Factory Benelux was the Belgian imprint of Factory Records, operated by Les Disques du Crépuscule from August 1980 until March 1988, releasing a large number of exclusive recordings as well as Benelux issues of regular Factory releases. The imprint was founded by Michel Duval and Annik Honoré. A detailed history of both Factory Benelux and Crépuscule can be found in the book Shadowplayers: The Rise & Fall of Factory Records by James Nice (Aurum Press, 2010).
Factory Benelux was reactivated in 2012 by James Nice for select reissues and special editions, as well as new recordings by original FBN artists.[1] [2]
| Catalogue number | Artist | Title | Format | Date | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAC-BN-1-004 | A Certain Ratio | Shack Up (3:21) / And Then Again (2:29) | 7" | 1980-07 | Also Crepuscule TWI-004 | |
| FAC-BN-2-005, FBN-2 | The Durutti Column | Lips that Would Kiss (Form Prayers to Broken Stone) (3:40) / Madeleine (3:00) | 7", 12" | 1980-10 | Also Crepuscule TWI-005 | |
| FBN-2CD | The Durutti Column | Lips That Would Kiss | CD | 1991 | Compilation of Durutti Column recordings for Factory Benelux, including tracks from unreleased album "Short Stories For Pauline" (see FBN-36). | |
| FAC-BN-3-006 | Section 25 | Charnel Ground (3:55) / Haunted (3:17) | 7" | 1980-10 | Also Crepuscule 006 | |
| FBN-3-045-CD | Section 25 | Always Now | 2×CD | 2015-04-06 | 1981 album plus singles, Peel Sessions and live tracks[3] | |
| FAC-BN-4 | Crispy Ambulance | Live on a Hot August Night (The Presence (13:01) / Concorde Square (9:07)) | 12" | 1981-06 | ||
| FACBN-4-011 | Claude Stassart | Factory Night | poster | 1980-10 | Poster for "Factory Night "show at Free University of Brussels, 31 October 1980: A Certain Ratio, Section 25, Durutti Column, The Names. Designed by Claude Stassart. | |
| FAC-BN-5 | Section 25 | Je Veux Ton Amour (5:16) / Oyo Achel Ada (4:21) | 7" | 1981-08 | ||
| FBN-5 | Blurt | Live In Berlin | 10" mini-album | 2013-02-11 | 1980 release cancelled as band had left Factory; later issued on Armageddon as In Berlin, and finally issued on 10" (with bonus 7") as FBN 5 in February 2013[4] | |
| FAC-BN-6 | Crawling Chaos | The Gas Chair | LP | 1982-01 | ||
| FACBN-6 | Manhattan Project | Nicky | 7" | unreleased | ||
| FAC-BN-7 | Various Artists | A Factory Complication | VHS, Beta | 1981-11 | UK: Ikon FCL IKON-1[5] | |
| FBN-8 | New Order | Everything's Gone Green (5:33) // Mesh (3:25) / Cries & Whispers (3:00) | 12" | 1981-12 | CD single FBN-8CD 1990 | |
| FBN-9 | The Names | Calcutta (3:02) / Postcards (3:43) | 7"/12" | 1982-02 | ||
| FBN-9CD | The Names | Swimming + Singles | CD | 1991 | Album plus Factory and Crepuscule recordings; later reissued on LTM | |
| FBN-9 | The Names | Swimming | 2×LP | 2013-02-11 | Reissue of 1982 Crépuscule LP, with bonus tracks[6] | |
| FBN-9-CD | The Names | Swimming | CD | 2013-02-11 | Reissue of 1982 Crépuscule LP, with bonus tracks (different from LP and previous FBN-9-CD)[7] | |
