Cerysmatic Factory

Carol Morley - The Alcohol Years

2013-05-22T17:29:00.003+01:00

Adelle Stripe hosts a talk following a Hebden Bridge Arts Festival screening of Carol Morley's documentary film 'The Alcohol Years' on 29 June 2013. Joining Adelle on stage will be Carol Morley, Alan Wise, Dave Haslam and others.

Tickets are available priced 10.00 via WeGotTickets.

The Crepuscule and Factory Pages

2013-05-22T17:25:00.000+01:00

Frank Brinkhuis's excellent site telling the labyrinthine history of Factory Records and Les Disques du Crépuscule has moved slightly.

The Crepuscule and Factory Pages [http://home.kpn.nl/frankbri/]

Polite Postcards and Badges Competition Result

2013-05-18T21:37:00.000+01:00

The winner of the Polite Postcards & Badges sets competition is Adam Tate who correctly answered that the typeface used on the boxes used for the original Factory "hessian" cassette box series and the new Polite sets is Bembo.

He wins a Factory Records Postcard Set1978-82 contains 25 postcards documenting the early era of the label and the Factory Records Enamel Badges 2013 set which contains both black and red versions of a FAC 120 reproduction plus a new badge based on the FAC 47 anvil logo courtesy of Polite Cards and Factory Editions.

Both boxed sets are available now for 25.00 GBP each via Polite.

Well done to Adam (Polite will be in touch to arrange delivery) and thanks to everyone who entered the competition.

Steve Martland

2013-05-07T17:59:00.000+01:00

It is with sadness that we report the death of Steve Martland, the composer and instrumentalist who recorded for Factory Classical.

Please see BBC News for full details.

True Faith @ Nelson's, Hebden Bridge 8 June

2013-05-04T20:03:00.003+01:00

"Turn it up! Bin the headphones for a night and share the music, and love. We're going to play all those great songs from back when we had daft sticky-up hair and acted all moody in great-coats, even in mid-summer. You know - The Smiths, The Cure, Echo and the Bunnymen, New Order, the whole lot of 'em.

"We're starting off at Nelson's, a cool underground bar in Hebden Bridge, on Saturday 8 June, from 9pm. Come along with your pals and lose yourself to the soundtrack of your old self when all was hopeful and dreamy and lovely with the world.

"We'll be playing some new stuff, of course, because hopes and dreams and loveliness and great music is eternal what ever the age, the hairstyle and where ever you're now at, man. Have faith, True Faith."

Haçienda London @ The Coronet

2013-05-04T12:09:00.002+01:00

FAC 51 The Hacienda makes a welcome return to London with a packed line-up of bands and DJs. Peter Hook and the Light will perform a New Order live highlights set drawing on the best from their series of dates. 808 State and Hacienda Records' Super White Assassin complete the live bill.

Headlining the DJs are classic Hacienda pairing Pickering and Park. They are most ably supported by a large roster including Danny Rampling, Jon Dasilva, Justin Robertson, Peter Hook and Allister Whitehead.

With doors at 8pm and running until 4am this promises to be a great night.

Hacienda London @ The Coronet
Friday 21 June 2013
8pm to 4am

The Coronet
28 New Kent Rd
London SE1 6TJ

Advance Tickets: GBP 20.00 via AGMP, See Tickets, Ticketweb, Eventim, Gigantic, Stargreen.com or phone 0844 249 1000

Live - Peter Hook & The Light "New Order Electronic Set", 808 State, Super White Assassin

DJs: Mike Pickering, Graeme Park, Danny Rampling, Jon Dasilva, Justin Robertson, Allister Whitehead, K Klass, Hooky (DJ Set), Bobby Langley

More info via www.fac51thehacienda.com

John Metcalfe's Monomedia @ Kings Place

2013-05-04T11:39:00.002+01:00

A quick reminder about some time Durutti Column member John Metcalfe's Monomedia trio of events at Kings Place in London from 9-11 May 2013.

Composer, musician and arranger Metcalfe has brought together Matthew Herbert's New Radiophonic Workshop, Thomas Dolby, Goldfrapp's Will Gregory with Moog Ensemble, featuring Portishead's Adrian Utley. To finish it all off on Saturday night, The John Metcalfe Band will play - in the dark for heightened auditory perception.

The full line-up is:

Thomas Dolby: The Invisible Lighthouse
Thu 9 May 2013 - 7:30pm / Hall One

Will Gregory's Moog Ensemble
Fri 10 May 2013 - 7:30pm / Hall One

John Metcalfe Band & special guests + The New Radiophonic Workshop
Sat 11 May 2013 - 7:30pm / Hall One

Tickets are available now from Kings Place direct priced GBP 9.50-24.50.

More info at the official John Metcalfe Facebook page

Les Disques du Crepuscule T-Shirt

2013-05-03T19:20:00.003+01:00

More T-Shirt action, this time a new one from Les Disques du Crépuscule. The T-Shirt, which has the catalogue number TWI 1153, is available in blue with the classic Crépuscule logo in white and credit text down the spine.

