InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Translation: "History TV" "Best Pop-album according to Anton Corbijn" (Disorder plays)

InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

On top of the list, well I didn't have a No. 1at first, as it changes from day to day, but it was a great time the late 70s, early 80s, a lot of great records were released, but the album from that period that was very important for me, and still is, is Unknown Pleasures by Joy Division, their first LP. It's the original cover from the 70s, with the original artwork which had barely any information on it, let me put it on. It's not my record player, so I hope it works (She's lost control plays

InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

This is Side 2, She's lost control, first track on Side 2. I'm doing a film about Joy Division at the moment, entitled Control, and is partly because of this song Let me put on Side 1 (Disorder plays) The album starts very strong, the song Disorder. The album is now 27 years old, but if the album would be released today, it would still sound modern. They had a producer, Martin Hannett, who sort of invented sounds, and it sounds fantastic,

InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

and the intensity of the vocals, but also the performance, very stripped-down, but very intense, the drummer almost being a drum-machine, it's not a normal drumsound. The grey Manchester is being translated to record in a very colourful way. I think it's great. The sound off course doesn't come across well here at the airport; let's go to another song, New dawn fades, also a fantastic song (NDF plays) This is a typical Joy Division sound, a loud, low bass on all the albums

InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

with simple guitar riffs on top of it, and the very tight, machine-like drumming, influenced by Kraftwerk, Velvet Underground, David Bowie, Brian Eno, actually the song is a bit faster, the record player is a too slow. With this song in particular, I can see Ian making his dance-moves on stage, which were born out of his problems with epileptic attacks, his moves almost are epileptic, I had never seen someone dance like Ian Curtis I'm here at Schiphol Airport, kind of a strange place for this

InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

but when you're at home playing this music, it brings you back to those days in the late 70s when I first went to England, I went there for this band, a big decision at that point, when you are young, England seemed further away than today, but my decision to go there was because of this music. I'm happy to know that when I'm playing this album, it turned out that decision was right, because the music hasn't lost any of its power. Actually I like it even better now.

InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I'll put on another song from Side 2 I had a friend back then, Bart, and we would listen to each others records, new ones that we had bought, and he had this album, played it to me, and at first I didn't like it that much, I wanted to leave, but he insisted that I listen to the whole album. So it took some time before I liked it, and the outcome of it was huge (Shadowplay plays)

InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Can't we turn this up? I touched the wrong button just now, I didn't know Martin Hannett would go bananas I he could found out how we are playing the record. Unfortunately a lot of people involved with the band have passed away, Ian Curtis, who hanged himself in 1980, aged 23, they just finished recording their second album, it wasn't released yet, so his legacy is in fact 2 albums, and a few singles. Both Martin Hannett and Rob Gretton, their manager also passed away.

InterZlatan8 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I did a couple of photo shoots with them in the last 6 months of Ian's life, when I lived in England, and I also made a video 8 years after his death for a compilation album, so I was involved at the time, the pictures I took have become very meaningful over the years. Just after Ian died, the pictures were seen in a different light, one I never intended ( I remember nothing plays) A trip to England for me is always a trip to Unknown pleasures thanks to him. Thank you.

LunaSeaSane (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

As he plays the songs, he's talking about the cover (a minimal/striclty informative design), how the grey colors from Manchester have reflected in the sort of black & white sound of Joy Division. He mentions Kraftverk, Velvet Undeground & David Bowie as influences. Also Ian's epilepsy & suicide. Among other things. The man's a fan. And a great photographer, by the way.