

http://www.geocities.com/fac193/reviews/NOgetready.html

New Order
Broadcast 7th Oct 2001

After eight years out of the spotlight, New Order are back with their new album 'Get Ready' and a national tour, kicking off in the band's hometown of Manchester. Backstage's Rajesh Mirchandani caught up with the band's bassist Peter Hook after their first night and talked to the legendary 'Hooky' about the band's re-awakening.

How many times have you played here before?
The first time we played here was when we were very, very small, funnily enough. We supported Nevermind The Buzzcocks on their first tour. It was literally our tenth gig or something. It's like going back to school- when you were at school everything seemed huge and then you come back and it's dead small. It's really weird. But it seemed huge and we were all terrified. But we're not terrified tonight. If we were starting in Glasgow we would be very nervous but Manchester is like home, so we feel protected… We've been working very hard and we are actually looking forward to it.

Are you getting nervous, it being the first tour in eight years?
Because we've been so well received coming back with the LP and single, I'm not really that worried. It has to be the simple fact that I listen to it and I think we're great. So I'm just happy to play, although I will be nervous. I always amaze everybody with how nervous I get before I play, but yeah, I'm really looking forward to it.

How do you prepare for going back on tour?
It's quite strange when I met my wife, and she never realised how much I've been away rehearsing. It's such a hard slog, and it really wears you out. It has to start from scratch. And if you're using sequences, just getting those ready could take you months.

What prompted you to come out of New Order hibernation and do a new record?
We had such problems internally in New Order because of the demise of Factory, and because of the problems with the Hacienda. I think it's the whole thing about how you always go for the ones nearest to you. I think we just turned all our anger inward. I think by getting away from each other for a while, time is a great healer. We just mellowed over a few years, and then Rob was so sick and tired people asking him what we were doing, and he wanted to know, for his benefit, as well. He got us together and lo and behold when he got us together it was like going home for Christmas, you're terrified and when you get there it's like, oh the same! I think we need that space and I think we've come back stronger than ever.

And ex-Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan is on the album too.
Billy and Bobby are old friends. I played on Billy Corgan's last LP and Bernard played on Primal Scream's 'Xterminator.' So it's quite nice getting these young bloods in. It's like being a vampire, really, they've been sucking off us so long now we're sucking it back, you see! They've both big fans of ours and will happily say what an influence we were on them, so it's quite nice if they've stolen something from us we can steal something from them.

You talked earlier about Hacienda, Factory Records, all of which are going to be immortalised in a new movie: '24 Hour Party People'. What do you think about that?
I'm looking forward to it. The great thing about the story is, because you've lived it and you know everything that happened, the nice things I find are the bits people get wrong. They're the bits that are most entertaining! So I'm looking forward to see what things they've got wrong in the film.

So round up for us: what can fans expect from a New Order gig?
Well, they can expect us to be very serious about what we're doing, and basically just playing our music to the best of our ability.

More New Order on Radio 1 Online

21 October 2001: Sumner's Vic Reeves confession
New Order were honoured with Outstanding Contribution to Dance Music at last night's Muzik Magazine Dance Awards. After a few beers Bernard Sumner confessed to Radio 1 something that happened during the Acid House and Hacienda days - when he and Sasha used to hang out together:

"I actually took Vic Reeves to Sasha's place once but there was a police cordon around his house and they all had bullet proof vests on so we couldn't get in so I took him to another party and he passed out. The story is when he was asleep I took his shoes and glasses off and just left him and he had to make his way back from Moss Side. I did blame it on someone else but it was actually me."

New order have recorded a session for Radio 1 in the UK and last night (Monday Oct 22) 'Slow Jam' was played from this session. Further tracks will follow over the next 3 days, one of them will be 'Your Silent Face'. The show starts at 20:00.

 

17 October 2001: Exclusive: Bernard Sumner says sorry

'24 Hour Party People', the film about the Manchester music scene, is just a few months away now from release. It's the story of the Hacienda night-club, Factory Records, New Order and The Happy Mondays. It features a range of British talent including Steve Coogan, Ralf Little and John Simm who plays Bernard Sumner from New Order.

Radio 1 caught up with Bernard at the Muzik Awards and he exclusively told us about his embarrassing meeting with John: "I was a bit drunk, a bit worse for wear and he was a nice guy but he was kind of staring at me, you know and I guess what he was doing was studying me to see what I was like when I was drunk."

In fact Bernard had even more grovelling to do: "I met Steve Coogan later on in the night and he couldn't actually get a word in edgeways, I do apologise for that."

'24 Hour Party People' is due out in February 2002.

New Order : London Brixton Academy

The possibilities are stark indeed. That Manchester's infamous New Order would return as a cabaret act; a glorified karaoke mirror-image of their past; or worse, to indifference and irrelevance. Thank heavens then, that 25 years after Warsaw's self-titled debut, and 21 years after Joy Division's posthumous 'Closer', the maverick, cranky, playful, and sometimes dour, quartet (Gillian Gilbert might not be onstage, but she's definitely in the sampler) can still reach a high level of poignancy, melancholy, hedonism, and life-affirmation.

The alternately mournful and emotional music that cascades from the stage like molten lava deserves hyperbole. As unpretentious as New Order are tonight - with between-song asides and jests - a gap remains between their physical presence and the spectral songs. Yes, the more rock-oriented 'Get Ready' has raised some eyebrows with its introduction of outside help like Billy Corgan (who's absent tonight) and yes, the dance music and synthetic template has taken a sideseat, but Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris are hardly rock'n'roll monsters onstage, in the conventional sense.

Received wisdom about music being the sole premise of the young, ignores a music that, like the blues, is outside time. There's something to be said for the way the opener 'Crystal' and an exceptional version of Joy Division's 'Transmission' are pages of the same book, albeit with a linear progression soundwise and a less heavy lyrical edge to the former.

Some might think it opportunistic to reopen the Joy Division chapter after so many years, but just hear 'Regret' segue into a mournful yet upbeat version of 'Ceremony' - with images of leaves falling from trees, and smashed-glass guitar - and it's devastating. Of course, there are misfires, like the way 'Touched By The Hand Of God' loses its sleek synthetic sheen, or the mix that derails a very moving 'Atmosphere', but it all deflates an air of reverence. Not that the capacity crowd tonight have come to worship; they're here for a good time that still carries emotional weight, in perilous times.

A salutary history lesson is here, too, for people who've never heard Peter Hook's distinctive melodic bass squalls and for those who've forgotten Barney Sumner's skill on the melodica, as is evident on 'Your Silent Face'. The audience also gets an energetic 'Close Range', with self-improvement advice to a fallen mate; a scintillating version of 'Temptation', with keyboard frequencies that connect; 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' sung with many voices, and a 'Bizarre Love Triangle' that requires Stephen Morris to dust down his disco drums. Curiouser still, Bobby Gillespie comes on for a high-octane rock and roll version of 'Rock The Shack' that's as much Primal Scream as it is conventional.

Where the New Order of old would play unrecorded songs, and choose venues that were off the beaten track, and be alternatively shambolic and celestial, this year's model remains a continuing work-in-progress, that everyone says is very professional. Or would say if there weren't still the probabilities of contrary, awkward behaviour, maverick music and throwing major wobblers...

For now, New Order are happy, reborn. And will continue to be relevant as long as this spectral music is played, as long as boy bands, corporate indie bands, and nu-metallers continue to rule, and as long as these fun-loving Mancunians continue to surprise. Think about it. It could've been a horrible desecration of the past and present, couldn't it? Still timeless. Still endless.
Dele Fadele

New order have recorded a session for Radio 1 in the UK and last night (Monday Oct 22) 'Slow Jam' was played from this session. Further tracks will follow over the next 3 days, one of them will be 'Your Silent Face'. The show starts at 20:00.

Report from Marc J.:

There was this review, though, on the VH1 site:
http://www.vh1.com/thewire/content/reviews/1450158.jhtml
 

KALIMA – IN SPIRIT
This band has a history and started life as the SWAMP CHILDREN. The line-up contained the usual suspects and included members of ACR and amongst others, Ceri Evans of SUNSHIP.
SWAMP CHILDREN released one album ‘So Hot’ and a single, ‘Little Voices’ on Factory Records, as well as ‘Taste What’s Rhythm’ on the Benelux label Crepuscule.
Changes in Personal and musical direction led to a name change and the unit became known as KALIMA. The name was taken from a band’s favourite tune on an Elvin Jones album.
After releasing a version of  ‘THE SMILING HOUR’ and their own composition ‘FLY AWAY’ featuring the boys from THE JAZZ DEFECTORS on backing vocals, and Andrew Connell from SWING OUT SISTER, they proceeded to record 5 albums and numerous singles for FACTORY RECORDS. The band toured extensively and released records worldwide.

