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New Order: Decades

The alternative was just to fail and fall intoa life of nothingness

The alternative was just to fail and fall into
a life of nothingness

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The alternative was just to fail
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and fall into a life of nothingness.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:58
Uploaded
Jun 22, 2025
Genres
documentary, music
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N/A

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Movie Summary

Part concert, part documentary, this film follows the band’s preparations in the re-staging of their acclaimed collaboration So It Goes.. with the artist Liam Gillick and the 12-piece synthesiser orchestra that spectacularly captured the headlines during Manchester International Festival 2017.
But we needed to break new ground - New Order: Decades 00:07
But we needed to break new ground
We couldn't really afford to buy commercial equipment - New Order: Decades 00:11
We couldn't really afford to buy commercial equipment
And we couldn't afford to buy these instruments - New Order: Decades 00:13
And we couldn't afford to buy these instruments
You've gotta remember, you've gotta rewind the clock, - New Order: Decades 00:13
You've gotta remember, you've gotta rewind the clo...
We took the technology as far as you could take it - New Order: Decades 00:07
We took the technology as far as you could take it
At first, Steve was a bit resistant - New Order: Decades 00:17
At first, Steve was a bit resistant
There really was no need to worry - New Order: Decades 00:11
There really was no need to worry
I could never, ever have written music for an orchestra, - New Order: Decades 00:14
I could never, ever have written music for an orchestra,
And I listen to all sorts of music - New Order: Decades 00:07
And I listen to all sorts of music
So I had this idea for this kind of, I don't know, - New Order: Decades 00:06
So I had this idea for this kind of, I don't know,
Just that bit. - New Order: Decades 00:06
Just that bit.
♪ One of these days ♪ - New Order: Decades 00:38
♪ One of these days ♪
Manchester isn't just our home, it's also home - New Order: Decades 00:07
Manchester isn't just our home, it's also home
The Royal Northern College of Music was the perfect place - New Order: Decades 00:11
The Royal Northern College of Music was the perfect place
I made another sound to add to your original sound. - New Order: Decades 00:04
I made another sound to add to your original sound.
Digging into those tracks, deconstructing them, - New Order: Decades 00:12
Digging into those tracks, deconstructing them,
It's brave for Liam and it's actually brave for New Order. - New Order: Decades 00:04
It's brave for Liam and it's actually brave for Ne...
But of course it's good in that - New Order: Decades 00:07
But of course it's good in that
The early years, the formative period - New Order: Decades 00:06
The early years, the formative period
It's not been done before, so it was an experiment. - New Order: Decades 00:04
It's not been done before, so it was an experiment.