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Re: Joy Division and the uncanny in music

Mar 02, 2015, 21:38

Another Hannett track where this kind of thing comes through is Crispy Ambulance's "Concorde Square", where a fairly straight-ahead, propulsive song turns into an extended instrumental outro.

http://youtu.be/4hAHj10yNfw

But nothing tops the Joy Division records, especially Unknown Pleasures with the clanking of the lift, the broken glass, the digital delay on the drums, Hooky's teetering bass, all making a supremely atmospheric listen.

Do other people hear records in colour, sometimes influenced by the artwork? UP is definitely as black as its beautiful sleeve, interspersed with neon.

As for Joy Division more generally but less uncannily, I can't begin to explain how profoundly the music of New Order and Joy Division changed my life. Most people I meet don't think that music is the single most important thing there is, but I don't understand them at all. And that's because of those groups (and a couple of others).

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