Technique on BBC Radio 2
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Ah, that's nice. I was going to write to you to thank you for your free stuff, which has blasted out of my car wherever I've been for the last week.
Cheers!
FEATURED ALBUM 29/05/04
NEW ORDER - TECHNIQUE Produced by New Order Factory, 1989
Listen to clips from the album here
Forget the Happy Mondays, the Stone Roses or Primal Scream. Technique is the album that truly bridged the yawning gulf between dance and rock.
Recorded in 1988 in an Ecstasy soaked Ibiza at the height of the second summer of love, the album mixes New Order’s indie and electronic sounds of the earlier 1980s with the house music that was exploding onto British music, partly as a result of New Order and Factory Records own legendary nightclub- the Hacienda.
The record artfully mixes the band’s guitar driven indie-pop such as All The Way and Loveless with the pounding synths and sequencers of Fine Time and Round & Round. Throughout, BarneySumner’s downbeat lyrics (partly inspired by a recent divorce) are underpinned by PeterHook’s inimitable melodic yet driving bass playing.
But Technique stands on the strength of its songs. Dance music has no right to be as melancholy and moving as Vanishing Point, while few other bands could follow the opening techno explosion of Fine Time (originally titled Balearic Beat) with All The Way, a complete stylistic shift.
Likewise, few dance tracks feature a sample of sheep baa-ing and Peter Hook eulogising about how he’d “never met a girl with all her own teeth”, as Fine Time does, which begs the question whether clubbers at the Hacienda were really as trendy as we’ve been led to believe.
Many of the songs are guitar gems with minimal electronic involvement. Among these, and one of the highlights, is Run, which curiously resulted in a legal action from none other than JohnDenver, who claimed it was a rip-off of Leaving On A Jet Plane. Unbelievably, JohnDenver won.
Toothy folkies aside, Technique remains the purest expression of acid house’s impact on British rock music. New Order haven’t bettered it since.
Alasdair Watt
As usual, the direct link for those who use StreamBox VCR: rtsp://rmv8.bbc.net.uk/radio2/critical_list.ra
I wasn't able to download this one using StreamBox VCR although it worked fine with Stream Down. 
Look at the links at the bottom 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/criticallist/featured_current.shtml
Originally posted by Detweiler 3.63 Look at the links at the bottom
WIM is the biggest site? 
It's a good thing they put 'The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites.' at the bottom.
Originally posted by Tristan Jayol > Originally posted by Detweiler 3.63> Look at the links at the bottom
WIM is the biggest site?
It's a good thing they put 'The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites.' at the bottom.
Well that explains why it always looks empty,cos its so big.:D
...WIM may be a collector's site, but NOOL always was and still is a fan's site, and that's what's count for me...
The Saviour
Sometimes I forget just how much I love technique until I listen again. Its got to be one of my absolute favourites!!!
I bought my copy from Mr Sifter (of Oasis fame) for £2.00 Mr Sifter has no idea how much New Order/Joy Division vinyl is actually worth. They would sell the same album for £8 in the city centre.
Originally posted by Detweiler 3.63 Look at the links at the bottom
Funny, NOOL is listed as the official website on Radio 1's website, and on Radio 2's website were not even considered 
Can't blame them
