TAG: Factory Records

Oct14

HEAR Factory Records Dance Mini-Mix (MP3)

Last month we were stoked to find out that Strut Records will be releasing a two-CD compilation of Factory Records more obscure dancefloor-centered tunes entitled Factory Records Dance, compiled by DJ historian Bill Brewster of DJhistory.com. More than just New Order and Joy Division, the collection shines new light on acts such as Quango Quango, A Certain Ratio and 52 Street (which was actually a collaboration with some New Order/Joy Division folks).

This promotional mini-mix gives you a 30 minute taste of what to expect from Factory Records Dance—which apparently means lots of dark and incy Linn-drum compositions. Darkwave indeed.

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Aug12

Factory Records To Release Dance Music Compilation

We learned a while ago that everyone will dance to “Transmission” and “Blue Monday,” but those aren’t the only floor-fillers released by Factory Records in the legendary UK indie imprint’s history. Dance music archivist Bill Brewster has teamed up with Strut Records to unearth a two-CD collection of rare gems from the Factory Records catalog that will fill out your Serato crate labeled “80s Post-Punk Dance.”

The compilation, FAC. DANCE, compiles 24 little known 12-inch mixes and other odds and ends from the Factory archives designed or DJs. Of particular note are tunes by Quango Quango, A Certain Ratio and 52 Street (in collaboration with New Order‘s Bernard Sumner and NO/Afrika Bambaataa producer Arthur Baker, and remixed by NYC DJ legend Jellybean Benitez). The CD comes out on October 10th.

Complete tracklist and asample tunes after the jump.

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Oct13

The Haçienda: How Not To Run A Club Special Edition

Part of the lore of the great Factory Records lies in the amazing recor art and packaging by Peter Saville. So it’s little surprise that a deluxe edition of Joy Division/New Order bassist Peter Hook’s memoir, The Haçienda: How Not To Run A Club, is being released with the collect, the serious collector, and the obsessive collector. …MORE