40 years ago today, New Order released their third album, 'Low-Life', which saw the band seamlessly fuse rock and electronics and complete their transformation from post-punk to dance rockers.
Originally cut to less than 5 minutes and stylistically in stark contrast to the rest of the album, the full 17-minute version of cinematic instrumental heavyweight 'Elegia' still holds its own in the band's catalogue.
05. Elegia (Full Length Version)
New Order "True Faith" – 1987
A shimmering, melancholic synthpop masterpiece. "True Faith" blends electronic precision with emotional depth, driven by Peter Hook’s signature basslines and Bernard Sumner’s haunting vocals.
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I listen to an album by New Order, and for Throwback Thursday I revisit albums by Carl Thomas, and Feist.
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#FortnightFridayMusic April 18 2024 the word is "Substance"
Artist: New Order
Album: Substance (1988)
Song: True Faith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfI1S0PKJR8
Maybe using album title is a bit of a cheat, especially when "Substance" is literally just a collection of 12-inch singles. But New Order was one of those British bands that mostly didn't put their singles on albums, so it's an essential part of their discography.
And also I love this video, it's my favourite video of all time. It's ridiculous and has nothing to do with the song, but those clowns/dancers just mesmerize me every time.
#NowListening: #NewOrder - Brotherhood
I am still reading Peter Hook's memoir Substance and have arrived at Brotherhood. This album was the second album by them I got into, after Movement, because of the strength of Bizarre Love Triangle. I like the division of the album into two sides, one rock one electronic, even if it's not perfect. I generally prefer the former, it has stronger tracks. One annoying detail is that the last track ever has vinyl skipping, why not tape chewing or CD skipping?
21世纪目前为止已经三场政变。第一场就是全球反恐战争。第二场是2011年奥巴马选举 ，那是选举政治首次采用大数据操控选民意向。第三场就是21年国会大厦暴动，至上主义意识形态开始在全球范围内像毒瘤一般以有形发育。
如果最不幸的事情发生，下一场灾难性的政变将是数字极权的制度化，“新秩序”，元宇宙成为超国家行为体。
现在的所有努力 - 包括十几年来的去中心化网络建设、技术民主化运动 - 归根结底 都是在阻止这件事发生。
吹哨运动作为信息无政府主义运动的一部分（尽管到后期已经自由派化了）的全面失败，是这里最值得汲取教训的重大失败之一 —— 自由派式的“对权力说真话”的畅想，不仅耽误了夺取权力，还背叛了无治。血一般的教训。never again 我们输不起了。
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 - 𝗕𝗹𝘂𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 - 𝟭𝟵𝟴𝟯
Le 7 mars 1983, 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗢𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿 sortait 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮. Une chanson qui allie l’héritage post-punk de 𝗝𝗼𝘆 𝗗𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 aux nouvelles influences électroniques. Dès les premières secondes, le beat mécanique de la boîte à rythmes, les synthés et la basse hypnotique de 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝗼𝗸 installent une atmosphère futuriste et irrésistible.
42 ans après sa sortie, 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮 continue de hanter les clubs, les playlists et les compilations en tous genres.
L’autre coup de génie de 𝘽𝙡𝙪𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙮, c’est sa pochette conçue par 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲. Inspirée des disquettes informatiques 5"1/4 utilisées à l’époque, elle arbore un design minimaliste et énigmatique, sans mention du titre ni du nom du groupe. Juste un code couleur sur la tranche. Mais cette audace a eu un prix: l’impression de cette pochette, avec sa découpe unique et ses finitions élaborées, était tellement coûteuse que 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 perdait de l’argent sur chaque exemplaire vendu. Un paradoxe pour ce qui reste le single 12" le plus vendu de tous les temps, avec plus d’un million de copies écoulées au Royaume-Uni.
youtube.com/watch?v=9Bul0dJVfF…
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#NowListening: #NewOrder - Low-Life
I am still reading Substance by #PeterHook and I have arrived at the third New Order album and sadly my least favourite of the 80s albums. While the individual tracks are good, it frustrates me that the album versions of the singles just aren't that good compared to the full versions. I don't think this album aged well at all either. Face Up is shambolic and horrid though I love it dearly.
