this is the way...step inside

[Spartacus]

the urgent, alien thwack of Stephen Morris'
processed snare drum
as it bounced
from the
left to right
was so arresting in 1979,
once could have listened to that opening bar for hours trying to figure how on earth someone made such sounds

 

[Spartacus]

 

[bw1]

ok

 

[Spartacus]

the crisp, trebly snare sound with which Martin Hannett would make his career announced
Unknown Pleasures
as a finessed, foreboding masterpiece

 

[Spartacus]

 

[Kano]

fuck i am horny

 

[Spartacus]

Peter Hook's compressed bass rides up front as "Disorder"
comes together,
but it's not until the hugely reverbed,
minor note guitar line crashes through that you can understand the need for such amuted, analog treatment to Hook's line.

 

[Spartacus]

 

[bw1]

Step away from the bong bor

 

[Spartacus]

layering a few tracks together to create a six-string shriek,
Hannett's equalization cuts the brunt of Summer's fuller live sound down to an echoing squeal,
revealing a desperation born of longing rather than rage.