| FBN-10 | The Durutti Column | Deux Triangles (Favourite Painting (4:59) / Zinni (5:58) // Piece for Out of Tune Grande [sic] Piano (12:55)) | 12" | 1982-10 | ||
| FBN-10-CD | The Durutti Column | LC | CD | 2013-02-11 | Reissue with bonus CD of compilation tracks and demos[8] | |
| FBN-11 | Minny Pops | Time (3:40) / Lights (3:40) | 7" | 1982-04 | ||
| FBN-11(-CD) | A Certain Ratio | Sextet | LP, 2×CD | 2014-11-03 | Reissue of FACT-55 with 12" and Peel Session tracks, more on CD[9] | |
| FBN-12 | Crispy Ambulance | The Plateau Phase | LP | 1982-03 | CD FBN-12CD, 1990, with 3 extra tracks as Comprising: The Plateau Phase, Live On A Hot August Night, Sexus; also reissued 2013-02-11 with original title and sleeve[10] | |
| FBN-13 | Various Artists | Vinyl Magazine flexi (Minny Pops "Een Kus" (0:38) / Mental: "Love In My Heart" (2:26)) | 7" flexidisc | 1981-11 | Included with Vinyl (Netherlands) #8, November 1981 | |
| FBN-14 | Section 25 | The Key of Dreams | LP | 1982-06 | ||
| FAC-BN-15 | Minny Pops | Sparks in a Dark Room | LP | 1982-06 | ||
| FBN-15-CD | Minny Pops | Sparks in a Dark Room | CD | 2014-02-17 | with second CD of live performance 20 April 2012[11] [12] | |
| FBN-16 | Swamp Children | Taste What's Rhythm (6:00) / You've Got Me Beat (4:55) / Softly Saying Goodbye (4:08) | 12" | 1982-09 | ||
| FBN-17 | A Certain Ratio | Guess Who? (6:50) | 12" | 1982-07 | ||
| FBN-17-CD | A Certain Ratio | I'd Like to See You Again | CD | 2013-07 | Reissue of FACT-65 with 5 bonus tracks[13] [14] | |
| FBN-18 | Crispy Ambulance | Sexus (6:08) / Black Death/Life Is Knife (8:04) | 12" | 1984-04 | ||
| FBN-19 | Stockholm Monsters | Miss Moonlight (4:45) // The Longing (1:46) / Lafayette (2:29) | 12" | 1983-03 | ||
| FBN-20 | 52nd Street | Cool As Ice (7:25) / Twice As Nice (7:40) | 12" | 1983-06 | ||
| FBN-20-BIS | 52nd Street | Cool As Ice (Jellybean Restructure) (7:29) / Twice As Nice (7:40) | 12" | 1983-06 | Also on A&M US "Of Factory New York" as FBN-20 | |
| FBN-21 | Swamp Children | So Hot | LP | 1982-10 | Same tracks as UK version FACT-70 but different sleeve | |
| FBN-22 | New Order | Murder (3:55) / Thieves Like Us Instrumental (6:57) | 12" | 1984-05 | ||
| FBN-23 | Quando Quango | Love Tempo (7:03) / Love Tempo (Mix) | 12" | 1983-06 | ||
| FBN-23-BIS | Quando Quango | Love Tempo (Mark Kamins Mix) / Love Tempo (Mix) | 12" | 1983-06 | ||
| FBN-23-TER | Quando Quango | Love Tempo (Benelux Edit) (3:18) / Love Tempo (Mix) (3:49) | 7" | 1983-06 | ||
| FBN 24 | The Wake | Something Outside (7:42) / Host (7:55) | 12" | 1983-10 | ||
| FBN 25 | Cabaret Voltaire | Yashar (5:00) / Yashar (7:20) | 12" | 1983-07 | Also FAC-82-12 - but only FBN edition has picture sleeve | |
| FBN-26 | Surprize | In Movimento (5:35) / Parador Style (5:20) // Over Italia (4:18) / Stavolta (7:10) | 12" | 1984-04 | EP tracks produced by Bernard Sumner and Donald Johnson. | |
| FBN-26-CD | Surprize | In Movimento | CD | 2013-08 | CD reissue with 6 extra tracks | |
| FBN-27 | Various Artists | Factory Benelux Greatest Hits | LP | 1983-12 | ||
| FBN-28 | Nyam Nyam | Fate/Hate (8:03) / So Long Ago (5:39) / Fate/Hate (Dub) (4:00) | 12" | 1984-04 | ||
