New Order Remix, Tribute Albums Coming

After sleeping away large parts of the last two decades, perhaps New Order feel the need to make up for lost time. Or perhaps being cited as an influence from pretty much every half-assed band with a keyboard has snapped a competitive rubber band against their slumbering noggins, just in time to show the young'uns what it's all about. Recently, they released their first studio album in four years-- the long-awaited Waiting for the Sirens' Call. Then, as reported by Pitchfork last week, they surfaced the notion that the period recording the new opus was a particularly fertile one, as there seems to be a surplus stash of songs just waiting to be unleashed on the public. Now comes word that a bushel of remixes, or "Best Remixes" according to the band's site, will be available from all online digital providers on June 7. What's available? These are:

01 Jetstream (Richard X Remix)
02 Krafty (DJ Dan Vocal)
03 Crystal (John Creamer & Stephane K Main Remix)
04 Spooky (Out of Order Mix)
05 World (The Perfecto Mix)
06 Ruined in a Day (Reunited in a Day Mix)
07 Regret (New Order Mix)
08 World in Motion (Carabinieri Mix)
09 Round & Round (12" Version)
10 Fine Time (Silk Mix)
11 Blue Monday ('88 12" Mix)
12 True Faith (The Morning Sun Extended Remix)
13 Bizarre Love Triangle (Shep's Extended Dance Mix)
14 State of the Nation
15 The Perfect Kiss (Long Version from the Perfect Kiss Video)
16 Here to Stay (Felix Da Housecat Mix: Extended Glitz Mix)

Adventurous hardcore Hook, Morris, and Sumner fans may also want to seek out Revolving World, a tribute album that was released on May 27 by Popswirl, a French CD project that endeavours to provide a support system for unsigned bands. As all the bands involved in this project are relatively unknown and are from Lyon, France (with a few exceptions), you probably won't recognize (m)any of the following names, but here's the tracklisting anyways:

01 So Happy - "Blue Monday"
02 Magnolia - "Nineteen63"
03 Alight - "Guilty Partner"
04 Scalde - "Crystal"
05 Shed - "Perfect Kiss"
06 Mango - "World"
07 The Rams - "Shellshock"
08 Kii Noo - "Age of Consent"
09 Feelings of Nowhere - "Round & Round"
10 For the Chosen Few - "Your Silent Face"
11 Unwise - "Brutal"
12 Eventide - "Ceremony"
13 Airbag - "True Faith"
14 Laura Van Damn - "Turn My Way"
15 Une Vie Austere - "Lonesome Tonight"

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Posted by David Nadelle on Tue, Jun 7, 2005 at 12:00am