technique

New Order immersed themselves in Mediterranean music and sun during the recording of this acid house hybrid and ended up with their greatest success.  As the band was getting ready to record, Stephen Morris and manager Rob Gretton scouted out a new studio.  Morris says:    “We decided to make this record, and Peter Gabriel had just opened Real World [Studios] near Bath.  It was brand new, state of the art. Couldn’t ask for a better studio."

Bassist Peter Hook had found another studio on the Spanish island of Ibiza where there was a pool and all hours bar nearby:   "We obviously became very involved in the club scene with The Haçienda.  We had been inspired by the clubs we had been to in New York in the early 1980s and came back from there thinking we had to bring that to Manchester. Also, the rave culture of Ibiza helped us to push the acid house movement wit the Hacienda at the forefront.  I was very involved in the club, I even did the door once!  and was also known to roadie for other bands now and again when we had live shows on.  at it's peak, that era was absolutely amazing, just lots and lots of people every night discovering new music and having a great time...I had not spent much time in Spain at that time, but New Order did record 'Technique' in Ibiza; which was a very special time."

Gillian Gilbert considers how easy it was for the band to choose Ibiza:  “Before then we’d always had studios in London, and it was always in the winter and it was dark and horrible. I thought it would be quite nice going somewhere sunny.”

Bernard Sumner recalls how they spent the summer going to clubs and avoiding the studio:    “We started off trying to write an album in the summer.  But as the season progressed, it moved further and further to the back of our minds. We just went out to clubs. But Stephen didn’t like the sun, so we’d sit by the pool while he stayed in the studio and worked on drums. We’d go in and go, ‘Ooh, don’t like that, needs a bit more top on the high-hat, Steve, do ’em again.’ ... The worst thing I remember was the green shag-pile carpet – on the walls, and on the floor.  The flies were using it to nest in. It was a bit… maggoty.  The food was pretty poor there.  There’s only so many times you can eat paella. So we’d go to San Antonio and maybe get a pizza, then we would go to a club, then back to San Antonio to another club…”

The club scene on Ibiza was becoming known  for its own Balearic beat which was characterized by a danceable downtempo mix of international musical styles.  After four months in Ibiza, the band returned to Britain with very little recorded.  They buckled down at Real World in Bath and quickly recorded the rest of the album with Bernard Sumner on vocals, guitars, melodica, synthesizers and programming; Peter Hook on 4 and 6-stringed bass, electronic percussion, synthesizers and programming; Stephen Morris on drums, synthesizers and programming; and Gillian Gilbert on guitars, synthesizers and programming.  'Technique' became the biggest album of their career, going to thirty-two in the US, twenty-eight in Canada, twenty-five in Australia and Germany, twenty-three in Sweden, fifteen in Switzerland, eleven in New Zealand, and number one in the UK.  It has been certified gold in Brazil, Canada, the UK, and the US.  

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1. "Fine Time"     4:42
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYwNLlTt3AQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiC49HKqLEc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkWxlb8EIYE



2. "All the Way"     3:22
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LNhJ5Z8jz8



3. "Love Less"     2:58
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU1vutrU5PM



4. "Round & Round"     4:29






6. "Run"   New Order, John Denver 4:29
The band was sued because of the similarities with this song and Denver's 'Leaving on a Jet Plane'.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdpC0JT7nEc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRDk8p0N__k



7. "Mr. Disco"     4:20
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l7lJlN520E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9vcZ4PwJZc



8. "Vanishing Point"     5:15



9. "Dream Attack"     5:13
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj2QVvBIUOU






bonus disc:

1. "Don't Do It"     4:34


2. "Fine Line"     4:45
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVMk48DmitE


3. "Round & Round"     6:52
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inZGojivAYc


4. "Best & Marsh"     4:32
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpAESMamrZ0


5. "Run 2" (Extended Version) New Order, John Denver 5:26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH8m3oHINrI


6. "MTO" (Minus Mix)   5:27
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8SxYWOjLyI



7. "Fine Time" (Silk Mix)   6:19
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvxdJ1j_Ko8


8. "Vanishing Point" (Instrumental Making Out Mix)   5:12
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMOqIWMJSRE


9. "World in Motion" (Carabinieri Mix) New Order, Keith Allen 5:52
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ul2RRm3bzCU










 'Technique' 
full album:

New Order - Technique (Full Album) - 1989 by SixtaAlbright




All tracks written by New Order except where indicated.


1. "Fine Time"     4:42
2. "All the Way"     3:22
3. "Love Less"     2:58
4. "Round & Round"     4:29
5. "Guilty Partner"     4:44
6. "Run"   New Order, John Denver 4:29
7. "Mr. Disco"     4:20
8. "Vanishing Point"     5:15
9. "Dream Attack"     5:13
bonus disc
1. "Don't Do It"     4:34
2. "Fine Line"     4:45
3. "Round & Round"     6:52
4. "Best & Marsh"     4:32
5. "Run 2" (extended version) New Order, John Denver 5:26
6. "MTO" (Minus Mix)   5:27
7. "Fine Time" (Silk Mix)   6:19
8. "Vanishing Point" (Instrumental Making Out Mix) 5:12
9. "World in Motion" (Carabinieri Mix) New Order, Keith Allen 5:52