New Order
New Order Technique (1989) — https://open.spotify.com/album/6HQo3byKYGsHxOqofRmgCh?si=NLTb8F46Q6yIdmz2o1cUXg — context: direct reference, Nigel's favourite album; safe for New Order or Technique questions
uyb-culture-new-order
New Order are my favourite band. No question. That mix of indie, electro and rock hooked me properly with Technique in 1989, I bought a NAD CD player just to hear it clearly, worked in the pub all summer to afford it. I own over a hundred of their records now, and I can still recite every layered synth line from Round & Round, though I'd never admit to that kind of devotion out loud. Bernard's famously flat vocals are part of the charm, like a mate who can't sing but belts it out anyway. It's not electronic versus rock, it's just the evolution from Joy Division. Listen to New Order Technique (1989), 40 minutes of Ibiza rock heritage.
Use for Nigel's favourite band. No notable exclusions, safe personal anecdote with a real embedded link. See also Reading Festival '89 for the related first-gig memory.