#NowListening: #NewOrder - Power, Corruption And Lies
I am currently reading the book Substance by #PeterHook in which he chronicles the history of the band in great detail. I am currently reading the track by track commentary on this album and it's great to read along while the album plays. Trouble is, the text on each song is just a tad too short so I am left looking at the ceiling after every track, waiting for the next one to come on.
Tikko aprunājos ar skolnieci, kura atgriezās no labdarības pasākuma pansītī. Rīkoja Bingo. Izrādās, ka oranžais ķēms viņu tieši ietekmē. Esot aizliegts taisīt pasākumus ar iekļaušanu. Tikko pajucis pasākums par globālo sasilšanu. Ir rīkojums no ASV, ka atņems finansējumu, ja nesekos jaunajai partijas līnijai. #fantastika #NewOrder
2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees include Joy Division/New Order, Oasis, Soundgarden and The White Stripes
https://www.spin.com/2025/02/rock-hall-nominees/
#music #PostPunk #AltRock #AlternativeRock #Joy Division #NewOrder #Oasis #Soundgarden #TheWhiteStripes
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C、如何直接影响莫斯科的精英 - 既不是流亡的反对派也不是在大牢里的异议（这些人都没有自己的结构甚至没有资源），而是忠于政权的政治阶层 - 使他们意识到过不下去了从而产生在国内条件成熟时进入第三次解冻的愿望。。。
以上三点为原理。该原理适用于所有类似情况下的国家。即，如果你是建制派，你就只能这么选 - 即右转，转向武力崇拜、民族主义团结和精英实用主义。如果你恶心所有这些选项，那就重新思考你的建制立场。
**尤其华人，真的应该清醒一点，认识到我们只有这两个选择：要么建设自己，直到可以独立并取代现有系统的程度；要么，屈从于建制派改良主义，回家告诉咱闺女和儿子长大后继续努力。此外其他梦我们都做不起的。
Seid ihr heute Abend nach dem Tatort noch aufnahmefähig? 
Dann lade ich euch zu meinem kleinen Joy Division/New Order-Special auf Mixcloud ein.
Um 22 Uhr geht es los:
https://gothdiscoinferno.de/live
Es gibt eine Stunde lang Musik von Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris und Gillian Gilbert mit ihren Bands und Gastauftritten.
Heute bin ich wieder ab 22 Uhr live bei #Mixcloud für drei Stunden #PostPunk, #DarkWave, #SynthWave und #GothicRock.
Dabei sind diesmal #Actors, #TheChameleons, #TheCure, #Grundeis, #JoyDivision, #NewOrder und #TheSound. Daneben bekommt ihr viele neue und unbekannte Bands zu hören.
Happy Birthday to Bernard Sumner, singer, songwriter, record producer and founding member of the bands Joy Division and New Order, born on this day in 1956, Broughton, Lancashire
New Order: Macht, Korruption und Lügen - Die ganze Doku | ARTE
https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/120118-000-A/new-order-macht-korruption-und-luegen/
Thy Catafalque – XII: A gyönyörū álmok ezután jönnek
By Ferox
Angry Metal Guy’s Guide to Not Sucking Anymore is a manual for surviving n00bdom and a window into the mind of our founder. In seventy-nine pages of psychologically revealing prose, this actual book whipped my class into form by teaching us to structure our reviews with one or maaybe two paragraphs describing a band’s sound. How could you ever pull that off with Tamás Kátai’s prolific Thy Catafalque? ”Piros Koksi, Fekete Ej,” the opening track of new album XII, kicks off with a rock riff that evokes New Order before segueing into a long section capturing Primordial’s sweep and grandeur. Heavy sections and parts where a woman sings “nah-nah-nah” fight their way in, before it resolves into an acoustic outro. That’s one song! Thy Catafalque has been attempting the musical equivalent of free solo climbs for two decades. They should have plummeted to earth years ago, but Kátai and his rotating band of collaborators reach the summit every time. Can they do it again, or is XII the “splat” that awaits every glory hound?