 

Kalima are Ann Quigley, Anthony Quigley and John Kirkham.

 

John has worked recently with JERSEY STREET. While Tony has
worked with THE BABY NAMBOOS, TRICKY and the FREE AGENTS.

 

The new album ‘IN SPIRIT’ sees KALIMA working as a smaller unit and releasing they’re own material on their label ‘Kin ‘.  An essential release for the millennium. With a diverse range of subtle styles that evokes the charms of Bossa filled with tints of dub, great vocals and a hint of commercial savvy. For their live appearances they will be joined by a variety of musicians. Stand out tracks 2, 4, 7, and 10
Tracklisting:
Remember
Send Me (Think  Smoke City – Underwater Love)
A Thousand Signs
Smitten (Nitan Sawnhey meets DJ Krush)
Unreal
Ready
Vroom (Everything But The Girl Meets Massive Attack)
Laurie’s Song
Vroom Down
Firefly (Candidate for every chill out comp ever to be released)
Shine (Concrete Mix)
Label:    Kin Records
Bar Code:   502638800372
Format:   CD
Release Date:    7th January 02

 

 

Geoff Kite
Timewarp
80 St Johns Hill
London SW11 1SF
Tel: 0207 738 9488 Fax; 0207 738 2278

Just thought you might like to know there's a short interview with Bernard on Steinberg's website at http://www.steinberg.net/infocenter/discoveries/stories/neworder_bernard.phtml?sid=03381008&id=04030618

Also an interview with Roger Lyons (of Lionrock) who apparently did all the programming for the Get Ready tour.

http://www.steinberg.net/infocenter/discoveries/stories/neworder_roger.phtml?sid=03381008&id=04030619

Report from JK:

Last Sat. night I was listening to a local college station here in Los Angeles and they played a remixed version of "Someone

Like you". After the song was over the DJ said that this was going to be the second single from the album here in the states.

Rising from the ashes of Joy Division, New Order taught white kids how to dance and the world not to be scared of synthesisers. They brought dancefloor love to a depressed generation, and, on their latest album Crystal, they even manage to make Billy Corgan sound half-decent. Put simply, their legacy to pop, dance and everything in between cannot be understated. So, having changed the world, where’s a band to go, 20-odd years down the track?

Backwards, forwards, up and down – all at once – it seems, if Crystal is any indication. A melange of vintage synth-pop, endearing quiet moments and all-out hedonistic rock, New Order’s first album in eight years is not quite a new-direction, not quite a return-to-form; rather, it is a collection of everything New Order ever meant to a fan.
It also rocks. Hard. Which may have something to do with Sumner’s renewed interest in his axe, explains the incredibly nice Stephen Morris over the line from the UK. "Bernie still plays a lot of guitar. He's been playing with the Chemical Brothers, Primal Scream. He still loves it."
As did Crystal’s producer Steve Osborne, who Morris likens to a contemporary Martin ___________. "Yeah, he was very good, it was kind of like working with Martin again. He's not about song writing, he's much more into sonics and noise, which Martin used to do a lot of. We'd just play for hours and hours and then he'd go, 'Guys, stop playing'. Then we'd cut it all up. That's how it worked."

While no-one can deny the band's massive influence over both indie and electronic spheres, today’s kids don’t know Blue Monday from Ruby Tuesday. So it's interesting indeed that the likes of Moby and the now-defunct Smashing Pumpkins have taken to covering Joy Division and New Order standards – thus revealing their not-so-latent influences, and also opening up younger ears to the glorious sound of New Order. These recent hat-tippings have also had a welcome side-effect: the introduction of more Joy Division tracks into New Order's live sets.

"We play quite a lot of Joy Division songs now, so in a way it made us realise, yeah they are good songs and it's silly to not play them," Morris explains. But does he think, 21-odd years down the track, that New Order can do Transmission or Digital as well as back then? "I think we get away with it," he laughs.

An interesting inclusion in the band's spate of comeback live shows was the support slot on a recent Robbie Williams gig in Germany. "It was interesting to see what it was like," Morris explains. "I'd never been to a massive, massive pop show before. It was interesting, but we went down like a lead balloon, which was to be expected, really. It was an experience."

"The shows that we're doing over here [USA] are quite small really," he continues. "They're not massive gigs – although the one at Fuji Rock Festival in Japan was quite big. It's good, it's quite good playing again. But when we did the Moby tour, we were going on in daylight and it was really weird being able to see the audience. We'd hardly ever see them before so it was, 'Ooh, that's what you look like.'"

We’re guessing that the lights will be dimmer at the three consecutive nights at London's Brixton Academy which New Order sold out within days.

"It was a big surprise," he laughs. "We've never played 3 nites on the trot anywhere, so it's very interesting that."

Interesting? Maybe. Surprising? Hardly. New Order fans are among the most obsessive on the planet, and the fact that Sumner, Morris and Co have left them hanging since 1993's Republic obviously hasn't dampered the population's love for the group.

Given the opportunity to talk to as veteran a Manc as they come, the temptation to clear up one of UK music's holy cows is overwhelming. The legendary 1976 Sex Pistols gig at Manchester's Lesser Free Trade Hall is credited by many as the genesis of the Northern city's music scene. Everyone who was anyone was there, reportedly – true or false?

"It's funny," Morris explains, "cos that Sex Pistols gig, with the number of people who claim to have been there, it would have been sold out about 3 times over. It's become one of those mythical things: 'Oh yes, I was there'. Well, I wasn't there!

In fact, Morris has done a lot of thinking about the past recently, thanks to the upcoming release of British director Michael Winterbottom's feature-length tribute to Factory Records and Madchester, 24 Hour Party People. "It's all been a bit weird seeing the past resurrected, people like Martin Abbot and all that lot," says Morris, choosing his words carefully. "That's been a bit weird, cos my take on that past is obviously not going to be the way that they remember it."

Morris seems keen to move on, so conversation turns to the reconstruction of arguably the most influential British club of all time, Manchester's Hacienda. While the Hac was demolished in 1999 after many years of general seediness, Winterbottom and Co have rebuilt a temporary replica purely for the purposes of Party People. Will Morris be attending the upcoming Madchester reunion gala night there?

"I've heard it's brilliant – they went to no end of expense to get it as accurate as possible. But I couldn't go, I just couldn't. I couldn't face all the memories."

New Order headline Big Day Out 2001 at the Showgrounds on January 28. Crystal is out now through Warner

Ramon Lobato

Here is a link to a Funny French Free Fanzine:

http://www.blab.fr.st

The concept of the Fanzine is to be free but only readable on paper, so you have to print a PDF file to read it. There is a big article on New Order in this issue, that  is why I send you this mail.

Also in !blab : interviews of Cube-Like-People or Hide & Seek, another story about UK Decay, an article about Depeche Mode ...

New Order Quit Bickering, Start Rocking On Get Ready

By Jon Wiederhorn
10/19/2001
 

New Order
Photo: Warner Bros.

For many years over the past two decades, New Order crafted cynical synth-pop that radiated with alternative dancefloor chic. But on Get Ready, the band's first record together in eight years, New Order have done something they haven't tried since their pre-Order days.

They've rocked out.

While the album still shimmers and shivers with electronic textures, it's anchored by organic instrumentation and galvanic grooves. "60 Miles an Hour," Get Ready's second single, sounds like a beefier spinoff of the band's hit "Blue Monday," and "Rock the Shack" is a cross between the Stooges and the Rolling Stones.

"Dance music tends to be a solitary affair," bassist Peter Hook said from his home in Manchester, England. "People work on a computer for a while, then bring something in. But getting back together after being apart for six years, we wanted to play as a group, which is more of what rock music is about."

Some of the music on Get Ready is reminiscent of the songs Hook, drummer Stephen Morris and guitarist Bernard Sumner (then Bernard Albrecht) created as members of Joy Division. The pioneering goth/post-punk band came to an end in 1980 when singer Ian Curtis hanged himself.

At that point, the group changed its name to New Order, and after two familiar-sounding singles, dramatically shifted its musical direction. Now, after decades of running from the past, New Order find themselves returning to their roots.

"It wasn't a conscious decision," Hook said. "It's just that as we played together, it made us feel a bit like how we felt when we were in Joy Division. We were beginning again quite fresh, really getting the energy from the guitars and from the clicking of playing together."

As unusual as it is to hear New Order rocking steady, it's equally surprising to find the band getting along after years of tension and acrimony. Especially since the group's demise in 1993 was accompanied by the collapse of its label, Factory, and its dance club, the Hacienda, both of which left the group in a state of financial disarray.

But it's that very angst that makes Get Ready such a powerful disc — not that the bandmembers were at each other's throats again. In fact, they got along so well they were worried they wouldn't be able to summon the artistic venom they were after. But the specters of the past provided more than enough fuel as the band's acerbic muse.