| FBN-29 | The Wake | Harmony | LP | 1984 | Contains extra track "Chance" not on FACT-60 | |
| FBN-29-CD | The Wake | Harmony | CD | 2013-02-11 | Includes FBN-24 and 1983 Peel session;[15] identical to LTM LTMCD-2323 (2001) | |
| FBN-29 | The Wake | Harmony | 2×LP | 2013-08-26 | includes FBN-24 and 1983 Peel session[16] | |
| FBN-30 | The Durutti Column | Another Setting | LP | 1984 | LP track listing incorrect; same as FACT-74 | |
| FBN-30-CD | The Durutti Column | Another Setting | CD | 2015-10 | bonus tracks[17] | |
| FBN-30 | The Durutti Column | Another Setting | 2×LP | 2018-03-10 | 800 copies; second LP: live at Pandora's Box Festival, Rotterdam, 4 September 1983[18] | |
| FBN-31 | Stockholm Monsters | Alma Mater | FACT-80, never released by FBN but assigned number | |||
| FBN-32 | A Certain Ratio | Brazilia | 12" | 1984-12 | ||
| FBN-33 | Section 25 | From the Hip | LP | Benelux release of FACT-90. Test pressing only, not released | ||
| FBN-33-CD | Section 25 | From the Hip | CD | 2014-05-05 | extra CD of remixes and sessions[19] | |
| FBN-34 | Lavolta Lakota | Prayer (3:33) / Mitawin (3:15) | 7" | 1984-07 | ||
| FBN-35 | The Wake | Talk About the Past | FAC-88, never released by FBN but assigned number | |||
| FBN-35-CD | The Wake | Here Comes Everybody | CD | 2014 | reissue of FACT-130[20] | |
| FBN-35-CD | The Wake | Here Comes Everybody | 2×CD | 2015-05-04 | 30th anniversary reissue, with second disc of singles, sessions and demos[21] | |
| FBN-36 | The Durutti Column | Circuses and Bread | LP, Cassette | 1985-05 | FBN-36 was originally to have been unreleased album Short Stories for Pauline | |
| FBN-36 | The Durutti Column | Short Stories for Pauline | LP/CD | 2012-06-18 | Limited edition vinyl (1000 copies) in 2012, followed by unlimited CD in 2013[22] | |
| FBN-37 | Life | Dites Moi (3:10) / Tell Me Theme (3:10) / Tell Me (3:10) | 12" | 1984-07 | French language version of "Tell Me" (FAC-106) | |
| FBN-38 | Life | Dites Moi | Unreleased 7" of FBN-37 | |||
| FBN-38 | Tunnelvision | Watching The Hydroplanes | LP | 2019-05 | Limited edition vinyl (500 copies)[23] | |
| FBN-39 | La Cosa Nostra | Coming Closer | 12" | 1984-10 | ||
| FBN-40 | La Cosa Nostra | Coming Closer | 7" | 1984-10 | ||
| FBN-41 | Simon Topping | Prospect Park (4:54) / Chicas Del Mundo (5:01) Mission and 24 (6:21) | 12" | 1985-02 | ||
| FBN-42 | Life | Better (3:10) / Optimism (4:35) / Optimism [instrumental] (4:35) | 12" | 1985-04 | ||
| FBN-43 | Marcel King | Reach For Love | 12" | 1985-03 | Same A-side as FAC-92-R (New York remix), B-side is dub version[24] | |
| FBN-44 | Stanton Miranda | Wheels Over Indian Trails | 7", 12" | 1986-05 | ||
| FBN-45 | Section 25 | Crazy Wisdom (4:33) / Dirty Disco II (5:19) /Guitar Waltz (3:00) | 12" | 1985-09 | Almost released on 7" as FAC-132. | |
| FBN-45-CD | Section 25 | Love & Hate | CD | 2013-05-20 | different bonus tracks to 1999 LTM reissue CD[25] [26] | |
| FBN-46 | Stockholm Monsters | How Corrupt Is Rough Trade? (5:14) / Kan Kill! (7:19) | 12" | 1985-08 | ||
