Factory Benelux has lined up a new album of remixes by Mark Reeder, the ex-Shark Vegas Berlin-based musician and producer. Featuring his work for a varied selection of artists including Blank & Jones, Bad Lieutenant, Westbam, Koishii & Hush, Marnie, Sam Taylor Wood / Pet Shop Boys and Crépuscule act Marsheaux, the aptly-titled Collaborator is out on CD on 19 May 2014.

Several tracks reflect Reeder's early influence on the electronic/dance direction taken by New Order after 1981 given that they feature his friend Bernard Sumner. There's two Bad Lieutenant singles Sink Or Swim and Twist of Fate, plus tracks by Westbam, Blank & Jones and Corvin Dalek (this last one intriguingly being an early version of Crystal). Completing the connection, Sumner also produced You Hurt Me by Shark Vegas which appears here in its Radio Edit version. The FAC number for that single, 111, provides the FBN number for this album.

Completing the overall package there's great cover photography is by Katja Ruge.

More info and how to order via factorybenelux.com.

Tracklisting

1. Bad Lieutenant - Sink Or Swim (Rettungsring Radio Remix)
2. Marsheaux - So Far (So Close Remix)
3. Corvin Dalek w. Bernard Sumner - Crystal (Original Demo Mix)
4. Koishii & Hush w. John Taylor - C'est Tout Est Noir (Black Night Remix)
5. Blank & Jones w. Bernard Sumner - Miracle Cure (Genussmittel Remix)
6. Blank & Jones w. Anne Clark - The Hardest Heart (Hardest Soul Remix)
7. Marnie - Sugarland (Sweet & Sticky Remix)
8. Queen of Hearts - Neon (Electrically Excited Remix)
9. Sam Taylor Wood w. Pet Shop Boys - I'm In Love With A German Film Star (Stuck in the 80s Remix)
10. Westbam - w. Bernard Sumner She Wants (Old School Remix)
11. Die Unbekannten - Radio War (Re-tuned)
12. Bad Lieutenant - Twist Of Fate (Synth of Fate Remix)
13. Shark Vegas - You Hurt Me (Radio Edit)

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, Bernard_Sumner, Blank_and_Jones, Factory_Benelux, Mark_Reeder, Marsheaux, New_Order, Pet_Shop_Boys, remix, Shark_Vegas, Westbam

'Thirty One' is a compilation of Manchester-made music which is released on Factory Foundation Records 13 February 2012 featuring rare and exclusive songs by Elbow, Everything Everything, Delphic, Jez Kerr, The Whip, I Am Kloot, D/R/U/G/S, Murkage, Bad Lieutenant, Mr Scruff, Lonelady, and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

Curated and compiled by DJ/writer Dave Haslam and with art direction by Peter Saville all proceeds from the sale of downloads, CD's and limited edition vinyl will go to CALM (the Campaign Against Living Miserably).

Suicide is the single biggest killer of men under the age of 35 in the UK and CALM is a registered UK charity which aims to reduce this and provide support for those suffering from mental illness or depression. Currently the CALM helpline is open 5pm-midnight on Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, every week of the year, but, with by donating £7 from every £10 album sold, it is hoped that it can be opened nationwide all 7 nights a week, every day of the year.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, charity, Dave_Haslam, Peter_Saville

Mark Reeder's remixes for Bad Lieutenant's single Twist of Fate will be released alongside remixes from Toronto's Koishii & Hush, AK47 from Buenos Aries and alongside a new remix of Poisonous Intent from James Bright (Macclesfield) as an iTunes bundle on 6 February 2011 and also via Amazon France.

The full tracklisting is:

1. Twist of Fate (Reeder's Synth of Fate Remix) (8:23)
2. Twist of Fate (Koishii & Hush Remix) (7:57)
3. Twist of Fate (AK47 Bullet Remix) (8:40)
4. Poisonous Intent (James Bright Remix) (7:11)
5. Twist of Fate (Reeder's LED's Twist Again Remix) (5:20)

The Sink or Swim remix bundle is still available from iTunes UK.

