Music Denim & Disorder: 5 reasons why Joy Division shaped post-punk culture by Happy Long live the spirit of post-punk, and may fashion forever be its fearless accomplice. Hold onto your skinny jeans, because Neuw Denim just dropped a collab that’s sending post-punk fans…
Features Pro Audio 8 iconic tracks that showcase the melodica in all its glory by Dave Stano It might look like a toy, but as these tracks show us, the humble melodica has made a sizeable contribution to music around the world. The first time you saw…
Features Pro Audio Engineering the Sound: Joy Division’s ‘Unknown Pleasures’ by Happy When exploring the crystalline grit that is the sound of Joy Division, one cannot go past the influence that producer Martin Hannett had on their music. Let’s take a look…
News Pro Audio Ian Curtis’ ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ guitar is up for sale by Jack Foley The one-of-a-kind guitar used by Joy Division’s Ian Curtis in the Love Will Tear Us Apart video clip is going under the hammer. The pentagonal shaped Vox Phantom VI Special…
Features Why It Mattered: Joy Division – ‘Closer’ by James Peppercorn Few albums are able to conjure images of gloom, darkness, and pain while feeling like a euphoric release. Even fewer are able to do this while revolutionising music. Closer, Joy…
Film and TV Live News Peter Hook announces live-streamed Ian Curtis tribute show by Julia Lo Surdo Former Joy Division bassist, Peter Hook, has announced that a live-streamed Ian Curtis tribute event is on the way. The stream will take place from May 18th, beginning at 7am…
News Vinyl Joy Division announce 40th anniversary vinyl reissue of ‘Closer’ by Manning Patston It’s hard to understate the cultural significance of English rock band Joy Division. You’ve probably seen the Unknown Pleasures album artwork printed on various tees around the edgiest suburbs in…
Features Faith and Disintegration: the enigma of Robert Smith by Dan Shaw Like so many rock bands, The Cure was built on a foundation of schoolboy dreams. Yet, the sole member who has survived through the band’s highs and lows, Robert Smith,…
Features Pro Audio Madchester and the sounds of the Second Summer of Love by Max Mahood Even though electronic music and synthesisers were becoming more popular throughout the 1980s, there was still a healthy guitar-based strain of alternative-rock music on both sides of the Atlantic. If…
Features Pro Audio From tapes to microchips: 9 artists who have harnessed the power of delay by Dan Shaw Delay is a beguiling sonic tool for creating the illusion of an expansive sound. The sound bouncing off an imaginary distant cliff face brings an expansive world to mind. Nowadays,…
Features Pro Audio It’s about time: the impact of the AMS digital delay by Claudia Schmidt The AMS DMX 15-80 was the world’s first microprocessor-controlled digital delay. It emerged in the late ’70s, preceded by analog tape delays and succeeded ultimately by pedals, and eventually, plugins….
Film and TV News Joy Division celebrate 40 years of Unknown Pleasures with a 10-part film series by Sarah Gillard A series of films celebrating Joy Division‘s 1979 landmark album Unknown Pleasures are being released to mark its 40th anniversary. Unknown Pleasures: Reimagined is a series of 10 new videos, one for each…
News Joy Division are celebrating 40 years of Unknown Pleasures with special re-release by Luke Saunders Joy Divisions seminal debut album Unknown Pleasures is set to receive a special edition release to celebrate the record’s 40th anniversary next month. Joy Division’s iconic 1979 album Unknown Pleasures will be…