The shirt comes in sizes S, M, L, XL and is priced at £15.00 via LTM Mailorder.

FAC 288 'Twistin My Melon' T-Shirt

2013-05-02T08:50:00.000+01:00

A companion T-shirt to the FAC 288 'Call The Cops / Shaun On One' T-shirt has been brought to our attention (thanks Andy W!). Featuring gaudily treated photos from the same Kevin Cummins photo shoot on a hotel roof it has Shaun and Bez (both probably on one) with the text 'HAPPY MONDAYS' and 'TWISTIN MY MELON' above and below. The small print reads: "FACTORY MERCHANDISE 1990 ©FAC 288".

As with Shaun On One, the provenance of these items as official Factory Merchandise is somewhat in doubt. However, I am assured that both were bought from FAC 281 The Area, the late lamented Factory merch boutique shop in Affleck's Palace.

Extraordinary Renditions

2013-05-01T23:50:00.000+01:00

Check out the new solo musical project of none other than Cerysmatic's own occasional contributor moist. 5 tracks are available to stream right now with an E.P. due this summer via Hacienda Records.

darkactors.co.uk

Polite Postcards & Badges sets competition

2013-04-29T22:09:00.002+01:00

Here's your chance to win two splendid Factory Records boxed sets of postcards and badges courtesy of those lovely people at Polite Cards and Factory Editions.

The Factory Records Postcard Set1978-82 contains 25 postcards documenting the early era of the label. This lovingly put together set was released late last year and was accompanied by 3 enamel badges which earlier this year were given the boxed set treatment too. Factory Records Enamel Badges 2013 contains both black and red versions of a FAC 120 reproduction plus a new badge based on the FAC 47 anvil logo.

Both boxed sets are styled on the classic Factory Records boxed cassette series in complementary grey tones and retail at 25.00 GBP each via Polite.

In order to win one of each boxed set, all you have to do is answer this simple question:

What is the typeface used on the boxes used for the original Factory "hessian" cassette box series and the new Polite sets?

Answers please by email to reach us no later than 22:00 GMT on Sunday 12 May 2013. Usual Cerysmatic Factory competition rules apply - only one entry per person and the winner will be pulled out the Cerysmatic hat shortly after the closing deadline.

Good luck!

Hacienda All-Day Closing Party @ Sankeys

2013-04-29T19:03:00.000+01:00

Hacienda – The Sunday All Day Closing Party @ Sankeys

Sunday 5 March 2013
2.30 - 10.30pm

DJ Line-up: Todd Terry, Graeme Park, Tom Wainwright, 808 State DJs, K Klass, Peter Hook (DJ Set), Super White Assassin (DJ Set), Herbie Saccani

Live: Peter Hook and The Light (New Order electronic highlights set), Big Unit (featuring 808 State's Darren Partington)

Outdoor Barbecue!

Sankeys
Radium St
Manchester M4 6JG

Tickets: 10.00 GBP Earlybird 12.00/15.00 GBP Advance available via Fatsoma / Skiddle

More info at sankeys.info / fac51thehacienda.com / Facebook Event

IKON/KINO

2013-04-29T13:19:00.000+01:00

Our friends over at Gold Mine Trash have a great piece on the Ikon Video / Kino Peripherals Catalogues produced by Ikon/FCL back in the day.

For more info on individual Ikon products and peripherals see factoryrecords.org.

Thanks to Tim @ Stupefaction for spotting.

Joy Division - Their only tour abroad

2013-04-29T08:53:00.001+01:00

As work continues on the English/Dutch book project about Joy Division's only tour on foreign soil there will be a lecture / visual presentation at the Metropol in Hengelo, The Netherlands on 18 May 2013.

The 'Ian Curtis Memorial Night' will feature a lecture, a documentary, a film, DJ and a covers band.

For more info see metropol.nl [Dutch] or joydivisionbook.com [Dutch/English]

Scared To Get Happy

2013-04-29T08:44:00.002+01:00

(Ex-)Factory artists feature on final tracklisting of Cherry Red's 5CD set Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989 as announced by Slicing Up Eyeballs.

The compilation will take an extensive look back at the golden era of British guitar-based indie-pop and features a veritable who's who of artists including Josef K, The Stone Roses, Primal Scream and The Wedding Present.

The Factory element (3 out of 134 tracks) is provided by James, The Railway Children and The Wake as follows:

James - Hymn From A Village (1985)
The Railway Children - A Gentle Sound (1986)
The Wake - Gruesome Castle (1988)

The collection is due out 24 June 2013, includes a 72-page booklet and is expected to cost about 50 GBP.

Live @ Manchester Cathedral 18 January 2013

2013-04-19T18:01:00.001+01:00

Peter Hook and The Light are set to release a recording of their 18 January concert [->] at Manchester Cathedral in which they played the New Order albums Movement and Power Corruption And Lies in full and in sequential order. The full tracklisting also features many of the singles of 1981 to 1983 including Ceremony, Everything's Gone Green, Temptation and Blue Monday.

