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First Listen: Brooklyn Rider, 'Seven Steps'

As a string quartet, the excellent Brooklyn Rider is all about the number four. But on their new album, Seven Steps (out Feb. 21), its members circle around the mysterious — and some might even say spiritual — power of the hebdomad. The Bible is full of sevens, from the story of creation in Genesis to Jesus' seven last words on the cross; Muslims make seven circumambulations around the holy Kaaba; Buddha is said to have walked seven steps at his birth; and (in no less Holy Writ for musicians) Beethoven composed his massive and mystical String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131, in seven movements.

Download the title track, “Seven Steps” from Brooklyn Rider's forthcoming album above and watch their 2010 Soundcheck performance.

Preview the entire album on NPR's First Listen

Pre-order the 24 Hour Service Station distributed album Seven Steps on iTunes

Dave MacIntyre - Toronto Examiner

 

The Light Featuring Rowetta – 1102/2011 is a 10-track EP highlighting four great Joy Division songs.  The repeat, yet vastly unique recordings of “Atmosphere”, “Pictures In My Mind”, “New Dawn Fades” and “Insight” are beautifully mastered and lush.  Rowetta’s jazz-singer style injects new life into these classics (be sure to check out the A Capella versions of “Atmosphere” that end off the disc), and is a grand yet not unwelcome departure from Ian Curtis’ dark and moody vocals.

For the Joy Division completist, The Light Featuring Rowetta – 1102/2011 is a must-have.

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Following its digital release in May 2011, Peter Hook And The Light’s debut EP “1102 / 2011” is to receive a physical CD release with American indie label 24 Hour Service Station as an extended edition including instrumentals and two unreleased a capellas of Rowetta’s treatment of Atmosphere.

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Reissued with ten tracks across the CD, and in a jewel box sleeve which features James Chadderton’s highly acclaimed, visually stunning cover, the CD will be exclusive to the Coalition Of Music Stores (CIMS) in the US from Tues 22nd November with the international CD release coming on Monday 5th December, when the extended edition will also be added to iTunes and other digital sites.

The 1102 / 2011 EP its name from the palindromic recording date of 11th February 2011 at Blueprint Studio, Salford and features the four tracks from the EP, Rowetta’s versions of “Atmosphere”, “New Dawn Fades” and “Insight” while Peter Hook sings on “Pictures In My Mind”/

 “Pictures In My Mind” was an unfinished Joy Division track which was unearthed by the band’s “bootleg society” from a rehearsal tape stolen in 1977, setting it between Warsaw and Unknown Pleasures. The effervescent and punky tune has been completed for the first time by Hooky And The Light for the release.

Having performed with the band consistently since 2007 at events such as Versus Cancer, 1234 Festival, Vintage and The Factory gigs , The Light’s guest vocalist Rowetta performs three of the classic Joy Division tracks which she has been singing live with the band over the past year, “Insight, “New Dawn Fades” and “Atmosphere”, delivering intensely passionate performances across all three tracks.

Having received great reviews for her vocal performances from Joy Division fans, Factory aficionados and her own fan base, Hooky decided to record Rowetta’s unique renditions of these tracks, and she joined the band at Blueprint to lay down the vocals in February 2011.
Videos for both “Pictures In My Mind” and “Atmosphere” can be viewed on the Peter Hook And The Light YouTube channel, along with footage from other The Light concerts including vocal performances from Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction and electronica wunderkind Moby.

Former American Idol contestant Tim Halperin and 24 Hour Service Station distributed artist has shot to the number one position on the iTunes Singer / Songwriter chart. The album also reached the #14 position on Billboard's Heatseekers Album Chart only one week after the unsigned and independent Halperin debuted his album, Rise and Fall. The Billboard chart lists the week's top-selling albums by new or developing acts, defined as those who have never appeared on the top 100.

Tim Halperin began work on Rise and Fall in 2010 prior to making it into the Top 12 males on American Idol. Halperin has spent the past year in the studio finalizing the project with producer Jordan Critz, who has worked with The Fray, Third Eye Blind and Lifehouse. The first track from Rise and Fall, “All You Got,” was written for Kidd’s Kids – a nonprofit founded by nationally syndicated morning radio personality, Kidd Kraddick, which offers support to chronically and terminally ill children. Halperin is donating all proceeds from “All You Got” to the organization.

I’m overwhelmed by the incredible response to ‘Rise and Fall’ in only its first week of release,” Halperin said about his debut. “As an unsigned artist, I’ve invested a lot of myself in its formation and relied on the support of countless individuals to make it happen. The end result is a very honest expression of who I am and I’m glad it’s resonated with so many listeners.”

"Billboard were very excited and they were shocked to see an independent artist on the chart," Halperin says in an e-mail. "They called because they didn't have any info on me. Funny and awesome."

