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If represents the alien, Joan represents the human—a duality that shapes the band’s exploration of identity. In a speculative "extra quality" , one might imagine Joy Division composing a track titled "Joan of the Nile," blending her story with ancient Egypt’s phallic monuments and celestial alignments. In 1966, Belgian producer assembled a studio group

In 1966, Belgian producer assembled a studio group called Les Pharaons to cash in on the "Egyptian craze" following films like Cleopatra (1963). He hired two young female singers from Liège — Joy (Jocelyne) and Joan (Jeanne-Marie) — to record a playful call-and-response twist: "Chez les Pharaons" (meaning "At the Pharaohs' place"). The "extra quality" of this link is not

From the pyramids’ shadow to Joy Division’s industrial ruins, Chez les Pharaohs becomes a metaphor for art’s power to transcend time. The "extra quality" of this link is not just in its themes but in its ability to connect the listener to the eternal—whether through Joan’s humanity, ET’s otherworldliness, or the pharaohs’ divine authority. or the pharaohs’ divine authority.