NEW ORDER / BE MUSIC
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In addition to contributing to the DVDs Umbrellas In The Sun and Shadowplayers, classic 1980s dance and electro productions by all four members of New Order (as Be Music) are collected on the twin compilation sets Cool As Ice and Twice As Nice.


UMBRELLAS IN THE SUN LTMDVD 2400 £12
New Order perform Everything's Gone Green (live in Brussels May 1981) on this definitive two hour compilation DVD, which also features rare archive clips from Antena, A Certain Ratio, Josef K, Cabaret Voltaire, Marine, Section 25, The Names, Durutti Column, New Order, Crispy Ambulance, Minny Pops, Malaria!, Berntholer, Tuxedomoon, Thick Pigeon, Paul Haig, Kalima, Stockholm Monsters, Quando Quango and Swamp Children. For more details of this DVD click here.


SHADOWPLAYERS LTMDVD 2391 £12
Peter Hook of Joy Division/New Order is interviewed in this feature length (two hour) documentary DVD, which traces the early history of iconic Manchester record label Factory Records between 1978 and 1981. Shadowplayers features new, candid interviews with Anthony H. Wilson (Factory founder), Peter Saville (designer), Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Martin Moscrop (A Certain Ratio), Vini Reilly (Durutti Column), Simon Topping (A Certain Ratio), Howard Devoto (Buzzcocks/Magazine), Vin and Larry Cassidy (Section 25), Lindsay Reade, Richard Boon, Chris Watson (Cabaret Voltaire), Alan Hempsall (Crispy Ambulance), Wally Van Middendorp (Minny Pops), The Names, Annik Honore (Factory Benelux), Richard Jobson, Killing Joke, Graham Massey (Biting Tongues/808 State), Ann Quigley (Swamp Children) and Stanton Miranda (Thick Pigeon), For further details click here. To purchase DVD click here.


FROM BRUSSELS WITH LOVE LTMCD 2479 £10
Originally released as a deluxe cassette/book package in November 1980, From Brussels With Love features exclusive tracks from the international avant garde and new wave. Contributing artists include Gavin Bryars, Harold Budd, Dome, The Durutti Column, John Foxx, Martin Hannett, Richard Jobson, Bill Nelson, New Order and Michael Nyman. The programme also includes extended interviews with Brian Eno and iconic French actress Jeanne Moreau. Kevin Hewick contributes Haystack, recorded in June 1980 with New Order as backing musicians. This new CD edition has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and features 76 minutes of material. Most of the tracks featured here remain unavailable elsewhere. The 20 page facsimile booklet features original artwork by Benoit Hennebert, Claude Stassart and Jean-Francois Octave, as well as archive images and detailed liner notes. To read liner note extract click here.


COOL AS ICE (LTMCD 2377) £10 (double vinyl = £12)
Stone classic old school 80's electro and dance cuts produced by Be Music (New Order) and DoJo (Donald Johnson of A Certain Ratio), available both on CD and as a limited DJ friendly double vinyl set. Largely produced between 1983 and 1984 for release on Factory Records and Factory Benelux, an asterisk* in the following tracklist indicates the track was co-produced by Bernard Sumner and Donald Johnson. Nyam Nyam and the Be Music Theme were produced by Peter Hook, and Life and Thick Pigeon by Steve Morris and Gillian Gilbert. The collection has been digitally remastered and runs for 74 minutes. The vinyl version will be limited to just 1000 copies. CD booklet includes detailed sleevenotes (to read click here). Full tracklist: 52nd STREET CAN'T AFFORD (TO LET YOU GO); SECTION 25 LOOKING FROM A HILLTOP*; MARCEL KING REACH FOR LOVE*; QUANDO QUANGO LOVE TEMPO *; 52nd STREET COOL AS ICE*; PAUL HAIG THE ONLY TRUTH* QUANDO QUANGO ATOM ROCK*; NYAM NYAM FATE/HATE; LIFE TELL ME; THICK PIGEON BABCOCK + WILCOX; SECTION 25 BEATING HEART; BE MUSIC THEME