XII finds Thy Catafalque retreating from the heaviness of last year’s excellent Alföld. The metal sections dominate here and there, but Kátai’s wandering muse often takes up with folk and prog. Classical and acoustic instruments add warmth and a sense of nostalgia. Over twenty musicians contribute to XII, including singers and frequent collaborators Attila Bakos and Martina Veronika Horväth. The album ends with soothing bird tweets. It’s a lot–and for the first time ever, Kátai brings in an outside producer in Gábor Vári to help him wrestle it all to the deck. They mostly pull it off. XII is less cohesive and urgent than Thy Catafalque’s best work, but there are thrilling highs along the way.
XII plays like a journey, one where lots of things go as hoped but there are missed connections and maybe a pickpocketing or two along the way. Those who prize atmosphere will find wispy sections to get lost in. Songs like “Villagnak Vilaga,” the aforementioned “Piros Koksi, Fekete Ej” and the duet “Lydiához” conjure a sense of place and a mood of reflection. “Vakond” opens with a whistled passage before engaging playfully with the folk traditions of Kátai’s native Hungary. That nostalgic vibe is not all about the gauzy and gorgeous, despite that sun-drenched cover. “Vakond” segues into a synths-dominated section that feels like it’s evoking Kátai’s memories of some long-shuttered Budapest nightclub. Banger “Vasgyár” is an ode to the rotting ironworks that once fueled Hungary’s economy and still haunt its landscapes. If you give XII some time and attention, you’ll come away feeling like you just took a vacation in Tamás Kátai’s memory palace.
You will not come away from XII with a melted face. If you want to get Wormed or Replicant-ed, have your passport stamped elsewhere–XII is just not that committed to being a metal album. The heavy songs and passages that do pop up are cathartic and fun. “Mindenevo” drops the first harsh vocals into the mix, and it roars and stomps before it falls completely silent for a while and then does a dungeon synth kind of thing. That track segues into the killer “Vasgyár.” The two songs, taken together, are my favorite section of the album–but I can be a knuckle-dragger like that. “Alahullas” engages with Thy Catafalque’s black metal roots to stirring effect. Still and all, you’re not booking passage on 70000 Tons of Metal here. The metal songs are day trips that enliven a calmer journey than adrenaline junkies might be seeking.
Angry Metal Guy’s Guide to Not Sucking Anymore teaches us to conclude with a summary that finds pathos, if timid and underfed n00bs can scrape some up in our hearts.1 With XII, Tamás Kátai has followed his muse (he always does) into some very personal places (that’s where it always goes). I appreciate his restless spirit and I was mostly happy to take the trip with him. There are some unfortunate hiccups–closer “A Gyonyuro Almok Ezutan Jonnek,” with its handclaps and cloying attempts to rouse, is a lowlight in Thy Catafalque’s catalog. It’ll take some time for XII to find its place in the band’s incredible discography, But a few dips in quality and focus, combined with the smaller portions of metal doled out, mean that I’ll remember other journeys with the band more fondly than I will XII.
Rating: Good!
DR: 7 | Format Reviewed: 320 kbps mp3
Label: Season of Mist
Websites: thycatafalque.bandcamp.com| thy-catafalque.hu
Releases Worldwide: November 15, 2024
#2024 #30 #AvantGardeMetal #HungarianMetal #NewOrder #Nov24 #Primordial #Replicant #Review #Reviews #SeasonOfMist #ThyCatafalque #Wormed
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