"You don't get many chances in the world, and you don't want to throw them away," Hook explained. "We worked very hard for our chances, and to lose Factory and the Hacienda through no fault of our own was very, very upsetting. I think the energy of the record came from the freedom of getting our music back after it being so nearly lost."

That energy and enthusiasm are evident throughout the record. "Crystal," the first single, is ebullient and enigmatic, driven by a brooding bassline, clattering drum machines, sandpaper guitars, singing keyboards and ultra-pop vocals. The video, which adheres to New Order's tradition of never featuring the actual bandmembers, depicts a young band kicking out the jams.

In the studio, New Order had some help in the fun factory. "Rock the Shack" was a collaboration with Primal Scream vocalist Bobby Gillespie and guitarist Andrew Innes. "Turn My Way," with its ethereal vocals and melancholy atmospheres, features guest vocals by Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan, who also played live with the band on Moby's Area: One tour earlier this year.

"I've known Billy since he was 15," Hook said with a laugh. "He came to see us in Chicago and wanted to meet us because he said he was a big Joy Division fan. Five years later, he was in the Smashing Pumpkins and they were huge. We've kept in touch through the years. So when we wrote 'Turn My Way,' Bernard said, 'This would sound really good with Billy on it.' So we rang him up, and he more or less came running."

If Get Ready is well-received Stateside, the group plans to return for an extensive U.S. tour. In the meantime, the band will play dates across Europe and continue working on new material. New Order have already got four songs in the can and will release an EP next year called New Order Vs. Chemical Brothers, a collaboration with the popular electronic duo.

With his band back on track and enjoying itself for the first time in years, Hook is grateful for everything he's experienced, even the low points.

"The greatest thing that ever happened to me was when New Order stopped and I got thrown out into the cold, hard world right when we basically didn't have any money," he said. "It really was a character-building experience. It's widened my horizons and made me more confident in myself and made me enjoy life more. After a couple years away from New Order we learned to appreciate the good things."

More info on Later With Jools Holland

New Order played the following tracks on Series 18/Show 2 (19/Oct/01):
1. 'Crystal'
2. 'Regret'
3. '60 MPH'
4. 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'

For more see:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/artists/s18/show2/biog_order.shtml

New Order will be on BBC radio 1's evening session in the UK next week, starting on Monday evening. they will probably play 1 session track each night as usual.

97X and www.woxy.com are giving you the chance to pick up 2 new discs from New Order: their latest studio release, Get Ready, and a limited-edition, not-available-in-stores New Order best-of retrospective, 20 Years of New Order. For good measure, we'll also throw in a 4 CD box set from Joy Division, Heart And Soul.

One lucky winner snags it all. Just get registered from now til Thursday, October 18, at 6 PM EDT. We'll randomly draw the winner on Friday, October 19.

Get all of the info, and sign up at www.woxy.com

New Order's "Get Ready" (Reprise) includes "Crystal," which is No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Dance Music: Club Play chart. "Time's a great healer," frontman Bernard Sumner says of the group's first album since 1993's "Republic." "It made me remember the good things about being in New Order, not just the bad."

A nod to the group's rock roots -- New Order formed in 1980 from the ashes of hallowed post-punk act Joy Division -- "Get Ready" is more guitar-inflected than New Order's previous two sets, which were dominated by synthesizers and club beats. Ex-Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan and Primal Scream members Bobby Gillespie and Innes guest on the album.

The group rocks hard on likely second single "60 Miles An Hour," the dark "Primitive Notion," and "Rock the Shack." A North American tour is planned for early next year, but Sumner refrains from looking too far into the future. "When the group started working again, we decided we'd take it one day at a time. We'd do one concert, if we liked that, we'd do another. If we liked the concerts, we'd do an album. If we like the album, we'd tour, and so forth. We've never been a band to plan too far ahead."

There's a brand new in-depth interview with Pottsy on the official Monaco site.  It details what's happening with Monaco at the moment, new RAM stuff, and much more!  See it at:
-> www.monaco.uk.net

I conducted the interview with him a couple of months ago and it's a cool and highly interesting read.  Details Hooky returning to New Order, and more on new band "RAM".

Also, RAM have added TWO more dates to their live schedule.  They will be appearing at the London Barfly (Camden) on the 12th of December, and the Roadhouse in Manchester on the 14th of that month also.  Full details, and web links for tickets available on the front page of the site ...

Gig played on: Wed 10 Oct 2001
NEW ORDER - BRIXTON ACADEMY, LONDON
 

At last, here are the young men - Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris. Three undeniable legends, who rose from Manchester and took music where no man or machine had gone before.

Over a period of more than twenty years, Joy Division and then New Order have plunged fearlessly into dark but beautiful territories, painting unforeseen colours, and almost killing themselves and each other in the process. Of course there have been casualties, most significantly the doomed Ian Curtis. Equally, in recent years the only time the band - tonight minus the sadly absent Gillian Gilbert - were likely to appear together would be at a funeral.

Which is perhaps why this year's glorious resurrection has been so telling. New album 'Get Ready' is a thrusting, guitar-heavy rocket of classic New Order

pleasure and pain, setting the heart racing for this potential coup-de-grace. However, they have always been an unpredictable live force, as the Brixton Academy witnesses this evening. Of the highs, and there are many, the band reach bravely and often magnificently into their peerless back catalogue, projecting memorable bile, drama, energy, glory and - occasionally - limp confusion, right before our eyes.

You expect the rumbustious barrage of opener 'Crystal', the mighty resonance of a charged 'Regret' and it's also blindingly obvious Bobby Gillespie will appear for the neanderthal hedonism of 'Rock The Shack'. But it's asking a little more for the revolving electro and guitar welter of 'Temptation' and the naive, pure drive of 'Ceremony', enlivened with the glorious "avenues alive with dreams" imagery.

Then placed against a string of other weightless experiences and this show is not that far from touching greatness, albeit with a twitch of nostalgia nagging at the back of your skull. The ethereal wonder of 'Your Silent Face' is a rare joy indeed, while three unforgettable Joy Division tremors are delivered with sublime aplomb and a gloomily fitting and yet strangely anthemic mood.

A vigorous, spellbinding 'Transmission' and the cascading dream of 'Atmosphere' are tumultuous joys, and there is a stunning symmetry to the symphonic washes and urgent bass and drum rhythms of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart', although a terrace anthem, which the track becomes, it is not.

Elsewhere - and back in the real world - there are a collection of tracks to suggest New Order have toiled impressively to earn their inconsistent live reputation, as 'Touched By The Hand Of God', 'Bizarre Love Triangle' and 'True Faith' are mauled and mangled beyond recognition.

Amidst a flurry of misguided, messy sonic aberrations, muddy sound and some of the worst dancing known to man from the suddenly melting-before-your-eyes cool of Sumner, humiliating defeat is almost snatched from the jaws of a glorious triumph. Where at once Heaven's door is creaking open, seconds later we are clumsily scrapping in the mud with Beelzebub.

However, adversity is a by-word for renewed adrenalin in New Order's language. And so it proves at the last stand, when 'Blue Monday' is thankfully delivered in thrilling style. Their most complete, inventive and revolutionary moment will not further tarnish a contrary but wholly memorable return.

That's New Order for you: avant-garde but populist, doom-laden but joyous, at the end of the road but unstoppable, confusing yet clear as crystal. We will not see their like again.

Ben Gilbert

New Order AU / NZ Tour 2002(info from Pollstar):

• Auckland, Ericcson Stadium NZ (January 18, 2002) (On sale: Oct 19 www.bigdayout.com )
• Gold Coast, Parklands AU (January 20, 2002)  (On sale: Oct 19 www.bigdayout.com )
• Sydney, RAS Showgrounds AU (January 26, 2002)  (On sale: Oct 19 www.bigdayout.com )
• Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Showgrounds AU (January 28, 2002)  (On sale: Oct 19 www.bigdayout.com )
• Adelaide, RA & HS Showgrounds AU (February 01, 2002)  (On sale: Oct 19 www.bigdayout.com )
• Perth, Bassendean Oval AU (February 03, 2002)  (On sale: Oct 19 www.bigdayout.com )

NEW ORDER release today in US/CA,OCT 16th, 2001

"GET READY" The Album
Tracks: 1.Crystal 2. 60 Miles An Hour 3.Turn My Way 4. Vicious Streak  5.Primitive Notion 6. Slow Jam 7. Rock The Shack 8. Someone Like You 9. Close Range 10. Run Wild
Also today October 16, New Order released a collectible DVD single for Crystal, the first song from Get Ready.  The Crystal DVD Single features two separate videos - one directed by Johan Renck and cut to the album version of Crystal and the second (for the “Special Circumstance Mix”) that was directed by Gina Birch with Simon Tyszko.  The “Special Circumstance Mix” is cut to the Digweed and Muir Bedrock Radio Edit version of Crystal and is exclusively available to American audiences.

