On June 15th 1979, Factory Records released a record unllike any other...
Joy Division members found the now truly iconic cover image in the Cambridge Encyclopaedia Of Science. It's the radio-waves emitted by the CP 1919, a pulsating neutron star discovered by Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
- "I bought the album and I was captivated by Peter Saville's sleeve art. I wanted to understand what that visual signal meant, and I fantasied about the kind of secrets it might unlock." - Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC
The music was every bit as dark, visceral, intricately spiky, and collapsing in on itself as its cover.
- "Some of the most powerfully authentic accounts of dissolution and despair since Lou Reed." - The Rolling Stone
- "Unknown Pleasures is a brave bulletin, a danceable dream. Brilliantly, a record of place, of one particular city: Manchester." - Melody Maker
- "Songs on Unknown Pleasures fade in like something emerging from the shadows." - 10.0 Pitchfork
- "Simply one of the best records ever made." - New Musical Express
To celebrate the anniversary, the band has announced "Unknown Pleasures: Reimagined", a project in which 10 different directors create new music videos for each of the tracks on the album. On June 21st, YouTube is hosting an event in London to premiere a selection of the videos along with a panel between Joy Division drummer Stephen Morris, Matt Everitt, Oran Williams, Feargal Ward, and Adrian Duncan.
Icelandic filmmaking duo Helgi & Hörður take on "Unknown Pleasures" album closer "I Remember Nothing". Their video gets a lot of mileage out of the unearthly beauty of the country’s natural landscapes, staging a violent wrestling match between two men as a bizarre kind of dance.
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