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	Martin Hannett - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hannett's trademark sound, most apparent on Joy Division's groundbreaking debut album Unknown Pleasures and its follow-up, Closer, is sparse and eerie, complementing frontman Ian Curtis' dark, depressive musings and tremorous baritone vocals.
		Hannett had impressive range as a producer, as evidenced by his ability to adroitly magnify the disillusionment and disparate influences within the music of bands such as Joy Division and Basement 5, while also retaining a keen pop sense.
		Hannett was portrayed by actor Andy Serkis in the 2002 film 24 Hour Party People, which was based on Tony Wilson's career as the co-founder of Factory Records and The Haçienda nightclub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Martin_Hannett (805 words)

	24 Hour Party People
		Martin Hannett was one of Manchester's most influential producers, forever trying to push the evolution of sound production forward.
		Basically the function of Martin in the film, as opposed to what he played in real life, is that he is kind of the antithesis of Tony Wilson, he's a kind of thorn in his side and he provides a lot of the conflict in the film, difference of ideas.
		And yet you don't want to be inhibited by it, because Martin Hannett is a larger than life character, but he is a Dickensian character in the sense that he's big and he's epicurian.
	www.partypeoplemovie.com /cast_sub.php?section=1&subsection=1&article_id=114 (2481 words)

	Openly Classist (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Being produced by Martin Hannett meant that the guitars were filtered through an array of studio and pedal effects so instead of hearing discernible notes or melodies what comes across is an ethereal and acerbic spectral noise winding around in the spaces between the aggressive punch of the drum and bass.
		Martin Hannett: "I was struck years ago by a room full of air compressors at the Ferranti factory which was banging out this four-in-the-bar, industrial bass drum rhythm.
		In many ways Hannett was pioneering a genre of bass and drums and it is maybe some measure of the 'newness' of this sound that it caused confusion and trepidation, leading towards judgmental comparisons with Joy Division simply because they were the most popularised and 'successful' aspect of this sound.
	www.openlyclassist.org.uk /factory1.html (3603 words)

	24 Hour Party People
		Although Martin Hannett's name never filtered into the public consciousness in the same way the bands he produced, his reputation and anecdotes about the eccentric behaviour of one of Manchester's finest producers remain in place, ten years after his death.
		Hannett would frequently forget that he was working for the band, and attempt to get on with the mixing by himself.
		Hannett's displeasure with the Factory's woolly post-hippiness was sealed with the arrival of the Haçienda.
	www.partypeoplemovie.com /legend_sub.php?section=2&subsection=4&article_id=94 (2210 words)

	Ceremony (song) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 7" is in a stamped gold-bronze sleeve, while the 12" cover was a completely separate design: lettering on a green background.
		Consistent with the Joy Division recordings, production was by Martin Hannett and design was by Peter Saville.
		The song was re-recorded (again with Hannett) with Gillian Gilbert on keyboards, just before she formally joined the group.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ceremony_(song) (552 words)

	Martin Hannett : Martin - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		The name of legendary producer Martin Hannett is more or less synonymous with Joy Division, but Martin: The Work of Martin Hannett, a compilation of some of his better productions, demonstrates that he played a major role in the development of many other bands of varying styles.
		Released by Factory within a year of Hannett's death, the proceeds went to his family.
		(Rumor has it that Hannett was supposed to produce U2's Boy, but he pulled out in lieu of friend Ian Curtis' death.) Although there is a fair amount of variety scattered throughout the disc, there's a number of regrettable omissions, perhaps the result of logistics in some cases.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,306990,00.html (232 words)

	Martin Hannet (1948 - 1991)
		Drug abuse was a major feature of hannett's life and there is little doubt that his early death was related to years of misuse and experimentation.
		in the late 70s, electronic music at its extreme was mainly coming out of germany from groups such as kraftwerk, but hannett never lost sight of the human element, making the machine work to complement the artists involved rather than trying to dehumanize bands or make work of a purely "synthetic" nature.
		hannett would come back with factory to produce the happy mondays, after rather less successful stints with, among others, john cale behind the desk.
	www.jahsonic.com /MartinHannet.html (688 words)

	AlterDudes: The Names
		Hannett, ever idiosyncratic in his working methods, refused to listen to any of the material in advance of the session, despite the fact that all was already fully arranged.
		At Hannett's suggestion the album was split into two distinct sides, side one with an uptempo 'day' feel, and a slower 'night' feel to the second.
		Hannett travelled to Brussels to produce the three tracks, although the band chose (perhaps unwisely) to supervise the final mix themselves.
	alterdudes.blogspot.com /2004/09/names.html (3288 words)