New Order review in the Daily Record:

Glasgow Barrowland OCT 7th

Playing their first gig in Glasgow in 12 years, New Order took Barrowland by storm, with a set which defied both critics and the passage of time with its power, energy and verve.

Kicking off with their new single Crystal, they immediately proved that far from being Eighties has been, they are right at the top of their game. Arm aloft, bass genius Peter Hook announced "This one's for every last one of you", before launching into a blistering Transmission. New addition Phil Cunningham on guitar was clearly having the time of his life as track after track proved the bands tenacity and on-going creativity. The only downbeat was the absence of Gillian Gilbert's keyboard part on Touched By The Hand Of God. True faith was the highlight of the set and sent the packed hall into a seething mass of bouncing, singing bodies. New Order are back!

 

Report from Mr. Disco (Visit his New Order website www.neworder.ezdir.net):

"Pumped full of drugs" DVD will be released in Japan on December 01, 2001.

Q Award nominations

The stars were thin on the ground at the Q Award nominations last night.

The actual award ceremony takes place on October 29th and some of the acts up for trophies include Madonna, U2 and Fatboy Slim.

Q Award nominations

Best single - Ash, 'Burn Baby Burn'; Stereophonics, 'Have A Nice Day'; Feeder, 'Buck Rogers'; New Order, 'Crystal'; Weezer, 'Hash Pipe'; Charlatans, 'Love Is The Key'

Best album - PJ Harvey, 'Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea'; Radiohead, 'Amnesiac'; U2, 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'; Travis, 'The Invisible Band'; Muse, 'Origin Of Symmetry'; Stereophonics, 'Just Enough Education To Perform'

Best live act - Manic Street Preachers; Madonna; Coldplay; Stereophonics; U2; Muse

Best video - Fatboy Slim, 'Weapon Of Choice'; Avalanches, 'Frontier Psychiatrist'; Gorillaz, 'Clint Eastwood'; Basement Jaxx, 'Romeo'; Nelly Furtado, 'I'm Like A Bird'; I Monster, 'Daydream In Blue'

Best act in the world today - U2; REM; Stereophonics; Radiohead; Travis; Manic Street Preachers

Best new act - Starsailor; Turin Brakes; The Strokes; Goldfrapp; Tom McRae; Dido

Best producer - Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, 'Amnesiac'); Chris Shaw (Super Furry Animals, 'Rings Around The World'); Brian Eno/Daniel Lanois (U2, 'All That You Can't Leave Behind'); John Leckie (Muse, 'Origin Of Symmetry'); Pat McCarthy (REM, 'Reveal'); Dan The Automator (Gorillaz, 'Gorillaz')

Hey New Order fans,

The wait is finally over.  Get Ready, the brand new album from New Order hits American stores on October 16. 

Here’s what people are saying:

“Album of the year so far” - Daily Mirror
“Astonishing…One of the best things they’ve ever done.” - The Times (London)
“A-  …a stunning and confident return to form” - Entertainment Weekly
“This is one of those records you just have to own.  Seek out at all costs.” - Mixer Magazine


Also coming October 16, New Order are set to release a collectible DVD single for Crystal, the first song from Get Ready.  The Crystal DVD Single features two separate videos - one directed by Johan Renck and cut to the album version of Crystal and the second (for the “Special Circumstance Mix”) that was directed by Gina Birch with Simon Tyszko.  The “Special Circumstance Mix” is cut to the Digweed and Muir Bedrock Radio Edit version of Crystal and is exclusively available to American audiences.  Available at your favorite record retailer or at Amazon.com

As always, check out http://www.neworderweb.com for more information and free music samples.

Musik award for New Order
 

 

Manchester band New Order have been honoured with an outstanding achievement award at the Muzik magazine awards.

The quartet, now touring as a three-some, helped shape the British dance scene and were awarded the prize at a ceremony in London on Thursday.

Other winners included Fatboy Slim, winner of best video for Weapon of Choice, and Basement Jaxx, named best group for the second year in a row.

BBC Radio 1 Online won the award for the best Dance website

New Order frontman Bernard Sumner collected their award, saying it was a rare occasion for the band.

"I think we've only ever won three awards in our career so far and this is the third," he said.

New Order have returned to the music scene in recent weeks with a new album, Get Ready, and a tour, which includes three concerts at London's Brixton Academy.

Famous single

The band originally formed as Joy Division at the start of the 1980s, but following the death of lead singer Ian Curtis they re-emerged as New Order and cast off their melancholic image.

Their most famous single, Blue Monday, became the best-selling 12 inch single of all time, although the high cost of packaging led to them making a loss.

Touch Me by Rui Da Silva was named best single and Mercury prize nominees Zero 7 were named best new act.

A spokesman for DJ Norman Cook, aka Fatboy Slim, rubbished reports that he was planning on winding down his DJ-ing activities, saying that, as with all acts, appearances come in cycles when performers have something to promote.

The award winners:-
 

Best new artist - Zero 7
Best website - BBC Radio 1 dance
Best group - Basement Jaxx
Best album - Felix Da Housecat, Kittenz And The Glitz
Best Ibiza tune - Kings Of Tomorrow, Finally
Best event - Creamfields
Best live act - The Avalanches
Best video - Fatboy Slim, Weapon of Choice
Best Club - Colours, Glasgow
Best DJ - Sasha
Outstanding achievement in dance music - New Order

"Crystal" tops Billboard's dance music chart.

 

Hot Dance Music/Club Play^TM
Top 20 Positions /Issue Date:October 20, 2001

This Week Last week Weeks on chart "Title," Artist Label | Catalog No. | Promotion Label     Peak Position 1 3 8 Crystal, New Order Reprise | 42397 | Reprise 1 2 2 9 Little L, Jamiroquai Epic | 79638 | Epic 2 3 4 7 Yes, Amber Tommy Boy | 2286 | Tommy Boy 3 4 5 8 Official Chemical, Dub Pistols Geffen | PROMO | Interscope 4 5 8 5 It Began In Afrika, The Chemical Brothers Freestyle Dust/Astralwerks | 38798 | Virgin 5

FATBOY SLIM and NEW ORDER were the big winners at last night's (October 11) MUZIK MAGAZINE DANCE AWARDS.

The ceremony, which was held at The Arches venue in central London, saw Slim pick up the accolade of Best Video for 'Weapon Of Choice'. The video features actor Christopher Walken dancing in time to the track, and has already won six MTV Video Awards.

Other big winners included Sasha, who was awarded Best DJ, Basement Jaxx who won Best Group, and seminal dance group New Order, who were acclaimed for Outstanding Achievement in Dance Music.

New Order were unable to pick up their award in person as they were performing the second of a three-night residency at the London Brixton Academy, but did film a special 'thank you' video, as well as making it to the aftershow party.

Speaking about his award, vocalist Bernard Sumner said: "I think we've only ever won three awards in our career so far and this is the third, thanks Muzik!"

This year's winners were:

• 'Best Producer' - X-Press 2
• Best Compilation - Stanton Warriors, 'The Stanton Session'
• Best New Artist - Zero 7
• Best Website - Radio 1/dance
• Best Radio Show - Nuphonic, London Xpress
• Best Single - Rui Da Silva, 'Touch Me'
• Best Bedroom Bedlam DJ - James Zabiela
• Best Ibiza Club - Subliminal & Underwater present Subliminal Sessions at Pacha
• Best Remix - Stephane K & John Creamer, 'Hide U', Kosheen
• Best Group - Basement Jaxx
• Best Album - Felix Da Housecat - 'Kittinz And Thee Glitz'
• Best Underground Club - Shindig, Newcastle
• Best Radio 1 Essential Mix - Sander Kleinenberg
• Best Independent Record Label - Eukatech
• Best Independent Record Shop - Plastic Fantastic, London
• Best Ibiza Tune - Kings Of Tomorrow, 'Finally'
• Best Breakthrough DJ - Yousef
• Best Event - Creamfields
• Best Live Act - The Avalanches
• Best Video - Fatboy Slim, 'Weapon Of Choice'
• Best Club - Colours, Scotland
• Best Major Label - Virgin
• Best DJ - Sasha
• Caner Of The Year - Annie Nightingale
• Outstanding Achievement In Dance Music - New Order

PRIMAL SCREAM's BOBBY GILLESPIE was the surprise guest October 10 at NEW ORDER's LONDON BRIXTON ACADEMY gig.

Bobby, who was in the news yesterday after being fined £2,500 for breaching a noise abatement order at his old Maida Vale home, joined Barney and the boys onstage to recreate his role on the band's current 'Get Ready' album, and to sing backing vocals on 'Rock The Shack', the penultimate song of the gig.

