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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….

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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Technobabble and night fever: how music production changed in the 1970s

by Max Mahood

The 1970s was a phenomenally important decade that led to the world we have today – from the first video game consoles and tabletop computers,…

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