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From Hooky's Substance: Inside New Order

> ...we channelled a love of Kraftwerk and Giorgio Moroder. Ian Curtis had first introduced us to the icy Germans, and that was quickly followed by an even greater admiration for Moroder, particularly his work with Donna Summer on ‘I Feel Love’ and his production of the wonderful Sparks track ‘Number One Song in Heaven’. His solo record E=MC2 became a big inspiration and definitely led us into ‘Temptation’.

From an interview with Stephen Morris:

> When we were doing "Love Will Tear Us Apart" there were two records we were into: Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits and "Number One Song in Heaven" by Sparks. That was the beginning of getting interested in Giorgio Moroder.

Bernard apparently also mentioned Moroder in regard to Ian at one point, although I can't find a verbatim quote offhand.

I think there's no secret Ian was a big fan of Kraftwerk and they would open every Joy Division show with Kraftwerk, but TIL Ian was actually a big fan of Moroder and his work with Sparks and that influenced LWTUA. I can't tell if the last sentence of Hooky's quote is inclusive of Ian or not but it would definitely be cool if he was able to listen to it.

I'm pretty inexperienced with everything Pioneer, but I'm looking for a Pioneer mixer which ideally provides a good vinyl preamp as well as automatic BPM detection with beat effects I can use in vinyl mixes, and can just generally get me more familiar with Pioneer mixers so I'm more comfortable with effects and effects routing at e.g. open deck nights that might have something like an A9.

What's a good vinyl-centric Pioneer mixer? I don't intend to use it with anything except my turntables.