Stars in the audience included legendary producer Arthur Baker, Felix Da Housecat, BBC newsreader Jeremy Vine and DJs Pete Tong and Paul Oakenfold.

Songs in the set, which was rapturously received by the sell-out crowd, included Joy Division songs 'Atmosphere' and 'Transmission', as well as rarely heard New Order album track 'Your Silent Face', a fans' favourite. It concluded with the band's biggest ever hit 'Blue Monday'.

The full setlist was:

• 'Crystal'
• 'Transmission'
• 'Regret'
• 'Ceremony'
• '60 Miles An Hour'
• 'Atmosphere'
• 'Close Range'
• 'Touched By The Hand Of God'
• 'Bizarre Love Triangle'
• 'True Faith'
• 'Temptation'
• 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
• 'Rock The Shack'
• 'Blue Monday'

The band play London Brixton Academy again yesterday and tonight. Both shows are sold out.

New Order will be appearing on the new series of 'Later with Jools Holland' on UK TV.

Time - 23:35 to 00:35 (1 hour long).
When - Friday 19th October on BBC2

Jools Holland introduces a diverse mix of music performers. New Order perform a single from their first album in seven years; Zero 7 play numbers from their critically acclaimed debut album 'Simple Things'; 26-year-old Ryan Adams introduces his particular brand of edgy alt-country; former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald is in the studio; and UK hip-hop star Roots Manuva has tracks from his second album.

If you'd like to be a member of the Later with Jools Holland studio audience and see some of your fav bands play live, then all you have to do is answer one simple question ... Follow this link

http://www.bbc.co.uk/later/wintickets3.shtml

One of our daily newspapers here have confirmed New Order will be playing the Big Day Out festivals in Australia in January.
http://www.bigdayout.com
Tickets go on sale on October 19th 2001  (http://www.bigdayout.com/buyonline_tickets.phtml)

 

The Festival will take place: AUCKLAND 18/01 - GOLD COAST 20/01 - SYDNEY 26/01 - MELBOURNE 28/01 - ADELAIDE 01/02 -  PERTH 03/02...No confirmation yet on which date  NEW ORDER will be on.

there is review for "Get Ready" in Macedonian bi-weekly life and politics magazine FORUM (21.09.2001).
(http://www.forum.com.mk/Arhiva/Forum90/kultura/kultura.htm)
the review is on Macedonian language and the title is "Back to the rock". in news from Macedonia is also valuable to mention that on Channel 103's (music radio) play list named "pink Cadillac", New Order's Crystal stays firmly around the top of the singles scale.

ELECTRONIC Koch Records released a Deluxe edition of Twisted Tenderness today October 9th 2001 for the US Market. This edition is a 2CD set.

DISC 1:

1. Make It Happen 2. Haze 3. Vivid 4. Breakdown 5. Can't Find My Way Home 6. Twisted Tenderness 7. Like No Other 8. Late At Night 9. Prodigal Son 10. When She's Gone 11. Flicker

DISC 2:

1. King For A Day 2. Warning Sign 3. Make It Happen - (remix) 4. Haze - (alternative mix) 5. Prodigal Son - (Star in your own mind mix) 6. Radiation 7. Prodigal Son - (touched by the hand of inch) 8. Prodigal Son - (two lone swordsmen) 9. Prodigal Son - (Harvey's greatly deluded mix) 10. Come Down - (Cevin Fisher mix) .

there seems to be an extra batch of tickets for all the remaining New Order UK dates been made available:

www.wayahead.com and www.ticketweb.co.uk

ARTHUR BAKER to support NEW ORDER

Arthur is currently the support DJ on his old pals New Order's October UK dates and November European tour.

Peter Hook was interviewed in the arts lift out of the daily rag in Perth (Australia) today. The stand out comments:

1. New Order are hoping to tour in Australia in early 2002! No word on whether it'll be part of the Big Day Out or a solo affair.

2. He reconfirmed that Here to Stay (the Chemicals collaboration) is expected to have a late 2001 release date.

the official Monaco site back up and running, check it out at:

-> www.monaco.uk.net

Loads of stuff added about Pottsy's new band RAM, who ARE CONFIRMED SUPPORTING NEW ORDER TONIGHT IN GLASGOW. Plus for all you Mancunians there's a November 10th RAM appearance at NIGHT&DAY in Oldham Street you may wish to check out, visit the site for details.

Rock legends return - New Order

WE hope you enjoy it, mused Bernard Sumner as New Order, the city’s most enduring musical export and probably its most influential, took the stage for their first home-town gig for nearly three years.

It would have been impossible for anyone in the sell-out house not to have enjoyed it.

They haven’t changed much New Order were always the rock band dance fans liked and the dance act rock fans could get into but at the same time, they have, which explains why the audience comprised as many 40-somethings who remember them first time round as it did 20-somethings.

With former Marion man Phil Cunningham standing in for Gillian Gilbert on keyboards and guitar, that was also the case on stage.

The new album Get Ready is a bit mixed, but it does include a few gems. One such is Crystal, which kicked off the show. Its thumping bass-line allowed the leonine Peter Hook, whose bass is so low-slung these days it scrapes the floor, to show off his idiosyncratic playing style.

Whereas most bands treat gigs as a chance to showcase the new stuff, New Order, as they get older, are exhuming more and more of the Joy Division back catalogue, with a suitably sombre Transmission being the pick.

But what everyone wanted to hear were the New Order classics. Bizarre Love Triangle received a curious acid house treatment which didn’t quite come off, while Touched by the Hand of God was touched instead by a dollop of funk which sounded little more than work-in-progress.

The highlight was unquestionably a majestic True Faith, with Temptation a close second. They could only finish the gig with one track, and a triumphant Blue Monday for which Gillian appeared duly concluded the show.

NEW ORDER started their UK tour on home turf last night (October 4) with their first major MANCHESTER show for nearly three years.

The band played the first night of a two-night residency at the Manchester Apollo to a suitably packed crowd of local fans and friends. Excepting a minor appearance to launch next year's Commonwealth Games, the last time they played in the city was New Year's Eve 1998.

The performance, at almost two hours in duration, was unusually long for a band notoriously hostile to playing live. The band opened with recent single 'Crystal', and while the show was heavy with material from current album 'Get Ready', all three decades of their career were covered, with hits like 'Bizarre Love Triangle', 'True Faith' and 'Blue Monday'. The set also included three Joy Division songs - 'Transmission', 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' and 'Atmosphere'.

The hometown crowd were typically wild, with vocalist Bernard Sumner forced to ask people to move back after 'True Faith' because of fears of crushing at the front.

He joked, "Free drinks at the bar on me. That's only if you go now." Bassist Peter Hook responded "Fucking hell, that's a once-in-a-lifetime offer!"

Billy Corgan, who had accompanied the band on their US tour and at their comeback show at Liverpool Olympia in July, did not appear. However, Hooky acknowledged absent keyboard player Gillian Gilbert, calling into the crowd, "Are you alright G? Are they looking after you in there?"

New Order return to the Apollo tonight (October 5), then play Glasgow Barrowlands (7-8), before playing three nights at London's Brixton Academy next week (October 10-12).

The next single from 'Get Ready' has been confirmed as '60 Miles An Hour', released on October 22.

NEW ORDER made a storming return to the live stage in Apollo, MANCHESTER tonight.

The full New Order setlist was:

 

• 'Crystal'
• 'Transmission'
• 'Regret'
• 'Ceremony'
• '60mph'
• 'Your Silent Face'
• 'Slow Jam'
• 'Close Range'
• 'Touched By The Hand Of God'
• 'Bizarre Love Triangle'
• 'True Faith'
• 'Temptation'
• 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'
• 'Atmosphere'

encore

• 'Ruined In A Day'
• 'Rock The Shack'
• 'Blue Monday'

Simple Minds released a new single Sept 24, 2001 named "Dancing Barefoot EP" in UK, it is a cover EP.

Track Listing

1.		Dancing Barefoot (Patti Smith)
2.		Gloria (Van Morrisson)
3.		Being Boiled
4.		Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

 

Music's digital future By BBC News Online's Alfred Hermida

As the big record labels gear up to launch online subscription services, bands are looking at new ways of using digital technology to reach their fans. Groups like New Order and Depeche Mode have offered fans the ability to download and remix their tracks to promote their new singles.

"The biggest thing for the fans is to have the artists listen to their music and this does happen," says Steve Foldvari of Acidplanet, a website which allows fans to remix tracks.

"And there is a chance that some of these fans will be signed to a major label as a remix artist. That is currently happening with the Depeche Mode competition," he told the BBC's Go Digital programme.

In one of the first contests at Acidplanet, a remix of a Beck single eventually became a b-side. The site offers fans the ability to download samples from a track and then remix the loops to produce the track in a different style.

