Post Office records

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	Babbacombe Lee
POR 16 Digital (Joy Division) dj Methodist feat. Molara 23/04/07
David Handford and his esteemed Post Office label don't tend to rock, in a traditional sense. Thus it is a bit of a surprise to find Digital ( a 7" limited to 500 copies) is a cover of a 1978 Joy Division number. With vocals by Molara of UK reggae jammers Zion Train - not that you'd think it, going on her breathy, unkempt punker vox - overriding an ace lock-groove bassline and rushing synth fx, it's well worth tracking down as well.
Noel Gardner - Sound Nation - June 2005

If, for some reason, Ian Curtis was spinning in his grave, maybe he can stop now. DJ Methodist (currently residing in Wales) has cut Digital (Post Office 7"), a cover of the Joy Division original in such a way that should make any restless corpse happy. There's a vocal and a caustic mix, and they both have that idioticaly perfect bass riff placed just where it ought to be. The rest flows from there. I saw someone somewhere write that this is electronica, but it sure sounds like pure, timeless UK DIY grub to me.
Byron Coley - The Wire - September 2005

Before you start moaning on about the fact that this release has been out for ages - yes we bloody know - but you see we've only just come across it, and since we have the damn thing has nearly been worn threw from over playing. Okay a little background here. Post Office Records - previously unknown to me (isn't that always the case) has been doing the business from their Welsh homestead since 2001 - originally a vehicle for label boss David Handford to release his music they have over the ensuing years acquired a release roster that includes debut outings by Manami N, Chilopod, Dorfen X Baker as well as his own alter egos - Ministry of Defiance and DJ Methodist. Release POR 16 sees Handford assuming his DJ Methodist guise for a spot of tinkering with Joy Division's "Digital". Limited to 500 copies all hand stamped / numbered we suspect that all discerning record lovers should at least attempt to nail down a copy of this for themselves because Handford critically observes the usual warning signs afforded to potential JD covers - that being that once you've bypassed the personal nature of their work - primarily Curtis' personal nature - then the next hurdle to present itself is how can you possibly hope to improve on the original given the fact that Martin Hannett was instrumental in the sound realisation - simple really get Zion Train's Molara in to do the vocals, and when we say vocals we mean at her austerely chilled best stopping just short of menacing gliding over a seriously repetitive and monotone bass line with washes of swirly electronics that sound as though they are at the point of breakdown. Flip over for the slightly more malleable mix of the same cut that this time pushes up the bass and loosens up on the vocals. DAMN FINE STUFF.
Mark - Losing Today - May 2006
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