27 Jan AMI’s First Giveaway of 2023 Showcases New Order’s ‘Low-Life’ Box Set
-Grand Prize is the definitive edition box set of their 1985 album Low-Life
AMI starts the new year off on a high note by revisiting New Order’s seminal third album, Low-Life. One lucky winner will receive the deluxe box set which includes a 180g vinyl LP, two CDs–the second of which features previously unreleased mixes and alternate versions of songs, two DVDs, which include an unreleased performance from the Manhattan Club in Belgium and rarely seen footage from Rotterdam Arena, Toronto’s International Centre, and a BBC-filmed performance at Manchester’s Hacienda Club. A hardcover book with rare photos and new interviews with the band completes this collectible reissue. This giveaway runs January 27, 2023 through February 8, 2023. Everyone can enter using the AMI Music app, available on iOS and Android. Contest entry is also available on any participating AMI Jukebox.
It was 1980 in Manchester, England and guitarist/keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris were three musicians doing their best to carry on after the dissolution of their band, Joy Division, whose rise to fame ended abruptly earlier that year after the suicide of lead singer Ian Curtis. The new trio began to play shows before they even had a name–or a vocalist. Sumner eventually took on the role of front man and guitarist which left an opening on keyboards, to be filled by Morris’s then-girlfriend (now wife), Gillian Gilbert. A suggestion for a new name was provided by Rob Gretton, the band’s manager, who was inspired by an article about the “New Order of the Kampuchean Liberation.” Band members voted between that, and another less popular option–The Witchdoctors of Zimbabwe. Long story short, New Order won out and a new band was ready to take over the world.
Their first effort, Movement (1981) was somewhat of a crossover from Joy Division to their new sound, as a few of the songs were written prior to Curtis’s death. Their sophomore album, Power, Corruption & Lies (1983) introduced more electronic tracks and is widely considered one of the greatest British albums of the 1980s. By their third release, Low-Life (1985), New Order had increased their use of synthesizers and samplers and had firmly established a signature sound.
It’s this pivotal moment in their discography that the band are celebrating with the reissue of Low-Life. AMI is excited to offer fans the chance at winning this collectible box set, and for a limited time, AMI jukeboxes will also be featuring a playlist of New Order’s greatest hits throughout the years. Everyone is encouraged to check out the playlist and US residents may enter the contest using the AMI Music app or by visiting a nearby AMI jukebox venue.