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One early project we put together as part of a cassette release was a tribute to the late Ian Curtis, of the band Joy Division. The title for this 10-song tape was I.C.B., which was itself the name of a song by the band which suceeded Joy Division - New Order. Ward suggested that the initials might stand for "Ian Clearly Breathes". This understated little cassette was recorded live in our practice space, on a boombox, in two breakneck sessions, with only a few minor edits made to the tracks themselves. We never sold a copy, due to the material being copyrighted, but in the days of our cassette albums, we simply included it as bonus tracks on the B-side of one of our other releases. So, I know that one or two people out there might actually still own a copy - it even received some local press when it was released, something along the lines of how yet another local band had decided to "jump on the doom-and-gloom bandwagon". Ah, God bless music critics everywhere. The ironic thing about a criticism like that was that Ian Curtis' death - which, presumably, affected the impression many people formed of Joy Division - hadn't really made an impact on me at the time. On a personal level, I was responding to what I perceived as a profound, triumphant, energy in the music itself.
In the spirit of the recent film about Ian Curtis - "Control", directed by the renowned photographer Anton Corbijn, I was inspired to dust off a copy of our humble tribute, and make them available as free downloadable .mp3s. As a bonus, I've included two additional tracks that were not on the original release: a 4-track version of "Atmosphere", which I performed with a casio and some backing tapes, and a live version of "New Dawn Fades" from the Seventh Street Entry, circa 1983. Both of these tracks can also be found on the compilation cassette "From The Forth World", which was released on Borrowed Time's own Forth World Ltd. label.
all songs © 1979-1980; Fractured Music.
words & music by Ian Curtis / Joy Division.
Perfomed by Borrowed Time; 27 June & 1 July 1984.
Recorded, edited, and treated by J. Free.
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