After the early suicide of Ian Curtis at the age of 23 years the works of Joy Division should be long remembered. The title 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' became one of the greatest songs, outside the mainstream, 80s. Even through a remarkable version which was recorded in a BBC session. Besides this song Unknown Pleasures and Closer are considered two of the albums most shaped the post-punk. The charm of Closer located in different. Firstly, it is the nature and meadow as easy riffs are combined in bass and guitar with electronic elements. The skilful use of effects contributes to the overall sound at uncommonly. This moves in a remarkable way between organic and crashing. Again and again noise and unrecognizable noise sounds which appear strange at the hearing at first. But you will never overloaded, because the music pleasant combines unconventional, psychedelic sounds and familiar and simple structures. What is striking at first, attentive listening immediately the basic mood is anxiety and subtlety at the same time. What then makes the music eventually becomes unique, however, is the vocals of Ian Curtis. But not only his voice, the lyrics. The model Curtis' was Jim Morrison, it shows in this respect, because for both frontmen it has always been a concern to connect poetry and music. The entrance song 'Atrocity Exhibition' opens with a catchy drumbeat. Then you hear a simple bass line. A confused rushing noise footprint begins over which lay the vocals. Again and again, the line 'This is the way / quilted inside ...' is repeated. The invitation to enter, disturbing sung, but. As in a ritual they will be repeated. The intro to 'isolation' is as trivial. Simple drums and bassline. For this, a synthesizer that drift into the distance to seem always. Again a textual repetition, this time there is only the word 'Isolation'. Perfect emphasizes Ian feel of the songs. Strange: On the song you could dance wonderfully, yet one feels intumescent anxiety. In the end it is suddenly quiet, then loud again for a song beat and it's over. Even today remarkable showmanship. The effects are also used in 'Passover' excellent. Under the hypnotic voice and the monotonous game of instruments you can feel all the time a flowing, deep bass sound. 'This is a crisis I knew had to come / Destroying the balance I'd kept' Lyrically: Typical Curtis. Starting from 'Colony' sounds as if it was a motivation to escape. Ian intonation sounds guessing and commanding. 'I can not see why all thesis Confrontations' One might think it refers to a conflict with himself. 'I put my trust in you' it says in 'A Means To An End'. Sung but it is not as trusting. Rather disappointed and full of resignation. At the end is also the band is slow and powerless. Once again thanks to a wonderfully expressive effect. 'Heart and Soul': synthesizer and vocals seem far away and the words are elongated, as it the case difficult to pronounce them. Naturally! 'Soulless and bent on destruction / A struggle between right and wrong.' and 'Heart and soul / One Will Burn'. These are not particularly positive messages. I see before me a Gestallt trying to go but we always thrown back, at the beginning of 'Twenty Four Hours'. Suddenly changes all that. As if you would have changed in a fast motion. Later, again in slow motion back. And again and again. Frantic words are thrown into the room or they will dahingesungen, nevertheless severe. 'The Eternal' was from the beginning the song Closer, that appealed to me most. Snake-like noise, then the bass. The synthesizer begins. Everything is concentrated emotion. Intensive Ian Curtis sings the profound text. Nevertheless, he does it sober, well auspiciously and gloomy. This antithesis makes the song so unique. 'Procession moves on, the shouting is over / Praise to the glory of loved ones now gone.' The lyrics draw the blurred image of a procession and metaphorically of depression. Everything is questionable in this piece. Everything seems ambiguous and oppressive. Emotional considered a masterful work! The last track 'Decades' is again hypnosis. In the background of the synthesizer supported by rudimentary arrangements this. With him the voice. It is similar to this time the singing of monks. She is pregnant with meaning as always. 'Decades' stop with the classic Silent Will and lets the listener absently just sit, lie or stand where he heard the album there. He feels it is a momentous farewell. Although Ian was when the album was released two months dead, it will always be his legacy. The last work of a dramatic personality. He created with the help of his congenial ensemble a unique fusion of poetry and music. Both are at all happy, but poignant. Even the photograph of Bernard Pierre Wolff who graces the cover manifested this sentiment. The proportion of black is substantially greater than that of the White. Stooped masked gather around a body be disclosed. One can only hope that these nine songs for many generations to survive without being forgotten.
