Nostalgia for the unity fostered in club culture.
I chose these alternate versions (originals in the More Mix) intentionally because they each offer something that makes it a little dreamier, a little more contemplative than the album version.
"Pop Kids" gets it going right away. Being a dub mix, we have a lot more space and repetition. "Remember those days, remember those days, remember those days..." over that bouncy classic house piano rhythm.
"Mm-mm mm-yeah, mm-mm mm-yeah..." Stuart Price (AKA Les Rhythmes Digitales, Zoot Woman, Paper Faces, Thin White Duke, Jacques Lu Cont...) takes a song that already coasts through the clouds a mile above the Earth and pushes that feeling to the limit, in his signature style.
I then wanted to pivot slightly to some harder music, so I snuck that Tension edit in there to shift up the mood a little.
Here I'll note that I've seen each of these bands live, even though instead of New Order it was just Peter Hook (N.O. bassist) touring with his band The Light, covering Joy Division and New Order songs.
In the concert DVD, for a split second, you can see me in the crowd at the Metro in Chicago during this Apoptygma Berzerk tour.
The first time I saw Front 242 at the Metro was during their Reboot tour. Slightly disappointing to me because they were playing the souped-up, techno-fied versions of their songs. It was still incredible. The next time I saw them, again at the Metro (Cold Waves VI), was just last year and it was VERY satisfying. I'm excited to see C-Tec this year at Cold Waves -- just bought my tickets today!!
- Matt
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