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To be a music and design aficionado in Manchester during the late seventies and early eighties was to live in the gravitational pull of Factory Records. There was no escaping its influence. But setting personal nostalgia aside, this is an…
Guy Debord, Philosopher and author, along with helping to form the Situationist International wrote the seminal trope The Society of the Spectacle in 1967. How relevant is it 58 years later? Has Paris really moved on much from the riots…
A life of Reilly by James Nice In 1978 Tony Wilson founded Factory Records to release music by The Durutti Column, the unique music ensemble built around the singular talents of virtuoso guitarist Vini Reilly. Written – and researched –…
Futurism and Dadaism were revolutionary art movements that emerged in the early 20th century, with Futurism celebrating modernity, speed, and technology, while Dadaism reacted against the horrors of World War I with a spirit of anti-art and absurdity. “We Futurists are…
You may know LTM (full name Les Temps Modernes) as a record label specialising in the back catalogue and new releases of Factory and Avant Garde artists. The real story is more complex and deserves a bit more recognition. The…
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts. With…
Factory Benelux emerged in April 1980 as a collaboration between Factory Records and Brussels-based Les Disques du Crépuscule. The idea was simple: Crépuscule would handle the release of ‘spare’ recordings from Factory artists while offering the Manchester label a direct…
Label: Nine x Nine RecordsCat No.: NXN027LPFormat: Vinyl – Marbled Yellow/Mauve Limited EditionMatrix/Stampers: NXN027LP A 1 POV-33 GYLDA, NXN027LP B 1 POV-33 GYLDA (Lacquer cut by Alex Gylda, Pressing Plant: Press On Vinyl) Philosophical and existential musings from an enduring…
Less than two months out from the return of Pewsey’s Acid Horse, Noel Gardner picks out 10 must-sees at this year’s edition, from Matmos to Milkweed via ballroom-gone-industrial, Eastern Bloc alt pop, psychic drone and much, much more Last year’s…
