Photo from the studio

Phil's tweeted this picture. I thought it was worth sharing here.

Pretty cool. You can imagine this picture in motion. Steve giving ideas and them previewing sounds.

Looks like they're still following the practice from the early days where Bernard would be on the computer and the rest of the band would wait for him to program everything, which I found amusing.

It also looks like they need a new chair, look at the blue chair on the left of steve , it is torn apart at the edges, lol. I am very glad that they are making new music and we will get to hear it in the coming year.

good pic, looks like upstairs in Steve's barn, still using cubase too, I think I'll zoom in and get all geeky looking at all the gear

jed the shed wrote: good pic, looks like upstairs in Steve's barn, still using cubase too, I think I'll zoom in and get all geeky looking at all the gear

Looks more like Logic to me.

synths:

roland fantom g8 in the center, roland juno 106 above it.

minimoog voyager bottom right

roland vsynth-gt middle right

3rd unit above right hand monitor : akai s3200xl sampler. looks like a record deck on top of it!

white rackmount synth above minimoog: looks like a pair of Oberheim SEM (synthesizer expander modules) with a kind of master controller as the tiny black bit with knobs on above. this is quite rare, only found one image of it in that configuration so far, the poster incorrectly calls it an OB8 in a rack.

http://www.futureproducers.com/forums/hardware-software/hardware/synthesizers-midi-controllers-hardware/whats-best-rack-mount-synth-118103/

That's Hooky chair!

They're still waiting for him.

It's really hard to write songs without his complainings!!!

Great minds at work!!

Minimoog is rad. I wish I had one.

I also wish I could see the modular synth racks above the Minimoog more clearly.

I would also love to look at that mixing desk behind the Rolands in the center.

To right of Bernard on corner of desk is Native Instruments Maschine MK1.

Is that Hooky's bass lead on the floor?

Johnny James wrote:

jed the shed wrote: good pic, looks like upstairs in Steve's barn, still using cubase too, I think I'll zoom in and get all geeky looking at all the gear

Looks more like Logic to me.

I thought it was cubase myself though there is very little difference in all of them really, i prefer ableton for the electronic music but cubase and logic are better all rounders.

Great picture, not very rock n roll though😄 Not even a packet of Werthers originals spilt across the desks...

The benefits of having your own studio and knowing what your doing. Most of the time its a matter of sitting and waiting until the notes are sequenced right,that the effects from all the different tracks are not consuming each other and there is nothing the rest can do until its done and dusted.

I prefer to do that sort of thing myself to be honest but if you have someone like steve to help it would be different probably.

Steve could be just sitting and waiting... or he could be, you know, listening and thinking.

Couldn't name any of the tech, but I'm intrigued by that stuff on the left: is that an ancient black and white TV? Does Steve watch his old Patrick Troughton Dr Who DVDs on that for the full effect? And what's that booklet lying open? Lyrics? Or (more likely) instructions on how to operate the gizmos?

Ah. Ace pic. Can't wait to hear it.

As I am a fan of the more Electro New Order, seeing this photo is really thrilling for me. As has been pointed out, they've got the Roland synths that Phil and Gillian play live rack mounted, plus loads of other gear...

This is exciting because its confirmation that New Order are in fact working on new material. Thrilling, really.

I hope New Order sign with DFA here in the US. Would be such a perfect fit for them.

I'm going to DFA's 12th Anniversary Party in Brooklyn Saturday night...going to dance and get bombed out of my brains, Hahaha.

Hopefully in term's of the guitar side they will be able to come up with songs such as Everyone Everywhere, strong guitar tracks with more conventional bass playing.

The black and white tv in the corner is the c.c.tv monitor.

Looking at the screen that bernard is working on, its looks to me to be either vocals or live instruments because when the different tracks are in rows one below the other it usually suggests overdubbing of some description. Could be completely wrong of course.Im happy to see new material anyway.

Yeah. But we all know that Stephen has his cctv monitor hooked up to a DVD player spinning nothing but Pat Troughton. They're going for a full-on radiophonic vibe this time around.

Where's Gillian?

Has anyone got a picture that was published in NME around May 2001 a few months before Get Ready came out of New Order in the studio working on that album? I recall seeing it but have never seen it again since. Barney was in the picture and there was some equipment with the name "Pod" or something

Big Mouth Julio wrote: That's Hooky chair!

They're still waiting for him.

It's really hard to write songs without his complainings!!!

And bla bla bla, etc, etc...😴

I got a question: with all these electronics, why did they write many "rock songs" in the last years?

Looks like a good studio for its size. Those synths!!

Debaser wrote: Where's Gillian?

Like always, preparing biscuits and some coffee

Aracri wrote: I got a question: with all these electronics, why did they write many "rock songs" in the last years?

Cause their main influence and mastermind was Hooky

Big Mouth Julio wrote:

Aracri wrote: I got a question: with all these electronics, why did they write many "rock songs" in the last years?

Cause their main influence and mastermind was Hooky

I don't think so. Bernard's last album with Electronic sounded much rocker. Bad Lieutenant's "Never Cry Another Tear" is 100% rock. In none of them PH has been involved in, isn't it? All stuff until "Republic" (with Hooky still in the band) was ever about 50% rock, 50% techno. If we consider the guitar-oriented albuns of Bernard's side projects near this late period, it's much probable that the last three New Order's albuns were more influenced by him. After all, it was Hooky who has left the band after "Sirens", not one of the others, so I think he wasn't the dominant personality at that point..

I think someone might be taking Julio a bit too seriously. He ain't called Big Mouth for nothin...

Debaser wrote: I think someone might be taking Julio a bit too seriously. He ain't called Big Mouth for nothin...

It's just apparently... Me and Julio always face Hooky versus Sumner to piss off each other. 👍