Like PET SHOP BOYS, NEW ORDER collaborated with other artists from quite an early stage in their career, as well as later working on their own various projects during the band’s recurring hiatuses. Bernard Sumner in particular relished the opportunity to further his craft by recording with other artists. So here are 20 tracks which encapsulate the spirit of NEW ORDER through the medium of collaboration and joint working, restricted to one track per project and presented in chronological order. Continue Reading ›

OUTERNATIONALE is Scottish musician Derek Miller and while ‘ON’ is his debut EP release, he has already worked with several key names from the post punk era. Miller boldly recorded a cover version of JOY DIVISION’s ‘Atmosphere’ featuring the vocals of Paul Haig which met with the approval of Peter Hook himself while he mixed and co-produced ‘Dark Light’, the most recent album by cult Factory band SECTION 25. Continue Reading ›

Issued in late 2012, ‘Dark Light’ was the eighth studio album by the cult independent combo SECTION 25. Using a title given to them by Factory graphic designer Peter Saville, the band had always intended to have the word ‘Light’ in the title to reflect the poppy nature of the record. ‘Dark Light’ was a ten track set that signalled a spiritual return to the technopop flavours and pastoral textures of 1984's Bernard Sumner steered ‘From The Hip’. Continue Reading ›