27 Aug 2014
Northside Live - Autumn 2014 Tour Dates 
Northside Live

Northside get back on the road with one last summer (?) date this Saturday at The Social in Doncaster followed by selected autumn gigs up and down the country. The full itinerary is:

30 Aug - The Social, Doncaster
18 Oct - Waterside Arts Centre, Sale
7 Nov - The Duchess, York
8 Nov - Lomax, Liverpool
28 Nov - The Admiral, Glasgow
6 Dec - The Live Lounge, Blackburn
12 Dec - The Garage, Swansea

More info including ticket details available via Twitter and Facebook.

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A Certain Ratio - Sextet [FBN 11 / FBN 11 CD] 
A Certain Ratio - Sextet [FBN 11 / FBN 11 CD]

Factory Benelux releases a special new edition of A Certain Ratio's classic 1982 Factory Records album Sextet on double vinyl and compact disc on 3 November 2014.

The latin, samba and jazz-tinged album features (and was produced by) the then core quintet of Donald Johnson, Jez Kerr, Martin Moscrop, Simon Topping and Peter Terrell joined on vocals by Martha Tilson.

"It all came together for us on Sextet really," confirms bassist (and latterly vocalist) Jez Kerr. "We were all working together - more involved in the recording, and what went down onto tape. It's definitely got something that the other albums haven't."

The newly-remastered set comes replete with bonus tracks on both the CD and vinyl formats including non-album single Waterline plus alter ego excursion Abracadubra and the June 1981 Peel Session. The 2CD version adds further bonus content includes the November 1982 Peel Session, 12" mixes of Knife Slits Water, and an early demo of now-traditional live set closer Si Firmir O Grido.

All this packaged with original cover painting by Denis King and Ben Kelly design.

Sextet (FBN 11 / FBN 11 CD) is available to pre-order now via Factory Benelux mail order.

2LP tracklisting (FBN 11)

-LP1-

Lucinda
Crystal
Gum
Knife Slits Water

Skipscada
Day One
Rub Down
Rialto
Below the Canal

-LP2-

Waterline
Funaezekea
Sommadub

Skipscada (Peel Session)
Day One (Peel Session)
Knife Slits Water (Peel Session)
Abracadubra

2CD tracklisting (FBN 11 CD)

-CD1-

Lucinda
Crystal
Gum
Knife Slits Water
Skipscada
Day One
Rub Down
Rialto
Below the Canal
Waterline
Funaezekea
Abracadubra
Sommadub

-CD2-

Skipscada (Peel 1981)
Day One (Peel 1981)
Knife Slits Water (Peel 1981)
Who's To Say? (Peel 1982)
Piu Lento (Peel 1982)
Touch (Peel 1982)
Si Firmir O Grido (Touch version)
Knife Slits Water (12")
Kether Hot Knives (12")

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20 Aug 2014
Duke Quartet: Hunting:Gathering 
Minimalism Unwrapped: The Duke Quartet: Hunting: Gathering

Early heads-up for an exciting new season at Kings Place in London for fans of minimalist music. The 'Minimalism Unwrapped' season in Spring 2015 which will feature Steve Reich and also ex-Factory Classicalists The Duke Quartet playing Gavin Bryars, Max Richter and Kevin Volans.

Hunting:Gathering is in Hall One on Friday 22 May 2015 with tickets available now priced 9.50-29.50 GBP (including non-reserved Online Savers at the lowest price band) via kingsplace.co.uk.

Full programme

Gavin Bryars String Quartet No. 2 (1990)
Max Richter Infra 8 (2010)
Kevin Volans String Quartet No. 2 Hunting:Gathering (1987)

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A Certain Ratio live in Newcastle and Manchester 
A Certain Ratio get back in the live groove this autumn with two great gigs in Newcastle upon Tyne and Manchester.

First up they play Hoochie Coochie in Newcastle on Friday 7 November and the tickets are ten quid (plus booking fee), available via Hoochie Coochie / Skiddle.

Then, on Saturday 13 December 2014, they are back on home turf for a show at Manchester Academy. Tickets priced 17.50 GBP (plus booking fee) are available via Ticketline.

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OMD live at Museum of Liverpool 1 Nov 2014 
OMD live at Museum of Liverpool 1 Nov 2014 playing Dazzle Ships

OMD has announced a very special one-off show at the Museum of Liverpool on Saturday 1 November which will feature the album Dazzle Ships (plus the hits and more) and the long-awaited return of Winston, their reel-to-reel tape recorder. On the night OMD will consist of Andy McCluskey, Paul Humphreys and Martin Cooper.

OMD's iconic and influential fourth album Dazzle Ships was inspired by the painting Dazzle Ships in dry dock at Liverpool by Edward Wadsworth. Now that there is once again a Dazzle Ship in a dry dock in front of the Museum of Liverpool, it is appropriate that the band commemorate the event with a concert. Tickets for the performance will also allow fans to hear the missing Dazzle Ships parts I, IV, V & VI from 1983.

More details and information about tickets will be announced shortly at Liverpool Museums, OMD Official [->] and Facebook.

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6 Aug 2014
Bernard Sumner live onstage interview with Dave Haslam 
Bernard Sumner will be interviewed by Dave Haslam on stage at the Royal Exchange Theatre in Manchester on Sunday 21 September 2014 in an event to promote his new Chapter and Verse - New Order, Joy Division and Me autobiography due for publication on 18 September.

There will be a book signing after the event.

Tickets priced 10.00 (8.00 concessions) are on sale now at royalexchange.co.uk.

