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Peter Hook to play bass on upcoming Hybrid album

The new HYBRID album is almost finished - it's 99% there. The last thing to do will be a collaboration with New Order's Peter Hook. He's doing the bass lines for a couple of the tracks for the album. Basically Peter is in the studios with Hybrid at the moment putting the bass lines onto two of their tracks. You can visit Hybrid's website at http://www.hybrid-group.com

Source: Hybrid's Website

Interview with New Order from PlayLouder

New Order might be widely regarded as one of the most innovative British pop groups of the last two decades, but they still have no idea what the secret of their success is. Holed up in drummer Stephen Morris's Macclesfield studio, they crack jokes about their ex-label mates, reminisce about their back catalogue and speculate about their future. For the record, Hooky would like to move to Ibiza whilst Bernard and Stephen can't imagine ever leaving Manchester. Determined to find out what's kept them together for seven albums, twenty-something singles and a World Cup anthem, PLAYLOUDER grilled them about everything from Smashing Pumpkins to Joy Division.

Source: PlayLouder

International to be released in the UK with a DVD?

Opal Music is listing International to be released in the UK on February 10th 2003 as a double cd package with bonus PAL DVD. We don't have the confirmation of that release yet, but it's listed for pre-order at Opal Music. The US edition of International, set to be released on February 11th 2003, has a limited edition of 25,000 copies, which is a double cd package with a bonus NTSC DVD (containing the True Faith and Perfect Kiss videos, as well as Blue Monday live at Finsbury Park)

Source: Opal Music

NewOrderOnline has network problems

Our current host, Nexpoint not to name it, feels like NewOrderOnline is taking too much server usage and has decided, even though we paid for 1 full year, to change our website settings after 8 months. Basically, our bandwidth is limited, it might end up in "error 500" or "the network is busy". If you get those errors, go back and try again, it will find a way to work. We are in the process of moving to a new host, hopefuly next week, thank you for your patience.

New Order quebrou barreira entre rock e música para pista

Graças ao revival corrente, muita gente deve imaginar os anos 80 como um glorioso momento pop, legítimos bons tempos. Um erro. Existiam, claro, as saudáveis cenas de indie-pop inglês, electro, hip hop e tecnopop, além das melhores fases de Madonna e Prince. Mas quem dominava eram Dire Straits e Alphaville. O preconceito corria solto. Depois que a disco foi limada da superfície pop, quase tudo relacionado a dançar batidas mecânicas repetitivas era visto como pobre, raso e efeminado. Quem gostava de solo de guitarra não podia gostar de Madonna.

Source: folhaonline

Há 20 anos, "Blue Monday" era tocada pela 1ª vez em uma rádio

No dia 16 de janeiro de 83, pouco antes da meia-noite, pelas mãos de um DJ da rádio Piccadilly, uma emissora de Manchester, era veiculada pela primeira vez na Inglaterra a "música nova de uma banda que vocês já devem conhecer", nas palavras do locutor. Sem saber, ele estava debutando o single que mudaria o pop desde então. "Ouvir aquilo foi... estranho. E bem excitante", disse à Folha, por telefone, Tony Wilson, dono da Factory Records, a gravadora que lançava aquela canção: "Blue Monday", do New Order. "Aquilo foi uma linha separando a nova da velha música."

Source: folhaonline

New Collaboration For Peter Hook

Peter Hook spent a few days to collaborate with a new band called Jobe, and produced the tracks on their upcoming Love Buzz EP which will be released on February 17th 2003. Visit their website to preview the EP http://www.jobeonline.co.uk And visit the forums for a chat with guitarist Rob Williams. Proceed to read the full article that came with the picture.

Source: Jobe Online

NewOrderWeb.com up for sale

It seems that NewOrderWeb.com was an orphan, Reprise Records didn't renew their name and it was acquired by a Cyber-Squatting company, BuyDomains.com, which is now trying to sell it with prices from $688 to $10,000 (US Currency). We were interested to acquire this domain so that the US Fans who bought Get Ready wouldn't end up on a page not found, but it's been worst than that.

Blue Monday named #9 song that changed the world

Q Magazine released a Top 100 of songs that changed the world, and New Order's Blue Monday is ranked 9th of all time. Top ten of Q's 100 Songs That Changed The World: 1 Elvis Presley - That's All Right; 2 The Beatles - I Wanna Hold Your Hand; 3 Sex Pistols - God Save The Queen; 4 Sugarhill Gang - Rapper's Delight; 5 Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit; 6 Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit; 7 Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone; 8 Run DMC - Walk This Way; 9 New Order - Blue Monday; 10 Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?

Source: Ananova

Pre-Order the US limited edition (with DVD) of International

The album is now available for pre-orders at serveral stores (CDUniverse.com or CDNow not to name them). International is released by Rhino Records in the USA and is set to be released on February 11th 2003.