Reviews: "Album of the fortnight! The tracks by 52nd Street and Section 25 are brilliant" (DJ Magazine, 8/03); "Electroclash fans take note!" (Magnet, 03/05); "These are significant events in the British electronica timeline - Cool As Ice was effectively the first electro-funk single made in Britain. Four stars" (Uncut, 11/03); "Innovative electro and club curios. Marcel King should have had a major hit with Reach For Love" (Q Magazine, 10/03); "Essential - New Order's invisible history" (Les Inrockuptibles, 10/03); "Includes necessary club classics like Looking From A Hilltop, Love Tempo and Cool As Ice. A necesary compilation for those wishing to explore Manchester's very important contribution to dance music, and an amazing and often overlooked facet of one of the 80s most influential bands - New Order" (Other Music, 8/03); "A frankly magnificent compilation, at times this is new technology in search of itself. Reach for Love by Marcel King is pure Soul by any definition. Genius" (Glasgow Herald, 9/03); "Playful and ecstatic, and allows us to ponder what New Order might have sounded like if they'd come out of Manchester's R&B scene" (Exclaim!, 08/03); "Excellent. While we're familiar with the magic New Order frequently conjured when working on their own music, the majority of the 12 selections here leave you in little doubt of their capabilities on the other side of the studio glass. Crucial stuff abounds, especially 52nd Street (Can't Afford) and Quando Quango (Love Tempo). Rediscovery is essential." (Whisperin' & Hollerin', 8/03); "The familiar seal of quality is apparent all over this work, and the songs themselves still hold a lot of relevance" (Leonard' Lair, 10/03); "These tracks still sound fresh. Know why? Many of these songs have rhythms that have been sampled, borrowed or stolen, and these mixes prove that New Order were a significant force to be recknoned with in the underground dance world. This compilation certainly shows how ahead of the game they really were" (mundanesounds, 8/03); "Marcel King's Reach for Love is an instant winner, built on little more than thick blurts of synth and King's gorgeous, soulful voice. Cool as Ice, which came out on Factory's secret sibling label Benelux, is bright and twinkling and Quando Quango's first single, Atom Rock, finds the band delivering a wonderfully robotic disco number" (eMusic, 09/06)


TWICE AS NICE (LTMCD 2398) £10
Twice As Nice is the 2004 sequel to the acclaimed 2003 compilation Cool As Ice. These classic dance and electro cuts were produced between 1982 and 1986 for release on Factory Records and Les Disques du Crepuscule, by New Order members Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Gillian Gilbert and Steve Morris, as well as Donald 'DoJo' Johnson (A Certain Ratio), Mark Kamins, Arthur Baker and John 'Jellybean' Benitez. The remastered CD runs for 73 minutes, and the booklet includes detailed liner notes. Full tracklist: 52nd Street Express (DoJo); Cheyne Call Me Mr Telephone (Mark Kamins); Quando Quango Low Rider (400 Blows Remix); Anna Domino Summer (Arthur Baker Remix); 52nd Street Look Into My Eyes (DoJo)#; Quando Quango Genius (Part 2) (Mark Kamins);Marcel King Keep On Dancing (Be Music/DoJo); Shark Vegas You Hurt Me (version) (Bernard Sumner/DoJo; New Order Video 586 (edit); Section 25 Sakura (Bernard Sumner); Thick Pigeon Jess + Bart (remix) (Be Music); Royal Family and the Poor Motherland (Remix) (Be Music); 52nd Street Cool As Ice (Jellybean Mix)

Reviews: "In the early 1980s, energised by hip hop and electro, New Order produced a string of acts for Factory under their studio moniker Be Music, the results of which were greeted with indifference in the UK. Quite why is hard to fathom since, as this CD attests, tracks like Sakura by Section 25 and Motherland by Royal Family and the Poor were taut, bewitching slices of robo funk that still excite today. The other producers herein (Arthur Baker, Mark Kamins and Donald Johnson) all had their moments too" (Uncut, 11/04); "Another winning collection. Let it be said that 52nd Street's contributions to the electro-dance/new wave sound is immeasurable, while surrounding songs by New Order, Thick Pigeon and Royal Family and the Poor are ripe even for today's upmarket dancefloors" (The Big Takeover, 9/04); "Genius Pt 2 is a cross-over hit that never was, between Art of Noise and Orbital. The advent of the sequencer is one of the main aural interest of this collection and its use in diverting the dancefloor's attention away from disco and funk to electro-pop, and eventually onto Acid to full House. Essential" (Whisperin & Hollerin, 10/04); "Twice as Nice showcases Factory before it discovered ecstasy and Shaun Ryder, taking its first tentative steps into electro and house, featuring tracks produced by Be Music (aka New Order), as well as U.S. producers Arthur Baker and Mark Kamins. From the tight funk of 52nd Street's Look Into My Eyes to the techno twinkle of Shark Vegas' super-obscure You Hurt Me, this finds the label looking hopefully forward, even if it wasn't sure what the future would look like" (eMusic, 09/06)

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