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Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement 
Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement - Minny Pops - Factory Benelux

Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement, the first studio album by Minny Pops (originally released on Plurex in September 1979) is re-editioned by Factory Benelux 16 October 2014 just as the Minny Pops reinvents itself as a collective and resumes live concert duties.

The 13-track set mixes hard-edged electronica with modernist noise, sharing much in common with contemporaries Cabaret Voltaire, The Normal, Suicide and early Human League and features an early version of classic Factory single Dolphin's Spurt.

The nine (count 'em) bonus tracks on Disc 1 include all three tracks from the debut 1979 Plurex 7" EP Kojak plus a 2003 remix of Dolphin's Spurt by Zip and DJ Smacker. The first disc is completed with 12 minutes of vintage audio-visual clips featuring 5 live tracks recorded at the Amsterdam Filmakademie in 1979, playable in QuickTime forma.

Disc 2 features a complete live performance of the album recorded at Amsterdam Dansmakers on 11 March 2012, with band members Wally van Middendorp, Pieter Mulder, Dennis Duchhart, Thomas Myrmel, Bart de Vrees, Jeroen Kimman and Wilbert Bulsink present and correct.

Disc 1

1. Springtime I
2. Minny Pops
3. Hologram
4. Total Confusion
5. Dolphin's Spurt
6. Motor City
7. Springtime II
8. Monica
9. Flash Goes The Eye
10. M.D. Mania
11. R.U. 21
12. Mono
13. Muzak
14. Kojak
15. Footsteps
16. Nervous
17. Dolphins Spurt (Remix)
18. New Muzak
19. Total Confusion
20. Mono
21. M.D. Mania
22. Dolphin's Spurt

Disc 2

1. Springime I (Live)
2. Minny Pops (Live)
3. Hologram (Live)
4. Total Confusion (Live)
5. Dolphin's Spurt (Live)
6. Motor City (Live)
7. Springtime II (Live)
8. Monica (Live)
9. Flash Goes The Eye (Live)
10. M.D. Mania (Live)
11. R.U. 21 (Live)
12. Mono (Live)
13. Muzak (Live)

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FAC 51 The Hacienda/Happy Mondays live Manchester/London 2014 
FAC 51 The Hacienda/Happy Mondays live Manchester/London 2014

Happy Mondays team up with the finest DJs from FAC 51 The Hacienda for a trio of dates in Blackburn, Manchester and London this October. The original line-up of the Mondays will perform a full live show backed up by Marshall Jefferson, Graeme Park, Jon Dasilva, Peter Hook and Herbie Saccani on the decks. Stereo MCs will also return to live performance at the Manchester date.

Expect spills and thrills and maybe the odd bellyache if things go well as Happy Mondays continue their live resurgence playing single, album tracks and rarities from their extensive back catalogue at King George's Hall in Blackburn on Friday 10 October, Manchester Albert Hall on Saturday 11 October and rounding off at the Forum in London's Kentish Town the following Saturday 18 October.

Tickets are on sale now or available soon via Skiddle.com.

October 2014

Fri 10 7.30pm - 3am - King George's Hall, Blackburn [Happy Mondays live, DJs Marshall Jefferson, Graeme Park, Jon Dasilva, Peter Hook, Herbie Saccani - Facebook Event]
Sat 11 9pm - 4am - The Albert Hall, Manchester [Happy Mondays live, Stereo MCs live, DJs Graeme Park, Jon Dasilva, Allister Whitehead, Peter Hook, Herbie Saccani - Facebook Event]
Sat 18 9pm - 4am - The Forum, Kentish Town, London [Happy Mondays Live. DJs Marshall Jefferson, Graeme Park, Jon Dasilva, Peter Hook, Herbie Saccani - Facebook Event]

There's also an exclusive early bird pre-sale for The Albert Hall, Manchester date which is being handled by Skiddle.com with tickets priced 25.00 GBP available from 09:00 BST Wednesday 6 August 2014 until 09:00 Friday 8 August 2014 after which tickets will go on general sale. A limited number of VIP tickets are also available for The Albert Hall date.

More info at fac51thehacienda.com.

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2 Aug 2014
Minny Pops live @ The Forge 31 July 2014 
Minny Pops live @ The Forge 31 July 2014

Minny Pops, now reinvented by Wally van Middendorp as a collective, made a triumphant return to the live stage with a concert / performance art show at the excellent Forge in Camden on Thursday 31 July 2014.

The show began with a blindfolded Wally dressed in red shirt and black trousers stood amongst the audience for several minutes before he was eventually joined by John and Louise for opening number Wong.

After a second number, Vital, any thoughts that the remainder of the show would be conventional were ditched with the advent of Patty Hearst, a splendid avant-garde reading with electronic background noises.

The show was billed as running from 8.35pm to 9.14pm. Unfortunately, the precise schedule was slightly disrupted when the penultimate number broke down due to a technical glitch. This led into the set closer Secret Story revisited (FAC 57 - not FUC 57) during which Wally held up and then scrunched up a piece of paper containing the words in brackets. This was a sprightly and extended reimagination of the original Factory Records single. However, Wally declared that the collective had failed in its stated ambition when closing 2 minutes ahead of the timetable.

A glorious failure though...

Setlist

Wong
Vital
Patty Hearst
Time
Tracking
Secret Story revisited (FAC 57 - not FUC 57)

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Don't forget that Minny Pops play Red Gallery in Shoreditch on 18 October with Wrangler.

Also, Drastic Measures, Drastic Movement is re-released by Factory Benelux on 16 October 2014.

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