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		Martin arrived with these great big fl cardboard-fronted machines; synthesizers -- remember this was 1978 and Vini arrived with his beloved Les Paul.
		But it was hard to get Martin to notice as he pored over the primitive electronics.
		We also include remastered versions of Martin's work on the synthesizer that was included as a flexi-disc in the first 2,000 sandpaper-sleeved Fact 14's.
	users.rcn.com /rpsweb/durutti-column/texts/liner-returnR.html (640 words)

	IanCurtis.org - Ian Curtis and Joy Division Fans Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In his role of producer, Martin Hannett worked with practically all the bands from the Manchester area that came to prominence in the late 70s.
		An integral part of the band's subsequent success, Martin Hannett was made co-director of their label, Factory Records.
		Late 80s, again it was Martin Hannett who helped shape the sound that had a profound influence on the UK music scene.
	www.iancurtis.org /biography/MartinHannett.html (387 words)

	Martin Hannett: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Martin Hannett (May 1948 - April 18, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always...
		Buzzcocks were one of the key first generation punk rock bands in the mid to late 1970s....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/martin_hannett.htm (1592 words)

	Pitchfork: Joy Division: An Ideal for Listening (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hannett produced their set of 15 new songs at Strawberry Studios, 10 of which were selected for Unknown Pleasures.
		The digital delay Martin Hannett all but invented-- and most certainly perfected-- created a sound too processed, too close to the corporate excess their generation was still burning at the stake.
		Martin Hannett, possibly at the urging of the band, radically changed his production approach for Closer, recording live echo (playback from speakers in other parts of the studio) for the drum tracks and all guitars.
	www.pitchforkmedia.com /watw/02-08/joy-division.shtml (2467 words)

	24 Hour
		Whilst forming "Factory Records" Wilson invites "Mad Professor" Martin Hannett (played by Andy Serkis) to be one of the co-directors and in-house producer.
		Hannett was an extraordinary man, one of life's great experimenters, well loved for his brashness and unwillingness to compromise his artistic vision.
		Originally trained as a chemistry student, Hannett joined a music cooperative and then co-founded his own Label "Rabid records", before moving to Factory and producing Joy Division.
	www.serkis.com /cin24.htm (248 words)

	Heart And Soul Disc Two
		Again, all the tracks on this disc are produced by Martin Hannett, and a word should be said here about the influence of Hannett to the overall sound of the band.
		Sumner and Hook have said, as a producer, he was tyrannical in his approach to experimentation in the studio.
		In a sense, his contribution to the sound made him tantamount to a fifth member of the band, as George Martin was to a certain Liverpudlian quartet.
	users.net1plus.com /steff/heart2.htm (505 words)

	Heart and soul. Joy Division
		In March they did five demos for Martin Rushent, preparatory to their signing to Rushent’s com- pany, Genetic, a subsidiary of the WEA—owned Radar Records.
		The group were busy recording with Martin Hannett at Strawberry Studios in Stockport When they’d finished ‘Unknown Pleasures’, they took it to Factory.
		Martin Hannett: “Ian Curtis was one of those channels for the Gestalt: the only one I bumped into during that period.
	members.tripod.com /hsjd/box054.htm (690 words)

	Joy Division studio sessions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hannett at the controls, and the results were possibly even better than the first time around.
		Notes: Producer Martin Hannett later stated that they ran out of time in the studio, and the "Unknown Pleasures" album would have sounded slightly differently if he had been able to spend some more time working on it.
		Joy Division teamed up with Martin Hannett again for the recording of their follow-up to the highly acclaimed debut album.
	members.aol.com /lwtua/sessions.htm (1563 words)

	T H E O L D E C H O E S M A R T I N H A N N E T
		It is important to mention the contribution of Martin Hannett to the development of the Joy Division sound.
		Martin "Zero" was a student at Manchester University, and former lab chemist, when he began to promote local bands in the Manchester area.
		His production established a polished, cool sound which very much lent itself to the direction the band was moving in.
	users.net1plus.com /steff/martin.htm (211 words)

	Indie Music Features on CLUAS - Ian Curtis of Joy Division
		In the recession doomed early eighties no lyricist was to match him.
		Martin Fry/Kevin Rowlands pop escapism just seemed like a cop-out.
		A lot of Morrissey's self loathing would arguably have been better left in the soiled bedroom.
	www.cluas.com /music/features/iancurtis.htm (1128 words)

	Warsaw (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Barney wanted Unknown Pleasures to be a super loud rock album with big guitars; thankfully Martin Hannett saw things differently and mixed the guitars way down with lots of reverb and hollowed out the drum sound behind Hooky's back.
		And the second album of Still doesn't count as JD live because that was recorded on live on an 8-track and sweetened in the studio with overdubs.
		Hannett adds the electronic effects he used on Unknown Pleasures and Closer; Sumner tries to copy Curtis's voice and sings Curtis-esque lyrics.
	ilx.wh3rd.net /thread.php?msgid=3720242 (4022 words)

	Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Hannett gave a few in depth interviews before he died to the 'rock press' (Jon Savage did one and I remember reading one in Zig Zag, an early 80s music mag) but again they are light on technical stuff.
		I'm sure some of the engineers on the JD sessions would be able to provide a technical overview of Hannett's working methods and I dont think that would seem flimsy in the context of a broader piece with some name interviewees on board.
		Hannett had already set up for them with places for their options'.
	www.soundonsound.com /forum/showflat.php?Board=MRT&Number=191877 (4714 words)

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		In April 1979 they recorded "Unknown Pleasures" with producer Martin 'Zero' Hannett and the great sleeve-design was done by Peter Saville, they both continued to work with Joy Division and New Order on their later releases.
		Martin Hannett passed away on April 2nd 1991, at the age of 41, Factory quickly compiled some of his work and released the album "Martin" (FACT 325) as a memorial in August that year.
		Was scheduled for release on May 8 but was delayed until July 1980 due to a combination of the sleeves not being completed in time and of the producer Martin Hannett having to order another master cut after it was found that 5000 records were pressed without the master having been approved.
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	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on 24 Hour Party People at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Tony decides to create a label called Factory where he wrote a contract in his own blood where states that the label and the artists get fifty percent of all monies made while the artists have total control and the rights to their own music.
		The first band he signed was Joy Division and he took them to the studio with the wild, excessive Martin Hannett who was this big man who liked to do indulge himself with his own excess.
		Then in 1991, Martin Hannett dies all of a sudden of a heart attack, as he becomes another casualty in the Manchester scene as Tony feels a dark cloud looming over him.
	www.epinions.com /content_74688597636 (2128 words)

	Amazon.com: Swimming + Singles: Music: The Names (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Apparently Hannett refused to listen to any of the band's demos, insisting instead that they perform the material live in the studio while shaking their instruments.
		The sound is classic Hannett; ultra sharp, crisp sound, with heavily treated drums and bass up front, while chorused and flanged guitar and washes of synths are pushed out to the edges, creating a compelling and hypnotic swell of atmosphere.
		Unfortunately, because they were on Martin Hannett's Factory label, they were written off as "just another Joy Division copycat." This couldn't be further from the truth...
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004W3MN?v=glance (1824 words)

	..:: U2 Discography - Martin Album / Various - U2 Wanderer.Org ::..
		This compilation was issued when Martin Hannett passed away.
		Hannett is best known, perhaps, for his work with New Order and Joy Division.
		11 O'Clock Tick Tock was also released on another compilation of Hannett's work, And Here is the Young Man, which featured a slightly extended version of the song.
	www.u2wanderer.org /disco/023.html (263 words)

	Flare's U2 Collection
		Signed by Island Records shortly after, the company recruited Martin Hannett to cut 11 O'Clock Tick Tock as their first UK single.
		With Hannett unavailable after the death of Joy Division's Ian Curtis, U2 decided on Steve Lillywhite as producer for A Day Without Me and although he didn't particularly like the song he agreed.
		This version of 11 O'Clock Tick Tock is available on CD on Martin- a now-deleted Factory Records tribute album released after Martin Hannett's death.
	www.richard.hare.dsl.pipex.com /u21980.html (322 words)

	A Certain Ratio biography at LTM
		May 1979 saw the release of their first ACR single, the dark All Night Party, although the sound and musicianship of the band would be transformed by the arrival of funky drummer Donald Johnson (DoJo) in August.
		As a result the mix had to be completed by Martin Hannett in the UK, and suffered as a result.
		Hypnotic, transcendental funk produced by Martin Hannett, and all three tracks marking ACR as the artistic equals of Joy Division.
	www.ltmpub.freeserve.co.uk /acrbio.html (1219 words)

	Factory Communications
		Hannett likewise put his stamp on Section 25's debut LP Always Now, that got released in August, and sold out it's initial pressing of 10.000 copies within a month, partly due -it must be said- to Peter Saville's magnificent packaging job.
		Martin Hannett left Factory when it became clear that the label didn't want to invest money in a recording studio.
		Martin Hannett started recording with Happy Mondays, for their second album.
	home.wxs.nl /~frankbri/facstory.html (5363 words)

	Martin Hannett Tribute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I had no idea of his death until recently, and I was shocked to learn of it.
		Apparantly there is a CD release called 'Martin' that was put out by Factory Records which contains various pieces by him.
		He was never in it for the personal glory, and his satisfaction came from the fun others got from his work.
	www.cyberspike.com /clarke/hannett.html (122 words)

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