Additional: Occasional Durutti cohort Laurie Laptop worked on the Tintin's Disco Mix version of Twist of Fate which was released in 2010. Tintin is Bad Lieutenant's live gig DJ.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, Mark_Reeder

London charity Centrepoint are releasing an album of sixties cover versions to mark their fortieth anniversary.

1969: Key to Change features contributions by Ian Brown, Johnny Marr, and a version of Elvis Presley's In The Ghetto by Bad Lieutenant.

On 'general download sale' Monday October 4th, but available to pre-order now, all profits will go directly to Centrepoint in their quest to 'give homeless young people a future'.

Full track listing:

The Feeling In the Year 2525
Get Cape Wear Cape Fly Space Oddity
Speech Debelle Give Peace a Chance
Hucknall Chains of Love
Jools Holland and Ruby Turner You are so Beautiful
Frank Turner Build me up Buttercup
Chris Difford What Goes On
Johnny Marr Tendency to be Free
Kevin & Galen Ayers Girl On a Swing
Hard-Fi 1969
Pleasure Mob Gimme Shelter
Bad Lieutenant In The Ghetto
Ian Brown In The Year 2525 Remix

Give.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, Bernard_Sumner

FAC 51 The Hacienda have formally announced their arena at the Warehouse Project's Platt Fields Festival on Friday 11 June 2010, celebrating Manchester music from the past, present and future.

Joining Ian Brown, Mike Pickering, UNKLE and Mr Scruff on the bill, The Hacienda's second stage brings together a line up of classic Hacienda names including Peter Hook, Graeme Park, Justin Robertson and Jon Dasilva with A Certain Ratio and Detroit Social Club live.

Hacienda Facebook Event Page

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The Warehouse Project
in association with 13 Artists presents:

Ian Brown [live]

plus special guests:

UNKLE [live]
Bad Lieutenant [live]
The Whip
Scratch Perverts
Mike Pickering
A Certain Ratio [live]
Mr Scruff
Justin Robertson
Peter Hook
Unabombers
El Diablos
Krysko
Now Wave DJs

Friday 11 June 2010
Platt Fields Park
Fallowfield
Manchester

Tickets on sale from 25.00 GBP from Thursday 4 March (with presale for Ian Brown fan club members on now) via Ticketline, SeeTickets and TicketMaster.

More info on ianbrown.co.uk, Facebook and The Warehouse Project.

Labels: A_Certain_Ratio, Bad_Lieutenant, FAC51_The_Hacienda, Graeme_Park, Ian_Brown, Jon_Dasilva, Mike_Pickering, Peter_Hook

Now's a good time to catch up on those Mark Reeder remixes of the latest Bad Lieutenant single Twist of Fate.

There are four Mark Reeder remixes in all:

No Fate Remix ["more like the original but with a DJ-friendly 4/4 beat"]
No Fate Remix Radio Version
Led's Twist Again Remix
Synth of Fate Remix ["a synthpop DJ version similar in style to the Sink or Swim Waterwing Remix']

You can listen now to the last of these on Mark Reeder's MySpace and expect a digital release along the lines of the Sink or Swim Remix Bundle at some point.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, Mark_Reeder

The continued grounding of all flights in and out of the UK has forced Bad Lieutenant to cancel their USA tour. A statement from the band reads:

"Bad Lieutenant, scheduled to kick off their U.S. concert debut tomorrow night at the Regency Ballroom in San Francisco, have been forced to cancel the date due to this morning’s volcanic eruption in Iceland that closed British airspace. The band members – Bernard Sumner, Phil Cunningham, Jake Evans, Stephen Morris and Tom Chapman – who all live in the UK, had been scheduled to travel today into San Francisco. When British airspace was closed this morning and all flights were cancelled, they were able to get last-minute bookings for tomorrow on a flight that would have put them into San Francisco late in the day; but just moments ago, American Airlines announced that that flight has also been cancelled.

