Record On: Power, Corruption and Lies

Record On: Power, Corruption and Lies

Record On is a major brand-new 3-part series exploring the context of the times around the making of a ground-breaking album by the world’s most prominent artists. Each episode looks at the motivations of the artists to write and record the album they did at that particular moment in time and how that album came to reflect those times, becoming a cultural icon in itself. The series takes its tone from the social, cultural and political focus of what was happening around the time each album was written and recorded and how this is reflected in the artists’ music and the performance. Featuring interviews with New Order's Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris and Gillian Gilbert, this film unravels the creative process behind New Order’s 1983 album, Power, Corruption & Lies and the themes inside the album, of a band finding new direction and moving-on from its past. Taking inspiration for their evolving sound from New York's new-wave clubs of the early 1980's and newly acquired sequencers and keyboards, electronic instrumentation quickly drove New Order's song-writing process, conceiving global smash-hit, Blue Monday. This film explores the impact of the technological shifts that took place in the early 1980's as the digital-age began to percolate through all parts of society – from commerce and financial trading, to offices and home entertainment; with contributions from graphic designer Peter Saville, Blue Monday producer Michael Johnson and American record producer Arthur Baker.