Artists warm to the net

This is increasingly seen by groups as an important way of using the web to promote their music.

"Some of the trepidation artists felt towards the internet is lessening as they receive more data that shows their CD sales have increased as people sample their music over the internet," argues Mr Foldvari.

He says this was the approach taken by New Order when they allowed fans to remix their latest single, Crystal.

"If you download snippets from Crystal and play with them, you get deeper and deeper into the music and are more prone to go out and purchase the CD," he says.

Internet hopes

Unsigned bands have turned to the internet as a way of getting noticed. Hundreds have signed up to websites that promote and distribute their material online.

Wilson: Web small part of promotion

But so far, few have made the transition into a chart-topping band.

"It was a kind of dream that everyone had that the internet was going to be so wonderful it was going to short-circuit everything and get rid of the these guys in suits in the record industry," says music mogel Tony Wilson.

"It doesn't work that way. Between 90-95% for a young band getting signed is having people talk about you - there being a buzz which you create.

"The other 10% includes sending people cassettes, trying to get a gig and the internet. But it is only part of 10%. It is not the answer to your problems," says the former boss of Factory Records.

End of free music?

Experts say the next big step in the future of music on the internet is the launch of legitimate fee-charging services. They argue the days of free music are numbered.

"It's theft; it's copyright theft; it's not paying people for what they do," says Tony Wilson.

It is our fault - the music industry's - because we haven't made stuff available on the net

Tony Wilson

Even though he is morally averse to file-sharing, he can understand why millions downloaded free music over the internet.

"It is our fault - the music industry's - because we haven't made stuff available on the net," he says.

"The record companies ran scared from this and they created Napster by not dealing with it and not providing the songs.

"Its easy availability is what will drive it forward. At the moment, we are all struggling to get payment systems that work to make this all possible."

Majors wade in

Two online subscription services from the major music companies are due to go live within the next few months.

MusicNet is backed by RealNetworks and AOL Time Warner, along with the music majors EMI, BMG and the big independent company Zomba.

The other, Pressplay, is jointly owned by Vivendi-Universal and Sony. But many analysts are still unconvinced about the readiness of the market to pay for music downloads.

"Free and unlimited is a difficult thing to compete with," admitted Richard Wolpert, MusicNet's strategic advisor.

Thousands of music files are still readily available to download from the internet, despite the effective shutdown of the online song-swapping service, Napster.

On www.ifilm.com, the currently highest-rated short, "More", features none other than New Order's "Elegia."  The song basically runs through the entire stop-action short, and it's a wonderful little movie.  Check it out.

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilm/product/film_info/0,3699,68390,00.html or the official website www.moreshort.com

Report from Amy F. (Australia):

Just to let you know there's a review of the 'Crystal' DVD single here...http://www.dvd.net.au/review.cgi?review_id=913

Report from Mark T. (UK) :

"I noticed that the forthcoming new series of Holby City carried a trailer using the Crystal tune last night (Sept 30)on BBC 1."

Report from Oliver L.(US) :

'Crystal' was played twice for about five seconds during "Ben Stiller: Uncensored" on Mtv.

New Order new video "60 Miles An Hour" being shot in Spain. Directed by Blue Source-Fat Boy Slim "Bird of Prey".

Hot Dance Music/Club PlayTM Top 20 Positions /Issue Date:October 6, 2001 This Week Last week Weeks on chart "Title," Artist Label | Catalog No. | Promotion Label     Peak Position 1 2 10 Stand Still, Aubrey Groovilicious | 253 | Strictly Rhythm 1 2 4 7 Feel This 2001, Robbie Rivera Strictly Rhythm | 12611 | Strictly Rhythm 2 3 5 7 Little L, Jamiroquai Epic | 79638 | Epic 3 4 6 6 Crystal, New Order Reprise | 42397 | Reprise 4 5 1 8 Absolutely Not, Deborah Cox J | 21100 | J 1

Report from Jon M. (Warner Records) :

We are currently really close to #1 on the dance charts with "Crystal".. There is talk at Warner about releasing an additional 12", but I have not yet received the remixes from Acid Planet from the remix contest.

If you have done a remix of "Crystal" and would like us to hear it, upload your remix directly to us, send it via the neworderweb.com website here:

http://64.12.34.16/contest.cfm

There were over 750 entries into the contest, and we will definitely listen to all of them, but time is running short...
 

Report from Alejo :

Here is an interesting review of "Get Ready" in Spanish. The source is the Argentinean newspaper LaNacion. Besides there's a nice picture of Hooky playing his bass. Here's the link http://www.lanacion.com.ar/01/09/23/ds_337273.asp
 

Pete Waterman, the man behind Steps and Kylie Minogue, revealed to that he had wanted to produce New Order in their '80's heyday - but that the band weren't keen. "I would have loved to have worked with them," he said, "because I loved them. And [label boss] Tony Wilson desperately wanted me to do it. But their credibility would have gone out the window if they'd done that and at the end of the day I've never worried about that. But all rock bands are worried about their credibility more than they're worried about anything else. I wouldn't want to work with them now because the time has."

Report from Mick (Italy):

"Get Ready" entered the Italian charts at number 46, which is an excellent result for New Order here. Republic and the side projects never charted at all.

Report from Hana (Croatia):

New Order "Crystal" is number 1.

ELECTRONIC Koch Records is releasing a Deluxe edition of Twisted Tenderness on October 9th 2001 for the US Market. This edition will be a 2CD set.

Electronic: Johnny Marr (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass); Bernard Sumner (vocals, guitar, bass).

It's got an energy about it Johnny Marr says. Which is something you really cant design. You can strategize as much as you like, but unless what you do has the x factor - the moments that make you go 'YES!' even as they first come to you - there's no way you can expect it to have that effect on anyone else.

Twisted Tenderness - Deluxe, is the new, expanded 2 CD set culled from the tracks and remixes from the third album by Marr and Bernard Sumner as Electronic - Twisted Tenderness (KOC-8165). This record sounds free, not just of the prevailing anxieties that currently surround the music industry, but also of the burden of expectation which has been such a factor in Johnny and Bernard's previous collaborations - The Smiths and New Order, respectively.

From the invigorating clank and grind of "Make it Happen" to the guitar break in "When She's Gone", and all of the harmonicas that spring the steal traps throughout -: all of these are just a few of the things which raise Electronic head and shoulder above the rest - it shimmers, it startles and on occasion it rocks like a beast

DISC 1:

1. Make It Happen 2. Haze 3. Vivid 4. Breakdown 5. Can't Find My Way Home 6. Twisted Tenderness 7. Like No Other 8. Late At Night 9. Prodigal Son 10. When She's Gone 11. Flicker

DISC 2:

1. King For A Day 2. Warning Sign 3. Make It Happen - (remix) 4. Haze - (alternative mix) 5. Prodigal Son - (Star in your own mind mix) 6. Radiation 7. Prodigal Son - (touched by the hand of inch) 8. Prodigal Son - (two lone swordsmen) 9. Prodigal Son - (Harvey's greatly deluded mix) 10. Come Down - (Cevin Fisher mix) .

Report from Joe W.:

In the United States, "Crystal" climbs to number 6 on the September 29, 2001 Billboard chart of "Hot Dance Music/Club Play."
 

Report from Carlos:

Another review of Get Ready at www.uol.com.br
 

Report from Johan Carlson (www.releasemagazine.net):

there is a competition to win one of ten copies of "Get Ready" on Release Magazine - www.releasemagazine.net
 

David Potts and his brand new band "RAM" will be playing a "secret" warm-up gig in Sheffield next Tuesday.

Any UK New Order fans who saw Monaco as their favourite side-project, or even just really enjoyed the music they made, should pop along to check out what Pottsy's new band is all about.  The music is quite different and hugely varied, and here's a chance to find out for yourself! :)

Drummer Paul Kehoe, and keyboardist Andy Poole, ex-bandmates of Monaco, will be backing up Pottsy along with new musicians brought in to "finish" RAM's sound.

* Date of gig: Tuesday 25th September.
* Venue: Bar Fly at NAT Centre for Popular Music, Sheffield.

NEW ORDER

-    "Get Ready" was released in vinyl Sept 17, 2001 in UK.

-    "Crystal" was released finally Sept 18, 2001 in Canada (info from Nicolas L.).
Tracks:1."Crystal" Radio Edit 2."Crystal" Digweed & Muir Radio Edit 3."Crystal" Digweed & Muir Bedrock Mix 4."Crystal" Digweed & Muir Bedrock Dub 5."Crystal" Lee Coombs Remix 6."Crystal" Lee Coombs Dub 7."Crystal" John Creamer & Stephanie K Main Remix 8."Crystal" Creamer K Main Mix 9."Behind Closed Doors"
-    "Crystal" will be release in Hong Kong Sept 24.