The full show, dubbed "quite extraordinary" and "a real triumph" by critics, is released via Play Concert on Monday 22 April and free downloads and streams including Transmission and Isolation are available now via Soundcloud. Recordings from earlier "Unknown Pleasures" shows live in Preston and Leeds in November 2012 are also available.

Tracklisting

In A Lonely Place
Ceremony
Procession
Dreams Never End
Truth
Senses
Chosen Time
I.C.B.
The Him
Doubts Even Here
Everything's Gone Green
Denial
Mesh
Cries And Whispers
Age Of Consent
We All Stand
The Village
586
Your Silent Face
Ultraviolence
Ecstasy
Leave Me Alone
The Beach
Hurt
Temptation
Blue Monday

Hooky and the boys go back out on the road in the summer playing festival and headline shows across the UK including a showcase at The Coronet in London.

Summer 2013 live itinerary

1 Jun - Crooked Ways Festival Pontefract (Movement/PC&L H'lights)
21 Jun - The Coronet London (Movement / PC&L Electronic Set)
23 Jun - Barnaby Festival Macclesfield (Unknown Pleasures / Closer)
23 Jul - Buxton Opera House, Buxton (Movement / PC&L Full LPs)
11 Aug - Rebellion Festival, Blackpool (Unknown Pleasures)

Unknown Pleasures @ London Stone 20 April

2013-04-18T20:40:00.001+01:00

Electric Dreams presents

UNKNOWN PLEASURES [JOY DIVISION/NEW ORDER NIGHT]

APRIL 20TH 2013

DJS Valeriun, Stix, The Baron and ABW1 [Music for the Masses] will be playing the music from Joy Division and New Order and related/spin off projects as well as some music from other Factory bands and relevant new wave/80s acts.

The London Stone
109 Cannon Street
London EC4N 5AD

£5/4 (Students with ID)

10pm - 3am

More info: Facebook | Electric Dreams (Facebook) | MySpace | Electric Dreams

Uncut Funk with Martin Moscrop & DOJO

2013-04-17T18:42:00.000+01:00

Uncut Funk 100% ACR Special!

Friday 19 April 2013
8pm
Uncut Funk @ The Nook and Cranny
Martin Moscrop
Donald Johnson

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The Nook
535 Wilbraham Rd
Manchester M21 0UE

Electronic T-Shirts for Record Store Day

2013-04-17T05:00:00.000+01:00

Vinyl Revival in Manchester has an exclusive on some brand new limited edition t-shirt based on the original artwork by Trevor Johnson for the Electronic single release Get The Message (FAC 287).

There are 25 in blue and 25 in grey and will be on sale in Vinyl Revival this Record Store Day, Saturday 20 April 2013.

Atmosphere #4 podcast on Factory Benelux

2013-04-12T08:05:00.002+01:00

Check out a 90-minute podcast on Rectangle Radio (via Podomatic) by Frédéric Cotton about the long inactive (but now resurrected) Factory Records offshoot label Factory Benelux.

The podcast is in French and features an interview with The Names.

Fore more FBN info follow Factory Benelux on Twitter and at factorybenelux.com.

The Return of Vini Reilly

2013-04-07T09:46:00.001+01:00

Suicide in E Major performed live at Manchester Town Hall on 3 March 2013 (via Soundcloud).

Surprize - In Movimento [FBN 26 CD]

2013-04-04T18:30:00.000+01:00

The next in Factory Benelux's editions series is by the Bologna-based funk outfit Surprize who recorded one single for FBN in 1984.

Full details to follow.

In other FBNews, Treatise on the Steppenwolf by The Durutti Column will be re-released as FBN 63 CD in June 2013. This edition will replace the existing LTM edition and is identical in content to that release.

We design websites

2013-04-04T18:26:00.003+01:00

Just a quick mention for our design wing, Cerysmatic Design.

OK, advert over. Our normal, irregular news service will resume shortly.

Hacienda Good Friday @ Sankeys

2013-03-23T15:51:00.000Z

A reminder that this Good Friday 29 March 2013 sees the DJ duo of Mike Pickering and Graeme Park DJing together in Manchester for the first time in over five years at Hacienda Good Friday at Sankeys on 29 March 2013.

The full line-up includes Greg Wilson, Jon Dasilva, Russ, Herbie Saccani, James Noon & Friends, Chris Cruiks (Percussion), Davos – Live Show and Kermit (Black Grape) PA.

Hacienda Good Friday at Sankeys
Friday 29 March 2013 / 10pm to 5am
Sankeys, Radium St, Manchester M4 6JG
Tickets £12 Earlybird / £15 Advance
www.sankeys.info / www.fac51thehacienda.com

Advance tickets available online now from Sankeys, Skiddle, Ticketline, Resident Advisor.

Physical tickets available from Eastern Bloc / Gaffs / Piccadilly Records / Vinyl Exchange.

CFXV

2013-03-21T13:10:00.000Z

"Having no party, sending no cards, and giving no presents."

(15th) Anniversary greetings to Factory workers worldwide!