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Factory Records was a Manchester-based record label, managed by Tony Wilson, which featured several prominent musical acts, such as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column, The Happy Mondays, and (briefly) James and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark. Like the label 4AD, Factory Records used a creative team (most notably record producer Martin Hannett and graphic designer Peter Saville) which gave the label, and the artists recording for it, a particular sound and image. The label employed a unique cataloguing process that saw every album, piece of art or item of property (including their famous nightclub The Haçienda and its resident cat) labelled with 'FAC' and an appropriate number (the nightclub was FAC51; the cat was FAC191).The 20022002 is a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). 2002 was the first palindromic year since 1991 and the last until 2112. 2002 was also designated: International Year of Ecotourism and Mountains National Science Year in the United Kingdom film 24 Hour Party People24 Hour Party People is a 2002 film about Manchester's popular music community from 1977 to 1997, and specifically about Factory Records. It was directed by Michael Winterbottom. It begins with the punk rock era, and moves through the 1980s into the " Mad (see 2002 in filmSee also 2001 in film, other events of 2002, 2003 in film and the list of 'years in film'. Events May The Pianist directed by Roman Polanski wins the "Palme d'Or" at the Cannes Film Festival. Amelie from Montmartre directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet wins the), is an allegedly fact-based satire about Factory Records' people and bands, and the infamous, often unsubstantiated anecdotes and stories surrounding them.
" The Haçienda" was a world-famous nightclub that was started as a Factory Records venture. It became a cultural hub in Manchester as the center of the emerging technoTechno is a form of electronic music that emerged in the mid- 1980s and primarily refers to a particular style developed in and around Detroit and subsequently adopted by European producers. History Techno was primarily developed in basement studios by "T and acid houseAlternate meaning: The Acid House a 1994 novel by Irvine Welsh, later made into a film''. Acid house is a variant of house music characterized by the use of simple tone generators with tempo-controlled resonant filters. It began when musicians discovered genres in the late eighties and early nineties. It closed in 19971997 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar), and was designated the International Year of the Reef''. Events January January 3 NBC's Today Show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time January 8 Mister Rogers receives a star on t, and has since been knocked down to make way for city centre apartments.
Factory Records spawned a number of affiliated labels abroad, the most prominent of which was Brussels-based Factory BeneluxFactory Benelux was an offshoot of UK indie record label Factory Records and Belgian label Les Disques du Crepuscule. It was in operation from 1980 to 1988. See also ..
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