a better question would be: "how much of an influence was Kraftwerk on New Order?" I recall an interview where they mention a track of thiers with a working title "KW1" which stood for "the Kraftwerk One" I think it later became "Your Smile" or something similar. personally: No record collection could be complete without the "LowLife" album. most of the tracks from that album got loads of club play in Detroit's and LowLife was the soundtrack to many of my drives to and from the clubs.
sean ----- Original Message ----- From: "garrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Maarten Baute" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:21 PM Subject: Re: (313) new order. > > Can someone please tell me how important new order was for the > development > > of techno? What do the detroit guys think of new order? how did it > influence > > what they were doing? > > pretty important i would say, but i'll let the more verbose 313 members go > on about that ;) > > > And what new order albums should I buy as an introduction to the band? > > definitely Substance. or The Best Of. but i would recommend spending the > extra $ for Substance. > > you'll get a kick out of hearing all the New Order songs that were either > remixed into techno anthems (Everything's Gone Green, Confusion) or the > songs that have been sampled, mangled or otherwise played to death in > techno/house/etc sets a million times (Blue Monday, Bizarre Love Triangle, > True Faith, etc.) > > while you're at it, buy some Joy Division records too. > > (~fun fact of the day: Joy Division's second album, released in 1980, was > called Closer.) > > > > >