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By Ken Morton

Fans of indie synth electro-pop will surely wish to fly into the stratosphere with the musical reveries presented by Kites With Lights.  Mastermind Jonah Cordy has created tunes that are wondrously infectious, recalling the finest hours of acts such as New Order and OMD.  Cosmonauts was recently sent into musical orbit courtesy of the fine folks at the 24 Hour Service Station label.  In addition to his own work, the inventive Cordy participated on a New Order tribute album entitled Ceremony performing his own unique rendition of Dream Attack.  Here is a recent interview with the pilot and creator of Kites With Lights.  The flight will now commence…

Review and Photos by Zachary Tomlinson

Let’s go way back: It’s 1993 and Joe Sonic is bringing his bass to Dave Reeder’s house. Joe taught himself guitar. Both of them start jamming on Ramones and Jesus and Mary Chain classics. Soon an ad is put in the trades. A singer and drummer are brought into the mix and things start coming together. When the singer flaked out, Reeder picked up the microphone. Now is when we would say that the rest is history, but it’s not.

 

After a few years of relative quiet from the Lake Worth singer/songwriter, it's a relief to hear that John Ralston can still fill a single tenor note with vulnerability and hope, glee and introspection, or wisdom and bitterness. His latest album, Shadows of the Summertime, proves to be one of the finest alt-country/roots collections the area has ever heard, and above all, it's his relaxed vocal style — a tad like Tom Petty, a smidge of Jeff Tweedy, but mostly just uniquely Ralston — that makes it definitive. His recent recordings with Invisible Music show an equal amount of polish, so he might not only be the best vocalist but the hardest-working one as well. - Broward / Palm Beach New Times

Release date: August 9th, 2011

FOR FANS OF: New Order, Cut Copy, Human League, Junior Boys.

Kites With Lights "Cosmonauts" combines dreamy melodies & dance floor ready beats creating thoughtful indie electro pop.

 

Fritz von Runte Redesigns David Bowie's A Space Oddity & Stanley Kubrick's 2001 - A Space Odyssey Into A Masterpiece Of Sound and Vision: BOWIE2001.

Bowie2001 is many things. It may even be what you are looking for...

As urban legend goes, if you sync a recording of Pink Floyd's masterpiece album Dark Side Of The Moon with the movie The Wizard Of Oz, all sorts of strange and wonderful coincidences fall into place. What Fritz von Runte has concocted with two differen source materials for ingredients is no accident, but a painstakingly produced mangnum opus of Sound and Vision in three parts. It is a compilation of brand new remixes of David Bowie songs. It is also a non-stop continuous mixpiece comprising those remixes and more of Bowie's finest moments. And, it is a movie. A re-imagined re-edited version of Stanley Kubrick's landmark film, 2001, synchronised to this mixpiece.

24 Hour Service Station is proud to release John Ralston's new single, "Jesus Christ b/w A Marigny Xmas". Nearly three full years since last we heard from him with 2008's White Spiders, he appears like a mirage with two alternate universe classics.

"Jesus Christ" may be the most daring A-side we have ever heard with it's drones, screeches, and clanging recalling the glory of the Velvet Underground. The B-side is an alarmingly gorgeous New Orleans heart breaker entitled "A Marigny Xmas". Both songs feature the downright spectacular rhythm section of bassist Dan Bonebrake and drummer Deric Dickens.

Available in a limited vinyl pressing of 300 copies - 150 on translucent red & 150 on opaque white, a demo of "A Marigny Christmas" comes bundled with the free digital download of the songs included with a mail order purchase. As an added bonus, if you wish, JR will even sign it for you. Grab one of each before they vanish for another 2222 years! ORDER HERE

Also available at iTunes, Emusic, Amazon mp3 and all other fine digital outlets.

Here's a great review from losingtoday.com

Former Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has long since left the print industry for a television career and his increasing profile, especially in the US with his role of judge on America’s Got Talent, has seen him land one of the most prestigious job in journalism as the replacement for America’s foremost interviewer Larry King as he retires from his “Larry King Live” 9pm CNN show.

“Piers Morgan Tonight” launches Monday January 17th in the Larry King slot. With Piers as the King-In-Waiting of American interviewers, he is joined on his first show by the Queen of Television, Oprah Winfrey, who has recently launched her own TV channel, OWN (Oprah Winfrey Network).

Freebass’ “You Don’t Know This About Me - The Arthur Baker Remix" has been chosen to soundtrack the advance thirty second television promo for this much anticipated launch, with the theme “You Don’t Know This About... Piers." The track was recorded early in the Freebass sessions before the band found a lead singer. The Charlatans UK's Tim Burgess wrote the vocal for his Mancunian rock star pals while driving through the Hollywood Hills. It eventually became the lead track on Freebass’ debut EP, Two Worlds Collide.

Nearly three full years since last we heard from him with 2008's White Spiders, he appears like a mirage with two alternate universe classics. "Jesus Christ" may be the most daring A-side we have ever heard with it's drones, screeches, and clanging recalling the glory of the Velvet Underground. The B-side is an alarmingly gorgeous New Orleans heart breaker entitled "A Marigny Christmas."

