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Limited Edition The North West-based duo laisve return with Parallel Motion, a new limited-edition vinyl release that pays tribute to the enduring influence of Section 25 — one of Factory Records’ most innovative early artists. Opening with a cover of…
Part Two – Something Else Walk through one door in the Blackpool underground, and three more open. No sooner had I published part one than a flood of other names, faces, fragments, and frequencies emerged—reminders of just how sprawling and…
Part One – Riding the Punk Wave Blackpool’s reputation as a glittering northern seaside resort is well known: ballroom glamour, illuminations, sticks of rock, stag and hen dos, deckchairs and donkeys. But beneath the shine of its piers and the…
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…
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…
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…