Tracks: 1.Original Version 2.Digweed & Muire Bedrock Radio Edit 3.Digweed & Muire Bedrock Mix Edit 4.John Creamer & Stephane K Main Remix Edit 5.Lee Coombs Remix 6.Digweed & Muir Bedrock Dub 7.Lee Coombs Dub 8.Behind Closed Doors

 

ELECTRONIC Koch Records is releasing a Deluxe edition of Twisted Tenderness on October 9th 2001 for the US Market. This edition will be a 2CD set.

Exclusive info from Pottsy himself says that his solo band "RAM" (was Brushed) will be supporting New Order on key dates of their forthcoming UK tour in October.  No word yet on which gigs precisely, but one night of each venue is expected.

RAM, band-wise, is basically Monaco (Paul Kehoe, Andy Poole) minus Hooky so it should be a very interesting set of nights for NewOrder/Monaco fans. 
The other support act is reported to be a band fronted by one of NO's roadies, no further info on that as yet.  Folks who'd like to see RAM before they support NO can see them at the beginning of October at Manchester's "In The City" festival (www.inthecity.co.uk) round about Oct. 1st.

As mentioned previously, RAM is vastly different from the "New Order" sound, so expect something refreshingly new rather than just "I've Got A Feeling" part 2 :)

Spoke to the Order's tour manager at the weekend and the 12 confirmed gigs are all we should expect this year ...
Nothing else in the pipeline although there is an outside possibility of a one-off Xmas gig - dunno where though.
Enquired about this Moz/USA thing and drew a blank. The only excursion being mooted at present is a possible Australia / New Zealand tour early next year.

Q Magazine confirms the rumors that New Order is playing 'Live at Later with Jools Holland'
 

Interview from Mojo Magazine:

Interview with Peter Hook

There can be few more melancholic, harrowing albums than Joy Division's Closer. Driven by bassist Peter Hook's elegiac basslines and Stephen Morris' clipped, sparse percussion, it's well known that singer Ian Curtis drew on the disintegration of his marriage and his frequent bouts of epilepsy to create a poignant, nightmarish opus that has few peers in the rock canon. What's less publicised is that shortly after recording it, three of the members of Joy Division decided to show a porno featuring a variety of buxom ladies and an eel to some steel workers who were striking up the road. A posh French journalist interrupted this pleasant scene, who'd fully expected them to find them leafing through novels by Camus and Solzheinitsyn. "She seemed pretty shocked," beams bassist Peter Hook.

And this is symptomatic of a dichotomy at the heart of Joy Division. As journalist Roy Wilkinson pointed out in a review of The Complete BBC Recordings, the band crafted some of the most sublimely gloomy music imaginable while at the same time "they'd enliven journeys to London by mooning at fellow travellers from their transit".
Enthused by the Sex Pistols' disregard for musical competence, the quartet (Curtis, Hook, Morris and guitarist Bernard Sumner) came together under the suitably morose name Warsaw, but were forced to change because of a long forgotten group called Warsaw Pakt. So, unfazed, they came up with the even more depressing name Joy Division, lifted from the World War II novel House of Dolls, brothels kept by SS officers in concentration camps.

 Unsurprisingly, early songs pegged them down in the Pistols slipstream, but they were destined to move beyond the three-chord orthodoxy. Unlike their amateurish peers, the band immersed themselves in the Velvet Underground, The Doors, the Stooges and the cold electronica of Bowie and Kraftwerk.


The band were signed to Tony Wilson's fledgling Factory label (despite a violent altercation between Wilson and Curtis on their first meeting), the band crafted the steely, claustrophobic Unknown Pleasures in June 1979. Recorded under the truly strange producer Martin Hannett, it's certainly the finest album to come out in the post-punk period, an edgy, venomous distillation of urban dis-ease. But the success of the album and the single 'Transmission' only led to increased pressure on Curtis. Being diagnosed with epilepsy did nothing to tone down his boozy lifestyle. To make matters worse, Curtis' extra-marital affair and constant drinking blighted the recording of the band's elegiac second album Closer. With a US tour set to start on Monday 19th May, 1980, Curtis returned to his house in Macclesfield on the Saturday to discuss divorce proceedings with his wife. Alone, Curtis watched the film Stroszek, in which a musician commits suicide rather than choose between two women. In the early hours of Sunday morning, after listening to Iggy Pop's The Idiot, Curtis hung himself. He was 23 years of age.

Of course the band continued under the guise of New Order. And Joy Division's influence has never been greater, whether filtered through the more dolorous moments of Primal Scream's XTRMNTR or in a variety of post-rock bands from Mogwai to Godspeed You Black Emperor! Indeed, one of the biggest bands in the world wouldn't exist without their steely legacy - Bono frequently pays tribute to "the holy voice of Ian Curtis" while Tony Wilson believes that had Curtis lived, Joy Division would be in the position U2 hold today. And who could forget Paul Young and PJ Proby's covers of Love Will Tear Us Apart? Everybody, hopefully.

RESOURCES
The definitive Joy Division Book is Touching From A Distance: Ian Curtis And Joy Division (Faber and Faber 1995), written by Ian Curtis's widow. The singer's erratic behaviour and illness are tragically and movingly detailed, and the book reproduces many of his unfinished lyrics. There are also many fantastic websites especially Here Are The Young Men (http://www.magnix.demon.nl/jd.htm).

I wrote somewhat pretty long article about New Order and Get Ready in my native Slovak language.
There it is for people who can read it http://mojweb.sk/substance242

Report from Rob A:

New Order are rumored to be appearing on the new series of 'Later with Jools Holland' on UK TV. The series begins on Oct 12th and it is a live showcase for bands, normally playing around 3 songs each and with possible interviews.
 

Report from Sim (Australia):

Aus NO fans have reason to be eager at the moment.. Rumors are persisting of a possible 2002 tour and tomorrow night the ABC will present the following New Order / Joy Division / Electronic / Monaco video special on Rage.. Hit those VCR timers before you hit the town..


Saturday 15 September 2001
 
11:30pm  Crystal - NEW ORDER Warner
  1963 - NEW ORDER Warner
  Spooky - NEW ORDER Warner
  World (Price Of Love) - NEW ORDER Warner
  Ruined In A Day - NEW ORDER Warner
  Regret - New Order Polydor
  World In Motion - New Order Festival
  Run - NEW ORDER Fest/Mush
 
12:00am  Round & Round - NEW ORDER Fest/Mush
  Fine Time - NEW ORDER Fest/Mush
  Blue Monday (Remix) - New Order Polydor
  Touched By The Hand Of God - New Order Festival
  True Faith - New Order Festival
  Bizarre Love Triangle - New Order Festival
  State Of The Nation - NEW ORDER Warner
  Shellshock - NEW ORDER Warner
 
12:30am  The Perfect Kiss - New Order Festival
  Thieves Like Us - New Order Festival
  Confusion - New Order Festival
  Blue Monday - New Order Polydor
  Temptation - New Order Festival

1:00am  Shadow Play - JOY DIVISION Warner
  Transmission - Joy Division Fest/Mush
  Atmosphere - Joy Division Festival
  Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division Festival
  She's Lost Control - Joy Division Festival
  Getting Away With It - Electronic Warner
  Feel Every Beat - ELECTRONIC Warner
  Get The Message - ELECTRONIC Warner
 
1:30am  Disappointed - Electronic Warner
  Forbidden City - ELECTRONIC Warner
  Vivid - Electronic EMI
  Late At Night - Electronic EMI
  What Do You Want From Me? - Monaco Polydor
  Sweet Lips - Monaco Polydor
  Shine - Monaco Polydor
 

Report from Antoine (France):

Get Ready is number #21 in the French Album.

Report from England:

There is an interview of Tony Wilson (founder of the seminal Factory Records and Hacienda) at http://www.vitaminic.co.uk/specials/interactive_2001/wilson.shtml

Joy Division HEARTANDSOUL (Warner Archives/Rhino Entertainment)
 

It's been more than 20 years since singer Ian Curtis' suicide and finally a long-overdue Joy Division retrospective has arrived on American shores. The four-disc set includes almost every recording available. For example, the classic "She's Lost Control," a song about the epilepsy that afflicted Curtis, is on Disc 1, the 12-inch appears on Disc 2, and it surfaces again this time as a live format on Disc 4. A fan could spend years trying to accumulate all the pioneering singles, bootlegs, live recordings and alternative takes included on this box set.