| FBN-47 | The Executioner | Executioner's Theme | 7" | Unreleased collaboration by Paul Haig and Cabaret Voltaire. Versions on Paul Haig European Sun LP and After Twilight CD and various artists The Quick Neat Job cassette compilation. | ||
| FBN-48 | The Executioner | Executioner's Theme | 12" | Unreleased 12" of FBN-47 | ||
| FBN-49 | Playgroup | Euphoria | 12" | 1985-08 | ||
| FBN-50 | Playgroup | Euphoria | 7" | 1985-07 | Test pressing only, not released | |
| FBN-51 | The Durutti Column | Tomorrow (4:03) / Tomorrow (live in Japan) (3:00) / All That Love and Maths Can Do (3:33) | 7", 12" | 1986-03 | "All That Love and Maths Can Do" only on 12" | |
| FBN-52 | Various Artists | The Factory Complication 1 | LP | Unreleased compilation, announced early 1986 but never finished | ||
| FBN-52(-CD) | Durutti Column | Domo Arigato | 3×CD+DVD, 2×LP+7" | 2017-04 | Expanded and remixed version of FACT-144[27] | |
| 7-FBN-53 | Section 25 | Reflection (Young Image) / Change | 7" | 2014-04-19 | For Record Store Day 2014[28] | |
| FBN-54 | Crispy Ambulance | Compulsion | LP | 2015-04-18 | 500-copy vinyl edition for Record Store Day[29] | |
| FBN-55 | Various Artists | The Factory Complication 2 | LP | Unreleased compilation, announced early 1986 but never finished | ||
| FBN-55(-CD) | Various Artists | Of Factory New York | 2×LP, CD | 2014 | Benefit album for Michael Shamberg of Factory US and Of Factory New York[30] | |
| FBN-56 | Durutti Column | The Durutti Column Postcard Set | box of 25 postcards | 2017-05 | [31] | |
| FBN-57 | Factory Benelux | Factory Benelux teeshirt | T-shirt | 2012-12 | Limited edition of 50 T-shirts with FBN logo[32] | |
| FBN-60 | Various Artists | New Order Presents Be Music | 2×LP, 3×CD | 2017-02 | Recordings produced by members of New Order[33] | |
| 7-FBN-62 | Section 25 | My Outrage / Hinterland | 7" | 2013-04 | 500 copies only for Record Store Day, 2013. | |
| FBN-63-CD | The Durutti Column | Treatise on the Steppenwolf | CD | 2013-05 | identical to LTMCD 2518, 2008 | |
| FBN-64 | The Wake | A Light Far Out | LP | 2013-04 | Limited edition of 500 copies, vinyl only. | |
| FBN-65 | Martin Hannett and Steve Hopkins | The Invisible Girls | CD | 2015-02 | Rare and unreleased recordings[34] | |
| FBN-73 | Section 25 | Mirror / You Leave Me No Choice | 7" | 2015-04-18 | 500 copies for Record Store Day, 2015[35] | |
| FBN-81 | Crispy Ambulance | Random Textures + Compulsion | 2×CD | 2016-06-19 | second CD is FBN-54[36] | |
| FBN-84(-CD) | Durutti Column | Without Mercy | 4×CD, 2×LP | 2018-10-01 | [37] | |
| FBN-94 | The Wake | Clouds Disco / The Sun is a Star | 7" | 2015-04-18 | 500-copy edition for Record Store Day 2015[38] | |
| FBN-95 | The Wake | Testament (Best Of) | CD | 2014 | [39] | |
| FBN-100 | The Durutti Column | For Patti / Weakness And Fever | 7" | 1982-10 | Limited edition of 100 copies with FBN-10. | |
| FBN-100 | New Order | Low-Life | LP, Cassette | 1985-05 | Same as FACT-100. Number FBN-100 was reused. | |
