Commissions 

A sonic and visual spectacle turns the tables on the conventional concert experience. Rather than classical interpretations or cover versions, Live_Transmission is a fearless dismantling of Joy Division’s visual and musical motifs, creating a hugely powerful immersive event that pays homage to the signature spirit that defined the group as one of the world’s most progressive bands.

 “This project originated from an obscure point.  It came from a desire to recreate the sensation experienced in a sonic dream that was an overwhelming and all encompassing morphed version of the introduction to Joy Division’s track Atmosphere.  It was a multi sensory experience that was like the original but  massively reinforced.  It led to the creation of Live_Transmission – this multi disciplinary project that sat between an installation and live performance.   Following the blessing from the Joy Division Estate, consultation with Peter Saville during the project exploration period and being granted access to original Ian Curtis vocal stems, the project took shape.  Whilst this was a new art project, this was a modern day homage to Joy Division, therefore it was important that the essentials informed the key structure of the project – the literary, a modern day visual representation, anarchic punk spirit, experimentation and acknowledgement of Ian Curtis’s autobiographical chronology within Joy Division repertoire.”
–   Laura Ducceschi, Creative Producer

Live_Transmission

Concept / Creative producer Laura Ducceschi
Conductor Jules Buckley
Musical direction Scanner, Chris Wheeler
Visual direction Matt Watkin
Electronics Scanner

Commissioned by Brighton Festival 2012

Live_Transmission Press

- "If Curtis hadn’t died you can’t help but wonder if this the kind of thing they would be doing today" - The Independent ★★★★
- “Lush and monumental... a fine contemporary tribute to the band’s still potent fusion of doomy melodrama and sleek modernism.” - The Times ★★★★
- “Joy Division’s work is not simply played back in compartmentalised bits it is expanded, reduced, restructured, spliced and repurposed.” - Australian Review ★★★★
- “a rich and urgent new suite utterly in tune with Curtis’ vivid sense of urban isolation, but updated for the 21st century” - The Scotsman ★★★★
- “brutalist... romantic... imaginative.” - The Sydney Morning Herald ★★★★
- “faithful but fresh, an essential outing.” - Timeout
- "Live Transmission is unlike any other tribute. An absolute spectacle of a show." - Drowned in Sound
-“Live_Transmission is undoubtedly a thought provoking and deeply involving performance.“ - Sublime
- “It’s this fusion of man, machine and imagination that makes tonight more than just a gig, defying tribute and homage, but instead offering something radical, new and intrinsically original." - God Is In The Zine

HERITAGE ORCHESTRA - 
Principal orchestrator - Tom Trapp   
Principal Musicians:    
   Matt Calvert (guitar)  
   John Calvert (bass)  
   Adam Betts (drums) 
   Tom Trapp (piano) 

2012
18th May - Brighton Festival, Brighton, UK

2013
29th May - Sydney Opera House, Sydney, AU

2014 - UK
21st Sept - London Royal Festival Hall, UK
23rd Sept - Nottingham Royal Concert Hall, UK
24th Sept - Northampton Royal & Derngate, UK
25th Sept - Bristol Colston Hall, UK

26th Sept - Cambridge Corn Exchange, UK
27th Sept - Basingstoke The Anvil, UK
28th Sept - Birmingham Symphony Hall, UK
29th Sept - The Lowry, Salford, UK
30th Sept - Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, UK
1st Oct - Edinburgh Usher Hall, UK
2nd Sept - Sage Gateshead, UK

2014
16th Sept - Musikfest, Bremem, Germany