Source: CD Universe

24 Hour Party People available in a limited edition at HMV UK

We were told that HMV is selling a special limited edition of the 24 Hour Party People which has a different cover, which is basically the same as Tony Wilson's book.

Source: HMV.co.uk

New Order vs Pet Shop Boys

SEAN MCLUSKY'S CULTURECIDE PROMOTIONS PRESENT presents Return To New York featuring Freedom (live), Peaches, Gonzales, Taylor Savvy, New Order Vs The Pet Shop Boys (DJ Set), Kurtis Mantronik, 2 Many DJ's - Soul Wax, Arthur Baker, Erol Alkan and Sean Mclusky at Great Eastern Hotel Ends 2am Saturday, February 22 at 8:00 PM http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=uk&query=detail&event=50742

Strange Fruit is doing a vinyl reissue of the Peel Sessions

Due for January 27th, this LP is limited to 1000 copies, priced at 14.95 UK Pounds, and can be found at Opal Music or HMV.

Interview with Peter Hook in this month's Fused Magazine

We received a mail from Fuses Magazine, they have put online on their website an interview with Peter Hook. Visit http://www.fusedmagazine.com and click on Peter Hook's photo, you need Macromedia Flash to see the interview.

Source: Fused Magazine

Rolling Stones' review of Retro

The greatest band to consistently and artfully mix rock and dance music, New Order did everything right: craft well-written, sonically adventurous singles (Blue Monday), create quintessential albums of their era (1985's Low-Life), commission influential club remixes (Shep Pettibone's mix of Bizarre Love Triangle) and perform a career's worth of soul-stirring live shows. Treating its four discs as distinct samplings of each of these strong suits, Retro ropes in outside experts to select its track listings. Although this results in some duplications (three versions each of Crystal, Regret and Fine Time), and a few omissions (no Love Vigilantes), the usually inspired selections reflect the versatile Manchester, England, quartet's unfailing knack for tuneful passion. And for all of New Order's studio elegance and club-accessible mutability, the live disc is radically, raucously raw.

Source: Rolling Stones Magazine

More Information on Peter Saville's book

Peter Saville is perhaps the most influential graphic designer of his generation. Best-known for his seminal record covers for Joy Division and New Order, Saville has also art directed catalogues and advertisements for fashion brands such as Yohji Yamamoto and Dior, and created corporate identities for Givenchy, Mandarina Duck and London's Whitechapel gallery. More recently he has designed CDs for Pulp and Suede, and art directed the print campaign for Stella McCartney. 'Designed by Peter Saville' is the first book of his work. Comprising design for music, fashion, advertising and art, it chronicles his design from 1978 to the present. The book includes a comprehensive interview by Christopher Wilson as well as essays by style writer Peter York, music critics Paul Morley and Miranda Sawyer, and design critics Rick Poynor, Emily King, and Peter Hall.

Source: Mega Books

Retro backorder in the US?

Rhino records is putting their web orders for Retro on backorder already. People that preorderd the box set around christmas and it's on back order for them already. Rhino/TWO says it could be up to 'several' weeks before the orders are ready. They wouldn't say if the problem is with the bonus disc or the box set.

"Anyhow, I had the delight to buy the Playstation 2 game World Rally Championship back in December 2001, and find that one of the "replay songs" was in fact Close Range. I don't often watch the replays in the game, but I always make a point of always watching those that play to Close Range - make sthat driving experience even better."

Added an interview with Peter Hook from the Mail On Sunday

It was published on January 5th 2003, it's about how Peter Hook would see his funerals.

316 is not scheduled for release in the USA

We are sorry to inform you that the information about the 316 DVD being released in the US was indeed false. It has been corrected by another Rhino Sales Rep. You can check the discussion on that subject.

DVD of 24 Hour Party People - The First Must Have DVD of 2003

"Just like the era it captures, this DVD of "24 Hour Party People" is unique. Produced in the UK, it pleases both in content and superior design that makes it the first exciting DVD of 2003, and a must-have for music fans." Go further to read the full review from the BBC...

Source: BBC

Bad sound on 5 11?

Some people are complaining about the bad sound on the 511 DVD. It seems one of the audio track has a problem, but the Dolby Digital 5.1 track is working prefectly. We don't know about the DTS track yet.

New Order to work with Duran Duran?

DURAN DURAN are lining up some of the best remixers to help with their comeback. The Eighties giants are set to team up with Norwegian duo ROYKSOPP, Manchester legends NEW ORDER and techno star MOBY in the coming months. Singer SIMON LE BON said: "2003 is a big year for us."

Source: The Sun

24 Hour Party People finally playing in Sydney

24 Hour Party People will finally be shown to the people of Sydney, Australia. On February 12th, the movie will be shown at the Open Air Cinema, located in the Botanical Garden (overlooking the Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Opera House), quite different from Madchester! Tickets are available from the website http://www.stgeorge.com.au/openair.

Source: Open Air Cinema

Chart positions now available on release page

The chart positions are now available on each release page, when available of course.