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The initial release as New Order was the single " Ceremony ", backed with " In a Lonely Place ".

These two songs were written in the weeks before Curtis took his own life.

With the release of Movement in November 1981, New Order initially started on a similar route as their previous incarnation, performing dark, melodic songs, albeit with an increased use of synthesisers.

The band viewed the period as a low point, as they were still reeling from Curtis ' death.

Hook commented that the only positive thing to come out of the Movement sessions was that producer Martin Hannett had showed the band how to use a mixing board, which allowed them to produce records by themselves from then on.