New Order – Blue Monday

Single 1983

The music gear and equipment used by the artists, producers, engineers, and more involved in the making of the 1983 single Blue Monday.

Music from Blue Monday

Artists on Blue Monday

Stephen Morris

Roles:

Drummer Keyboardist

Groups:

Joy Division New Order Stiff Kittens Warsaw Be Music The Other Two
Bernard Sumner

Roles:

Singer Guitarist Keyboardist

Groups:

Joy Division New Order Electronic Bad Lieutenant Stiff Kittens Warsaw Be Music
Gillian Gilbert

Roles:

Guitarist Keyboardist

Groups:

New Order Be Music The Other Two

Gear Used On Blue Monday

Explore the instruments, equipment, software, and production tools used in the making of New Order – Blue Monday (1983). Click more on each item to see exactly how it was used.

Stephen Morris

Roles:

Drummer Keyboardist

Studio Equipment used by Stephen Morris on Blue Monday

Drum Machines

Oberheim DMX

Avg price: $2,649.08

In this interview, Stephen is asked, "The acquisition of your first digital drum machine in the beloved Oberheim DMX of course gave you Blue Monday. It must have been like night and day compared with your Boss Dr Rhythm but how was it trying to synch up this state of the art technology with the Polysequencers in those pre-MIDI days." He replies, "It was fine, I never had a problem with synching it up because it was just a clock really. I have honestly come full circle and getting back into it again now."

Keyboards and Synthesizers used by Stephen Morris on Blue Monday

Synthesizers

Kurzweil K2500

Avg price: $3,250.00

"The vocal choir part on 'Blue Monday' was sampled, and it was probably one of the first instances of someone sampling something from someone else's record. New Order originally used an Emulator II to play their samples live, but a lot of the time the Emulators wouldn't load up so the roadie would have to hit one of the legs with a hammer to start it working again — it was that kind of technology! So Steve had that part loaded up into his Kurzweil K2500."