In the 90s, Hague began a long relationship with New Order which would result in him producing work for them, as well as spin-off groups Electronic and The Other Two.
“New Order were going to record new material for the Substance package [double CD ‘best of’],” Hague recalls, “and Tony Wilson approached my manager, and we met. Gillian in particular was a big Pet Shop Boys fan, Barney and Stephen were cool to try it, and Hooky was sceptical but settled in. There was a lot of time pressure to come up with something, which is usually a double-edged sword.
“We wrote, recorded and mixed True Faith and 1963 in 10 days. There were no drugs involved whatsoever…”