| FBN-110-CD | Quando Quango | Pigs + Battleships | CD | 2013-06 | FACT 110 was also pressed by Factory Benelux in 1985 (with the UK catalogue number). 2013 CD edition uses "composite" catalogue number and has five bonus tracks;[40] different bonus tracks to LTM 2003 reissue[41] | |
| FBN-111-CD | Mark Reeder | Collaborator | CD | 2014-04 | Compilation of remixes of various mostly-Factory- or Crépuscule-associated bands[42] | |
| FBN-112(-CD) | The Names | In Time | CD, LP | 2014-01-14 | [43] [44] [45] | |
| FBN-113 TWI-1174 | Various Artists | Sampler et Sans Reproche | CD | 2014-11-09 | Factory Benelux/Crépuscule sampler CD, given away with mail-orders[46] | |
| FBN-114 | Durutti Column | The Return of the Durutti Column | LP+7" | 2013-12-08 | Sandpaper on front of sleeve[47] | |
| FBN-114-CD | Durutti Column | The Return of the Durutti Column | CD | 2013-03-23 | Vinyl tracks, plus six bonus tracks from rare second pressing of original FACT-10[48] [49] | |
| FBN-119(-CD) | The Names | Stranger Than You | CD, LP | 2015-05-18 | [50] | |
| FBN-122-CD | The Names | German Nights | CD | 2017-09 | [51] | |
| FBN-123 | New Order | The Perfect Kiss | 7", 12" | 1985-05 | 12" includes "The Perfect Dub" (not on FAC-123), different sleeves based on sleeve of Low Life | |
| FBN-124 | Section 25 | Alfresco | LP+CD | 2016-04-16 | 500 edition live LP+CD for Record Store Day[52] | |
| FBN-125 TWI-1234 | Various Artists | Noblesse Oblige | CD | 2017 | Factory Benelux/Crépuscule sampler CD, given away with mail-orders[53] | |
| FBN-127 | The Other Two | The Other Disc | CD | 2020-02 | bonus CD with Super Highways (FBN-390)[54] | |
| FBN-145-CD | Section 25 | Dark Light | CD | 2013-02-25 | First all-new release by resurrected label[55] | |
| FBN-146TWI-1244 | Various Artists | Constellation de Comportements | CD | 2018-12-04 | Factory Benelux/Crépuscule sampler CD, given away with mail-orders. Cover lists number as FBN-125.[56] | |
| FBN-150 | New Order | Brotherhood | LP | 1986-09 | Same as FACT-150 | |
| FBN-153 | New Order | State of the Nation / Shame of the Nation | 12" | 1986-09 | Same as FAC-153 | |
| FBN-158 TWI-1254 | Various Artists | The Cold Open | CD | 2020-06 | Factory Benelux/Crépuscule sampler CD, given away with mail-orders.[57] | |
| FBN-164(-CD) | Durutti Column | M24J | 2×LP+7", 2×CD | 2018-09 | compilation[58] | |
| FBN-204(-CD) | Durutti Column | The Guitar and Other Machines | 2×LP, 3×CD | 2018-01 | [59] | |
| FBN-244 | Durutti Column | Vini Reilly + WOMAD Live | 3×CD | 2020-01 | Double album of FAC-244 plus bonus tracks; optional third CD "I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong" with Morrissey[60] | |
| FBN-274-CD | Durutti Column | Obey The Time | 3×CD | 2019-04 | [61] | |
| FBN-390 | The Other Two | Super Highways | CD | 2020-02 | With optional bonus CD The Other Disc (FBN-127)[62] | |
| FBN-839-6, FBN-839-7 | New Order | Touched by the Hand of God | 7", 12" | 1987-12 | Same as FAC-193 | |
| TWI-774 | Various Artists | Salvation! | LP | 1988-02 | Factory Benelux/Crépuscule, issued in other countries by Factory affiliates as FACT-182 |