Both songs feature the downright spectacular drumming of New York's Deric Dickens.We liked these songs so much we decided to press them on white and red vinyl just in time for the holidays.

Purchase the vinyl and receive the digital versions of both songs as well as a demo version of "A Marigny Christmas." Pressing limited to 300 total copies; 150 red & 150 white. ORDER YOURS HERE:

 

By Reyan Ali - SPIN Magazine

Thirty years after Ian Curtis' suicide and Joy Division's subsequent break-up, the band's legacy still means both magic and misery for its three living members.

Most of the magic comes from how their art has been remembered: the Manchester, England-bred group's ominous, stirring songs set the blueprint for morose post-punk, and their thin discography continues to be prized by critics. The fact that Curtis, a 23-year-old enigma of a vocalist, hanged himself as his band was gaining success helped fortify a mythological aura, too. Meanwhile, the misery stems from Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, and Stephen Morris losing a cohort so early, and Curtis' death then throwing a pall over their remaining careers. New Order, the trio's post-Curtis band, could never possibly reach the same influential heights as their previous project, and if any of them try to revive said project, they enter murky waters with Joy Division loyalists.

By William Goodman SPIN - November 18, 2010

Next month bassist Peter Hook will put his career and the legacy of his first band, the iconic post-punk quartet Joy Division, on the line.

The 54-year-old Manchester native will head to the U.S. for a nine-date tour performing 1979's Unknown Pleasures, Joy Division's landmark debut, in its entirety. But the tour has enraged many of the band's fans, not just because he'll stage the gigs without the participation of any other original band members, but also because he'll be handling the vocal duties of the band's late singer, Ian Curtis, killed himself in 1980 just as Joy Division was poised to embark on its first North American tour.

"The criticism has been aimed at me, saying I'm cashing in on Joy Division and Ian Curtis," Hook tells SPIN. "But it took 30 years to cash in. So does that count? Usually you cash in after waiting 30 minutes."

Peter Hook and his new band, The Light, will be touring the states just in time for the December 7th US release of Freebass' album It's A Beautiful Life, the full length from his Manchester supergroup project. The Light will perform the full Joy Division album Unknown Pleasures, along with additional songs from the Joy Division catalog including "Love Will Tear Us Apart" & "Transmission." The tour honors the 30th anniversary of the legendary record's release.

While his Freebass band mates, Andy Rourke of The Smiths & Mani Mounfield of The Stone Roses, will not be in tow, Hooky's son Jack Bates will be standing proud alongside Dad and also playing bass guitar.

Peter Hook's The Light - Unknown Pleasures Tour

12/01 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
12/02 - Philadelphia, PA @ Voyeur
12/03 - New York, NY @ Webster Hall
12/04 - Boston, MA @ Royale Nightclub
12/06 - Chicago, IL @ Double Door
12/07 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
12/09 - Portland, OR @ Doug Fir
12/10 - San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
12/11 - Los Angeles, CA @ Music Box at the Henry Ford Theater

Man Ray - Summer 88 (CD, Hacienda / 24 Hour Service Station, Pop)
This is the first album to be released on Peter Hook's new Hacienda label. Man Ray is the duo of Hook and Phil Murphy. Summer 88 is, as the title suggests, a trip back in time utilizing the sounds and ideas from early trance/acid house music. There's a definite retrospective sound to these cuts...but because they were recorded using modern equipment the sound is much thicker and bigger. This disc clocks in at exactly thirty minutes and features five cool trippy cuts. Our favorites include "We're On It," "Making Ways (Phil de Gap remix)," and "Ways of Making Music (instrumental)." A fine start from what will undoubtedly be an important music label in the coming years... - BABYSUE

 

Posted on NewOrderOnline
Oct 21, 2010

Peter Hook Exclusive (GQ Magazine)

What many people don't know about Mancunians - especially close-knit families - is they're perpetually falling out with each other, often over the most trivial matters. Manchester, musically, is a bickering family, and Uncle Peter Hook and Uncle Mani are the latest to have endured a meltdown. Hook is currently in Australia playing Joy Division material as part of his worldwide Unknown Pleasures 30th anniversary tour.

 

 

Written by Adam Simpson / Stereoboard

It is with sadness that I write this album review, as Freebass announce that they have split, just days before they finally release their debut album, It’s A Beautiful Life, some six years since the Freebass concept was formed.

The original formula of three Manc bass playing legends, never quite came off as expected, with Andy Rourke, formally of The Smiths moving to New York in 2009, however he does appear on this record. But to put Peter Hook “Hooky” of Joy Division and New Order, Gary Mounfield “Mani” of The Stone Roses and Primal Scream and Andy Rourke “Rourkie” of The Smiths together and you have something rather special in my opinion.