Joy Division had a short career but their music developed at a staggering pace. Of course, Curtis' voice nearly always low and eerily morbid with the pain and misunderstanding of life, is the focal point of the records and gets more hypnotic as each disc progresses. Disc 1 houses their debut 1979's Unknown Pleasures. From the lyrical hopelessness of "Shadow Play" to the soaringly beautiful "Love Will Tear Us Apart," once called "the greatest song ever written" by Kurt Cobain, Curtis, Bernard Sumner (guitar), Peter Hook (bass), and Stephen Morris (drums), delivers music that will bring out your sense of desolation while making you shiver with its beauty.

"Atmosphere" on Disc 2, is one of those bone-chilling tracks filled with longing that reverberates long after the song's four minutes, eleven seconds. The second disc also gives shelter to Closer, the band's final album replete with the relentless rhythms of Peter Hook's bass lines and the heart of the record "Twenty Four Hours," a track about loneliness that is indefinable yet deeply familiar, and hints at the influences that band was to have on the post-New Wave music years.

Disc 3 is rawer and includes the seminal first EP An Ideal For Living while Disc 4, captures the live shows the band were so famous for. Replete with thick booklet, which includes liner notes from Jon Savage, one of England's most serious music critics, HEARTANDSOUL is full of all the pain, suffering and dreamy synthesizer beauty that was integral to Joy Division and spawned not only the band's reincarnation, New Order, but after their demise, fed countless other aspiring musicians.

Their raw emotion has been missed.

- Dee Mc Laughlin
  August 28, 2001

For the first time, since 1983 (...), New Order will play Stockholm at Cirkus (a small venue, only 1600 seats!) on November 18Th, Tickets go on sale Monday, Sept 10th. http://www.ema.se/artister/neworder.htm

Report from Antonio F.:

power, corruption, and videos...

come down to 'cinema classics' every saturday-nite this month for the all-new 'open-mic video'.  watch your favorite new-wave bands on our twelve-foot screen, while a couple of rolling-rock's later you rush the stage and warble out the lyrics to 'Blue Monday'!

for more info e-mail: cinemaclassics@excite.com

Sept 1 -  the cure
Sept  8 -  new order
Sept 15 -  depeche mode
Sept 22 -  all-80's nite

cinema classics
332 e 11th ST.
New York City
 

The Official Finnish Chart 35/01 02.09.2001
Albums
 

1	HIM	Deep Shadows & Brilliant Highlights
2	ANSSI KELA	Nummela
3	SLIPKNOT	Iowa
4	YÖLINTU	Sitä saa mitä tilaa
5	BJÖRK	Vespertine
6	THE RASMUS	Into
7	SAFRI DUO	Episode II
8	SYSTEM OF A DOWN	Toxicity
9	KWAN	Dynasty
10	GORILLAZ	Gorillaz
11	NEW ORDER	Get Ready

The Official Finnish Chart 34/01 26.08.2001
Singles Top 20
 

1	SUBURBAN TRIBE	Frozen Ashes
2	NIGHTWISH	Over The Hills And Far Away
3	DADDY DJ	Daddy Dj
4	CHRISTINA AGUILERA, LIL' KIM, MYA & PINK	Lady Marmalade
5	JAMIROQUAI	Little L
6	ROCKIN DA NORTH	Operaatio RDN
7	NEW ORDER	CRYSTAL
8	THE RASMUS	Chill
9	AVAIN FEAT. SOFIA CHAICHEE	Yhdes iltaan
10	FINTELLIGENS	Pää pystyyn

RADIO CHART

22. - 28.8.2001
1. TRAVIS: Side
2. TIKTAK: Häiritsen sinua
3. TEHOSEKOITIN: Kaikki on mahdollista
4. HIM: In joy and sorrow
5. RASMUS: Madness
6. NELLY FURTADO: Turn off the light
7. MAIJA VILKKUMAA: Totuutta ja tehtävää
8. CRASH: Lauren caught my eye
9. MICHAEL JACKSON: You rock my world
10. TITIYO: 1989
11. SUBURBAN TRIBE: Frozen ashes
12. 22 PISTEPIRKKO: This time
13. EMMI: Green car
14. ANSSI KELA: Kissanpäivät
15. KILLER: All I want
16. FU-TOURIST: Big trouble
17. PALEFACE: Maximaze the prophet
18. DIDO: Hunter
19. AKNESTIK: Vedenpaisumuksen jälkeen
20. ARMAND VAN HELDEN: Why can't you free some time
21. LUMO: Riisu pois
22. NEW ORDER: Crystal
23. DESTINY'S CHILD: Bootylicious
24. FAITHLESS: Muhammad Ali
25. EGOTRIPPI: Polkupyörälaulu
26. FOXY BROWN: Oh yeah
27. FIVE: Let's dance
28. DAVE MATTHEWS BAND: The space between
29. ALIEN ANT FARM: Smooth criminal
30. CRAZY TOWN: Revolving door


Week 28 On the radio NEW ORDER: Crystal   Single of the week
Week 35 Get Ready    Album of the week
 

Report from Australia (Sam Gray):

Get Ready entered Number 7 in Australian Music Chart
 

New Order will do a signing session in Paris (at the store FNAC Montparnasse) Tuesday, Set 25th.

Harvard Film Archive is doing a retrospective of the cinematographer who shot The Perfect Kiss.
http://www.harvardfilmarchive.org/calendars/01sepoct/alekan.html

THE PERFECT KISS (shown with another film)

October 13 (Saturday) 8:45 pm
October 14 (Sunday) 7:00 pm

Directed by Jonathan Demme
US 1985, 35mm, color, 9 min.

This music video for New Order, filmed by Alekan and directed by Jonathan Demme, is a masterpiece of understated elegance and precision that perfectly matches the group's real-time performance of the titled song.
 

Henri Alekan: Master of Light and Shadow

This past summer at his home in Paris, the legendary cinematography Henri Alekan died at age 92, leaving behind one of the most distinctive bodies of work in the history of the medium. In a career that spanned some sixty-five years, Alekan photographed nearly a hundred feature films and more than fifty documentaries and dramas for television. He began work during the silent era as an assistant cameraman and operator in the French studio system and became a protégé of the innovative German cinematographer Eugene Shuftan. During the German occupation, his work shifted to shooting anti-Nazi films as part of the Resistance in the south of France, a service that earned him the Legion of Honor. The broad range of his creative work emerged in the immediate postwar years when Alekan worked on such diverse productions as Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast in France, an adaptation ofAnna Karenina in England, and William Wyler’s Roman Holiday in Hollywood. Alekan would continue an active career into his eighties and earned his greatest recognition for his work on Wim Wender’s Wings of Desire, when he was seventy-eight years old. Several lifetime achievement awards followed as the great master of light and shadow ended a singular career behind the camera.

Synthphony Records is doing a tribute to New Order featuring Modern Synthpop bands.

"True Faith -  A Tribute to New Order"

Bizarre Love Triangle - Days of Fate
Blue Monday - Wave In Head
Confusion - Seabound
Subculture - Celebrate the None
Thieves Like Us - Shades of Grey
Love Vigilante - Hungry Lucy
Temptation - Invisible Limits
True Faith - Intact
Perfect Kiss - Paradoxx
Round and Round - u:phonics
Vanishing Point - Provision
Ceremony - Atlantic Popes
Your Silent Face - Persona
1963 - Dark Distant Spaces
Shellshock - D'Woolve


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Paradoxx goes New Order
After Hungry Lucy, also Aussie synthpop band Paradoxx are currently recording a New Order song. Paradoxx will cover “Perfect Kiss” for Synthphony Records' new New Order Tribute album “True Faith” including synthpop bands from around the globe to do their version of a classic NO anthem. The Paradox version of “Perfect Kiss” will also be available as a bonus track on Paradoxx' up and coming new release “Atomica” due out later this year through Isis Records. http://home.primus.com.au/paradoxxband

A New Order for Hungry Lucy
Once again, Hungry Lucy has been invited to appear on a tribute CD. The band being honored this time around is New Order. The CD will be released in October by Synthphony Records and will contain Hungry Lucy's cover of the song, "Love Vigilantes". "These tribute CDs are a great way to expose new listeners to our music as well as giving us a chance to
cover some of the songs we've always loved.", says War-N.
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Report from Belgrade, Yugoslavia (Milan):

New Order are currently on the fifth (5th) place with "Crystal" on the top list of Radio - Television B92 (the most influential musical radio - television in Yugoslavia), on their "V.I.P." list (that's the main list).

Report from Keith:

Another review of "Get Ready" http://www.music-critic.com/electronica/neworder_getready.htm

Report from Germany (Denis):

crystal entered the official top 100 charts in Germany at 39... still number 1 in the alternative charts (that one is compiled by djs)
Report from the US:

On September 1, New Order "Crystal" was number 19 on the HOT 100 SINGLES SALES in the US.
 

Report from Sebastian L.:

Here's is the 16 page-booklet offer at a HMV store in Frankfurt (Germany) for every sale of the album "Get Ready"