Tear You Apart

Because tonight, despite his foolish behaviour, recent bad publicity, and worst kept secret of modern times, Giggs will tear you apart. Again. I hope.

Love Will Tear Us Apart (Pennine Version)

Don't Walk Away

Technova's electronic cover version of Joy Division's Atmosphere, finding light amongst Joy Division's shade. This is a really good cover, with moments of beauty- lovely synths (showing the direction Bernard Sumner was already heading in 1980), dancey drums, squidgy bass and a blissed out, treated vocal replacing Ian Curtis' sombre baritone. Assuming this Technova is the same Technova who were on Weatherall's Emission Audio Output record label in the mid 90s, then this is the work of David Harrow, who also records as James Hardway. Weatherall and Harrow also recorded together as a fictional female techno artist Deanne Day (D and A, geddit) and Blood Sugar.

Edit 8th March 2011 Post and track removed by Mediafire and Blogger. I've reposted without the track.

Jah Division 'Dub Will Tear Us Apart'

Several months ago A North Country Bhoy posted an e.p. by New York based reggae band Jah Division. The band do exactly what it says on the tin- play dub versions of Joy Division songs. The e.p. had four tracks, and this is the best- Dub Will Tear Us Apart, much better than you might think it could be. Thanks to ANCB for this lovely piece of laid back post-punk dubbery.

Dub Will Tear Us Apart.mp3

N.F. Porter 'Keep On Keeping On'

Nolan (N.F.) Porter's 1971 northern soul scorcher Keep On Keeping On, ripped from Across the Kitchen Table Drew's own vinyl. Thanks Drew. This is a Bagging Area (living room) floor filler. I can't stop playing it.

Spotter fact- Joy Division tried to cover it for an early demo they did for RCA but it didn't work out. According to Bernard Sumner 'we tried to do it but we were always fucking hopeless at cover versions'. They learnt the guitar riff though, and used it for Interzone on Unknown Pleasures.

01 Keep On Keeping On.mp3