"Bad Lieutenant is extremely disappointed in this bizarre turn of events as they had been very much looking forward to coming to the Bay Area. The band’s management is doing everything it can to make an alternative flight itinerary for the remaining dates.

"Refunds will be available for ticket holders at the point of purchase."

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant

Gabrielle's Wish, Honestly Express Yourself and Factory Floor confirmed as UK support acts.

Bad Lieutenant have confirmed that the support acts on the UK leg of their upcoming tour later this month will be as follows:

Sheffield and Glasgow - Gabrielle’s Wish
Preston and Liverpool - Honestly Express Yourself (H.E.Y.) [new band featuring Denise Johnson]
London - Factory Floor

Tickets are still available for all dates:

March

15 - Leadmill, Sheffield
16 - Garage, Glasgow
18 - Electric Ballroom, London
20 - 53 Degrees, Preston
21 - Masque, Liverpool

Twist of Fate, the second single off the album Never Cry Another Tear is released 22 March in the UK (23 in the US).

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant

The Warehouse Project
in association with 13 Artists presents:

Ian Brown [live]

plus special guests:

UNKLE [live]
Bad Lieutenant [live]
The Whip
Scratch Perverts
Mike Pickering
A Certain Ratio [live]
Mr Scruff
Justin Robertson
Peter Hook
Unabombers
El Diablos
Krysko
Now Wave DJs

Friday 11 June 2010
Platt Fields Park
Fallowfield
Manchester

Tickets on sale from 25.00 GBP from Thursday 4 March (with presale for Ian Brown fan club members on now) via Ticketline, SeeTickets and TicketMaster.

More info on ianbrown.co.uk, Facebook and The Warehouse Project.

Labels: A_Certain_Ratio, Bad_Lieutenant, Peter_Hook

Bad Lieutenant is partnering with DailyMotion.com for a contest that invites fans and aspiring filmmakers to create what will be the official music video for the band’s new single, Twist of Fate, from their debut album, Never Cry Another Tear.

The competition runs 22 February to 2 April 2010, about a week after the single's 23 March U.S. release date. The winning submission will be personally chosen by the members of Bad Lieutenant. The winner's video will be featured on MySpace, badlieutenant.net, Facebook, etc, as the official video for Twist of Fate.

The winner will also receive a Kodak Zi8 H-D video flip-cam, the Bad Lieutenant Deluxe Vinyl and Artwork Package, and additional band merchandise.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant

The new single by Bad Lieutenant, Twist of Fate, is released on 22 March 2010 (23 Mar in the US). The single, which has made it onto 6music’s Rebel Playlist shortlist, is taken from the debut album Never Cry Another Tear.

Meanwhile, the previously-announced Sink Or Swim Remix Bundle's release has been pushed back to 22 February (non-US) and 23 Feb (US).

The full tracklisting is:

Sink Or Swim (Original Mix)
Sink Or Swim (Reeder's Rettungsring Remix)
Sink Or Swim (Reeder's Waterwing Remix)
Sink Or Swim (James Bright Remix)
Dynamo (Teenagers Remix)

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant

The second single by Bad Lieutenant, Twist Of Fate, will be released in the UK on 22 March 2010 (23 March in the US). This coincides with a March UK mini-tour and rescheduled dates in the USA in April to replace those previously cancelled in New York and Chicago with the addition of new dates in San Francisco and the Coachella music festival.

March

Mon 15 - Leadmill, Sheffield
Tue 16 - Garage, Glasgow
Thu 18 - Electric Ballroom, London
Sat 20 - 53 Degrees, Preston
Sun 21 - Masque, Liverpool

[Tickets available from SeeTickets, Ticketmaster, and other outlets.

April

Fri 16 - Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA [on sale Sun 14 Feb]
Sat 17 - Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, Indio, CA [tickets on sale now]
Mon 19 - Park West, Chicago, IL [on sale Sat 13 Feb]
Wed 21 - Webster Hall, New York, NY [on sale Fri 12 Feb]

A short statement from Bernard Sumner on badlieutenant.net (which is now fully launched) reads:

"As promised we are coming to the U.S. to play our re-scheduled dates in Chicago and New York with the addition of the Coachella Festival and a concert in San Francisco. We are really looking forward to playing our songs live for our fans in the U.S. It's been some quite time since I have played in America, and we are all very excited about the prospect."

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant

Two of Mark Reeder's remixes for the Bad Lieutenant single Sink or Swim will be released digitally via iTunes and other download outlets on Monday 22 February 2010.

In addition, Mark has made a special 5.1 video mix of his Rettungsring remix to accompany a new video cut by director Robert Kind. This will also be out for download soon.

Mark has been invited to exhibit a selection of his photos of Ian Curtis at the forthcoming Macclesfield Ian Curtis exhibition (we await further details on that one).

Finally, and away from the FAC world this time, Mr Reeder is currently remixing Underpass for John Foxx and you can expect a 5.1 mix of that too.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, Macclesfield, Mark_Reeder

Bad Lieutenant will be supporting Pet Shop Boys at O2 World in Berlin on the 5 December 2009. Tickets can be purchased from www.ticketmaster.de.

They are also performing in Hamburg on Friday 4 December 2009 as part of the Becks Music Experience, at the Markthalle. To see the band perform you can get tickets from www.becks.de.

More info at badlieutenant.net.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, Pet_Shop_Boys

Bad Lieutenant's US tour has been cancelled due to visa problems reports Pitchfork / Brooklyn Vegan.

In the band's statement, Bernard Sumner said, "We were all so very excited about coming to the States to play our new music for our American fans and are extremely disappointed that on this occasion, we won't have the opportunity to do so. We plan to reschedule the Chicago and New York shows along with some additional U.S. dates in Spring 2010."

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant

From the Bad Lieutenant newsletter:

On the back of the news that Bad Lieutenant will be playing two dates with The Pixies in the US, it has just been announced that the band will also be performing as very special guests of Pet Shop Boys on the forthcoming UK leg of their "Pandemonium" tour.

The UK dates are:

December

17 - Glasgow SECC
18 - Birmingham NIA
20 - Manchester Evening News Arena
21 - London O2 Arena

Tickets are priced £30 from www.livenation.co.uk (all tickets subject to booking fee)

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, Pet_Shop_Boys

Thanks to our roving reporter (cheers Neil) we can report that, alongside the new material featured on their Never Cry Another Tear album, Bad Lieutenant played both Temptation and Transmission at their debut gig in Brighton tonight.

The UK mini-tour continues tomorrow at Heaven in London and concludes on Thursday at the Ritz in Manchester.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant

Listen to a live Hub session for Cerys Matthews on BBC 6Music as a warm-up to this week's debut gigs by Bad Lieutenant in Brighton, London and Manchester.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant

From the badlieutenant.net mailing list:

The debut album from Bad Lieutenant, "Never Cry Another Tear" is now available to order exclusively at the Bad Lieutenant online store.

A limited edition, Deluxe Box Set is available to pre-order. This includes the "Never Cry Another Tear" CD album including two bonus tracks, double vinyl album, exclusive 7", a deluxe booklet and a numbered Art Print. The band have also designed a Limited Edition T-Shirt that can only be ordered with the Super Deluxe Box Set.

"Never Cry Another Tear" is also available on Limited Edition Digipack CD (featuring Two Bonus Tracks), Vinyl LP, standard CD, and Digital Download.

For more info go to Townsend Records.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, T-Shirt

The Blank and Jones / Mark Reeder remix album is available to pre-order now in the UK via Amazon.co.uk.

Meanwhile, Mark has also remixed the new Bad Lieutenant single 'Sink or Swim'. The splendidly-titled Reeder's Rettungsring Remix will be available 21 September 2009.

The Bad Lieutenant debut album 'Never Cry Another Tear' is released worldwide on 5 October 2009 via Triple Echo Records.

Labels: Bad_Lieutenant, Mark_Reeder, New_Order

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